HOME | DD

Twokinds โ€” Tkturials - Digitigrade Legs Guide

Published: 2014-03-10 04:29:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 378580; Favourites: 11857; Downloads: 6306
Redirect to original
Description Twokinds Tutorials - Digitigrade Legs

Looking 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!
Related content
Comments: 641

limpo10 In reply to ??? [2014-03-31 02:21:02 +0000 UTC]

thats the lawd for this cus i rlly needed this kind of tutorial

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Majin-kitsune In reply to ??? [2014-03-31 01:03:34 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful ^^ Thank you!!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

titan-kaose In reply to ??? [2014-03-28 15:41:03 +0000 UTC]

cool hey is it ok if i draw your character sh seems really cute :3

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

ZestyBomb In reply to titan-kaose [2014-03-30 00:13:35 +0000 UTC]

as long as you give credit, FIRE AWAY!!!!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

titan-kaose In reply to ZestyBomb [2014-04-02 03:40:30 +0000 UTC]

Coolz

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

CBLumba In reply to ??? [2014-03-28 05:22:27 +0000 UTC]

I needed this for a reference more than once. Great job

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

jayemjee [2014-03-28 04:32:40 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!ย  Seems very useful.ย  Thank you so much for sharing this.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Anulra In reply to ??? [2014-03-28 03:46:11 +0000 UTC]

This was very helpful, thank you

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Rantret In reply to ??? [2014-03-25 17:28:51 +0000 UTC]

awesome

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

LavaBatA1 In reply to ??? [2014-03-21 22:45:09 +0000 UTC]

I hope we see more Tktutorials

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

Amarok145 In reply to LavaBatA1 [2014-03-25 02:01:10 +0000 UTC]

agreed

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

akessel92 In reply to ??? [2014-03-21 03:38:23 +0000 UTC]

For some odd reason in some other life I might have been a keidran cause I always walked on my toes when I was younger and unconsciously I do now in my older years. But it is neat seeing the process into making your characters.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 2

Cyrilcynder In reply to akessel92 [2014-03-24 01:38:40 +0000 UTC]

Im glad im not the only one who subconsciously walk digitigrade xD

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

MoonlightDalia In reply to Cyrilcynder [2014-03-30 01:12:20 +0000 UTC]

lol,me too

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

Cyrilcynder In reply to MoonlightDalia [2014-04-02 04:02:09 +0000 UTC]

^^

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

zecketo In reply to akessel92 [2014-03-22 07:48:56 +0000 UTC]

O.o try sneaking while on your toes ^_^

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

akessel92 In reply to zecketo [2014-03-22 11:58:23 +0000 UTC]

Actually I have

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 1

zecketo In reply to akessel92 [2014-03-23 18:32:08 +0000 UTC]

^^

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

CannibalHarpy In reply to ??? [2014-03-20 02:21:58 +0000 UTC]

This is super helpful, thanks!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

MC-STEEL In reply to ??? [2014-03-19 15:46:34 +0000 UTC]

digitigrade? so thats what they where called.
Anyway this is a very expansive and helpful tutorial that shows just about anything one would want when tackling these sorts of legs.
Thanks for sharing.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

sathroe In reply to ??? [2014-03-19 05:31:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!!!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

vindurza In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 03:33:33 +0000 UTC]

very useful info thanks for the tips

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

DragonsofMagic99 In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 02:28:51 +0000 UTC]

This was a massive help! Really helped with my ocs

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Dredorida In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 01:39:25 +0000 UTC]

This helped me so much!!! Thank you!!!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

LupineLeopard In reply to ??? [2014-03-16 20:56:04 +0000 UTC]

OMG I needed this!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Lightning5trike In reply to ??? [2014-03-16 18:03:30 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Shadow-of-emptiness In reply to ??? [2014-03-16 16:08:25 +0000 UTC]

*needed one of these so terribad* Thank you!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Arcthoudor In reply to ??? [2014-03-16 15:31:11 +0000 UTC]

Hey Tom, thanks for putting this out there. Feet and hands are some of the hardest subjects to draw for many artists and there is precious little material out there to help people who want to wrestle with drawing digitigrade creatures.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Zulimari In reply to ??? [2014-03-16 06:36:44 +0000 UTC]

I like drawing tons of animals with this style. I didn't know it had a name until now. Who knew. This is great advice for anyone wanting to learn to draw this way.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

whaletrainer2002 In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 18:44:08 +0000 UTC]

Great reference. It'll be a big help with my own art

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

HoroSaga [2014-03-15 17:50:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh, nice! I always love the cutesy or cheesecake-oriented pics, but this one is actually much more fascinating.

It's both informative, and entertaining. I love the little comments that Flora gives throughout the whole thing.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

RurouniGundam In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 05:50:19 +0000 UTC]

I've been looking for a good guide to Digitgrade legs, but only managed to find one of the Different types.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Black-Sweater In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 05:03:58 +0000 UTC]

Loving the Model XDD

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

redraider601 In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 03:58:43 +0000 UTC]

Hey can you do a snout version as well, cause when I do it, it turns out a little bad

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

WolfNightV4X1 In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 00:23:27 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Digitigrade anthro drawings are my favorite! Tom is one of my favorite artists because of this


So glad for this tutorial!


๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

JDS1230 In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 00:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Finally, a good, multiple-angle reference guide for digitigrades! This'll help a lot!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

WolfyProjects In reply to ??? [2014-03-14 20:55:50 +0000 UTC]

This will help out everyone out great!!!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

wolf-stone In reply to ??? [2014-03-14 16:07:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot! Love your stuff!!! keep it up!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

TheMaskofaFox In reply to ??? [2014-03-14 04:29:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for posting this. Its a great guide for drawing anthros. Very helpful.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

WonderingWolf69 In reply to ??? [2014-03-14 01:48:30 +0000 UTC]

This really is pretty cool! Maybe you could try doing guides once a month, Mr Tom. ยฐฯ‰ยฐ

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Destroyah5000 In reply to ??? [2014-03-14 01:11:34 +0000 UTC]

Those feet remind me of the recent iteration of the Wolfman movie. I just think of how when he transforms his bones crack and snap into those longer feet. So there, I just grossed you out.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

MrLunaz In reply to ??? [2014-03-14 00:58:43 +0000 UTC]

Tom could teach us so much.ย 
he is the expect after all.
maybe a new guide once a month maybe ?ย 

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

ZinyaWolf In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 23:38:20 +0000 UTC]

this could help me out with some of my characters for my comic, Thank you very much X3

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Crystalkitsune47 In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 21:54:43 +0000 UTC]

this is very helpful thanks man

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

CrystalChimera In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 18:22:14 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful! ^w^
Thank you!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Tamerley In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 16:36:36 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial, thanks a lot)
It will be very useful to me later :ะท

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

g-master-artist In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 04:36:03 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial man

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

Star-of-Twilight In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 02:40:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the interesting info!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

fuyu-oleander In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 02:11:12 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, I've been looking for something like this for a long time!

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0

frenchraph In reply to ??? [2014-03-13 01:21:34 +0000 UTC]

It should be shared with World of Warcraft artist.
Almost everthing explain could be applied to draenei character, and the mistake made drawing them are the same of those you describe here.

๐Ÿ‘: 0 โฉ: 0


<= Prev | | Next =>