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Very nice.

 

I almost hate to mention that nearly all quadrupeds (horses, dogs, cats, lizards, etc.) forelimbs are jointed just like a humans is (elbow bends forwards, not back); the joint you are mistaking for a knee is actually a wrist analogue.

 

Thus really all you had to modify was the foot or hand as it originally was.

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I almost hate to mention that nearly all quadrupeds (horses, dogs, cats, lizards, etc.) forelimbs are jointed just like a humans is (elbow bends forwards, not back); the joint you are mistaking for a knee is actually a wrist analogue.

 

1) This is a three-year-old thread (well 2½ anyway) and the poster's last post was in August of 2010. While that's certainly no bar on commenting, I wouldn't expect the OP to see your comment.

 

2) In both humans and horses, the joint between the radius/ulna and humerus bends toward the core of the body, as does the join between the femur and the tibia and fibula. I would not refer to both of those as "forward". The joint the OP is "mistaking for a knee" would, in a horse, be called a "knee", even though it is the joint between the radius/ulna and the metacarpal, so calling it a knee in a fictional creature seems reasonable to me. (You are correct that the joint between the radius/ulna and the metacarpals in a human would be called a "wrist".)

 

3) The anatomy the OP created for his or her dragon seems workable to me and I quite like the final result.

 

4. Welcome to the boards. ^_^

 

ps. Nice Ogre.

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I almost hate to mention that nearly all quadrupeds (horses, dogs, cats, lizards, etc.) forelimbs are jointed just like a humans is (elbow bends forwards, not back); the joint you are mistaking for a knee is actually a wrist analogue.

 

1) This is a three-year-old thread (well 2½ anyway) and the poster's last post was in August of 2010. While that's certainly no bar on commenting, I wouldn't expect the OP to see your comment.

 

I check in occasionally to see if there are new comments. This is still one of my favorite pieces I've done. :)

 

The joint structure of the piece was based on the canon sketches of this world's dragons in the first book of the series. I can't find the exact sketches used online, though. I used similar images as the reference material for this conversion / build.

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