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Tiamate β€” Tutorial: Drawing Bird Wings

Published: 2012-10-22 22:31:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 60716; Favourites: 3697; Downloads: 911
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Description I know this topic is difficult for some people. For me, using this method has made it super easy! These aren't perfectly realistic wings by the way. I just find that they have a really good quick/quality ratio, that works fine for me when drawing angels or beasts or random birds.
If you're looking for really anatomically precise wings, check out these 2 tutorials: [link] & [link] they just take longer.

So I'm sharing /o/.

EDIT: Because some found this confusing, I'm explaining better what I mean by top/under, inside/outside:
"under-side" = stomach-side
"top-side" = back-side
"Inside" = closer to the body of the bird
"Outside" = closer to the edge of the wing = further from the body.




Beware randomly shaped birds in this tutorial and please note that if you want to make fantastically-shaped wings, you can! The main thing to remember here is the structure.

Please tell me if you find this useful, and don't hesitate to share your drawings if you use it, I'd love to see them!

Check out more of my winged art:
[link] [link] [link]
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Tiamate In reply to ??? [2013-11-22 17:01:31 +0000 UTC]

Happy to help!

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Bloodywillzzz [2013-11-15 09:19:27 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, Iwon't be afraid of drawing wings anymore, but ill still be afraid of the real things.Β 

Ornithophobia Sucks!


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Leipreachn [2013-10-24 14:54:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you soooo much!!! It actually helped me a lot knowing where I was wrong!! I will try this right away!! Thanks again!!!!!

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Tiamate In reply to Leipreachn [2013-10-24 15:51:34 +0000 UTC]

Happy I could be of service >w<

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Crystal-Gryphon [2013-09-07 08:36:22 +0000 UTC]

This was super helpful!

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ryu-crystal In reply to ??? [2013-08-24 18:37:33 +0000 UTC]

really helpful!Β 

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nekotan23 [2013-08-09 03:26:34 +0000 UTC]

I needed this so bad THANK YOU

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Tiamate In reply to nekotan23 [2013-08-09 21:14:19 +0000 UTC]

Happy to help ^_^ !

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Nooknook In reply to ??? [2013-08-07 12:04:42 +0000 UTC]

Bien sympa ce tuto Β 

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Tiamate In reply to Nooknook [2013-08-07 12:17:08 +0000 UTC]

Merci ^_^ !

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Nooknook In reply to Tiamate [2013-08-07 12:21:04 +0000 UTC]

Je suis encore un peu noob, j'ai essayΓ© de l'envoyer dans la section tuto du groupe allfanarts mais je sais pas si Γ§a a fait quelque chose (je pensais que Γ§a t'enverrait un message)

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Tiamate In reply to Nooknook [2013-08-08 12:03:24 +0000 UTC]

Hm, nope. Mais peut-Γͺtre qu'il faut que ce soit validΓ© par les modos du groupe pour qu'il s'affiche en proposition chez moi d'abord. Je sais pas, mais je vais le proposer de mon cΓ΄tΓ© si tu veux du coup. Il est en anglais par contre...

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Nooknook In reply to Tiamate [2013-08-08 12:46:13 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup Oui je fais partie des modos du groupe c'est pour ça que je comprenais pas pourquoi ça marchait pas en fait ^^" Tout plein de poutous et j'espère que tu nous feras d'autres super tutos !

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Tiamate In reply to Nooknook [2013-08-08 14:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Bah merci de l'avoir ajoutΓ© ^3^ ! Si jamais je fais de nouveaux tutos, je vous l'enverrai !

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Nooknook In reply to Tiamate [2013-08-08 14:56:08 +0000 UTC]

Youpi !

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TRlFORCE In reply to ??? [2013-07-30 02:19:23 +0000 UTC]

Just..Just come here.
Thank you so much for this..xD

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Tiamate In reply to TRlFORCE [2013-07-30 12:04:07 +0000 UTC]

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TRlFORCE In reply to Tiamate [2013-07-30 14:49:45 +0000 UTC]

;w;

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Sandstormlovesyou [2013-07-19 06:23:26 +0000 UTC]

OMG THIS HELPED SO MUCH! THANK YOUUUUUUUU

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Tiamate In reply to Sandstormlovesyou [2013-07-19 09:36:28 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^_^ ! I'd be happy to see what masterpieces it will help you produce !

