How to draw anthro heads
By Kelly | June 4, 2007
A quick example of how I approach heads:
It helps to think in terms of 3D objects. The main mass of the head is a sphere, with the attached muzzle and ear shapes varying depending on which species you’re trying to depict.
I’ll start with the rough sphere and some crosshairs on top to set the angle and position of features I’ll draw later.
Then, on top I’ll sketch out the form of the eyes and eye sockets, and the muzzle form below. Eyes are usually placed above the center crosshair. A good rule of thumb is that the eyes are spaced one eye-width apart.
After that I’ll add in other forms like cheek-fluff and hair, and start working out details.
The main objective here is to figure out form and pose before adding any details!
More Examples
These are old but should give you some idea how I approach different species:
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May 19th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Thx for these tutorials. They have helped out alot. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial about constructing the body.
May 19th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Being a very new artist, this is what i used to get started a few months back.
It’s got a nice overlook on drawing a head.
Granted, I’m still not very good… but it’s more than likely to help someone out who’s new.
Good job!
May 19th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
yeah, a full body basic (Verrrry basic) tutorial would make my day and then some.
May 27th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
This tutorial has helped me a TON. I literally got better over-night upon discovering this and trying it. Please, post more head tutorials like these? Body tutorials would be awesome, too. ^._.^
May 30th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Yeah this tutorial really helps. and i was, like steven hoping you had a tutorial for bodies? I cant draw those at all( oh and teson isnt my real name I just like it a lot)
May 30th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
before this tutorial my drawings were god-awful but after i tried it my drawings are now decent and now I’ve got other students asking for my artwork, thanks. btw: a full body tutorial would really help.
May 31st, 2007 at 10:34 pm
awesome tutorial! i’ll definitely make use of it.
My greatest weakness is getting the hips right. ie. linking the legs to the rest of the body, especially when working with digitigrade legs! if you can do a full body one that covers this problem, i’d appreciate it, thanks.
June 2nd, 2007 at 10:56 pm
All right, you’ve created animal heads (and some cute ones too,) now, what about the bodies? They need bodies. I think you need to put up a tutorial on how to draw anthro bodies
June 3rd, 2007 at 8:46 am
Please please please can you follow this up with a similarly excellent body tutorial? :D
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Don’t worry, I’m definitely working on a body tutorial next :3
June 4th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
im not really good at drawing anthro. but ive been praticing and getting better… now i just need help with the body
June 5th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Wow! This is gonna help me a lot!
June 6th, 2007 at 12:26 am
Hey, this is pretty helpful!
June 6th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
These tutorials are helping a bunch!!^.^ I am writing a story for my friend that has furry characters instead of weres, (werewolves and the like) humans, or just regular animals. I usually draw pix to help me visualize the way the characters move and interact, so i needed to learn to draw furries first. Thank You From Misskitsune!!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
This is exactly what I need! I absolutely cannot draw anthro faces, so this helps me a ton! My god, thank god there is someone that can help! Thank you!
June 14th, 2007 at 12:46 am
Well done and informative! Thank you very much for posting these!
- MH
June 14th, 2007 at 12:47 am
Ooh, nice! Right now I’m working on a raccoon anthro, maybe more animal species? But it’s really nice! Kudos! Thanx a billion!
June 24th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Its helpfull! Yeah, a few more animals sounds nice. But, still VERY helpfull! :3
June 30th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Really really helpful. I hate drawing heads for anything. This tutorial helped my overcome my hatered quit a bit.
July 7th, 2007 at 2:47 am
Oddly enough,this is pretty much how I’ve always gone about drawing anthro heads..and I always thought my way was a little weird. Apparently I was wrong!Of course, my anthros are anime, so they are a little stranger looking than yours^.^
July 10th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
This helps! I’ve always had trouble drawing anthro heads from a 3/4 view.Thanks!!!
July 12th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I already am gaining some insight into furry head drawings and am getting a better handling at drawing them. This was one of the first websites I found on google from searching for furry art tutorials, and wow does it deserve being on top!
July 12th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Thanks a crapton for these. I’ve been trying to do anthro for a while, but everything I make comes out looking flat and cheap. This, this will help immensely. Rock on.
