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Published: 2010-06-24 00:39:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 89430; Favourites: 2673; Downloads: 1142
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i have had alot of people in the past either ask me how to draw raptors, or when will i make another tutorial. so here is a tutorial on raptors. grrrr. i hope its understandable and stuff.This will prolly be edited a few times, i plan to add a new section every now and then. i am open for critique from those who perhaps have had even more experience with dromaeosaurids.
i am always available for redlining.
EDIT LIST:
6/24/10
-added in the halluxes to avoid confusion
-edited a minor wing feather error pointed out by ixerin
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This is very helpful.
So using this when i draw raptors.
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This is awesome, there are a lot of useful tips here that I didn't know about. Hopefully I can clean up my raptors a little better with this. 
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Great tutorial, I'm sorry to admit I didn't know a few things you mentioned here o_O Now that I do, though, perhaps I can draw a proper raptor
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I love the way you've compared the right and wrong. It makes it so much easier for me to see how it should look. That and some of the wrongs are what I do, and since you compared, I can recognize that.
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This is REALLY going to help me, as much of an amateur I am. 
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I must say, since I'm used to the wrong form that the right one looks rather ugly in comparison to the "old-fashioned" one xD.
Nice tutorial though I like it :3
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hmm its a shame, wel not really but, ive just kinda learnt how to draw raptors the *WRONG* way like the full WRONG raptor with the roundishy long head and the long fingers , but at least i didnt draw them with a fat neck 
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hmm its a shame, wel not really but, ive just kinda learnt how to draw raptors the *WRONG* way like the full WRONG raptor with the roundishy long head and the long fingers , but at least i didnt draw them with a fat neck
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THIS.
This is an amazing tutorial. I bet it will come in handy for many people. Myself included.
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If only this came earlier, I had to do the hard parts of learning the anatomny when creating a raptor character... but this makes it a whole lot easier.
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1stly, your raptor dino tutorial is the best 1 I've seen on DA out of all 2 of them (more details, fewer mistakes). This is the other 1 I've seen on DA: [link]
2ndly, congrats on finally getting right the arrangement of raptor dino wing feathers!
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Yea the wing configuration is the one thing i've always kept drawing incorrectly in the past apparently.
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I really like this alot, but i do like the non feather raptors as well but both are just as sexy, thanks alot for this tutorial It's bloody brilliant!
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Thanks. <3 This helped me a lot while I was drawing a Wyvern. I know they aren't raptors but... you'd think they'd have a similar design.
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I don't have much use for this guide, but it is very well done. Thanks for sharing
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Very nice indeed! I love drawing dromaeosaurs and troodontids in accurate ways and I still make some of these mistakes from time to time. Going into favs for sure.
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This is very useful and easy to read. I love this tutorial!
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Wow! This is really informative! I've never been able to find good reference with dino's and this points out a lot of details that would normally just be forgotten, great job!
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What's wrong with feet in "funky..." section? I see almost no difference in the last three (more precisely, I don't know where to look at)
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by the last three i assume you mean the bottom row. from left to right, the first one has too many toes, the second one has an over exaggerated claw, and the third one is mammalian based instead of reptilian based.
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All right, now it's more clear 
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Well in general, to avoid a mammalian appearance, the toes should be round, long, and smooth with thick claws that come out the top of the toes, where the scaling ends.
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spiff. thnx 4 the break-down!
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As a maniraptoran enthusiast, all I can say is THANK YOU!
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informational freakymamaz thanks!!!
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Dude! Thanks so much for posting this! I NEED it!
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This is SO well done. As I'm new to drawing dromaeosaurids, I will definitely take a look.
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Wow, Jeez, you couldn't have made that any more clear. Talk about helpful! Thank you, you're brilliant!
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Dude this will help me so much, thank you.
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A wonderful tutorial that adressed many common mistakes. Every artist wishing to attempt dromaeosaurs, or even dinosaurs in general, should take a good look at this deviation.
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Ah, finally, good instructions on dinosaurs!
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Thank you so much for drawing this! I don't know how many incorrect raptors I've seen around here-hopefully this will help people correct their mistakes!
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This helps so much! Thank you ^^!
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Thank you! Now maybe there'll be much, much more good dromaeosaur art around...
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This was really helpful. I think the part that caused me most headache have always been the feet. I just want to give the toes some bone detail, and at the zoo I spend much time staring at bird feet - the toes are really just round and smooth when the bird stands.
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You should check out seriema feet for reference. They even hold their inner toe up like a dromaeosaur!
Here's a photo I took at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: [link]
And a live bird (didn't take the photo): [link]
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That's really interesting! Thank you! o.o Man, none of the two zoos in Berlin has any seriemas as far as I know... thank you so much for pointing this critter out to me!
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this is awesome 
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This is immensely useful to me. I'm making a Tshirt wit a raptor on it and now I can do so without looking like an ignorant fuckfence.
This will also prove useful in remaking Jurassic Park.
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AAHAHAHAHAHHA!! AWESOME!
It's about time someone got it right and even laid it out all nice and purty like. Anatomically correct. 
Thanks for the awesome Raptor Centerfold and keep up the amazing and informative work. <3
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Jurassic Park, while awesome, ruined the design of raptors for over a decade.
I still pout when I watch Jurassic Park 3. Quills? That's shallow.
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