Don't Draw ANIMAL TAILS Like This!

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[@tonyc3806]

What about a dragon fork tel

[@worldwarwitt2760]

Next, multi-tail squid monster people!

[@Lilian620.]

As someone who has injured their tail bone before, I know where it is by heart now but I often will slightly change the stance of characters with tails because the balance will changed with a different body part like a tail

[@Mercy_of_the_Devil]

I got lost at the last five words lol What did you mean?

[@Lilian620.]

@@Mercy_of_the_Devil oh thanks didn’t noticed I forgot the last part of the sentence

[@BitterJoyXx]

I've injured mine before too! I cannonballed into a pool and bruised it when I hit the floor :D

[@Pikachew675]

I feel u I did that to

[@abby4684]

I bruised mine and had trouble getting up for months

[@remor698]

Something else to note: The tail being an extension of the spine doesn't just factor into its positioning, but also at how steep an angle, its base can start out from the body. After all, having a straight up right angle in your spine generally isn't considered to be healthy. So, if you want to be anatomically correct about it, you should try to make it form into one smooth line with the spine, lacking any sharp angles.

[@Stratelier]

Note that the base of the tail can still have a wide range of motion making it _look_ like it forms a 90-degree angle with the lower back (common example: a housecat holding its tail up), but the joint is nonetheless a "bend" not a "fold".

[@testerwulf3357]

@@Stratelier Yes, but the drawing looks a bit more unnatural than a bend..mostly because of how it curls after the base; it looks like it's supposed to be a relaxed position, but how a cat tail works, that would be an upright not relaxed tail position. It's not quite translated correctly onto a human body..a cat tail on a human likely wouldn't have as much motion as on a cat because our anatomy is very different.

[@eunhogarcia5293]

I have no idea what yall are talking about

[@Frovael]

Congrats to me who has always drawn the tails like that

[@Womp.womp.2137]

I thought of this too and when she drew it like that i was like: "Shouldnt it be a one line with the spinel and not at a 90⁰ angle?"

[@laurelelasselin]

0:31 this cat is just a quick sketch and yet better than basically every cat I've ever drawn-

[@LotusKitty]

Exactly, I had to pause just to admire it lol. I can never just randomly draw a cat like that!

[@GachaHoneyMoon]

i wanted to say that bro

[@TheAstralSystem963]

Same here

[@subtality9616]

I have a character with a bird tail that I've been drawing a lot of lately. I think bird tails are one of the easier ones to do, canine/feline tails are like a medium, with reptilian being the most difficult to draw

[@AlicornHana]

What about duck tails tho

[@bentisiphone]

@@AlicornHana bird

[@candlefire3030]

I find it hard to draw tail feathers and all other tails are quite easy for me

[@ShovelMarshy]

What kind of bird? I made an oc for a magic themed get together of sorts. And he had a peacock train

[@candlefire3030]

@@ShovelMarshy usually Crows,Ravens and Owls occasionally the peacock

[@MissyMona]

Tip: Instead of drawing the cat tail perfectly straight, angle down, towards the bum. Because it's connected to the spine, it'll start off having some directionality and weight and that will make it look more natural.

[@sunnyydreams]

I was finding it difficult to place a lizard like tail on the body, it just didn’t look right- thankfully you helped me understand the mistakes I made Lol

[@0ArmoredSoul0]

Something you could think of to clarify the difference between the two types of tail is thinking of how they're used. Cat/Dog tails are primarily communication tools, while Alligator tails are primarily functioning tools IE have a use beyond communication, nominally as a rudder or paddle.

[@rogerwilco2]

Not entirely true, the difference has a lot to do with different pelvis shapes between mammals and reptiles. Basically on reptiles the legs stick out to the side while on mammals they stick down.