-Blink
July 21st, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Duuude… OMG THANKIES!!
August 1st, 2007 at 11:24 am
This have been helpin me a LOT with my furry / anthro drawings! THANKS TO YOU!!!!!!! :D
August 13th, 2007 at 1:03 am
WOW, i had been waiting for a site like this for ages, this is gonna be great help, thanks a lot TT_TT
this one is especially helpfull, but do you got any tips for complete front shot of the head?
August 13th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
ty alot this help me so much =) thank you
August 28th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
I am so glad I found this site it’s great
August 29th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
what about horse heads? how do you draw those?
August 30th, 2007 at 12:29 am
could you go more in-depth for the canine tutorial? im having alot of problems with muzzles and eyes…. Thanks for the work so far. Its so hard to find a good tutorial, but yours is one of the best.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Drahor, Try and take the examples of how the heads can be broken down from this tutorial, look at some horse references/anatomy and figure how you can apply it yourself.
If you rely entirely on formulas you’re not going to learn how to pick up on new subjects when assistance such as this is not available.
Also I haven’t read them but that “Weatherly Guide” and “Art of Animal Drawing” linked in the books section more than likely has the info you’d want.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I’d like bat heads too, but so far, this is awesome, this site is awesome!
September 5th, 2007 at 3:28 am
Amazing! This helped abunch. And your art is really good! =3
September 5th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
pleaz make 1 4 bodies!!! thanx
September 8th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
That’s a good start indeed, could you make one “How to draw muscles?” Not giant muscles like the men that boost themselves with steroids, just muscles to show that the anthro is not flat, if people (like me) prefer muscular anthros to fat anthros. (It’s just a suggestion, if you don’t want, i won’t bother you any longer) Thanks in advance if you do.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:14 am
thank you kind sir or madam for you have just proven to me that I can draw to a degree
you have truely made me happy
may good fortune follow you from now on
September 26th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Hey, great tutorial! This is really helpful to me, seeing as I’m not to good at drawing heads.
Oh, I posted a link to your site on mine. If that’s not OK, then I’ll take it down.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Wow. I got much better at heads after reading this. Thanks for the great tutorial!
October 9th, 2007 at 12:10 am
This….
Helps me so well, thank you very much.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:29 am
This helps alot on performance. thank you. but may i make one request, can you please add bear profiles?
October 19th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
hey can you do more tutorials on cats, horses/unicorns and rats? that would be awesome considering the fact that a friend of mine request that i draw him and anthro picture of a cat. i will also presuade him to look at the site. ^_^
much love,
Elaina
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I would like more tutorials on the Cat and Dog head and body. That would help me alot! =3 Thanks!
~Emily
November 8th, 2007 at 2:05 am
It’s great :D but what about reptilian furries like Nagas (snakeman), Lizardman and Dragons?
And Avian furrites (birdmen)
November 9th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
What about Raccoons? I really want to know about Raccoons. These tutorials are amazing by the way. :D
November 13th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Ive never even drawn a furry and after this tutorial. i could at least draw what looked like an animal.
But seriously this tutorial helped so much!
I ARE LEARNING TO DRAW.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Thanks, you helped me out! I’ve been working on this stuff forever and couldn’t get it down for the longest time. Then I found this, it helped me alot. Thanks for being so informative! -Adam
November 19th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
I hate to say this but; the anthro wolf head is a bit wrong. I know it’s supposed to be anime, but the ears are wrong and the nose is a bit short. It looks more like some kind of cat more then a wolf. It’s a good way to teach though, and for that I’m greatful.
November 27th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
i was wondering if you had anything on how to draw an bat anthro style? but i think that these tips can really help me out while im drawing
December 12th, 2007 at 11:43 am
This is amazing advice. I’ve been wanting to draw furry for a long time but was short on anatomic instruction on achieving that. Top rate tutorial!!!
