The Furry Art Academy

Find tutorials, refference pics of furry anatomy, useful tips, works displaying nice views of what we need to keep improving our artstyle, all for the sake of better artists.

[amalas-tutorial-and-inspiration]

THANK YOU! ANON!

I stopped the coloring of the shirt here cause I guess you get the basic idea. If you wanna see more of the coloring and the brush I use you can look HERE! Also you can see how not just folds but shading can define a form HERE!

I hope this helps! I’m so bad with words and explaining things (/)//(/)

[thefurryartacademy]

Head and Muzzle tutorials/Personal notes

This is a breakdown of how Glowfox does his head drawings, this can vary depending on your style so don't be afraid to play with it with your own notes

Commissioned by www.furaffinity.net/user/catstar911

Artist: www.furaffinity.net/user/glowfox

[thefurryartacademy]

Nice to finally find an anthropomorphic art tutorial site that doesn't only specialize in NSFW pictures! Do you know where I can find a tutorial for drawing anthropomorphic cats?

you can easily find those on the internet, I suggest you also analizing how other artists draw their felines, in comparisson to canines, felines have more round paw/toes, more slender build (agile n stuff) and a narrower muzzle, cheekfluff is also a key part on this

[digiartlab-deactivated20150916]

How to Draw Hand

[achievementhunterunlocked]

REBLOGGING FOR ARTISTS WHO ARE STUGGLING WITH DRAWING THE HANDS IN THEIR ART AND LEAVE THEIR HUMANS HANDLESS BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP

[ichiro-official]

THANK YOU

[checkmater]

BLESS YOUR SOUL

[azureanimation]

Yes

[thefurryartacademy]

You will only understand and learn by doing, dont just stare at the gifs, grab a pencil and imitate, understand the shapes, make a 3d rendition in your mind

[lesbianlinkle-moved]

I see this kinda advice passed around all the time here is the thing: shading with black will indeed look bad if you don’t know what you are doing. However, telling people not to do things without explaining why is terrible advice.

Shadows are the opposite of light, this includes in colour.

This means that if you have light in one colour, the shadow will be of the opposing hue, saturation, and value.

Unless the object is white, it has its own local colour -  the object’s true colour, how it would appear if the light were pure white.

The colour of the light influences the local colour of the object. so if you had yourself a brown cube and a blue light, the colours would get bluer and pinker.

now the reason shadows do not tend to be black is because pure white light is hard to find in nature.

the closest you will get to pure white light is during a really overcast day and the sun is filtering through the clouds, but even then it’ll lean towards yellow so the shadows will be slightly blue.

During a clear day, the shadows will pick up a lot of bounce light from the blue sky and have a blue tinge. You can learn more about this in this tutorial: [http://artbyriana.deviantart.com/art/Why-shadows-aren-t-gray-321656856]

But! None of this means you are never allowed to use black.

realistically shadows will have a hint of a colour to them, but stylistically you might be going for, say, a film noir look and deep black shadows are needed for impact for example.

The more you know about how light works, the more informed decisions you can make about shading and the more options you have.

If someone tells you that you can’t do something, they’re wrong! you can do what you like!

yes, black is hard to use and if you just mix a colour with black it’ll get muddy, but thats easily resolved by choosing your colours manually - which ideally you want to do regardless bc the computer doesnt have your eyes & cant choose the colours you like

basically if someone gives you some art advice and says you can’t do something, they’re wrong! you can, you just might need to study a little to figure out how to make things work.

I mean for example, people will say you must make your composition follow the rule of thirds and never align centrally, but while the rule of thirds makes it easy to create visual interest, Mad Max Fury Road is a testament to the fact that central composition can and will work if you experiment.

there are no rules in art! there are theories based on reality, this has been a post on colour theory & light theory, but they exist to inform you, not to restrict you.

Do what you like! Trust your eyes, if you think something looks good, then great! If you don’t, then research & experiment until you do.

Also if you wanna learn more abt colour theory, I go into it in a lot more depth over yonder: http://helpfulharrie.tumblr.com/post/131822744966/ http://helpfulharrie.tumblr.com/post/131958395841/

[cstmart]

puttin this on my art blog so i can keep finding it

[thefurryartacademy]

I honestly like the blog, I do wish you'd do a better job tagging your sources though

I compiled these so long ago, i know some are furry artists and some from deviant art, i did screwed up :C

[thefurryartacademy]

Do you have any tutorials on wolf muzzles? I'm having a hell of a time finding good ones

I believe I posted some canine head structure tutorials, they have lots of muzzle angles and how to do them, scroll down, you will get to them eventually

[sadboyfactory]

IM THE WORST ART TEACHER DONT WATCH THIS

[donutdemon30-deactivated2020112]

this is the best art tutorial i have ever fucking seen

[vodkahowell]

i’m not even an artist but holy hell this is gOLD I FEEL LIKE I CAN DO ANYTHING

[thefurryartacademy]

LIFECHANGING MUST WATCH YO

[marshmallowfury-deactivated2020]

TEETH | BLOOD | DROOL

As promised, you fine freaks, here are some tutorials for how I draw teeth, blood and drool. My three favourite things to draw. ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡

I hope that someone finds this helpful(I’ve written these thinking that those reading know a bit of basic photoshop), but if you have any questions then I’ll do my best to answer of course.

[thefurryartacademy]

I love your tumblr!!! thanks!:D

you are welcome c:

[thefurryartacademy]

its been 3ish years since ive actually sat down and drawn something for fun, and im finally getting back into it. your blog is helping me so much with getting the hang of furries/animals again! thank you so much!! keep being awesome! ♡

im glad this blog keeps bringing back many future artists, it only helps the comunity in the longrun

[leseanthomas-deactivated2021030]

A brief breakdown of how Thomas Romain (co-creator of Code Lyoko, Basquash! Space Dandy Mecha Designer, Cannon Busters) designs backgrounds digitally.

Brilliant.

https://www.twitter.com/thomasintokyo

[digiartlab-deactivated20150916]

How to Draw Hand

[achievementhunterunlocked]

REBLOGGING FOR ARTISTS WHO ARE STUGGLING WITH DRAWING THE HANDS IN THEIR ART AND LEAVE THEIR HUMANS HANDLESS BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP

[ichiro-official]

THANK YOU

[bonbxon-deactivated20171027]

YESS!! THANK YOU SO FRIGGIN MUCH ;o;

[storybookgrizz-deactivated20161]

peridork fritzdudeguy

[thefurryartacademy]

It's great that this site exists! But I feel that this is a stupid question that I'm about to ask. I'm trying to become a better artist, but somehow I just can't get over this fear I have. As much as I want to draw, I fear practice and even looking at tutorials, and I just can't get over it, and feel as though I'll never improve. Is there any advice you can give for someone who feels this way?

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There is no easy path for learning.but it feels great when you accomplish the little steps that takes to get there, keep learning everyday, every artist, even the most famous ones are still learning

[ikimaru]

..not what I meant to do this evening but look I made a tutorial!

this kinda got out of hand but I was having fun shh

remember to experiment around, there are many different ways to do things! B) it’s up to you finding the one you like!

also gomen for crappy handwriting and some rushed drawings

[artist-refs]

Bust practise by MyC-chan

[katoyuu]