Drew a cat that actually looked like a cat for once

I've been sketching for maybe 3 months now. Just quick things in a notebook during lunch. Yesterday I tried drawing my neighbor's orange tabby from a photo I took on Sunday. Normally my cats come out looking like weird potato blobs with ears. But this time the proportions worked. The head was round enough, the eyes were the right distance apart. I even got the stripes going the right way. I used a 2B pencil and a smudge stick for the fur texture. Didn't erase a single line. I think watching a 10 minute youtube tutorial on cat anatomy last week actually helped. Has anyone else had a drawing just click out of nowhere like that?

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the_holly12d ago

Wait @christopherwilson hit on something there with that mitten thing, was it like a specific tutorial or just something you figured out? I’m still fighting with hands and need that magic key.

christopherwilson12d ago

That's awesome when it finally clicks like that lol. Had the same thing happen with hands a few months back. They always looked like mutant claws but then one day I watched one video about breaking the hand down into a mitten shape and suddenly they just worked. Drew three hands in a row that actually looked like hands. It's weird how something specific can just unlock it in your brain. Sounds like that cat anatomy tutorial was the key for you. The smudge stick thing is a good call too, bet the fur texture came out nice with it. Congrats on the cat drawing man.