Cat of prey [Update]

Davision3D · Jul 2007

I Started this to make a realistic looking cat but i got wild and pushed it to crazy looking beast.

I hope its still good readable.

I roughly tried to block in the muscles, but im really unsure about it.

JKMakowka · Jul 2007

Hmm, not sure why, but especially in the last picture it looks very dog like.

dj snyder · Jul 2007

Yeah it does, maybe try lengthening the body and legs?

killingpeople · Jul 2007

the anatomy has this weird taffy look to it that makes it look unnatural and swirly with little rhyme or reason.

Jaco · Jul 2007

Yeah, you've defined the muscles very strangely. I'd recommend you try smoothing it all out, and then using a smaller harder brush to define the masses. At the moment the muscles look like blobs, very soft and uneven. Think about tendons, where the bellies of the muscles are (thickest points), insertions etc. It looks like youve just masked off the area where a muscle should be and inflated it at the moment.

Slipstream · Jul 2007

Proportion problems. Try decreasing his head size, raising his head and shoulders, and adding a dip to his back.

dejawolf · Jul 2007

Davision3D · Jul 2007

thx for the crits

Some more work, mainly the forelegs.

I used some horse anatomy ref to change the muscles, unfortunately i cant find any good cat muscles ref.

Steve Schulze · Jul 2007

Theres a book called an Anatomy of Animal Anatomy by W Ellnberger, H Dittrich and H Baum thats got some great lion muscle references. A long time ago someone posted a link in 2d and 3d discussion with a bunch of scanned anatomy books which included this one. I had a bit of a look for it but couldn't see it there. If you want to go trolling through the archives you might be able to dig it out. Its a good book. Well worth picking up if you ever come across it.

EDIT: I found one page of it with a lion face which may help you to some degree.
http://www.dogwise.com/Item_Inside.cfm?ID=DAN122&curImage=4&Zoom=yes

Davision3D · Jul 2007

Thx for the tip!
I couldnt find it here but i purchased it.

Rwolf · Jul 2007

On another note, Animal anatomy (mostly mammal based?) has a similar muscle structure to human anatomy, just that the proportions of the arms, forearms, hands, fingers etc are stretched or shortened.

Cat of prey [Update]

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