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Dave-Egderp [2013-07-07 21:42:28 +0000 UTC]

Wow

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Wingedthing1026 [2013-06-29 00:07:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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FridayMaria In reply to ??? [2013-06-26 22:14:50 +0000 UTC]

KAWAII! This is really helpful.

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Tiamate In reply to FridayMaria [2013-06-27 12:06:51 +0000 UTC]

Happy to help!

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T-k-R [2013-06-26 21:46:13 +0000 UTC]

/saved to desktop

lmaooo, thanks for posting ^^

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Tiamate In reply to T-k-R [2013-06-27 12:06:40 +0000 UTC]

Glad I could be of service!

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blandkid [2013-06-26 21:44:16 +0000 UTC]

.. I love you right now.

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Tiamate In reply to blandkid [2013-06-27 12:06:32 +0000 UTC]

Aaaaaw shucks! You're making me blush!

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StitchedCatPlushie01 [2013-06-23 16:44:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you sososo much! You helped me out a lot!

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Tiamate In reply to StitchedCatPlushie01 [2013-06-23 18:56:34 +0000 UTC]

Happy I could be of service!

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maskweeka In reply to ??? [2013-06-23 14:38:34 +0000 UTC]

I'm about a year late, but if you do get the chance to read this comment, I just want to let you know that this helped/is helping me out so much~! I used to be so angry because I could never draw wings because they looked so... complex... xD Anyway, thanks again

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Tiamate In reply to maskweeka [2013-06-23 15:10:55 +0000 UTC]

Happy I could help !

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orange-pirates In reply to ??? [2013-06-23 03:14:45 +0000 UTC]

really nice and helpful

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LunazBlackLicorice [2013-05-31 16:17:59 +0000 UTC]

omg!! this is wonderful! (you have no idea how many failed attempts ive had of drawing proper wings xP) thank you so much for this!

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Tiamate In reply to LunazBlackLicorice [2013-06-02 21:05:05 +0000 UTC]

Happy if it helps!

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LunazBlackLicorice In reply to Tiamate [2013-06-03 13:26:21 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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ita-chan123 In reply to ??? [2013-05-11 01:58:16 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial!

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Blaue-Rose [2013-04-24 21:35:43 +0000 UTC]

Cool tutorial~!!!
Thank you~

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Tiamate In reply to Blaue-Rose [2013-04-25 21:05:45 +0000 UTC]

I hope you'll find it useful \o/ !

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Blaue-Rose In reply to Tiamate [2013-04-25 21:52:12 +0000 UTC]

I DO find it useful~!!!
Thanks a lot~!!!

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tanakane In reply to ??? [2013-03-22 02:28:39 +0000 UTC]

SO useful, considering one of my characters regularly wears bird wings on their back, and has a massive falcon pet!

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Wolfbaloo [2013-02-15 02:24:21 +0000 UTC]

This will definitely help with angel drawings! Thanks for sharing!

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CodaBear48 In reply to ??? [2013-02-10 20:47:32 +0000 UTC]

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HopeWhispers [2013-02-08 00:18:39 +0000 UTC]

very helpful thank you

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zuln In reply to ??? [2013-02-03 10:18:28 +0000 UTC]

this will help a lot
thanks

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asqma00 In reply to ??? [2013-01-27 18:15:02 +0000 UTC]

such a great help! thank you!!!

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BlackAprilBlossom In reply to ??? [2013-01-24 13:13:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! This tutorial will help me alot in the future

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Atzenarii In reply to ??? [2012-11-29 01:42:28 +0000 UTC]

What a wonderful tutorial! Very, very informative, and very simple! Thank you, dear~!

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iexisttolive [2012-11-22 18:24:47 +0000 UTC]

Agh, this is amazingly helpful, thank you!

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Shiito [2012-11-22 17:55:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you n_n

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