your art is just so beautiful, especially how you did the zootopia characters… do you have any tips or tutorials in how to do animalistic anatomy and/or features like paws or the snout? if you can show pictures that would also be appreciated!!

kittenpawprints-deactivated2018:

WELL gosh I’m actually really bad at anatomy, but ill try to help!
Pardon these pics, I was gonna put them all in gif form but my computer
is slow and i had to badly edit them together.
I start with the nose,
then attach everything else based around it. I do the nose, then the
mouth. The snout (or the bridge of the nose) goes up to the eyebrow,
depending on the view.

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as for paws, I just draw a circle for the palm, and draw the fingers on first. then i add the wrist and details. Paws are like big human hands. you can make them as big and bulky or as thin as you want. Bigger animals usually have bigger paws, like lions and tigers, when anthropomorphized. Bunnies and cats usually have smaller ones. Rats tend to have the thinnest.

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And a thing to note is the middle two toes are usually bigger than the two on the sides. I draw them as circles usually when planning them out, then add details. I usually draw them this way if I’m drawing feral animals or big animals like tigers.
My favorite thing to draw are noses and snouts, and it’s definitely easy to start with the nose first. Just practice drawing snouts is all I can say, and you’ll get the gist of it-It’s pretty much second nature to me because I draw them so often. THEN you can add different expressions!
Thats all I really have!

trapqueenkoopa:

trapqueenkoopa:

Most people, when talking to you, are only talking to their perception of you.

This may not always be accurate.

Their perception of you is altered by their own history, tendencies, opinions etc.

They will alter their perception of you to fit their reality and feelings.

You have to be okay with this. You may also do it to other people, but try not to.

Remember that memories are not entirely accurate and your mind can and will skew them so that they fit in your chosen paradigm.

I’m saying this because there are people who will not be able to deal with you, no matter what, who seem to remember or recall a completely different person when dealing with you.

Don’t stress. That’s on them. Be you. Don’t aim to hurt feelings. Be nice. Care about people.

But understand that people are going to see you differently than you see you, and sometimes the person that they see is largely someone they made up.

Don’t get bent out of shape about it. It’s just the way things are. You exist beyond someone else’s perception.

This is still true.

Finally wrote some more tonight. Fishsticks is at 55,424 words, which puts it at 74% complete. I have less than 20k left to write. :O

Finally wrote some more tonight. Fishsticks is at 55,424 words, which puts it at 74% complete. I have less than 20k left to write. :O