[@Kur404]

I often like to draw one of my oc’s. He has animal ears and a tail. This will be rlly helpful :D

[@Only_Rory]

Zike fan pog

[@wintermint9186]

there's also a video on drawing animal ears

[@Kur404]

@@wintermint9186 yea ik i saw it

[@Kur404]

@@Only_Rory zike very pog

[@mysteriafox]

Found you in my recommended, and you touch on all the topics (animal features on humans) I use the most! Watched a few of them, and I couldn’t agree more on everything you mention 😂 you explain things the way I try to for my friends, so I’m gonna share ur videos with them for sure. You are doing amazing! Keep it up :))

[@jaceangel9916]

Anatomy tip: The tailbone has a scientific name: the "coccyx."

[@RubyLing_]

I wonder if doctor needs to memories that word

[@motharrives448]

@@RubyLing_ We learn it in anatomy class. It’s actually a couple of separate vertebrae that fuse, pretty cool

[@MintyDreams]

@@RubyLing_ It's the kinda word that is hard to forget once you learn it, but generally yes. A doctor would know it without having to dig into textbook knowledge

[@gucci-sq1cw]

cocc

[@anormalcat9173]

How do you pronounce that it's seems like it would be cool or complex

[@dickish-duck1090]

Would this apply to the tails that ducks have? Just asking out of curiosity.

[@Flicker_thefo0x]

It depends ima go out and say probably

[@realdragon]

Idk what she said because premiere is in 27 hours but you can look at duck's skeleton

[@Scrimgly-scrumbly]

Excuse me as I check if you are the same person who asked about duck legs

[@billythesillyy]

I have a duck human oc and I just didn't give her a tail, I do wonder how that would look though

[@jvmeel7454]

@@Scrimgly-scrumbly lol I think they are😭

[@Flicker_thefo0x]

Ima make a guess and say, tails follow the spine make sure the tail is as long as the legs. Thats my advice though

[@shadicy]

yes! if a human were to have a tail, it’d need to be a long tail for balance.

[@Flicker_thefo0x]

@@shadicy exactly, We dont want them to topple over. Also if its really short like a deer tail it does not matter, but if you do a tail long as the thighs, you got a problem.

[@Flicker_thefo0x]

Here let me post more advice on tails but more thought out. What I said up there is good advice but I was not 100% clear. When drawing the person draw a line centered in them. Flow the line out where the legs start and that will be your tail. Now if its a cat round the end and thicken the beginning and tapper it down. If its a dogs tail depending on the breed but, make the tail a little lower then the knee, and point out the end. Make the tappering more dramatic. If its a curly tail make it long as above the knee and curl it. Deer tails. Make it the size of the hand. And a triangle. Bird tails. The same as deer but dont be afraid to push those feathers. Dragon tails. Do what ever you want but I tend to follow the same rules as the cat but make it 2 legs tall. And add extra details. Crocks and gator. What they said should work. Monkey tails. Just like cats but shorter (cats are below the lower calf.) monkeys tails should be slightly longer then the legs to help balance. Dont forget to make the tail thick monkeys need their tails to be able to carry their wheight. Make it like another leg. Thats all I can think of for now.

[@feuerling]

​​@@Flicker_thefo0x only new world monkeys have prehensile tails; old world monkeys use their tails for balance/communication, so they vary in length and size. Some species only have stubs, and some, like the colobus monkeys, are ✨absolutely fabulous✨

[@polarzup6034]

This helps but i'm still having trouble with the connection between the tail into the pelvis region, i don't want my tails to look like a pipe coming out of a stiff wall so i feel like there should be some muscles or little bump above the tail bone connecting them together

[@Flicker_thefo0x]

I personally agree. Maybe make the beginning of the teil bigger and slosly taper it near the end.

[@oddangelx4420]

Personally, I use a mix between both methods. I just extend the spine downwards(like the alligator method) without altering any other anatomy. In her example, the cat/dog method makes it look like the spine makes a sharp, unnatural angle, so that's why I use my method.

[@annasolovyeva1013]

Look it on sphynx cats. Looks like a river delta.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

I think the tail should always go down first, and then make a tight right angle turn if needed.

[@annasolovyeva1013]

@@FlameRat_YehLon look it up on cats, it's flexible

[@dubiousnay967]

Omgggggg I want more animal tutorials!!!

