A Tutorial Masterpost
Some tutorials that I’ve come across, organized both for my own viewing pleasure and to hopefully assist others as well. I update this list whenever I come across new, helpful pieces.
A lot of these are hosted on my personal Tumblr, but I don’t change my url so it’s pretty safe to bookmark them there (and not have to worry about the url changing) if you don’t wish to reblog them yourself for whatever reason.
Feline tutorials:
Basic domesticated cat tutorial
The domestic cat body
Improving upon (lion) anatomy
Realistic lion faces tips
Big cat paw tips
Canine vs. feline - paws and legs
Beginner feline tutorial
Guide to big cats
Feline comparison
Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy
Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy
Guide to little cats
Big cat eyes (could work for other eyes)
Spot variation in big cats
Big cat studies
Canine tutorials:
Basic wolf anatomy
Skeleton notes on wolf legs
The wolf skeleton as a whole
The wolf skull and teeth
Wolf paw tips
Basic canine poses
Canine ears and chest
Drawing realistic wolves
Basic wolf tutorial
Wolf paw tutorial
Paw pad tips
Wolf skeleton and muscles
Wolf fur direction
Canine vs. feline - paws and legs
Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy
Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy
And this is just an excellent DA for wolf reference images
Fluid greyhound studies
Avian tutorials:
Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids
Bird wing tutorial (lots of underrated tips)
Varying bird wing structure
Basic owl anatomy
Bird wing vs. bat wing vs. pterodactyl wing vs. human arm
Bird wings and flight
Various bird wings
Eagle facts sheet
Bird muscular and skeletal anatomy
Some great photograph bird (wing) references
Dorsal anatomy of a bird wing
Human(oid) tutorials:
Facial features:
Excellent expressions tut
Altalamatox face tutorial
Profile proportions
Expression tutorial
Virtual lighting studio
Various facial and body shapes reference
Drawing the nose
Human mouths
Breaking down the human nose
How to draw the ear
Jawline and kissing tip
The human head at various angles
Advice on eyes
Nose shapes
The human skull and face
Facial features
Portrait lighting cheat sheet
Animating dialogue (mouth movement)
A kissing tutorial
Expressions photo references
Semi-realistic eye tutorial
Painting a realistic eye
The face in profile
The human head at various angles
Muscles in the neck and face
Breakdown of lips
Blocked out human faces
Average female faces of the world
Expressive eye reference
Excellent ear anatomy tutorial
Neck, shoulders, arms, back, and torso:
A male shoulder study
Muscles in the neck and face
Neck and torso tut
Male torso anatomy in use
Arm shape and muscles
Breaking up the male torso
Female anatomy patterns
Male torso photo reference
Over the shoulder poses
Shoulder structure (male)
Male torso in motion
A neat arm trick
Detailed arm muscle drawings
Male muscle reference
Human back tips
Movement and muscles of the neck, torso, and arms
Simplifying a muscular male torso
Drawing boobs
Legs, hips, and feet:
Male vs. female waist
Female anatomy patterns
The human hips
Male legs reference
A beginner’s guide to knees
Feet and shoes tutorial
Simplifying the human foot
Feet reference drawings
Hands:
Hand tips and reference
Simplifying hands
More simplified hands
The human hand
More hand(y) tips
Yet another hands tutorial
The fist
The hand in motion
Hand and feet tips
Excellent hand and feet studies
How hands grip a sword
Hand poses
Boxing out the hand
Full body and poses:
Simplifying human anatomy
Understanding anatomy part 1 (follow desc. links for more)
A guide to movement: flexibility
Pose tutorial
Varying the female figure
Excellent action and couple references
Various athletic builds
Proportional height of different positions
The human body in perspective
Body type diversity
Another ladies tutorial
Fullbody proportions tutorial
Guide to human types
Couple pose photo references
Practice figure drawing (animals as well)
Hair and skin:
Various types of hair
Drawing hair
Skintone palettes
Variation of colour throughout the skin
Painting skin
Skin tutorial
Other:
Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids
Animal feet on a human figure
Dragon tutorials (and bat wings):
Anatomy of the Western dragon
Dragon wing tips
Dragon wing tutorial
Dragon anatomy
Dragon tutorial
Equine tutorials:
Basic horse (back) reference
The equine skeleton
Horse anatomy and pointers
A good, large collection of horse stock references
Skeleton of a horse and its rider
Horse hooves
Skeletal and fluid horse studies
Cervine tutorials:
Basic deer anatomy
Deer skeleton drawing
Deer skull reference
Deer musculature
Deer skeleton
Fluid deer studies
Ursine tutorials:
Fantastic bear anatomy/poses references
Basic bear structure
Bear anatomy tutorial
Miscellaneous animal tutorials:
Sheep vs. goats
Anteater studies
Chimp studies
Asian elephant skeletal drawing
Animating four legged creatures
Various animal studies from an animation aspect
Background and objects tutorials:
Griffsnuff background tut part 1 (second in desc.)
Tree tutorial
Realistic gems tut
Water tutorial
General water tutorial
Drawing crystals
Drawing bows
Painting rocks
Parts of a saber (other swords linked in desc.)
Analyzing key and contrast/time of day/etc
Clothing tutorials:
Fabric tutorial
Clothing folds part 1 (second in desc.)
Drawing hoods
Drawing jeans
Hat on human figure reference
Armor
More hat on figure references
Different shirt collars
Collars, sport backs, vests, and pants
Draperies and costumes
Making colourful fabric patterns
Baseball cap reference
A ton of clothing references
A boatload of well-organized clothing refs
Feet and shoes tutorial
Dressing Rosalind Lutece (older female clothing)
General painting, drawing, and style tips:
Altalamatox digital painting walkthrough
Simple fur tutorial
Realism painting tutorial (human subject)
Excellent colour tutorial
Painting a wolf (good fur painting visual)
Photoshop brushes tut
Basics of Photoshop tutorial
Another digital painting tutorial
Common digital painting mistakes
Colour and light
Soft cel-shading tutorial
Various types of hair
Colour tips and the mood it expresses
Composition tips
Lighting and colour tips
Shadows
Another composition tut
Simple colouring via overlay
From paper to digital
Painting gold
Colour palette turtles
Excellent fur painting tutorial
Skin painting tips
Colouring black and white pictures
Creating a colour palette with MS Paint
Obeying screen direction
Analyzing key and contrast/time of day/etc
The coil technique
Hope these help!
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