December 14th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Thanks for the tutorial ^_^ I’ve been having trouble on some spots with how the face looks in certain angles. >
December 19th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Thanks for the tutorial ^_^ I’ve been having some trouble on some spots on how the face looks at certain angles.>
December 19th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Um, can you please make an even more basic head tutorial? I’m really. really. bad at drawing anthro. And most other things… :(
December 26th, 2007 at 8:44 am
This was awesome it helped alot
December 29th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
These are AMAZING. They’re really helping me
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:45 am
TY SOOOO MUCH!!! great job
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Wow, these are really useful. I’m an author, because I can barely draw, but now I can illustrate my stories, somewhat. It would be nice, however, if you included a few more species.
Other than that, good job.
January 5th, 2008 at 12:02 am
This has helped me soo much. My anthro drawings have improved. THANK YOU!!
January 12th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I would like to see anthro horses please
January 12th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I have to agree Xearun, could you make a flat basic head tutorial?
January 13th, 2008 at 10:10 am
aidan,
watch the horse video :)
http://www.drawfurry.com/?p=38
January 14th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Wow, these are amazing. I would just like to say how much these are helping the art impaired (me) learn how to draw better. I just have a quick question. How do you draw reptiles like snakes and komodo dragons? At this I am completely lost and I think it would be great. Good work, and thanks for making these tutorials!
January 24th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
OMG THIS HELPED SOOOOO much! I’m making a comic similar to goodcheese, and my main characters are a dingo and a sun bear. Do you think you could add a tutorial on a sun bear please? It’d really help me in my drawing! THANKS YOU ROCK!
February 1st, 2008 at 1:25 pm
you should try drawing unicorns or dragons, but thanks so much for teeching me how to draw these things espesily the athros I never knew about them entell now.
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Dude! I reley needed this THANKS!!!
February 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
I wanted to draw and this helped alot on my first pic. Thxs!!!
February 15th, 2008 at 4:09 am
this will help me draw furries beter
March 18th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Thanks to the tutorial I finally figured out how to draw those heads, everything before was a headless thing.
Thanks!
March 23rd, 2008 at 2:12 am
It is very detailed and has sparked off my interest.Before,my anthro headds always seemed out of place or what many of my friends called”cartoon”.(unrealistic)
Hope that the “good cheese”and “Roza” series finish soon.The drawings help A LOT!
March 25th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Improving…sadly,I still can’t get it quite right as how the nose joins to the snout to the mouth really baffles me.Still,I’ve improved.I’VE IMPROVED!!!!Yay!Really love the tutorials but could you add some detailed wolf anthros?I love wolves.
March 29th, 2008 at 7:43 am
hiya i have trouble drawing anthro heads turning and face on could you possibly give me some help and tips.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Really great tutorial! And all I did was look and appreciate art, but not draw it. but thanks to this, I’m inspired to DRAW now, and if it doesn’t look good, then I’ll practice until it’s just right! Now I’ll be able to appreciate the art of others as well as mine :)
April 8th, 2008 at 5:23 am
i have been drawing people for a long time and the shape of an animals face is a little bit hard for me and this help me get it right
April 10th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Wow, these were Awexome! thnx!
April 12th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I would really like it if you had a video on how to draw heads, that would be really help full. :D
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 am
I really like how you have the guides on different types of animals. It is supah helpful. Specially since I draw TONS of cats. ((side note: I like the tiger’s expression. A little ‘come hither’ish, no?)) My cats look fairly decent now, and my dogs look pretty good from profile view.
I always have so much trouble with snouts. >_
May 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
wow this is great thx after a week or two of practicing i should be a pro (^0^)
May 13th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Hey wow I am just learning how to draw furries and I am getting alright but i need to find out more bout this whole drawing stuff. It is amazing!!