[@Sh1garak1s_alt]

ikr-

[@bettywyatt]

0:19 my gosh, I have a friend who does this just of regular animals, I’ve tried to tell her that it’s not where the tail is supposed to go, but she’s annoyingly stubborn

[@AlicornHana]

Send her this epic video then

[@bettywyatt]

@@AlicornHana lol, I might

[@annasolovyeva1013]

It kinda looks like that on very fluffy animals

[@nekoman8560]

Well, I now have a five episode playlist of your videos explaining the right way to draw animal features on humanoids

[@Hana1LuLu]

"this second method I call-" Yes, Mew-two. "-alligator" ...Right, right, that does make more sense

[@Navks]

hellow I'm 2 days from future and I tell you this vid is the best

[@AlicornHana]

Why thank you for spoiling it

[@cuboembaralhado8294]

Why did you gave me a spoiler >:(

[@pocketdog5006]

How will bird tails, tails that are small, and fish ones work? I was wondering that throughout the whole video, does it work the same way as the other two examples or is there a different method for drawing them?

[@themockingdragon135]

It should definitely work the same for birds. Fish I feel you have room to draw it in multiple ways since fish are structurally quite different from humans. Probably the most realistic would be to draw it the same as with an alligator or lizard, since on most fish the transition between tail and body is fairly seamless on the outside.

[@pocketdog5006]

@@themockingdragon135 Thanks! :D

[@gordanaprasnjak6028]

as someone who falls off their skateboard way too often I could point to a person's tailbone with my eyes closed, it's muscle memory at this point

[@beepboop-679]

I have a lot of ocs with reptilian tails (dragons), and I would always draw them like the cat/dog style you did because when I tried the alligator it didnt really fit too well heh- 😅- but I'm glad to say that at least I could experiment with that new way of drawing a reptilian tail someday! Thanks a lot for making this!!

[@interiorjay]

I am so glad I watch your videos. You're really helping me progress at drawing. I've known how to draw bodies for a while but a lot of your videos helped me out on the facial features, animals, wings, you name it. I'm really glad I discovered your channel and I'm glad to be here, watching you grow. I want to learn all there is about art and I know it'll take some time but at least with your help it'll be somewhat easier.

[@miguelillusion]

Thanks for this! As an artist who enjoys drawing this kind of stuff, this helped a lot and I can't wait to see a result!

[@missing_names8001]

2:44 After watching this I immediately thought of Mewtwo. They're drawn like that too 😂

[@jadefox5269]

I found you in my recommendations and I just wanna say thank you!! I am a beginner animater but I really enjoy making animaloid humans. And you've helped so much with how to draw and animate them!! Thank you so much!!

[@seriousyak4734]

Idk why I never thought of a tail as one big spine. Learn something new every day!

[@C0NFETT1_CL4SH]

IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!

[@Meowkid1000]

The thing I love most about watching videos like this where I think I understand the concept before watching is that I almost always learn something new! I’ve never thought about the ‘alligator’ tail method on humanoid characters, and it looks really unique to me!

[@Avyrsoul]

My gripe is people drawing the tail sticking straight out and then curving downwards, as if the spine is snapped at a right angle to have the tail jutting out like that. It should come out at at least a slight downward slope to accomodate the anatomy of the spine.

[@eveningjaguar]

I sat, smack down, bull’s-eye, 100 points, right on a sprinkler, with my tailbone. For 3-4 months I took sometimes 5 minutes to sit down or stand up. So uh- yeah. I will forever know where the tailbone is

[@staceystone8956]

You should do full animal people

[@Orenotter]

A helpful hint for drawing the super-thick tails: Look at an otter standing upright. Otters are mammals, so their legs go straight down rather than to the side like reptiles. It won't be exact, but it will give you an idea.

