Practice makes perfect right? Wrong. Only perfect practice makes perfect, and practice beats talent when talent does not practice. Yes there is the rare occurrence of someone just being naturally good at something, but that is rare, and most people have gotten to their current skill level through hard work and dedication. However, that's not to say that this is all work no fun, but it certainly isn't all fun and games either. For example, an assignment I have recently finished, twice, required me to draw something I commonly struggle with in my art 100 times, and the item in question? Paws, the hands of the animal kingdom, except these aren't any ordinary paws, these are expressive paws, like the ones you might see in some animated movies or shows that commonly feature anthropomorphic characters. They might even be considered harder than human hands, after all, the problem with human hands mostly lies with their expressiveness, but one does not commonly have to worry about the placement of claws, foot pads, fur, or scales on humans. Needless to say, I assume that I partially screwed myself over choosing a subject that combines the worst of both world into one piece. But I digress, all in all this exercise has given me more practice in this one area than nearly all my previous practices before hand, or should I say, before paw?
It is images like these two: Back paws, and, Front paws that make me glad that furries exist, they have saved my soul.
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