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Eh. I got bored. Been working on Flash lessons over the weekend, aside from cleaning and seeing Inkheart. But I noticed there weren't any riding tutorials on DA. Seriously? What's up with that? If someone knows of any, please link me.I make no claims to be an expert, so all of the self-proclaimed riding experts can hold their tongues. I barely know how to ride, and I don't ride regular horses. I ride gaited ones, which require little to no work on the part of the rider. Heck, Peruvian saddles were designed to make you sit way BACK, like a big cushioned car seat. All they lack are cupholders and an air conditioning vent in the pommel. So yes. I don't really ride. I sit and the horse walks in a overtly flashy manner. With my crippled spine, balance alone is an issue for me.
But on the other hand, I do have a bunch of fantasy characters that need to ride various large creatures. (Which was what I was looking for in the first place when I discovered DA's terrible lack thereof.) So I attempted to apply what I know about horseback riding to wolfback and tigerback. The dubious idea that big cats would ever suffer such trappings notwithstanding, I concluded that the power of the shoulders could handle human weight.
Also, the "wrong" drawings are HILARIOUS. I just searched for some drawings on DA and went to town. I mean, drawing horses in the correct positions alone is difficult enough, but to add a rider on top of it ... Yeah. Some people need help. So I drew this. Enjoy!
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Hey, I hope it's alright that I've posted this up on my resources/references tumblr ([link] ), for easier access and spreading a bit further. Sourced, of course. It's a good tutorial, very handy!
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Very useful... and it's gotten me laughing. xD
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This is EXACTLY what I needed; I thank your boredom profusely
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i'm on 7 lessons (real life) with trotting down with only 3 mistakes... how many more until i should try canter?
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give it a few months. it took me years before i cantered
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got it, wow years... It was worth it
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Cantering requires a LOT of balance and trust in your horse. For me it's like sitting slow but very bouncy trot but the horse is moving fast.
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hmmmmmmmm maybe i should continue trotting, for my own safety
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7 lessons is not nearly enough. Talk to your instructor about it (you do ride english I presume?) A good lead up to cantering is posting the trot without stirrups, it builds up thigh strength and balance needed. Maybe trotting bareback wouldnt be a bad idea.
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XDDD i tend to not have my heels down as much as i should (because of some medical stuff) (and yes i am talking real life here..) so i tend to not have so good balance XDDDD oh well, i guess i would improve more and more as time goes by (jesus, i have been riding for ~7 years and i still don't sit correctly.. it's just so much to remember.......)
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This is fantastic! Knowing why the riders sit the way they do really helps.
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Thanks for the tutorial. It make me wonder how San from Princess Mononoke was able to ride the wolves without much trouble.
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holy crap thank you so much for this!!!
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thanks this helped sooo much I found it a while ago and could never find any more and then today I found it again!
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do you mind if I include this in a school project?
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Thank you - I remembered about your tutorial while working on the project in school after seeing it would help, what you have covered in this tutorial is very hard to explain
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This is going to help me a F-ton Oo. I will link back to you upon completion of the sketches I am doing with use of this ref sheet ^.^
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ohdeargod THANK YOU. I really needed the help.
Especially as someone who doesn't ride.
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I'm looking to draw a large fantasy mount that could carry two riders? What would you suggest along these lines; I was looking to a horse but from this and a few riding instructions it wouldn't seem right.
And very few people even illustrate two riders on horse back so I wouldn't know where to begin.
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Well, horses are capable of carrying two people at once; it shouldn't be too difficult to Google images of how that works. But if you're looking for something larger, maybe reference rhinos or elephants?
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I wanted something that was about the size of a horse but I'm flexible to what will work best.
I searched a little on google and couldn't really find an example showing how the people rested against the horse. Maybe I just didn't look long enough.
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thank you very much! now i can finally get started on my drawing.
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THANK YOU. I need to draw a giant obese cat mount.
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Ahh, thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this for AGES! I sort-of knew how to put a rider on a stiff spined animal, but I'm trying to put one on an animal with a really flexible spine
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asdkfjljfff I love you, do you know that? This is an extremely helpful tutorial. <3
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This is great!
My only argument would be that people often do ride without their heels down even though they shouldn't. Or at least I tend to |D;;
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You know what I love about this totorial.
You talk about riding giant kanines and felines as if someone's tried it before and tought you the technique.
Your examples are still quadruped mamals though. How would you ride something with more or less than four legs or something that isnt a mamal (a fish or bat for example)?
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The more legs something has, the easier it would be to ride, because there would be less moments of suspension. Fewer legs, like somethign bipedal, would have larger moments of suspension, and move from side to side, like a rack.
I would treat fish the same way you see marine trainers hitch a ride on one of their dolphins, and a bat or a bird the same way you'd hanglide.
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That is realy realy helpful. I'll keep this reply in a folder so I can reffer to it later cause you are realy that helful. Thanxs totaly.
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This is overall a very good tutorial, and it does explain things very well about what to do and what not to do, so I applaud you, especially since you don't ride a lot. See I don't have gaited horses. I have a Mustang, Quarter Horse and unknown breed horse, so... But the thing about the slouching that is not necessarily true. Even the most experienced horseback riders around my state relax and slouch like that. And they were trained by professionals across the world, and are among the best riders of the states. I ride like that often enough because it eases tension on my back. I am in no way an expert but I am fairly experienced at riding.
This is a useful tutorial and I thank you very much for having made it! Keep up the good work!
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Thanks so much!
I totally agree about there not being like, any horseback riding tutorials.
This totally helps!
I'm using this for my next horseback drawing!
*hides all her fail horseback pictures*
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that's pretty good and will be very usefull,i keep it,thanks a lot for your future help on my drawings^^!!
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One of my friends is rigging a hours rider for 3d animation. She would love to see this.
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This is brilliant, thank you so much for making this! As a rider myself, it's simple for me to assume the correct position when I'm riding, but when I'm sitting at my desk and attempting to draw it, I'm all of a sudden lost at where to begin. My flawed human anatomy aside, this will be a HUGE help in terms of my art.
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Wow, thanks for this! I utterly fail when it comes to drawing this kind of stuff -.-
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If only Princess Monoke had read this before riding those wolves. No wonder they're a little messed up
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interesting, would this also work for your dinosaur tutorials? kinda want to draw someone riding a raptor-esque creature and can't figure out how to make it seem realistic
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Bipedal creatures would follow a similar rule, only for their hips, not their shoulders. That's where their center of gravity is, so that's what they'd need to have balanced out.
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