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Tiamate β Tutorial: Drawing Bird Wings
Published: 2012-10-22 22:31:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 60714; Favourites: 3697; Downloads: 911
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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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Wow, cool! Thanks for this!
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Glad I could be of help!
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THANK YOU!!! OMG!!! I really appreciate this tutorial!
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This really helped me with wings! I used to hate drawing 'em. ;-;
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This explains how to draw this stuff a lot better.
Thanks for posting this! :3
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makes my drawing wings easier...thanks
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I've always had a problem with wings
Thanks for the help! ^^
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Thank you for posting this~! much appreciated!
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thanks, very well explained.
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Wow, this is really helpful!
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Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. ^_^
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Very helpful, thank you so much!
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This may help....when it comes to drawing birds, I stink. Esp. the wings.
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Awesome way of explaining! 
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I really needed this!!! Awesome tutorial!
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Thanks for the tutorial, it'll come in handy!
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Super le tuto, clair, droit au but et tres pratique
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Really useful! I always have troubles with wings whenever I draw them. Thanks for sharing your steps.
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helpful wing fact: when the wing sweeps down, the primary flight wings (the ones radiating from section 1) are together but on the upstroke they delaminate, opening out to allow air to pass between them.
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This is a rare and useful tutorial, thank you very much for sharing
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Thank you for this! It'll be very helpful in the future.
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Thank you very much for sharing this tutorial with us! I found it extremely useful (and actually really easy to follow). Enjoyed your gallery, by the way. Cheers!
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C'est cool Γ§a va aider du monde je pense ^^ allez le prochain tuto c'est les ailes de chauve-souris
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Comme disait un autre: dessine une main, allonge les doigts, palme-les XD. J'avoue que comme des ailes de chauve souris j'en dessine pas des masses, j'ai pas d'astuce spΓ©ciale Γ partager.
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Mais si des ailes de dΓ©mon sexy et tout!
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i'm one of the terribly scared ppl hehehe and if i pull it off with your guiding i'll definitely let u know
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Awesome tutorial!
But there's one point I struggle to understand. Maybe you can help me out here ^^
"Also, if you're drawing the top-side of the wing, inside feathers will overlap outside feathers. For the under-side it's opposite."
For me this sounds, that if you look at the back of the wing, you'll see the smaller feathers on the top overlapping the longer feathers on the bottom of the wing.
And that if you look at the inside of the wing, you'll see the longer feathers on the bottom overlapping the smaller feathers on the top?
I somehow doubt that I understand this right, especially since your examples at the end of the tutorial always show the smaller, upper feathers overlapping the longer feathers.
I'm pretty sure it's my fault for not understanding it correctly (and I would accusing it to the language barrier, english isn't my natural language after all), so... maybe you can explain me what you meant by that point?
I would really appreciate it ^^
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Yeah sorry, I guess what I call top/under sides and outside/inside may be confusing.
What I call:
"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.
English isn't my mothertongue either so I'm also having trouble finding the right formulation XD. I'll add this to the artist's description though, because other people might be confused too.
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ah, now I get it!
Thank you for clearing this up ^.^
And thanks again for this awesome guide. It's so helpfull x3
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This is very helpful!!
Thanks for this!!
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Reading this gave me one of those epiphany moments. Thank you so much.
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This is so amazing and helpful beyond words. Thank you so much for sharing this!
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You...are a GODDESS among men. Seriously. I am TERRIBLE at drawing wings, but this tutorial will help me one-hundred percent! Thank you.
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Make one for bat wings too?
Please?
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bat wings: draw like a human arm. Extend fingers. Add webbing! DONE!
Seriously, though, here's an embarrassingly old (I was 15) tutorial that hits the basics. [link]
here's one on bat anatomy that at a glance appears to be better for visual representation. [link]
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Im horrible at drawing hands. But i'll get better.
Thank you very much!
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