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Some wolves are more stylized than others but using the principles of anime, it is possible to draw a simple wolf that incorporates your style along with having the proper anatomy.

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    Find a reference. Finding a reference is useful because this will help guide you on the correct form, anatomy, and basic wolf features.
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    Draw the 'form sketch'. Prepare the wolf in ovals for bulk muscle, lines for sheer bone, but keep it on the light side. Try not to overdose your drawing with multiple bones and such.
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    Begin to add shape. Draw a nose starting to emerge out of the oval of a head of the wolf and bumps on the bottoms of the feet. At this point you can even go as far as dividing up toes. This will tend to look awkward if your anatomy structure is wrong, in which case you need to edit it so it looks right.
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    Add action detail to the figure. If the animal is snarling, begin to add things to depict this. For shading, you can tilt your pencil at an angle and then rub it a little bit.
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    Erase your 'draft'. Erase all the stray marks you added before.
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    Add shading, fur and other details. Go wild!
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    You should have a finished product now, a fairly bland example with no shading is here, however it is a good guide to how most people may prefer their sketch.
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    Add color if you'd like now. Even though it's a wolf use colors like blues and greens to add shading.
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    Finished.
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Español: dibujar un lobo tipo anime, Português: Desenhar Lobos de Anime, Italiano: Disegnare un Lupo in Stile Anime, Русский: рисовать волков аниме

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