The tail is white, with a dark underside.The belly is visibly white and stripeless.
The mane goes far beyond the shoulder blades.Sometimes brownish "shadow" stripes appear between the black stripes.The stripes get very thin and dense towards the bottom.įinally, you need to adjust the stripes to the actual species.The stripes are the thickest at the back.Then you need to adjust the stripes to the body. For all species the stripes go like this: When adding a pattern to your zebra, you need to consider the direction first. This scientific information doesn't matter for us, though, since in this case it's easier to paint black stripes on white. These tufts tend to "break", showing gaps in places where the neck is strongly bent.Ĭontrary to popular belief, zebras are black with white stripes. If you draw a mane in a close up view, it's important to know it's made of stiff tufts, not stiff hair. Then you can use them as guide lines to draw the mane. The mane is thick, so we need to add some width. If you connect the tops of the lines, you'll get the line of the mane. The mane is mostly straight and even, with two exceptions: it's a bit shorter towards the back, and it "bends" towards the forehead.Īdd lines of equal length along the neck line. The mane starts between or right over the shoulder blades, and ends on the forehead, not far from the ears. Still, it's not a lion-like tuft-just a shorter horse tail!īefore you start drawing the mane, you need to have the line of the neck well defined. The mane is stiff and Mohawk-like, and the fluffy tail begins somewhere in the middle, not at the base like with horses. The ears can move in almost every direction, so you can use the pose that you like the best, no matter in which pose the rest of the head is.Īfter the distinctive pattern, the mane and tail of the zebra are what differentiates them from horses. This difference is more prominent in front view (A) than in side view (B). Zebra ears are very horse-like, except they're bigger and rounder. Use the previous guide lines to draw the head. The eye is placed in an egg-shaped "bulge".Īdd a "cap" for the head to give the proper shape to the skull, and then attach the ears. Use it as a starting point for the nostrils, and then lead a line from them to locate the eyes. This way you'll better understand the 3D construction of it.Īdd a smaller ball for the mouth.
We're going to work on three views at the same time: side (A), three quarters (B), and front (C). However, there are still some features left! Zebra Head Step 1 You can also use the parts about hooves, eyes, and muzzle. Keeping this in mind, you can use my tutorial about horses to learn how zebras move (they use the same gaits as horses), and to apply musculature to the skeleton. Actually, zebras are closer in look to donkeys than to horses! The neck itself isn't much thicker (though it's surely stronger), but the stiff mane makes it look so. It's better to think of a zebra as more heavily built, with a visibly rounded belly, shorter legs, and a bigger head. It's usually said that zebras are smaller than horses, which isn't always true, considering there are so many different horse breeds. This is a zebra in the form of a simplified skeleton. However, it's necessary to define the differences, since they'll make your zebra a true zebra instead of a "striped horse". I've already written a complex tutorial about drawing horses, and some information from there will be relevant here, too. Horses and zebras belong to the same family and share a lot of features. We tend to think of zebras as striped horses, and it's not far from the truth.
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How to Draw a Zebra General Anatomy: Horse vs. As always, we're going to take a look at their anatomy and learn about every little detail of them. 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. Today we're visiting Africa to learn about two unique species: the zebra and the giraffe.
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