Canine vs. Feline
Facial Anatomy Tutorial
Mountain Lion
Muzzle Shapes
Start with the basie shapes
hun dips Compared to wolves,
i gown lions have
I) The shape of a wolf's mountain li
muzzle is much longer even. and round
and squarer than that of
a mountain lionProfiles
‘Thick, triangular ears
‘The slope of a woll’s
muzzle and forchead,
are almost
identical
~ Also rember
that a woll's
muzzle will
stick out much
further from
the face than
lion's
‘They should be
drawn nearly parallel
to each other
an approxi
rectangle 1o map out a
S-,.wolt's muzzle in profile
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This is where I see
people making the
most mistakes!
Rounder, thinner
a
‘The slope of
mountain lion's
forehead and muzzle
are NOT parallel!
A mountain
hhon’s nose
slopes down
very
steeply
‘compared
toawolf
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if
Chin dips down
Do not draw felines as short-
‘muzaled canines! I's important
to draw felines with sloping faces
A.
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Use a teardrop
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Eyes
‘The shape of the black rim
around a wolf's eye is ever
So slightly more defined than
ee Suen ane aati ‘The black rim around &
wolf's eye is slightly
thicker than that of a
mountain lion
wolves have much smaller
eyes in proportion to the
facg than mountain ons
of N
‘Mountain lions have very
large. round eyes
The shape of the
black rim around
the eye conforms
to the round shape
of the eye itself
Mountain lions have much
larger eyes in proportion,
to the face than wolvesA.wolf's nose has both
2 front and a top
Nose
A.wolt's nose is very ‘The basic shape on a mountain lion's
‘Greular in basic shape note is across between a heart and
2 triangle
A wolf's nostrils spiral, A mountain lion's
fn towards the center | nostrils start at the
of the noze. They. age of the nose ee
Sren’t wide at the
edges of the nose
on’s nose is
Just oneside