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How to Draw Animals: Zebras and Giraffes

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What You’ll Be Creating Today we’re visiting Africa to learn about two unique species: the zebra and the giraffe. To draw them properly we need to understand that the zebra isn’t just a striped horse, and that the giraffe isn’t a camel-leopard hybrid. As always, we’re going to take a look at their anatomy and learn about every little detail of them. How to Draw a Zebra General Anatomy: Horse vs. Zebra We tend to think of zebras as striped horses, and it’s not far from the truth. Horses and zebras belong to the same family and share a lot of features. I’ve already written a complex tutorial about drawing horses , and some information from there will be relevant here, too. However, it’s necessary to define the differences, since they’ll make your zebra a true zebra instead of a “striped horse”. This is a zebra in the form of a simplified skeleton. How is it different from a horse? It’s usually said that zebras are smaller than horses, which isn’t always true, considering there are so many different horse breeds. It’s better to think of a zebra as more heavily built, with a visibly rounded belly, shorter legs, and a bigger head. The neck itself isn’t much thicker (though it’s surely stronger), but the stiff mane makes it look so. Actually, zebras are closer in look to donkeys than to horses! Keeping this in mind, you can use my tutorial about horses to learn how …

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