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DeyVarah β€” Tutorial: Snow Leopard Head #1

Published: 2012-03-26 18:50:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 54920; Favourites: 1908; Downloads: 502
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Description First in a series of tutorials which I'll slowly be making in the future. This is to show how to basically construct a snow leopard head from a frontal perspective, more precisely this is how I do it.

I thought before I go into detail about feline anatomy in general I'd put out some stuff on my favorite big cat <3 I just love snow leopard anatomy, especially their faces are so much fun to draw!
Next up will be side/profile view.

I hope some of you will find this useful!

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DeyVarah In reply to ??? [2012-05-04 08:01:54 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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Voodoofox3 In reply to DeyVarah [2012-05-04 12:08:56 +0000 UTC]

i could draw felines pretty well already but this tutorial just boosted my skills and led me in the right direction. thanks!
and ps. have you ever done a tutorial on how to draw paws??

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DeyVarah In reply to Voodoofox3 [2012-05-04 15:39:57 +0000 UTC]

That's good to hear! Glad I could help
I haven't done anything besides these two head tutorials yet but I plan on making more tutorials in the future, paws are probably be in there!

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DemonFireKirara In reply to ??? [2012-04-05 03:04:25 +0000 UTC]

I wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with the community
Also, I thought you may want to check out some pics I made after viewing your tutorial:
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I hope you make a lot more of these!

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DeyVarah In reply to DemonFireKirara [2012-04-05 08:48:11 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad those tutorials can help others, I'm still always a bit apprehensive about doing them since I'm not perfect in most of these things either... but it's great to see that they're actually helpful!

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Speckleheart1035 [2012-03-28 16:21:27 +0000 UTC]

omg danke fΓΌr die zwei tutorials Waren wirklich sehr hilfreich!

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MajesticWolfRunner In reply to ??? [2012-03-28 15:38:31 +0000 UTC]

It really gives you an helpful method of putting together an anatomically correct snow leopard. Thank You.

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Spuderific [2012-03-28 13:53:48 +0000 UTC]

This will come in handy! Thank you!

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airskai In reply to ??? [2012-03-28 05:23:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the help!

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Fynigan In reply to ??? [2012-03-27 16:56:33 +0000 UTC]

Tolll!

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Ukefiend [2012-03-27 15:56:42 +0000 UTC]

This is really great. Eventually, when I'm done with a current project I'll use it and show you how I do.

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DeyVarah In reply to Ukefiend [2012-03-27 16:23:46 +0000 UTC]

Looking forward to it

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SueaNoi [2012-03-27 15:06:46 +0000 UTC]

Best feline facial construction tutorial I've ever seen!

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DeyVarah In reply to SueaNoi [2012-03-27 15:35:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh, stop it you xD

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SueaNoi In reply to DeyVarah [2012-03-27 16:53:30 +0000 UTC]

Why? I really do need this. If you'd be so kind to do a tiger one.... I'll die from happiness!

I've been drawing tigers my whole life, still couldn't get it done as detailed-anatomically-correct as this!

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DeyVarah In reply to SueaNoi [2012-03-27 17:07:35 +0000 UTC]

I'll give it a try I'm not as experienced with tigers, though

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SueaNoi In reply to DeyVarah [2012-03-27 17:18:26 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you!!

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beeoo [2012-03-27 10:54:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you EVER so much for the tutorial, it helped me so much

Here was my end result [link]

Again, thanks!

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DeyVarah In reply to beeoo [2012-03-27 12:59:56 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped you, the drawing turned out pretty good! Keep it up!

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beeoo In reply to DeyVarah [2012-03-28 21:16:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I know I still have a lot to improve on, but, your tutorial is definitely pushing me in the right direction

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Deetroitiz [2012-03-27 10:23:35 +0000 UTC]

Wow,wow!Thank you so much!*________*

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Galicjanin In reply to ??? [2012-03-27 08:03:32 +0000 UTC]

TYVM!

