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Published: 2019-08-07 22:23:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 59480; Favourites: 1758; Downloads: 434
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Part two of the FelineΒ & Canine tutorial. I first had the idea to put it all into one gigantic tutorial, but there were so many fascinating differences among the species, that I thought to separate the tutorials and go more in depth. One of the things that people often forget to draw is the funny change in hair-direction on a feline's muzzle. And I see so many wolves drawn with heavy fluffy chins like lions....really canines never, ever have a heavy chin like a fline. I know that it is 'style' - but it IS anatomically incorrect. Same for felines, many people forget the very pronounced cheeks (zygomatic/jugal bones).Β
See here the other tutorials in the series:
Felines vs Canines tutorial - General morphology
Felines vs Canines tutorial - Phylogeny and Anatomy
Felines vs Canines tutorial morphological details
Thanks to everybody for all the nice comments! I will try to answer everbody but I don't know if I manage; timewise. So hence the thanks here already ^^
Again, I have tried to fix the typos and the clumsy language, but if you notice something, just let me know ^^
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I think this is my favourite part. Maybe because this is where I learned the most, and well because I think I have a thing for faces o.O But really, all these fine details, so subtle yet they make a dramatical difference of how you read a face - as feline or as canine. Many of them are so elusive it is hard to even give them a thought, so it was really helpful to see them collected here and explained. How essential they really are shows especially well in the "common mistake" sections where you've kinda switched some of the face features on purpose and as a result the feline automatically becomes readable as a canine and vice versa, despite using the same tiger/wolf "mainframe" as in the correct example. That illustration is really a genius addition and really, really makes the point and importance of these differences so very clear.
Also, the fur. I know how it goes in both groups, but I never realized there are no "lines of collision" in canines. It seems like the nose messes up everything in felids, lol. But really, the side of the nose is a chaos of hairs that always gives me that "wtf, how do I draw this" moment XD You funky cats XD
Seriously though, I have one question. The part with the pronounced cheek bones, you wrote it is because of larger eyes and I definitely see how that works (the huge orbit cavity and all), but I think it also has to do with the stronger and more massive jaw? Even if the main jaw muscles connect to the posterior side of the cheekbone, I think that still contributes to its pronounced, protruding shape - and it seems like some of the small, huge-eyed cats add up to that conclusion. Honestly, what do you think?
Btw, the connection between the shorter muzzle and the biting force on the fangs is an awesome remark. I didn't realize that either, speaking of stuff I learned here. How about the big chin? Does it have to do with the biting force somehow?
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Wow, this looks awesome!!! Thank you for making this and sharing it with us.
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Hehe welcome. It was a pleassure to work on this and hopefully it helps many other artists improve ^^
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They're all so cute! I love how your 'common mistakes' pictures look like every dog/cat I ever triedΒ to draw!
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Wow friend these are surely VERY useful..Really admire you for providing this. I see lots of mistakes and mixed traits in felines and canines arts..Felines are likely the most draw with wrong or too canine traits too.
This is so very important for people to see how much diferent these two "groups" are.Β
Looking forward to see the next ones too now!
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Huh... TIL. I knew cats' fur pointed towards the tip of their (cute tiny) noses (and scritching it gently is the best)... but that it flows in only one direction on canine noses, I never noticed.
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that's your choice.
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Good information.
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No ones interested or cares! Go away! Hope youβll get banned
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Honestly this is a lifesaver. And, it led me to your other art and Ive decided to follow because its all so interesting and full of colour.Β
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This'll come in handy! Thank you so much for putting this on!
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Noice!
Super helpful sheet, thanks man, my cats will no longer resemble horsesΒ
( Ν‘~ ΝΚ Ν‘Β°)
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The erroneous feline profile looks like a hyena while the erroneous canine profile looks like a borophagine!
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Lol -hehe, hopefully this is a way, through the tutorials. I gladly share some of the effort that I put in all the studies
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Oh yes, seasoned wolves with a heavy fluffy chins and crooked fangs! How annoying me is this Β -___-
Hopefully this detailed useful tutorial will help many avoid the private anatomical errors of both families.
PS: Damn it, I'm now looking forward to the third part! Bones are my special passion and it is always easier for me to understand the anatomy by looking at them. I like felines and this series of tutorials helps me better understand the intricacies of their anatomy. Thanks Jayme!
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Huh, I didn't know sabertooth cats had such small saberteeth. Or are using a different species for that example than Smilodon? If you are, makes sense given Smilodon has a more muscular and stocky body more like a bear than a lion.
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Indeed, I used a cat from the Homotherium genus; they had much 'smaller' canines, more like the cats from the Machairodus and Megantereon genera. But I guess Smilodon is by far the most popular genus...but infact, they were outliers among the sabertoothed cats with their extremely long fangs and stocky bodies.
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Smilodon was supposedly the last of the sabertooth genus, then again, they were a bit too specialized I think compared to other species. That's sort of down side to prehistoric fauna getting bigger, because they're the ones that if they mess up, they go extinct. So smilodon, yeah when it lived there were plenty of mammoths and ground sloths to feed on. Once they're gone? How can they switch to hunting deer when they're so big and stocky?
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Actually I think Homotherium was also one of the last ones. Overspecialization could have been a factor, but was probably not the only one. The megafaunal extinction theory is still quite a reasonable one...because the thing is that many species survived many interglaciations -when the climate was like it is now. It is when hominids started expanding that somehow - megafauna disappeared. It's not confirmed - but it's a remarkable coincidence that fits well with the currently going on mass-extinction caused by only one overly destructive species.
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