June 25th, 2008 at 1:09 am
nice. i really needed this guide..my first furry drawing ever. im usually do text art so this is a big jump for me..thanks
July 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Man, this has really helped me. The tutorials, really. <3 I love this site now, it can describe so many detailed things into more simpler forms. Thank you so much for this.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Wowch awesome tutoriels! helped me inprove more of my Anthro work. But i wouldn’t mind more ones on Big cats and maybe dragons but mostley on big cats^^
July 26th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I really like this site I just found. I saw some pros draw some art and I thought that it looked so cool. But, I can’t even draw a circle let alone this. Im going to be using this site for a long time
July 30th, 2008 at 9:30 am
could you do one where the head is looking directly at the drawer? cuz i’ve been working on drawing my fursona and I really need help for the head.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Mad love for the rodents ^^
August 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Thanks this helps me alot
August 15th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Could you do some more drawing of this? I just cant seem to get some animal aspects down.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Is it possible to draw a furry head in photoshop? because, I don’t have a scanner to put my my stuff in the internet. But I know that drawing with a mouse is way harder than with the hand. BTW, my drawing suck and I hope your tutorial helps me to improve.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Ive never felt more confident about a drawing/sketch Ive done before trying my methods with these techniques in mind; Ive been up all night drawing tons more after taking a look through this. I used to be too impatient to do sketches starting with the method youve shown there, but its totally worth it. I applaud your efforts to save the world! :3 Many thanks, times over!
September 9th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
This is a great tutorial and it’s helped my drawing a lot, though I kinds wish there was something more in depth with the fox, something almoast Robin Hood ish, I have lots of trouble finding tutorials on them
September 12th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
what about if it’s a straight ahead view?
September 15th, 2008 at 8:02 am
This is soooo cool!please help me! do ya’ no why?
I can draw anthro but I’m really B-A-D Bad!!!
please e-mail me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Why can’t I find a book thats as great & helpful as this site? I’ve honestly never seen anyone make/ write anything that focuses on anthro creatures. You’d think, with all these new animated movies & furries out there, that someone would want to make a profit off of the subject.
September 19th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Awesome tut! been drawing full freehand for a long time, but, i really did notice improvements in just beeing able to lay the shaopes on paper mentally. Propz, dude.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Great and helpful :)
i was wondering if someone can do A “Crash Bandicoot” way to draw heads?
if you make one i would be very greatful!
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Can you guys please make a second part to this tatoral? I’ve heard that female heads are different from male heads and I’m not sure how that is.
October 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
This is a very informative site according to drawing anmie style animals but I have to agree with michel on how to make female and male heads different so post that asap thanks
October 26th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
i found this very helpful because now i have a feel of how to draw useing circles n lines tysm !
October 27th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
this is great,it helped a lot. can you make a tutorial of all the head sides? like front view – side view – quarter view – back view? would be appreciated.
this is great.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
I would like to know how to draw reptiles and Deers…. it would be cool for my new comic >D
October 28th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I am a starting artist, and I think these Tutorials will help me out a lot. :3
I intend to study them all tomorrow.
October 30th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Wow thi is so amazing thank you so much i have been dying to find a good website on drawing furry and this is it!!!!!!!!!
November 8th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Ohh finally, now i can draw my pictures more easy, and i love the furry art
November 18th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Great tutorial! Its helped me a great deal. I’ve always been into drawing anthro’s but could never draw the faces. But thanks to this tutorial i can draw them. Thanks!
November 18th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
This was the best tutorial about anthros i’ve seen thank’s alot it realy helped my drawings.
November 21st, 2008 at 2:08 am
Awsome but it needs crash bandicoot characters
November 21st, 2008 at 7:12 pm
this was a very good description, but not exactly what i was looking for. I was looking for more of a dog type one.
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I agre with “lauren”. I’m only here for dogs, cats, and foxes.
P.S. I LOVED “Good Chesse”, but I personally think that the title is kinda weird, and that it’s WAY to short!
December 18th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Thanks a million. When I get a tablet this guide will be a big help when I’m drawing my Neopets.
Make a body tutorial…?
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I loved these they helped me alot with my works
,but it wasn’t what i was looking for. In general i was looking for more like dragon/lizard characters.
December 24th, 2008 at 12:31 am
I’m still not too good with the back of the jaw on canines, the fur always looks… what’s the word I’m looking for? Crap.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 am
This is great! This really inspires me to start drawing again!
January 5th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Hey, am i the only one who has trouble? its not step by step enough i dont think, theres too many changes between each transition, its hard.. or i just suck at drawing.
:’(
January 10th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Thank You SOOOOO Much for posting this! I can actually draw something that is more than PASSABLE! I love this site!