[@lil_fox0585]

I understand where the tail should come from, but how should poofy tails look, like a fox? My poofy tails look like weird fuzzy ovals

[@bashful_vixen2020]

Depends on the poof, for a fox I would say start with the thin cat tail to get the position down. Then add the shape, think long trapezoid with the shorter parallel side starting at the base. Where the other parallel side stops is where the thickest point (width wise) of your tail will be. Cap it off with a long triangle for the tail tip. After you get the basic shape down play around with fur shapes. Fox's tend to have short fluffy fur, so keep the strands shorter with less curve if you want a realistic look. -I've been drawing for about 9 years now, and one of my first characters was a fox. Good luck and if you don't get it down first just keep at it, art is mostly practice.

[@lil_fox0585]

@@bashful_vixen2020 this helps a little bit, so thank you!

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

Draw the spine first, and then draw the "envelope" of the fur on the tail. The top part would have less volume than the bottom part due to gravity, and there goes the correct shape. Also, fox tail doesn't seem to have a significantly wider part in the middle, and the end is often more squared off, if you are going for realistic. Think of the shape as a rolled up towel. For artistic rendition ignore this paragraph and read only the first one.

[@MissyMona]

Start it off as looking thinner near the base them begin proofing it up slowly, then taper it like a paintbrush at the end.

[@bethanybelyeu6012]

And make the edge a bit jagged, especially on the longest side so it looks like the hair is spreading out.

[@AndrewRobinson-zk1bd]

idk what messes me up is like the different features say you were doing a reptilian tail or smthn and so you have this human skin body and then just scales

[@angeygirl]

OK, I hadn't thought about making a dragon tail start like an extension of the torso, that's a good tip : )

[@ImJustANormalCat]

Thank you so muchhh i made a huge improvement on my art!

[@Deby_Bumblebee]

This is helpful cause I draw sometimes Unikitty characters as Humans and other animal characters humanized too, but even if I was doing it quite right, this will help me ^-^ And new subscriber!

[@KittyGamer1514]

When contructing a character 'base' with a tail, i will put about... 3/4s of an ellipse, and use about half of that as the ribcage and stomach, the rest goes into the base 'skeleton' of the tail.

[@thecozonelayer]

What about Duck tails? Geese? Birds in general?

[@Flicker_thefo0x]

Draw a triangle the size of their head, and add feathers. Make it a little above where the legs are and make sure it follows the spine. Thats my advice though, what ever they say about that you can also follow.

[@softpaw6234]

If you want to get super technical, I feel like a thin tail like that of a cat or dog on an anthro should start basically between the butt cheeks pointing down and then curve away either through an extra hole in the pants or out of a pants leg if they had to wear pants for people without tails for whatever reason

[@skyxos8157]

these videos are genuinely the best and really helpful

[@RandomPerson-qr3mo]

Mmm yes from the future can confirm, this was a good video to watch 👍

[@arthurjeremypearson]

Never define "what you ARE" by "what you are NOT." - Uncle Kage

[@Trouble_Warning]

aw man, I'll be in class when this premiers :(

[@ruthhoward2602]

Sorry 😣

[@Nike_IV]

Same

[@anoki7889]

Same here

[@ded_inside114]

I just watched like three of ur videos and this is the most useful information and helpfulness I have ever received. Thank u so so much!

[@Sage_-fe1jx]

Now I know how to draw Sr.Pentious :,)

[@rogerwilco2]

The difference has a lot to do with different pelvis shapes between mammals and reptiles. Basically on reptiles the legs stick out to the side while on mammals they stick down.

[@IndoDoodlesStuff]

Not so sure if you’ve covered this or not before but, you see I’ve got a winged OC that also had a feathered tail, though it’s hard for me to draw feathered tails, if you haven’t already can you please try to cover that?

[@boooooar]

just found this in my recommended. your microphone sounds like something your teacher would use on a zoom meeting, already love it

[@Littenblitz]

Thank you, this guide is awesome

[@bearidotindisguise]

I didn't realize that most people don't know where their tail bone would be- I've injured it so much that it hurts when I sit in certain seats or for long periods of time so I already knew

[@adtheartist030]

Her: "So, if you have a cat-" Me: *turns around to my cat laying on my beanbagchair* Me: "KITTY! :D"

[@thincut_bacon]

This really helps as someone who is currently trying to reseash the topic.

