The top of the snout is a part of the skull, the bottom of the snout hinges from the corner of the jaw. Let’s start with a quick profile design exercise… We’re not going to look at the anatomy of any one specific animal, but rather we’re going to look at a range of ways to draw snouts on your own original characters and creatures.
Use the mystacial and genal whiskers (located around the snout and cheeks) and the superciliary whiskers (above the eyes) together to emphasise personality. Your cat’s neck and chest can take totally different forms depending on how much of a “ruff” you want them to have. The snout is a protrusion, keep that in mind, as you draw from different angles:Īn easy way to approach your cat’s ears is with a rounded triangle: Taking this basic shape, we can repeat it for a simple muzzle area.Ĭats come in many shapes and sizes – use this to your benefit to build a large, varied cast of characters! In this tutorial we’re going to look at some basic structural shapes, as well as approaches to exaggerate and stylise different features, to allow you to get exactly the look you want for your cat character designs.Ī useful starting point for drawing a huge range of cat heads is this shape:
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