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Learn Animal Anatomy to Draw Realistic Animals from Imagination

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Skills You’ll Learn

How to Quickly Sketch the Pose by Drawing a Simplified Skeleton

How to Make the Body Look 3D With Simplified Anatomy

How to Draw Detailed Musculature

How to Draw All Details of Animal Anatomy




Animals are a fascinating subject, but they're really hard to draw realistically if you don't know their anatomy—especially when you want to draw one from memory. And learning animal anatomy can be a pretty challenging task on its own—it's so easy to get lost in the world of lengthy muscle names and complex bone shapes, while studying convoluted diagrams designed for veterinary students.

But there is a better way to learn! In this course I'll teach you everything you need to know about animal anatomy as an artist—you'll learn why animals look the way they do, and how to apply this knowledge to draw an animal from start to finish completely from imagination. I'll be using a dog as a main example, but I'll also show you how to use the same method to draw any other species.


This course is for anyone who loves animals and wants to draw them realistically from imagination, without having to search for reference photos before every drawing session. If you're interested in creature design, this course will allow you to make your creatures more realistic. If you've studied the subject of animal anatomy earlier, this course will also help you organize your knowledge.


By the end of this course you will have a greater understanding of how animals are constructed and how their anatomy affects their overall look. You'll know how to start a drawing of an animal using a simplified skeleton, how to fill it with simplified body forms, and then how to make it detailed and realistic by adding the musculature. Most importantly, this course will make you less reliant on references, which will give you more artistic freedom. Because your imagination will be supported by the knowledge of animal anatomy, you'll also be able to draw more realistic imaginary creatures.


Curriculum

WELCOME

Welcome

1. Meet Your Instructor: Monika

02:02

2. Introduction to the course

02:30

3. Introduction to Autodesk Sketchbook

02:45

1

The Basics of Animal Drawing

1. How to draw and rotate a sphere

09:40

2. How to draw and rotate other 3D shapes

05:52

3. How to draw in 3D space

07:41

4. Freehand perspective techniques

07:10

5. Accentuate the 3D form with simple shading

04:32

6. Fun exercises with snakes, fish, and salamanders

04:54

2

Drawing the Simplified Skeleton

1. The basic body plan of mammals

10:07

2. The basic body plan of reptiles and birds

09:16

3. Animals in motion

06:58

4. How to draw poses in 3D

12:10

3

Drawing the Basic Volumes of the Body

1. How to draw the simplified torso

10:02

2. How to draw the simplified head

07:33

3. How to draw the simplified limbs

09:50

4

How to Draw Heads

1. How to draw carnivore heads

10:13

2. How to draw herbivore heads

10:39

3. How to draw reptile and bird heads

06:56

4. How to draw an open mouth

09:23

5

How to Draw Paws, Claws, and Hooves

1. How to draw paws

07:02

2. How to draw hooves

07:50

3. How to draw claws

09:18

6

How to Draw Detailed Musculature

1. How to draw muscles of the torso and neck

09:54

2. How to draw muscles of the shoulder and thigh

08:19

3. How to draw the forelegs

08:42

4. How to draw the hind legs

05:27

7

How to Draw the Surface Anatomy

1. Cover the muscles with skin

06:56

2. How to sketch long fur

07:16

3. How to sketch short fur

05:34

4. How to sketch scales

07:20

5. How to sketch feathers

05:19

8

How to Study Animal Anatomy

1. My method of studying animal anatomy

06:47

2. Best online and offline resources for anatomy studies

03:30

BONUS

Bonus Chapter: Animal Anatomy and Creature Design

1. How to use what you’ve learned to design new creature

07:03

OUTRO

Outro

1. Congratulations on completing the course

02:56

Creator

Monika

Monika

My name is Monika Zagrobelna, I'm a freelance artist and a tutorial instructor from Poland. I have a deep passion for drawing animals, and I've spent years learning everything I could to make my creatures—both real and imagined—more realistic. I'm fascinated by the topic of animal anatomy and how the knowledge of it allows me to construct an animal from scratch. Thanks to my 8 years' experience as a tutorial instructor I know how to simplify what I've learned to make it more understandable for beginners, and how to design a learning process with a satisfying progression. Being happy with the level of your skill is one of the best feelings in the world, and I hope my course will help you achieve that!

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