January 14th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Hey, cool. Been looking for a good way to draw muzzles, I’ll have to try it out.
January 24th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I have alot of trouble drawing heads and bodies. But thanks to this site it make it alot easier with tutorials.
February 14th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Hello, this helped me out. I cannot draw Anthros properly yet. But I am trying (I can’t even draw other cartoon or Furry like things anyway). But this will help me develop my skills a little more.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
If it hadn’t been for this tutorial, I probably never would have grasped the concept of how to draw a decent anthro’s head.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
This is a very good site,but a step by step full instructions would help me alt of drawing,cause i really draw furries well.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Avians please?
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
awesome tutorial, i was clueless as how to get started on the head.
March 18th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Thanks a lot. I always wondered why I could never nail dog anthros. I finally got it down thanks to this tutorial.
March 20th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Yeah, thx for the help, I always saw fox anthros with short snouts and I am kinda insecure, and I think I need to adjust my fursonas snout length/size (I am a red fox).
March 21st, 2009 at 6:26 am
I was wondering if somebody could make a tutorial of drawing EARS!! I find them somewhat difficult… you know, making them look fluffy and lively and stuff…
AMAZING SITE! LOVE IT!
April 21st, 2009 at 9:54 pm
can you show how to draw heads from the front? ^^;; i can do 3 1/4 view, just not from the front.
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
can you show how to do a bear,
i’m trying to draw myself and i think of myself as a bear,
panda bear,
because i’m chubby,
every drawing of furries are mostly skinny so i’d like it if you could help with a chubby-er furry.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:53 am
thank you so much for this info it has really extended my drawing skills
May 6th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Very good tutorial, I’ll probably still suck terribly at drawing furry heads (I can do profile views, but it’s 3D or facing forward heads I can’t draw) after I try it, but still…very nice tutorial.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
can you make a bird tutorial? its okay if you dont ^^
May 17th, 2009 at 7:00 am
One can only thank th’e for these demonstrations due to lack in the apility to draw canine heads and to those i give my thanks
May 18th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
great tutorial. Drawing anime or manga is one of the things i like getting into, though im only really a beginner. anthros was one of the things ive been looking at. compared to others, i think yours are the best since they look more on the cartoonish side. but can you show how to draw the heeas in the different views like front, side, and 3/4 view? that would be really helpful!
June 4th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
can you do a totorial about how to draw animal bodies?
June 8th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
all if these have helped be a lot.
Before I couldn’t draw and in three days with these I can draw a full sized anthro.
Thanks for the awesome help and tutorials.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I’ve been trying to draw anthros for years and this tutorial has really helped, however it would be nice if you made a short step-by-step progression of drawing a cat head, like the one you did of a dog head.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 pm
This is a very nice tutorial, but I agree with Lucky Cat on this one. Could you make a step-by-step tutorial on drawing feline heads?
July 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Manarr is right! It’s amazing, you inspired me to draw something and -here’s the shocker- IT DIDN’T LOOK BAD. X3 and I’m my own worst critic. I hate everything I’v done. To others wanting to improve, I highly suggest going onto Youtube and looking up tutorials, they really, realy help. Given not as much as these, but you can see how their made. Sorry for the ramble. X3 Awsome art, thank you. Fuzzy out.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
hey Tai, Me too! Canines I think are really hard >..<
August 19th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Great tutorial! I’m thinking about starting more furry art. You see, I draw a lot of Sonic-fanart, mostly for the part that it’s simple. But I’ve been wanting to do some of this for a while now, and it’ll really help to see it from someone as expiranced as you. :) Plus, I’m going to try my hand at Pokemorphs, and implementing some of these designs (since most of the PKMN are based on animals) in that too. So overall, this will really help me with my drawing ability. Kudos to you!
:.:.: MasterSpazzz :.:.:
August 26th, 2009 at 8:44 am
This is a great tutorial,I have never been able to actually draw a decent head(let alone anything for that matter).This helped so much.
September 1st, 2009 at 9:10 am
Hi , thank you for this helpful tutorial . your art is awesome.
