#when i have more energy i will rb with dog paw tutorials too

[tysonfurybattlepass]

I've been following you for a while and I just have to ask

How do you draw hands and paws so nicely??? I'd love to know

ohohoho! in order to make sure i post a response in a timely matter, i'll just cover felid (cat) paws in this answer, since those are the ones i draw the most!

it's important when drawing paws to understand what those paws are being used for! the majority of cats are ambush predators, who use their wide, powerful paws to grapple and grip their prey as they wrestle it to the ground. they also regularly slap the shit out of each other as a combat strategy. thus, cat arms and wrists are quite flexible, allowing for a range of motion similar to what we humans are capable of.

cats can pronate their paws, meaning their paws can face directly downward with palms parallel to the ground (this is how quadrupedal animals usually walk, so most four-leggers have their paws in a naturally pronated position so their palms can touch the floor). but cats also can completely supinate their paws inward, meaning they can point their palms toward one another to face together (think like a clapping or grabbing motion). most dogs and hyenas can only partially rotate their wrists in this way, and other animals like horses cannot do this at all.

this flexibility in the wrist and digits is what gives cat paws a characteristically squishy and soft look to them. (the exception to all of this would be cheetahs, whose lifestyles caused them to evolve more doglike paws.)

i generally start my sketch with the paw as one big vague blob, then i cut it up where the wrist and the knuckles are before finally outlining the individual digits. (fur will also conceal the separation between the toes, so exceptionally fluffy cats may look like they have no toes at all.)

some paws in motion for you as well. remember: all cats do the gay wrist thing.