#animal reference

[caprine-bees]

New photo refs for the paleo artists out there, courtesy of Knuckle Bump Farms' naked emu chicks.

Like seriously, look at these guys and their stupid little arms.

[art-tnt]

[artistencyclopedia]

Antler Guide - Capreolinae by losttimpactt on DeviantArt

Antler Guide - Capreolinae by losttimpactt

[rulernogard156]

OKAY LIGERS ARE FUCKIN HUGE!!!!!

(Sorry for the shitty screen grabs)

Like... these EXIST! I knew that, but looking up reference I didn't realise they were the equivalent of FUCKIN FANTASY DIRE WOLVES!!!

[sibilscribbles]

My parents have had this gorgeous fox living in their backyard for a couple weeks, but it finally came close enough to the house for my mom to get some good pictures! Hope this brightens everyone’s day like it did mine!

[horse-shaped]

Git Hub Artist Based Tools

This is a compiling of a list of one's I've found. I will add to this post with future reblog chains if I find anymore.

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( Animal Faces/Heads )

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( General Pose Reference )

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The tools underneath contain real nudity, examples have been censored ( only within the pelvic region. )

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( You're going see some discoloration on the censors. The program I used to fill in the initial attempts was off in tone. )

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( Female Version )

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( Male Version )

[barghestblack]

Reviving my animal ear reference I made last year.

Studying reference can really upgrade your artwork and character designs. Sketch over ref photos to break down those shapes and understand the differences between breeds and species. :)

[purple-pigeon-art]

This might just be a nitpicky thing but i see a lot of pigeons drawn with budgie noses. They dont have budgie noses! They look so weird to me drawn with their nostrils on top of the cere (white part of the nose)

Their nostrils are right above their mouths under the little fold. I always recommend looking at references for the species that youre drawing. Personally I doodle without a reference pretty often and i have a decent idea of what a pigeon looks like in my minds eye but ill always do better with references. I usually just look up pigeons on google and leave the image search results open while i draw.

Pictured are Tarot and Cloud, my homing pigeons.