[@eduardogiraldez5471]

I got this weird idea about making humanoid characters with "Cephalic Tails" that look similar to ponytails (Or similar to the tails of other mammalian animals), because i wanted to make them express emotions while having their tails move accordingly behind their heads, and also i wanted to avoid having to design the ergonomics of urban eviroments and clothing centered around individuals with pelvic tails.

[@Linkedboxes]

Do you have anything for bird tails? I have a few bird bird oc’s and the tail iss a little bit hard and I just wanna know what I should do with the tail

[@fanofalmosteverything4658]

What about bird tails though? Are they just the same as dog n cat tails?

[@jazzyjazz561]

Love the video but do you have any suggestions on how to do deer tails? I’ve been having some trouble with one of my characters.

[@Renn_The_Deer]

Yesss plz

[@testerwulf3357]

I'd say probably the same as the cat tail but shorter. It'd come off the tailbone basically

[@Tamitrixki]

how would smaller tails, such as deer and rabbits, tails from fish and bird tails work? I wanna make a comic with oc's that have animal ears, tails, and such. Thanks and I love your lessons because of how informational and helpful they are! :)

[@NoobSploder]

but what if the tails like a cartoon ponytail but placed on the tail spot

[@fukamatsu]

how would two or more tails work? say, for a kitsune, would their tails split off at the same spot on the spine?

[@AnonymousMoth]

I've always thought of those as one large "stump" that connects to the spine before branching off into said multiple tails. If you don't do that, I assume they're multiple tails connecting to the relatively same spot?

[@CapitainCutlet]

I think it'd be most realistic if the spine split into two tails at the same point.

[@MissyMona]

You would either treat it like threads of string coming off of a single piece of rope. Or, there would be a conjoined area of bone on the inside of the spine, that begins, and then once it breaks the surface they would pull off each other. I'd do this in a circular pattern which would also give the illusion of a singular tail. In general though, because a 9 tailed kitsune for instance is a mythological creature you could apply fantasy rules to it.

[@G--Prim-]

I think they drew a Grian (the minecrafter) with fox ears and tail on the thumbnail

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

The way i draw the "alligator" tail is based on how wide the part between the legs is - the part where the tail bone and groin begins; that's where i base the width of a reptilian tail. I hope this makes sense to you, because i'm not so sure.

[@sml7564]

Hey, I saw your (uhhh) picture (the one your using) before. But where...

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

@@sml7564 the monster? he's Fatalis, from Monster Hunter (specifically his Iceborne iteration).

[@sml7564]

I remember you from a certain video, about teostra on mhfu.

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

@@sml7564 can you remember which video was that?

[@sml7564]

@@jacktheomnithere2127 from the one with a Cat profile picture (forgor) that plays MH games.

[@KIKURAsky]

This was overpowered helpful!! 💕

[@gabrielnavia168]

thanks for teaching us

[@pyroninja9017]

One thing I have trouble with is fish tails :(. I still want to keep the legs of the character but the tail just seems a bit chonky on the back and overall very weird. I still want them to swim, but the top part of the tail would be sticking up vertically in the vision I have. Can someone help me out and give some tips please?

[@malevolentmoose]

Ultimately I'd say go for the "alligator" approach, maybe try to make the tail more slim and long like that of an eel (unless you want a chonky carp or something like that but I don't think it's a particularly great idea). If you want them to swim then the common left-right movement of a fish tail would conflict with up-down (when in horizontal position) movement of humans which might make it a bit difficult to work well together but it's not too bad, after all it doesn't have to be ideal. The "cat/dog" approach doesn't really fit a fish tail just cause fish don't bend like that but you can make it work, just with the angle between spine and tail closer to 0° (around 45° at most) rather than a nearly right angle. Whichever you choose it will have some disadvantages so best to try both approaches or even something in-between and see what feels best, and good luck with it.