September 12th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Can you please do a tutorial on how to do a rat head i always liked rats i have 3 pet rats
October 17th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
hey, i wanna know more about wolfs and foxes!! there really hard to draw! T.T
October 27th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
This has helped me A LOT!! I have been looking for a website like this for almost half
a year now. Anthro art isn’t as easy as it looks, and I never realized that until I started
drawing it. So :] thank you for being so kind as to putting up these wonderful tutorials.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:15 am
hey, any chance you could help with a polar bear or just a bear in general? im not very good at drawing anthro to begin with. i can’t draw face straight on or at an angle, just profile views.
November 6th, 2009 at 9:30 am
you should also include on how to draw both genders :D GREAT TUTORIALS!!!!!!
November 19th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Cool… I like your works
November 19th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
thanks for the help but i can’t get the first example to show up on my screen would you mind sending me the example pls? that would be very helpful
November 27th, 2009 at 12:17 am
This was really helpful for my anthro comic. Thanks, though it would’ve been nice for you to add both genders.
December 6th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
this help alot can u send me some more i really need some more help
December 14th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
This could help a lot! Every time I try to draw a muzzle, it ends up looking like a stupid styrofoam cup. GRRRR IT LOOKS SO IDIOTICCCCCCCCCCC
December 20th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
you should add a girl.I’m very confused in drawing a girl since i was a boy.
December 21st, 2009 at 2:09 am
2 years ago i looked this up… now im drawing 100X better than this.. i look back at my old art and cringe
December 28th, 2009 at 5:55 am
I’m trying to draw a ferret.. but it keeps looking like a cat! Any ideas?
December 29th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Ferrets have thinner noses than cats. All the area around the muzzle is a lot thinner than a cat’s. A ferret’s body is also thinner, and longer. But i think the most noticeable difference is the neck. A ferret has a much longer neck than a cat. http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/200396877-001.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=BEE8F6E6581A1106D59A9CCCAFB525E01F6F6178A68B340C < That's what I'm talking about.
Goodluck! I hope this helps
xxxx
Chrona
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:56 pm
err i can get cat heads right because of their small muzzles. also u should make a hair tutorial
January 7th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Practice ;D
January 9th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
to paiyrx: elongate the the snout, squash the nose… thats all the info i can give without seeing it hope it helps
January 14th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
I love this website. It’s been helping me improve my anthro bit by bit. But…. I’m trying to draw a bird charcter. But I really don’t know how. ^^; And even looking at a few other anthro bird characters I just can’t seem to get it. Do you know what I can do to make a bird anthro?
January 20th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I just used this toutreal and i drew a furry image.
all my past attempts ended in vain but this time i actually drew a nice image.
January 30th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Kelsie,
I don’t have a bird tutorial, but check the book ‘Draw Furries’, it has a very nice bird chapter.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Thanks for this tutorial, it really helped me with big cats in general.
February 15th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Could you please draw the structures for the big cats like you did for the first one please?
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:21 pm
First of all thank you very much for this site it have helped me soooooooo much secondly could you make a tutlorial for skunk heads bodies etc once again thank youso very much :3
February 27th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
could you do a tuorial on drawing a husky face? i really cant draw them =( help anyone
March 12th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Amazing tutorial! It really helped me out a lot!
March 12th, 2010 at 11:29 am
This Guide does help quite a bit! I always get a bit confused when it comes to the base shapes for the snouts. I think this will help give me better guidelines and make things easier on me. There is one thing I’d really love to understand better; I’m terrible at make dog/wolf faces with the snout pointing down at a frontal view… Um… Much like the third rabbit’s picture. When I make the muzzle a simple extension from the face it looks terrible and unrealistic… I was wondering if perhaps in the future you could maybe put a diagram up explaining how to do this better. :D
March 20th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
This is extremely helpful, but, I noticed you have no examples for birds…my Love is a Phoenix/Cat hyrbrid and I’d enjoy some help with wings and beaks and such… since I always have such a hard time on my own. ._.;;
March 21st, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Thanks for the guide! It really helped me in drawing my “Clive” character, which may-or-may-not make it into a webcomic, but definitely will make it into my gallery at deviantart! ( http://darkriser1080.deviantart.com )
Now I just need help drawing tails. :D
March 21st, 2010 at 7:11 pm
*ahem* sorry there’s a dash in-between “darkriser” and “1080″: http://darkriser-1080.deviantart.com/
March 24th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
im still practicing but no luck =( i dont think ill b able to do it ever
March 26th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Thanks, this helped alot. now all i have to do is get my eyes symmetrical.
