Comments on: Cat Anatomy Notes– The Spine

By: Ture Poulsen

Ture Poulsen — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:47:05 +0000

Hey Sidney!
I really love your cat studies you should propertly make a animal anatomi book or something
All the best
Ture (former student at Viborg)

By: Janina G.

Janina G. — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:30:45 +0000

Wow, thank you! I am currently working on a comic where I have to draw cats – something I haven’t ever done before (drawing Lion King fanart when I was 12 doesn’t count here). I don’t own a cat, either, so drawing them has been proving quite difficult for me. But this helps A LOT. It’s the most useful thing I’ve found on drawing cats until now.

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By: Dancing-by-Moonlight

Dancing-by-Moonlight — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:59:01 +0000

These notes are WONDERFUL! I have taken several animal science classes and an anatomy class, but I have never been able to fully apply it to my art. I would love to see the limbs dissected as well.

By: textualsphinx

textualsphinx — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:04:15 +0000

Ooh, I’ll save these notes for Verity. She adores cats (because her babysitter has two, and they were the first real animals she associated with the soft stuffed kind). At the moment, her “cat” drawings consist of wonky circles and spirals with two arbitrarily placed dots for eyes and extravagent lines for the whiskers. (She does these with a decisive flourish). Needless to say, they do not resemble cats, but we don’t tell her this because she’s only two. The time will come when she’ll want things to look real though.

By: Learning from Animated Cats! | Oil Painting Blog

Learning from Animated Cats! | Oil Painting Blog — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:44:46 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:32:39 +0000

Hey Syd!! Great post!! I’m practicing the cat pose right now, so its a bit awkward to type:)

By: karen

karen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:51:11 +0000

ciao sydney
very nice!
xo karen

By: sydney

sydney — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:42:51 +0000

Hey! How’s everything Matt?
Hah, yeah by the time I’ve gone through all these notes on cats I’ll pretty much have written a book!

By: Matt Pidgeon

Matt Pidgeon — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:46:05 +0000

Hi Sydney,
These notes are great! Thanks for posting – maybe you should write a book!!
Matt