Tutorial

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Step one

I always start off with head and muzzle, to always use soft strokes with your pencil when you start out.

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Step two

Draw two circles for the body

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Step 3

Draw the legs,I mostly draw the legs in a graceful jumping fashion. A drawing of still horse isn't that fun to draw(In my opinion)

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Step 4

Round out the body of your creature draw part of the neck and jaw line as seen in the picture

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Step 5

Turn to the first leg, when drawing out the leg make sure to make it proportional. Don't draw it blocky or too long. Equine legs are usually thin

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Step 6

Same goes with with the back legs

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Step 7

Next draw the neck, equine necks are mostly curved and graceful looking. not to make it look stiff and unnatural

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Step 8

The tail, tails come in many different shapes and lengths. From deer like tufts fur to the thin rope like tail

(Rope like tail,thick tail, and deer tuft)

Other tail example

Other tail example

Other tail example

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Step 9

Ears, Flattened ears,tuft ears,Jagged ears. There are a lot of different ears you can draw for your creature. Also add nicks or tears to give your creature character

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Step 10

Horns and eyes, there are a lot of different eye and horn styles, get creative!

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Step 11

Expressions, give you creature a winning smile! Anything you want

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Step 12

Hair, give you creature floofy hair or maybe a short, clipped mow haw like a zebra

Hair example

Hair example

Hair example

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Step 13

Finish your drawing, outline with a thin black marker then erase the excess lines.

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Step 14

Color, use good color combos when coloring(Black and white, turquoise and black,brown and tan,black and yellow,blue and purple, etc)

Image credit

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Step 15

Design, flat colors can seem boring sometimes, add zebra stripes,spots, or socks. Or maybe add firey cracks on your drawing to give it a Jagged, flame like appreance

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Step 16

Show me your drawing in the comments, also you can ask me questions and I can give out tips