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This compiled list should help you with drawing better animals!

Warning: most of these are for digital art, though they can absolutely be applied to traditional and other kinds of artists as well!

The Basics!

Line of Action’s animal drawing class

A Full Veterinary Anatomical Reference for Animals (Warning! Skeletons)

A ton of animal anatomy reference (Warning! Skeletons)

References! Guide to household cat breeds!

Wolf anatomy pt. 1 (Warning! Skeletons)

Wolf anatomy pt. 2 (Warning! Skeletons)

Wolf anatomy pt. 3 (Warning! Skeletons)

Wolf anatomy pt. 4 (Warning! Skeletons)

A ton of horse reference (Warning! Text heavy)

Komiti’s study notes

Straights vs Curves in animals by Andrew Shek

Zootopia animal reference (Warning! Teeth and misc bones)

Understanding Bird Wings

Bear by Aaron Blaise

Animal nose comparisons

Big cat reference (Warning! Skeletons)

Feline Comparison

Animal skull reference (Warning! Skeletons)

Raven reference

Chicken anatomy reference

Tips! How to break down animals!

Drawing a cats hind legs (Warning! Skeletons)

Tips for dogs and big cats 

Tips on getting animal weight and muscle right (Warning! Skeletons)

Big cat anatomy tips

Realistic Lion Faces by TamberElla

Canines vs Felines

Bird Beaks Anatomy (Warning! Skeletons)

Bird art tips

Tutorials! How to draw a mediocre horse!

Simplified Cat Body (Warning! Skeletons)

Dog Hind Legs (Warning! Skeletons)

Drawing birds! pt 1(Warning! Skeletons)

Drawing birds! pt 2

Drawing birds! pt 3

Big cat paws and legs tutorial pt. 1

Big cat paws and legs tutorial pt. 2

Many types of avian wings pt 1

Many types of avian wings pt 2

Many types of avian wings pt 3

Wings and flight tutorial (Warning! Skeletons)

Digitigrade Paw Tutorial

My approach to animal expressions by teagangavet

Simple Dog and Cat Snouts

A very rough paw tutorial

Drawing a realistic wolf

Simple Wolf Tutorial

Lion Head tutorial

Open Snoot Tutorial

Canine Snoots and Snouts! (Warning! Skeletons)

Rough cat tutorial (Warning! Text heavy)

Realistic Canine Ear Tutorial by Anti-dark-heart

Equine leg tutorial

Horse Drawing Tutorials

Draw Better Horses (Warning! Skeletons)

Bird Masterpost (Warning! Skeletons)

Bird wing tutorial by TheAntimonyElement (Warning! Skeletons)

Another Bird Wing Tutorial by arourallis

Bear tutorial

Rat Tutorial

Tutorials! (Fantasy Animals)

How to dragon pt. 1

How to dragon pt. 2

How to dragon pt. 3

How I draw dragons and reptiles pt. 1 by EMP-83

How I draw dragons and reptiles pt. 2 by EMP-83 (Warning! Skeletons)

Build a dragon face! part 1a Build a dragon face! part 1b

Creating Winged Creatures pt 1

Stylized Ear Tutorial!

Dragon Head Anatomy (Warning! Skeletons)

Dragon anatomy reference sheet (Warning! Skeletons)

Basic Dragon Anatomy by Twilight Saint

Anthro bird legs quick tutorial

Rodrigo-Vega’s tutorial on creature design (Warning! Body horror)

How to design a dragon by Samme Torres

Quick Dragon Tutorial

Cat bodies tutorial by Uncognoscente

Misc!

Original Species Design by Fumi-LEX

Bird tongues

Simplified tiger... Drawn from a penis

Singarl’s painting fur

Fur Painting Tutorial by Novawuff

Painting Scales in Paint Tool SAI

Character design tips!

Creating animal characters by Aaron Blaise (video!)

This masterpost is to help you better with gesture, posing, and general body construction! Though most of this is stylized and shape construction, there are lots of anatomy videos to explain muscles, bones, and other anatomy things more heavily! Nudity will be tagged, PDFs have not been scanned and thus are tagged for nudity just in case! Barbie doll like figures will not be tagged as nudity!  (If theres an option to turn off nudity it will not be tagged as nudity). Tutorials specifically for a certain sex will be tagged as dmab or dfab (designated male at birth or designated female at birth). Videos wont be tagged for skeletons!

Reference and Resources!

