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"anatomy of lion wings" by Melody Pena

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SciFi and Fantasy Art anatomy of lion wings by Melody Pena

A sketch in which I try to make the ridiculous anatomy of a winged lion appear "natural". I usually give up and just cover the difficult anatomy on my creatures with long fur or feathers. I plan to sculpt a "flioness" or flying tiger , so I needed to work out a logical looking way to attach wings. The scapula of a wing isn't a problem; on a bird, it lies against the spine and fits above the existing scapula of the animal's shoulder. It is the attachment of the imaginary "alatoid" muscles and the lack of any pectoral wing muscles that are the problem, but only if you think about it too much

Date	Name	Comment
27 Feb 2010	Henrik Sabelkatten Giese	Loading... Nice idea, and good sketch. Personally I prefer to cheat, sort of - I rearrange the internals so that the wings attach behind the shoulders (making it a hexapedal arrangement) with a deep keelbone for the wing muscles.
28 Feb 2010	William Lucius Appaloosius Steinmayer	Loading... Very nice! I have been trying to figure that anatomy out, too; I’ve tried to make the chest a little deeper, to accommodate those pectoral muscles - I can’t say I’m totally satisfied, yet... 7@=e
9 Jan 2011	Kerri Jurgens	Loading... Just an idea for the muscles. Check out "Dragon Attack" by Philip Andren. He seems to have solved the problem by introducing a second set of pectorals
11 Jan 2011	Sam Adams	Loading... Nice one, i think you worked out the muscle/attachment problem brilliantly! Melody Pena replies: "Grin and ignore it, is my approach to logic. Thank you!"
4 Aug 2011	Audrey Elizabeth Davis	Loading... With dragons ,it isn’t possible for them to have front legs with the wings on the shoulders,but I do it anyway. Melody Pena replies: "Oh, it is all impossible anatomy anyway, so it doesn’t matter. All that matters is if it is interesting to look at."
17 Feb 2012	Michael J Erbach	Loading... I also tend to place the wings slightly behind the shoulders, enlarging the upper abs and the back to make room for the extra anatomy. Usually I’m drawing demons this way, but the basic anatomical rules still apply. Nice job on this sketch! I love seeing "academic" sketches of imaginary beasts- makes them just a little more real!

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'anatomy of lion wings':

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Melody Pena
• Copyright: ©Melody Pena. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Anatomy, Editions, Lion, Melody, Pena, Windstone, Wings
• Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
• Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
• Submitted: 2010-01-23 20:06:31
• Views: 8093
• Resolution: 671x600