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Still trying to find a look that I like for my fursona.
It's hard to decide how much of my brown hair and beard should go onto my otherwise greyscale snowleopard fursona.
I think white cheek fluff is important to keep, but I want some of my beard there too.
Slowly starting to get comfortable with drawing my hair. Still need to study a few more photos though.
I drew this first with full ears and no hair, but then when I drew the hair all but the very tips of my ears were covered.
At least that solves the problem of working out how to draw them sticking out from under my hair.
Also working on facial expression a bit here. Trying for a happy friendly grin, not entirely sure if I succeeded though.
It's hard to decide how much of my brown hair and beard should go onto my otherwise greyscale snowleopard fursona.
I think white cheek fluff is important to keep, but I want some of my beard there too.
Slowly starting to get comfortable with drawing my hair. Still need to study a few more photos though.
I drew this first with full ears and no hair, but then when I drew the hair all but the very tips of my ears were covered.
At least that solves the problem of working out how to draw them sticking out from under my hair.
Also working on facial expression a bit here. Trying for a happy friendly grin, not entirely sure if I succeeded though.
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Leopard
Size 800 x 600px
File Size 110.6 kB
Listed in Folders
When dogs are smiling, they reveal their lower teeth while keeping their upper ones hidden. They only reveal the upper teeth (especially the incisors) when they're trying to scare the daylights out of you (or someone has taught them that creepy artificial "smile" trick). Felines don't really open their mouths and smile, but, again, they show their upper incisors when they're being scary. They can't really conceal their lower teeth, you will see the lower canines and incisors whenever they open their mouths.
Snow leopard showing its upper teeth: http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=6597508&catID=28270
And here's a relaxed one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/279232.....7600659148423/
Snow leopard skull: http://www.boneclones.com/images/bc-056-lg.jpg
What I hadn't noticed before is that the big cats (and the dogs as well) actually have *six* incisors, whereas humans only have four, and the outermost set of incisors resemble small canine teeth. Also note how the lower canines are in front of the upper, which also means they are inside the upper ones when viewed from the front (and thus the upper ones are wider apart than you think).
Anyway, to draw a friendly smile in a beast-faced person, I'd be showing a lot more of the lower canines, and a lot less of the upper.
Also, I approve of that amount of forehead. ;)
Snow leopard showing its upper teeth: http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=6597508&catID=28270
And here's a relaxed one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/279232.....7600659148423/
Snow leopard skull: http://www.boneclones.com/images/bc-056-lg.jpg
What I hadn't noticed before is that the big cats (and the dogs as well) actually have *six* incisors, whereas humans only have four, and the outermost set of incisors resemble small canine teeth. Also note how the lower canines are in front of the upper, which also means they are inside the upper ones when viewed from the front (and thus the upper ones are wider apart than you think).
Anyway, to draw a friendly smile in a beast-faced person, I'd be showing a lot more of the lower canines, and a lot less of the upper.
Also, I approve of that amount of forehead. ;)
Thanks for the info!
I was trying to blend elements of human facial expression with the animal features.
When I smile I show a lot more of my upper teeth than my lower ones, but yeah, looking at that first photo and the skull I can see that I need to get those lower canines in there too.
Yeah, this amount of forehead is what you get when I draw a snowleopard face from scratch without using a human photo reference.
I was trying to blend elements of human facial expression with the animal features.
When I smile I show a lot more of my upper teeth than my lower ones, but yeah, looking at that first photo and the skull I can see that I need to get those lower canines in there too.
Yeah, this amount of forehead is what you get when I draw a snowleopard face from scratch without using a human photo reference.
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