[@bluefox5331]

If you want the tail for them to swim, having a tail between the legs wouldn't help with that. Unless it's a dolphin (so not fish), the tail would move to the sides to propell them. Legs get in the way I'd give them webbed feet that make it easy to swim? Or if it's more fantasy, some sort of shapesifting that makes them able to go from 'mermaid' to 'human' and back

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

Use the design of Chinese dragon (which by lore has fish tail), and make it shorter if you want to draw a human, or human-like creature.

[@MissyMona]

The trick would be to include not just the fin of the tail, but also more of the part of the spine attached to the fish.

[@zombiecraft2016]

Thank you for making this video! I have always noticed tails being put on the back rather than the tailbone

[@人生は痛み]

this is helpful for cosplay too! now i know exactly which part of my skirt to glue my tail to

[@jacksonArson]

Question:how would i draw faun or deer tails?

[@wingedcanvas]

The best advice we can give on this is to use reference! Find a few different pictures of the type of Fawn/Deer species you're interested in drawing in various angles and break that down into simple shapes. Then it's just about practicing! IF you'd like more advice on the topic, join our discord.gg/wingedcanvas and get community feedback and guidance!

[@ClosetRat.]

I have two cats and a dog and one of the cats is sleeping beside me on my and his bed so I can look at him as a resource :D

[@ewelun]

I like to draw sometimes to draw a skelleton befor drawing the actuall animal.

[@Duskdevatabyss]

Regarding the Alligator style... I have a character who has that kind of tail but it's mechanical. The reasoh why is primarily because he's a fusion of a human-looking character and the Yu-Gi-Oh monster Cyber Dragon Infinity, and... i don't know how to transition the parts. I was thinking of doing it as him having normal skin that blended into the alloys making up the tail, but... something about that doesn't quite feel right. Any tips?

[@chuckisnthere]

even if i dont prefer to draw perfect anatomy, i love watching these for some reason

[@humphrke]

These videos are making me want to design so many characters with animalistic features now

[@TableSaltandPepper]

ive been using your advice for art and ive been really improving ! thanks so much !!

[@Ic_blu]

Omg this is so helpful I needed this!!

[@StarPlatinum7912]

OH MY GOSH NOOOOOOOOO I’LL BE IN SCHOOL WHEN THIS PREMERESSSSSSS

[@turkey3401]

Haha I’m out of school 🤧

[@Vinix_098]

Sad but im online class-

[@cocosms84]

Me to I am online

[@AGhostIGuess]

That’s tough :)

[@blissteh]

I'm not very good at drawing, but I like to watch people who are to see their artstyle.

[@Kyrusisgone]

Hmmm now to learn how to draw tails :)

[@amedtabar3292]

I landed 4 times on my tail bone. It still hurts to this day. I thought i broke it on the 2nd time cuz the pain was really immense and only very slowly it ramped down. i regret going on drop-down slides.

[@SUPER_ST4RX]

I'm gonna be in school 😔👊 but I guess better late than never

[@CapitainCutlet]

1:27 Jessie: * proceeds to draw the tail sprouting 90° from the spine * Me: Nooo don't do that, you did not do that! Seriously it really bothers me when people draw the tail just sprouting 90° from the spine as if that's how it's supposed to do. (pardon me for the rant) WHERE DID YOU GUYS GET THAT IDEA FROM?! Like, wasn't the whole talk about the tail bone and how a tail is placed on an animal to avoid such mistakes? I got so confused. Have you ever seen a cat? The tail follows the same direction as the spine, it hurts my eyes seeing people draw it like the spine is just formed into a damned L-shape. You said it yourself Jessie, why can't you follow your damn instructions?! Really, why people, why?

[@shadicy]

oh god i just noticed it now, HAHA but yes, some animal tails are like that

[@AlicornHana]

Wait im still confused the audio or captions didnt say anything about the 90° angle thing

[@bruh2110]

Yea it bothers me too😤😤

[@CapitainCutlet]

@@AlicornHana yeah, that's why I put the "*" marks, it's usually interpreted as indication that the text describes someone's actions. Edit: oops, it was supposed to do that, I just noticed it put the text in bold. Gonna try change it to italics then. Edit#2: didn't work, but now it's as I originally intended.

