Feline reference

[Noclar7]

Hello all,

I just decided today that I'm going to start the challenging task of creating a phtoreal black cat. Its been something i've wanted to do for a while and I now have the opportunity.

I know a few of you have done cats and or "human-cats" and I'm looking for some good referece to get started. So far i have some mybridge stuff for animation and a animal drawing book, but not alot of good "front, side" shot stuff to work from. I will be going over Rowsbys stuff soon too to get my sasquatch up to par, but until then does anyone have any good sites/info???

any help is greatly appreciated,
RJ

[Titus]

images.google.com is a good start.

[mufty]

If you have Dan Ablan's Inside LightWave [6] (I think it's on the Inside 7 cd too) there is a model of a cat on the CD.

[Alice]

Have you found any pics or should I harass my cat with the digicam? :)

[ted]

I read the "feline reference" and thought this was going somewhere else.
Darn it!:(

[Noclar7]

hello all..

thanks for the tips.. I had searched google but suprizingly didnt find that much.. got some good stuff though.. I ended up going to the library and getting some half decent muscular illustrations and i did check out the Inside LW 6 model. I knew those cd's would come in handy.. My friend is also getting a cat and is now convinced to get a black cat from the SPCA, so all in all I should be able to get this started with some good reference.
Thanks for your help and Ill post again in the WIP section when its in progress.

Regards,
RJ

[richpr]

Good project... is also on my todo list... However, I have plenty of reference... I have 4 of them walking around... ;) 2 mostly black, one b&w and another all grey...

[richpr]

Here's a female European shorthair tuxedo cat...

[Noclar7]

here is a small update, I had to switch over to storyboards for a bit so i had to put it on hold. Still quite a bit of tweaking yet but I hae a bisic rig setup.

[Noclar7]

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