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ArtyBSmarty In reply to ??? [2012-03-27 07:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Very useful, helps a lot with feline head anatomy, thanks

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ocean-tear In reply to ??? [2012-03-27 06:23:21 +0000 UTC]

DankeschΓΆn, ich find, das ist schon mal eine gute Idee, viele Schneeleoperdkopftutorials hab ich hier noch nicht gesehen
Ansonsten kann ich nur sagen, dass du das ganze anschaulich und auch fΓΌr AnfΓ€nger nachvollziehbar gemacht hast ^^
Ich freu mich auch die nΓ€chsten Teile C:

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DeyVarah In reply to ocean-tear [2012-03-27 09:18:58 +0000 UTC]

Freut mich, dass es gut verstΓ€ndlich ist ^^ Muss noch ein paar Tippfehler ausbessern die mein halbwaches Hirn gestern ΓΌbersehen hat.

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iExploded In reply to ??? [2012-03-27 05:47:33 +0000 UTC]

i really appreciate all the muscle placement you draw into the face. looks amazing, thanks!

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DeyVarah In reply to iExploded [2012-03-27 09:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Glad you find it useful

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DemonFireKirara In reply to ??? [2012-03-27 01:46:41 +0000 UTC]

It is awesome! Thank you so much for this Dey

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KyashaKitsune [2012-03-27 01:21:47 +0000 UTC]

ooooh thank you thank you thank you. ^_^ I likes

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MissChrysaalis In reply to ??? [2012-03-27 00:50:24 +0000 UTC]

holy fuck
i swear this is the best thing i've ever seen; thanks so much! my boyfriend's favourite animal is a snow leopard and i can't draw them to save my goddamn life ;; aaaaa<33333

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DeyVarah In reply to MissChrysaalis [2012-03-27 09:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I'm glad it can help ^-^

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LoneLupineHowl [2012-03-26 23:27:37 +0000 UTC]

jeez, you certainly know your anatomy

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DeyVarah In reply to LoneLupineHowl [2012-03-27 09:19:57 +0000 UTC]

At least with snow leopards, I think I do x3

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LoneLupineHowl In reply to DeyVarah [2012-03-28 03:42:20 +0000 UTC]

pfft, you think you do. XD

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Apache-shark In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 22:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Wow this looks really neat thx for making this tutorial, will make drawing
cats a lot easier.

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Talakyo [2012-03-26 22:25:24 +0000 UTC]

PHFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF this is amazing, will defiantly help me out when I'm drawing my character

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WerewTerrefGrin In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 21:35:30 +0000 UTC]

Good tutorial! I found it interesting that the ears are the last thing you draw, though. I usually draw their basic shapes right after establishing head and muzzle, I find them to be the most important part of any expression!

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DeyVarah In reply to WerewTerrefGrin [2012-03-27 09:22:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. It usually depends on the pose I draw but I tend to draw them last most of the time.
For me the most important part of the expression is the eyes and the area around it.

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mesee17 In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 21:15:29 +0000 UTC]

i might use this thanks

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Tartii In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 20:52:55 +0000 UTC]

INCREDIBLY helpful, very well put, and I adore how you broke the entire structure down into simple shapes and examples. I also enjoy how you kept the sketch lines in, to show everything that you did and keep a small guidelines. This will definatly help me when I try and make my own snow leopard. They are such GORGEOUS cats <333

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DeyVarah In reply to Tartii [2012-03-27 09:22:28 +0000 UTC]

:] I'm happy it can be useful!

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Rhavkoress In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 20:30:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks this is very helpful.

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PhantasselArt [2012-03-26 20:01:48 +0000 UTC]

I. Love. You. . . Forever.

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Cassdoodles [2012-03-26 19:58:40 +0000 UTC]

This really helps me, Thank you Dey<3

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NathalieNova [2012-03-26 19:42:11 +0000 UTC]

ouh das find ich sehr hilfreich

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NinjasHeart In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 19:32:16 +0000 UTC]

You are wonderful

Ive tried so hard to find tutorials on where to place the lines/fur, and this is exactly what I wanted!! You also were very specific, like 4 rows of whisker dots, the last connecting to the black part of the lip. Its perfect and I'll definitely use this to help me

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DeyVarah In reply to NinjasHeart [2012-03-27 09:22:48 +0000 UTC]

yay

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MaureenEileen In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 19:31:51 +0000 UTC]

awsome^^I love it<33

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Reixma In reply to ??? [2012-03-26 19:23:01 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! Hmmm...

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FrostbittenKittenn [2012-03-26 19:22:26 +0000 UTC]

This is great~! You're really talented at drawing snow leopards <3

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