May 1st, 2010 at 5:03 pm
wow, i never thought about drawing heads that way. whenever i draw anthro heads they look more cartoony than i like. this will help me a lot! thanks!
May 23rd, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I Was Wondering If You Can Show Tutorials On Skunks Because I Really Need Help On It.
May 29th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Could you perhaps put more detail in “Cats”? Cause I want to draw tigers like that one with the cute smile :3 And I dont seem to get the head real good. It allways comes out to a dogfox. O_o And I rather have cats. x3
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:21 pm
umm do anthros go through the fulll range of almost animal to almost human or are they almost alwaysmostly human
June 15th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
could you put a training for dragon head please
June 16th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Could you produce a tutorial for hoofed animal’s heads? I primary need a sheep’s head, so if you could squeeze that in at all, I would be very grateful.
June 18th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
ok, these are nice. a little cliche, but very well drawn.
Now, a suggestion…how about tutorials on (don’t freak about here)
MONKEYS!!! (^o^)
Now, before you get all frantic and tell me that those don’t count as anthros because they already have thumbs and are basically smaller, hairier humans that throw poo @ everything that moves (which is HIGHLY offensive and stereotypical, btw! >_<), think about it. How many stories/webcomics/anime-style drawings out there have anything other than foxes, the occasional dragon, and oh yeah, WOLVES!!! I'd say…17% at the least. Where's the originallity, people!? And I'm not talking about anthros in caves, tribes, space suits (except for Falco from Starfox…and Brawl, lol) or forests. I'm talkin' modern day settings, teens dressed in awesome urban punk clothes, crazy jackets, chainlinks, baggy pants, funny hats, and DREADLOCKS!!! ?anime-style? (ahem…T?T) yeah…
I highly doubt anyone's gonna see this post, but it can't hurt to try…
and if nobody wants to post any tutorials on monkeys, then maybe they can do some on falcons. Any takers?
…
June 19th, 2010 at 11:55 am
This was very helpful. I’m not used to draw bases first, but I have to, because often my drawings of anthro characters get sucky & look ugly <__< Thanks for this, it was really helpful! I will get drawing now, I'm sooo exited! I'm gonna fix my fursona @u@
July 16th, 2010 at 1:39 am
It would help to display other methods of drawing faces/heads without the “Shapes” method. I can’t figure it out and to have something else to work with would be terrific.
July 18th, 2010 at 9:09 am
i found this tutorial really usefull,tnx!!! :D
my drawing skills kinda suck but i found out i’m REALLY good at copying a drawing while looking at it(note:it not as easy as it sounds)…like last night…i found a furry female drawing on the internet and i copied it and i was shocked how good it turned out(and no,i didn’t put the paper over the monitor XD)
i guess that ‘’skill” could help me draw better…
thanks again :D
July 20th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
hello your site does help but i’d like to learn more on how to draw rabbit furries the head seems very strange and I can’t seem to get the bodies in correct proportion if you could help me out i’d be so happy
August 5th, 2010 at 1:31 am
You need some for reptiels and dragons their a bit diffrent
August 9th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
thank you so much for these i think i can be able to draw anthros >.< i cant do bases very well but hopefully ill be able to with this X3 glad i found it and im glad you have this website!
August 10th, 2010 at 5:46 am
EXACTLY what i needed! thnx so much for this wonderful tutorial! lately iv been drawing without reference til i figured that its not working. so maybe now ill work even harde in hopes of getting better :D
August 24th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Thanks so much!
I always try my hand at dog anthro but I often come out with a weird looking cat!
August 26th, 2010 at 3:20 am
Needs more bear. :/
August 29th, 2010 at 8:16 am
I’ve always wanted to learn to draw anthro’s”, and thanks to your brilliant site i can go ahead and do so.
Many thanks i’ll be visiting this site often from now on.