How do you draw furries? Its so hard when I try getting the nose right and all
I'm not sure how to describe it. My early Zootopia fan arts are rough to look at. I've improved a lot the couple years I've been drawing these characters. I would start with just practice. Draw a character. Then draw the character again but change your approach on how you draw one thing. Then do it again as you see what produces the results you want. My early Zootopia work I drew their cheeks sort of like looney toons character(cause I was already familiar with drawing them from my childhood) and then I branched off from there. I struggle with the snouts too. With Nick, for example, I found shortening his nose just a bit helps me get his face better. If you try to keep the nose long it can easily start to look weird from certain angles or you "lose control" of it. Shortening it just a little goes a long way and isn't to noticeable by those looking at the art. Normally in my process, when drawing a character from the front or slightly angled view I 1st) draw a circle for the head, 2nd) draw a curved line that will be in the general direction they will be facing, then 3rd) draw a smaller circle where the tip of their nose will be. I position the eyes and I then shape the rest of the muzzle and mouth from that nose circle.
I would also suggest not going overboard when drawing the lines that show a change in fur color. Take Judy for example. I typically don't draw outlines for when her Grey fur becomes white fur. Those places are near her eyes and mouth and the outlines can easily start to look like wrinkle lines and can clutter up a face(I've seen this in both official art and fan art of her). Sometimes the lines are necessary for a character(like my character Ruby wouldn't look like herself if I didn't draw her fur patterns but it works with ther because what's near the eyes gets darker and shaded in and the other lines are far from the mouth or areas that can clutter/wrinkle the face). There's really no right or wrong answer for that one. You just have to determine yourself with each individual character on whether those lines will help or hurt the art.
I hope something in there helps. I'm really not good at giving drawing advice because I'm pretty much self taught so I can't quote any useful information or give tutorial recommendations.
