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Twokinds Tutorials - Digitigrade LegsLooking around Deviantart, I noticed that there weren't very many good, detailed guides on drawing characters with digitigrade legs, like those featured on my Keidran and Basitin races. Digitigrade, for those unaware, is a term for an animal that walks on their digits (toes) rather that flat-footed, as we humans do. This style of character design can be difficult for someone unused to this type of anatomical structure. Now, I am not claiming to be any sort of expert. But I have been drawing these guys for more than ten years now, and I often get asked how I draw certain things. So this is not necessarily a "how to draw" tutorial" as it is a "how I draw" tutorial, if you get my meaning.
I hope this information can prove useful for those of you who are aspiring artists, or at least interesting to those who wish to learn more about how I go about my drawing process. So without further adieu, please allow Flora to demonstrate for you how it works! Enjoy!
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DARKZADAR-ZERO In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 06:17:15 +0000 UTC]
wow most incredibly amazing !Β
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the-rocc1 In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 06:00:10 +0000 UTC]
i really like your tutorials, do you know when your page is updated?
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xLugiaLuver1x In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:43:04 +0000 UTC]
Oh gosh, this is great! I've been following you with Twokinds for a while now and absolutely love your style! My cousin actually had me design fan characters for he and I for the series
I just started a webcomic on smackjeeves and one of my main characters is an upright-walking, feline-ish character, but I've had her walking flat-footed. It never seemed quite right to me till I read through this.
Thanks so much for this!!
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ShizuneRyushi In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:37:49 +0000 UTC]
Oh this is just perfect! I really think this will help out my drawing o the digidigrade! I'm excited! Thank you ever so much for this wonderful reference page!Β
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3mo-Ame In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:35:05 +0000 UTC]
I love your comics and this will be so helpful!
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MoppyPuppy In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:34:05 +0000 UTC]
Prepare for lewd TwoKinds fan comics.
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Not from me, too much time, too impatient.
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hillbillyinablimp In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:30:57 +0000 UTC]
Fantastic reference, Tom! Just what I needed!
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shnurui In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:28:26 +0000 UTC]
I do this and I get yelled at by "professional" artists that my leg structure was wrong.
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HappyGleyson In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:25:46 +0000 UTC]
Thanks Tom, This really help me for my 3D Model Especially the Walk Cycle
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LegendaryWolves In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:24:12 +0000 UTC]
The need to add a love button to this site, because favorite just doesn't seem to be enough.
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ConkerBirdy In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:22:44 +0000 UTC]
THE SECRET TO TOM'S GLORIOUS FEET HAVE BEEN REVEALED.
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ArcaneMangoes In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:20:53 +0000 UTC]
outstanding dude!!
This help me get the legs down pat on my 3D models! Thanks a bunch!!
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DracoEx In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:19:42 +0000 UTC]
Awesome work!Β This really helps.
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coredumperror In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:11:10 +0000 UTC]
I'm not even an artist, and I loved this!
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Ichicora-Uzumaki In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:11:01 +0000 UTC]
This will be a good help, lol I'm actually making a fakemon bug that sorta has digitigrade legs, but its more the exaggerated digitigrade legs, would it still be called digitigrade with an anthro bug?
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Ratsmith In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:09:03 +0000 UTC]
Thats really good and helpful.
Β You could probably pull off an entire book on how to draw anthro characters in your style.
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BirbByTheFoot In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 05:05:50 +0000 UTC]
This really helps!
Thanks, man.
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Ichicora-Uzumaki In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:57:24 +0000 UTC]
I prefer anthros with digitigrade legs, that's one reason y I love I'd comic
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AsymptoteG In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:56:00 +0000 UTC]
Very informative. (And humorous. ^_^)
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Kikioh-San In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:55:00 +0000 UTC]
This is nice and useful tutorial! And I like how you have done it
(and now I know what digitigrade legs mean ;'D )
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Dryft-Art In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:51:09 +0000 UTC]
this is brilliant and much needed, thank you!
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Dalon2 In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:48:49 +0000 UTC]
great anatomy work and structure, I see you've been studying this quite a while , especially in the legs.
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Sheerivory In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:45:24 +0000 UTC]
This is really cool, its fun to see how you design Flora's legs/ the movement/action poses are INCREDIBLY helpful. ^w^
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WolfOfAwesome2153 In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:41:04 +0000 UTC]
This is so helpful! Thanks for this!
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Skull-Splinters [2014-03-10 04:41:03 +0000 UTC]
I have a troll character that I draw with Digitigrade Legs (kind of) so this helps me figure out how to slim them down and stop making them so thick and clunky. Thank you for posting!
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ACosmicRose In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:40:01 +0000 UTC]
Oh this is super useful! I always have a hard time with the front views of anthro legs. Thank you for this!
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fauxfynx In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:39:15 +0000 UTC]
this is very helpful! thank you!
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Marquis2007 In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:37:15 +0000 UTC]
Now this is the more detailed stuff I was looking for in drawing digigraded legs and paws. Β I never could draw them in an animated way, like walking or running or other certain poses and positions for example. Β This is definitely a great tutorial to benefit from
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shadowrunner2323 In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:35:11 +0000 UTC]
thanks flora! ^^ this will actually help a lot with my re'anch and wholf species. thanks!
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kittykoolkatz In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:34:44 +0000 UTC]
Whoa this is really neat!
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Kieroni101 In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:32:59 +0000 UTC]
Ah~! Thank you so much for this! I'm pretty good at drawing digitigrade legs, but only if they're standing up normally. All other poses, I'm lost. Thank you for this!
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Omnoproxyl337 In reply to ??? [2014-03-10 04:32:21 +0000 UTC]
this will be most helpful, thank you :3
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