Figure drawing PDFs (Warning! Nudity) Bridgman’s Constructive Anatomy PDF (Warning! Nudity) Bridgman’s guide to life drawing PDF (Warning! Nudity) Quickposes! Pose Maniacs! Sketchdaily! Line Of Action! SenshiStock! Make a pose! (iPhone app!) Design doll! (Posing software!) Brightwing12! Pose reference! Pachurz! Building block references! (Warning! Nudity) Joumana Medlej! A bunch of tutorials on human anatomy! (Warning! Nudity) Allonsyraerae! Helpful activity! (Warning! Heavy text) Dresdencodak! Figures: They Speak for Themselves (Warning! Nudity and heavy text)

Tips Griz and Norm! The three steps! Griz and Norm! More acting less anatomy! Griz and Norm! Start strong gesture drawing tips! (Warning! Heavy Text) Griz and Norm! Pick a side! Griz and Norm! Leg Support! Griz and Norm! It’s all in your head! Griz and Norm! Push It! Griz and Norm! Gesture drawing! Griz and Norm! More tips on gesture drawing! Griz and Norm! Figure drawing pointers! Griz and Norm! Straight against curves! Griz and Norm! Don’t just stand there! Griz and Norm! Drawing through! Griz and Norm! Half and Half! Griz and Norm! Apply Pressure! Griz and Norm! Pelvis Tilt! (Warning! Skeletons) Griz and Norm! Line of action! Griz and Norm! Contour line! Griz and Norm! No straight lines! Griz and Norm! Shapes in figure drawing! Phailetdoesart! Things to keep in mind! Mitsouparker! Hip and shoulder spine line! Radiocga! Neck Fluidity! Radiocga! Hip tips! Ursuladecayart! general tips! (Warning! Suggestive imagery) Dammek! how to get a lively pose! (Warning! Heavy text) Littleulvar! Poses and perspective! Kisu-no-hi! Pose advice! Ryouhora! drawing poses from different angles! Dave Pimentel! Tapering body shapes! Betsyillustration! Heres the thing about contour! Shoomlah! photo reference! (Warning! Heavy text) Elixirmy! Pose and gesture suggestions! Elixirmy! necks in poses! Elixirmy! poses pt1 Elixirmy! poses pt 2 0lightsourced! Simplifying the body! Art-resource! “thinking in 3D” practicing! (Warning! Nudity) Makanidotdot! expressions and gesture! Sherm Cohen! Sponge bob guide to lively poses! Alex Woo! Gesture book first chapter! Dunyun-rings! giving drawings form! Munchanka! Simple vs complex! Flooby Nooby! Line of action - Mickey’s Christmas Carol Johnkstuff! Animation school lesson 5 line of action! Drawbetterart! gesture drawing!  Andrew Dickman! Sketching! Incaseyouart! good silhouettes! Marazure! drawing DFAB people! Loshitsu! Body drawing review! (Warning! Skeletons and suggestive posing) Helpfulharrie! gesture tips! Sketchercise! analytical figure tips! Creamysmutthie! Drawing thicker DFAB! (Warning! Nsfw blog, sfw post) Meridiangray! wanna draw better people? Mobble! Some tips for gesture drawing! Yessu! Posing tips and tricks! Ipoophere! how I deal with anatomy! Kelpls! tips! Chusska-art! Anatomy tips! Tanglefootcomic! Anatomy advice! (Warning! Heavy text) Toasty hat! Posing tips!

