#wing reference

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

great blue heron

[spinus-pinus]

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

8/27/2024 Benton County, Washington

Jef B. via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC

[dokidokisadness]

avians ༊*·˚

[breannasfluff]

Hi! Do you have any tips for drawing people with wings? The main character of my comic has wings, but i… can’t draw them. This is becoming an itty bitty (read: massive) problem. Any help helps at this point honestly haha

I'll share some pictures I find useful.

Here's a bad picture of using the basic shapes for the wings

And then you can see how I used that as the base to tell me where to put feathers

The trick with wings is not to get TOO detailed (IMO). You don't want to make the picture so busy you can't take it in but, mainly, you may be miserable drawing allll the feathers. That's how I approach it. Some people do all the feathers and add more details and it looks great!

For putting them on people, you can see from the back that it's sort of like putting a pair of arms on the shoulder blades. Yes, technically that wouldn't work sooper well, but none of this works when you think about it lol.

You can also check my wings tag, which has a lot of references.

Hope that helps and let me know if you have any more questions!

[thephooka]

Wing ref I posted as between-chapter art a while ago. Did I reference a raw chicken wing for the musculature? Yes, I did.

[50shadesofoctarine]

Angel Wing Tutorial. #art #tutorial #drawing #drawingtutorial #fyp #angel #goodomens

[art-tutorials-and-refs]

Character Design References (characterdesigh) - Profile | Pinterest

Character Design References | Model sheets, concept designs, sketches and tutorials from established and promising artists working in animat

Lots of references, including but not limited to bones, organs, male, female, skin, head, hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, neck, shoulder, arms, hands, torso, hips, buttocks, legs, feet, people of different ages and body types, clothes, animal species, mythical creatures, objects, backgrounds, and expressions.

Pose references are extensive, including hand gestures, back poses, hanging, flying and jumping, walking and running, riding, couples, hugging, kissing, eating and drinking, getting dressed, styling hair, reading, writing and painting, using a phone, sitting, cross-legged, leaning, bending, kneeling, squatting, dancing, boxing, using a gun, archery, using a sword, martial arts, serving food, playing instruments, and skating and surfing.

[dyad-tmesis]

Peeps keep saying stuff about how I draw wings so here’s a messy little guide I made, it’s not 100% accurate and you’re free to not follow everything I list here but yeah-

Go check out other reference sheets other artists have made since it’s what helped me make this