drawing and inking animal anatomy: Rabbit face, mouth and ear

Over the weekend I have decided to move into chapter 5. Chapter 5 is all about rodents, rabbits and ferrets. out of the many options given to me I have decided to draw Rabbits.

FACE/HEAD:

When I first started reading this chapter I didn't realize how complex a simple bunny head could be. "Some rabbit breeds have rather long faces and others have very short, round heads" (Amberlyn 126). When drawing the rabbit head I had to decide weather I wanted to have a rabbit with a long face or a short chubby one.

rabbit face/head

MOUTH/NOSE:

When people think about a rabbit they think of the cute little nose that wiggles when it sniffs, that's why it is crucial to get the nose right. "Rabbits usually have a wrinkling, V-shaped nose" (Amberlyn 128).  This is kept in mint when drawing a front face view not a side view because the mouth is not visible and only half of the nose is visible from the side view.

rabbit nose 

EAR:

Their is a piece of cartilage at the base of the rabbits ear which makes it hard and not flexible, but as you go up the ear it gets softer and more flexible (Amberlyn 129). I made sure ti keep this in mind when drawing the rabbits ears because the rabbit will then have wears that stand straight up.

rabbit ear 

mine

I like how this one came out. their was a lot of information in this chapter about rabbits which made it easy to draw. I do know that their is still a lot of improvement.

What do you think I could improve on for next time?

Will you use these tips next time you draw a rabbit?

drawing and inking animal anatomy: horse face, front leg, and ear

    Over this part of the break I continued to read into chapter 3, which is about horses. "The horse is considered by many to be a living work of art. It combines grace and power in one beautiful package"(Amberlyn72).

Simple geometric outline:

    The title of this one gives away what this section of the chapter is about, but it is just a rough geometric out line of what the head is going to look like by using simple shapes, such as, triangles, squares, circles, and ovals. "Note how the tear duct roughly aligns with the bottom line of the mouth/jaw"(Amberlyn74). 

Rough geometric outline 

Front leg:

    For this section I only drew the front leg just to get the essential understandings. "The horse essentially has one very long "finger" and is walking on its fingernails"(Amberlyn81)" This step by step picture helped me a lot when drawing the front leg and hove. 

Front leg 

Ear:

    The ear of a horse is in a teardrop like shape. "Horses can move their ears to listen to sounds or express emotions" (Amberlyn77). The ear can move in different directions based on its emotions or the situation that it is in.

Basic shape of ear 

Mine

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