[@LiddelUwU]

Thought the same thing but it doesn't bother me as much as putting the tail way too high up. I think I once read a comic where an animal person had the tail a bit misplaced and it already bothered me then, even though I knew nothing about anatomy at that point.

[@nothinspecialyt8959]

OMG I'm so happy i found this channel.. I LOVE U SO MUCH ❤❤❤

[@Mokiefraggle]

This reminds me of a trade paperback I had of the debut of the second team of X-Men (Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird, and Banshee...IIRC, the tag-line was something like "The All-New, All-Different X-Men"?), where it had a collection of character design documents in the back, along with the various cover arts, etc. The notes on Nightcrawler (who, for the uninitiated, is a mutant who looks rather like a demon, including a prehensile, spade-tip tail) make a very aggressive point about reminding the artists to not be lazy, and never just have his tail look like it was coming down from his crotch in full-front facing views. That the tail extends from the tailbone, and should never just be kinda hanging down lifeless behind him. It was the first place I learned this particular tip, and I'm always aware of it in both my own art, and when looking at the art designs for other tailed characters in media. That said, in mass media, I tend to notice that there are two weird, anatomically awkward things that crop up often enough to irk: one, is that I see (particularly in American comics) characters with cat-like or otherwise long, slender, flexible tails doing the "tail hanging down limp" or going the other way and having the tail standing straight up behind the character's back in a way that would break the spine. Two, they draw big, reptile-style tails as if they have no spine keeping them from hanging limp, dragging on the ground, as though a tail has no muscle to hold it up. Even a big, heavy reptile tail has muscles that allow it to move, and to draw itself upward.

[@theodorethewyvern2640]

Mewtwo is a suprisingly good example of the second tail method

[@ray-sz9uf]

This is so good

[@arctu_]

Grian on the thumbnail?

[@slicadee1021]

Perhaps

[@ThatOneZir]

I got I grian video recommended right above this video actually.

[@constellationmaster]

is there a good way to do the fox tail?

[@pxthon262]

this was soo usefull and also at the same time pretty funny

[@periodically_annoying]

wait what about bird tails? you have short tails like humming birds and big tails like peacocks and up facing tails like roosters.

[@luckyeclipse7455]

Where do you learn all of your anatomy? What different things are called, how to combine different animals, ect

[@Subreon]

I'm glad you covered this topic, and especially that you even covered what i call the "tummy connected" tails. Like vaporeon uwu. But ye. People constantly getting tails wrong drives me nuts

[@Bugster_Bug]

Huge huge HUGE question: What about wolf and fox tails? How in hell do you draw those? They confuse me so much, especially anatomy-wise

[@Bugster_Bug]

@@chromatica__ Alrighty, I'll try that

[@testerwulf3357]

You could just draw like..a rat tail kinda; like a cat tail without fur, and then use that as a base to layer fur onto! Sometimes when drawing fluffy tails you lose sight on the anatomy and shape of it so doing the base can help a bit. foxes and wolves just have fluffy tails basically, thick fur.

[@allanblot-gadbois3347]

I mean, the miniature one really looks cute.

[@moongazingx2775]

My dad had a tail when he was born, He basically just had a really long spine. (They cut it off don't worry)

[@Faerievixen1]

What t a i l shap?

[@moongazingx2775]

✨Boney✨ Idk it was just like an extended spine

[@emberlight2721]

now how to make pants make since on those 😁

[@lio.phobic]

how do you draw the reptile tails from behind?

[@stixie0pixie]

Yess!! This! I hate it when people draw tails above the tail bone. It's very uncomfortable to visualize a tail coming out of someone's back

[@_._valrose_._3474]

How I’ve interpreted the two ways: 1. Tailbone extension 2. Mewtwo-

[@smallestpupper5188]

I always found drawing animals better than drawing humans because i think we can all agree the animals are cuter than humans-