 Tutorials! Thundercluck! Shapes and silhouettes Thundercluck! the human body! Thundercluck! Different body types! (Warning! Nudity) Thundercluck! DMAB tutorial!  Thundercluck! Rough Sketching! Thundercluck! Poses! (Warning! Nudity) Thundercluck! Character Interaction! Radfordsechrist! Simple Vs Complex Radfordsechrist! Gesture notes! Grafight! DFAB proportion trick! Grafight DMAB proportion trick! Gayda! Quick anatomy tutorial! Ron Lemen! DFAB figure drawing tutorial! (Warning! Nudity) Nechayano! DFAB tutorial! (Warning! Nudity) Winterbramble! Guide to drawing big DFAB! (Warning! Nudity) Marshmallowfury! Body Types! Sully-s! How to sketch like I: DFAB Bodies! Projectendo! Endo’s Body Type Tutorial! Faun-songs! Body Construction Tutorial! (Warning! Nudity) Slothscandraw! Short Basic Body Construction Tutorial! Serenity-fails! Body type diversity (DFAB Edition!) (Warning! Heavy text) Phobos-Romulus! AFAB Body Types Tutorial! (Warning! Nudity) Noodle-nut! Faces/Heads/Bodies tutorial! Lunaartgallery! Tutorial: Shapes, Character, and Personality! Izzzyzzz! Simple bodes! Hellmandraws! Simple body technique! Radiocga! Simple fluid gestures! Radiocga! Shapes in bodies! (Warning! Nudity) ImagineFX Magazine! Breaking figures into geometric shapes! (Warning! Nudity) ImagineFX! Strike a Pose! (Warning! Nudity) Anatoref! Using Simple Shapes to Draw Cartoons! Foervraengd! Gravity & Balance in Anatomy! (Warning! Blood) Binley! Binley’s pose tutorial! Erik Gist! Figure tutorial! (Warning! Heavy text and nudity) Kelpls! Bodies and Poses! Dredsina! Varying Your Body Types! (Warning! Nudity and skeletons) Dredsina! Creating the human form out of simple shapes! (Warning! Skeletons) Sketcholivia! Proportions: A Mini Tutorial! (Warning! Heavy text) Lowaharts! Posing and Flow Markpenmanfutureworks! Drawing the Body! (Warning! Nudity) Nijuukoo! Body motion and fluidity of movement! Helpfulharrie! How to make quick sketches from real life models! (Warning! Nudity) Lomonte! How to do better poses! HolyElfGirl! AFAB body tutorial: Tips and mistakes! (Warning! Nudity) Jigokuen! Construction + Rhythm! (Warning! Skeletons) Zettanoia! An anatomy tutorial! (Warning! Skeletons) Bechnokid! Stick figure posing! Fadura-lotti! How to Draw AFAB Characters! (Warning! Nudity) Kenzandfriends! Fat bodies tutorial! (Warning! Nudity) Majnouna! Big Guide to Drawing the Body! (Warning! Nudity and heavy text) Keiid! Tips for Drawing: Human Body! (Warning! Skeletons) Xcandyslice! Quick Tips: Action Poses!  Ai-Bee! Curves on AFAB People!  Sarahculture! Drawing Tips from the Art of Animation! Simonist! New way of sketching in/drawing joints! Howtodrawcomics! Giving your characters unique features!  Dangerkhoa! How to draw high angled poses!  Dangerkhoa! How I draw poses from low-angles! Zonepan! How i draw bods! Tiribrush! Body shape tutorial!  Dolcissimo! How to draw a body! (DFAB edition!!) Tomatoscribbles! How I do bodies! Digiartlink! How I draw Figures! Poly-m! Body Language tutorial! Taleclock! Figure drawing proportions! Nicolas Rix! Figure drawing! Beedalee-art! Curves on DFAB Cosmother! Dynamic posing! Nsio! Nsio explains Dynamism! Hexphra constructing poses! Thegreatshono! Posing! (Warning! Heavy text) Trisketched! Flow and Rhythm! Bouncingquarians! Bodies and poses! Horatiosroom! how to draw DMAB! (Warning! Nudity) Anyeka! Torso construction!

Videos!

Activities!

This week is to help you get better at posing, gestures, and everything in between! This is only part one of us covering humans and anatomy! Don’t forget to have fun!

Day One: Draw a figure! Before any tutorials, draw the same figure in three different poses. You will redraw this by the end of the week; see how much more dynamic you can make it!

Day two: The Bean Pose Exercise! Fill a canvas with beans! Try and find as many interesting ones as possible and make poses out of them, or draw along with Line of action, QuickPoses, Senshistock or PoseManiacs! Try and get the gesture down as fast as possible. Compare your longest time to the shortest and don’t get so hung up on the details!

Day Three: Free day! Draw whatever you want today as long as it has to do with figures! Practice a little!

Day Four:  Line of action! Follow this activity and take pictures from your favorite artist, your favorite cartoon, or anywhere that inspires you! Try to figure out where the line of action is within them and figure out what makes it look so dynamic! Take screenshots of action poses and try to copy down the action lines and gesture!

Day Five: Challenge! Draw a character interacting with an object or another character! A chair, a staircase, a wall, their best friend, their enemy; whatever it is draw the character’s interaction with it! From holding a book to sliding down a water slide show that your character interacts with the object and landscape!

Day Six: Challenge! Draw a character inside of a shape! Try and get them to look as much like that shape while keeping anatomy in mind!

Activities!

Day one: Freeform! Do whatever you want for the first day; make up an animal of your own, draw your favorite animal, study more on faces, whatever you want!

Day two: Study! Study for 30 minutes drawing along with line of action. Be sure to share the results!

Day three: Block it out! This activity is used to find simple shapes in the skull and features of your chosen animal! Bring it back to its basic form using tracing and see how simple it can look and still resemble the animal! 

Day four: Poses! Practice drawing poses for animals like laying down or running! Take note on the bone structure and figure of the animal in different positions.

Day five: Expression Study! Using reference, draw a human expression on an animal face. Take note of bone structures and the way the jaw moves on the animal. Exaggerate!

Day six: Draw your pet! Take a picture of your pet and draw it as close to the picture as you can. If you don’t have a pet, search up a picture of a pet that you want and draw that instead! Study the position and anatomy of it.

Day seven: Challenge day! Combine two animals either of your choice or from this animal generating website!

Here’s some things that might help:

Our animal tutorial masterpost!

How to Draw Anything by tamberella

The Shrimp Method by Prrb

The Basics: Using References by Shattered-Earth