[fallinglikeastar]

Started for a fursona competition entry, but I'm actually liking how the design is going.
The bird took me FOREVER, and I am not used to drawing wolves - as the title says, this is only my second one ever. I absolutely HATE how HAIRY they are! I'm not used to drawing shaggy! And the dang muzzle and paws, it's all so hard.
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I've also never done designs/markings before.

I think I'll continue this one for myself, and somewhat redo a different version for the entry - change the lines a bit, new colours and designs.

And what you see has actually taken over 2 solid hours so far.

[fallinglikeastar]

Tips would be great - HELPFUL ones, like tweaking angles, making something rounder, longer, shaggier, not just 'make it better'.
I know the front legs look skinny and the paws tiny but I HATE doing paws and haven't tried to fix it yet.

[magicvampirefairy123]

I love your picture, you could tweak the angle of the front of the wolf to make it straighter

[fallinglikeastar]

To make what straighter, exactly?

[magicvampirefairy123]

The posture. The markings (the bird etc) are so good how do you do them like that?

[fallinglikeastar]

Sorry lol, I'm still not sure how you are suggesting I tweak it - like which direction.

As for the bird, I looked up some interesting designs and pictures online and just tried to draw it myself. I'm completely new to wolves and unique markings so I had to find some ideas. xD

Since then I've found some simpler ones that I could play around with; the bird was a one time thing - too much work.