Re: VMs: Goat vs. sheep

[Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Jorge

This is our friend the goat.

I apologise for the ridiculously long URL, but this is
the best picture of a goat I could find.  In most
photographs, the hooves are obscured by grass.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cyberdesign.pair.com/pics/house/Brown%2520goat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cyberdesign.pair.com/pics/house.htm&h=332&w=500&sz=63&tbnid=0ZQonC4AnEUJ:&tbnh=84&tbnw=126&start=298&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgoat%26start%3D280%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

> 
> What I meant for "leg anatomy" is the way the legs
> bend, the 
> position of the knee, etc.. 
>
 
> When people try to draw an animal for the first
> time, from memory,
> they often draw all four legs with a knee in the
> middle, that bend
> backwards like ours. The Aries in f70v1 has that
> feature; not so clear
> for the other Aries and the two Tauri. Can you tell
> us whether those
> legs are bending in an anatomically plausible way?

Yes, those legs look just fine.  It would be
implausible if the rear legs were bending like our
knees do, which is not an uncommon mistake we make in
drawing animals: but in fact, most quadrupeds
including goats bend their front knees exactly as we
do.  Their hind legs have a different sort of joint,
which makes them fold the other way.  

Speaking from my years of experience spending weekends
out on the farm, and many an afternoon spent drawing
farm animals.  Smile.
 
Warmly,

Pam



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