I think the title is a fairly good summary, but for a few clarifications:

I'm not really looking for general fundamental drawing lessons -- not because I don't believe the fundamentals are important, but because those resources are easier to find for me (e.g. Proko, Ctrl-Paint, DrawABox). Those are good for fundamentals, anatomy, etc. but they can feel a bit like "eating your vegetables" sometimes, and every so often it's fun to get inspiration specific to the kind of art I'd like to make.

What I'm looking for would be something more supplemental, partly for the purposes of learning, but also partly for motivation. What I'm imagining is tutorials or demos either of specific techniques, or artists who do streams of their own drawing projects -- something where I could potentially draw along and put what I've learned into practice, while also seeing into the process of a real project, not just beginner exercises.

In the vast ocean of the internet, I refuse to believe that something like this doesn't exist. I know there exist artists with YouTube or Twitch channels who do videos about drawing that, while not exactly formal lessons, can still be informative about their process. And statistically, at least some of those artists must be furries. I'm just having trouble finding good ones, because it's never occurred to me that this could be a fun way to supplement my learning, and because typing "furry drawing youtubers" into Google isn't as helpful as I was hoping it would be.

  • DoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    There's a book called Draw Furries by Lindsay Chibos. I'm sure you can find a free PDF. Problem I have with tutorials is the teacher will show you how to draw in their style, but maybe you don't want to draw realistic fur, maybe you just wanted noodle armed cartoons. For me honestly what's helped is using tutorial for the fundamentals and then just finding artists I like and seeing how they do things. Some artists post their sketches where you can see how they construct a character, what simple shapes they put together to create complex forms. Trace over art you like and try to reverse engineer it, look at pictures of real animals and learn how you could translate that depending on how cartoony or realistic you want to draw. It takes years of sucking, realizing you suck, and deciding to do better to get anywhere with art but if you stick with it you'll get their!