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A simple tutorial describing the differences between these different leg types, and the animals that display them. Next to each animal illustration is a human one, showing better how one would stand if they walked in that way.

I see a lot of people messing these things up, and it saddens me to see things like bunnies or bears drawn with digitigrade legs, it just looks so unnatural lol

Also, lastly, Digitigrade is spelled DIGITIGRADE, not digitgrade or digigrade like most people spell it. Common mistake I'm sure, I guess the brain just forgets the extra "i". Look it up on google if you don't believe me :P

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~willowfall Feb 14, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Very useful. Love how you did the human leg comparison, that helped a lot. I didn't realize horses actually walked on the "toes"!
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~NeonSlushie Feb 15, 2013  Student General Artist
Horses walk on their toenails! That's what the hoof is! :)
Glad you found it useful! :)
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*SpiritInSpace Nov 1, 2012  Student General Artist
wow!!! Thanks this is awesome!!
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~NeonSlushie Nov 8, 2012  Student General Artist
Thank you!
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~Larrien Apr 17, 2012
Woah. I didn't know dinosaurs were digitigrade. In Land Before Time they are depicted as plantigrade. I guess they messed up. Birds are technicly dinosaurs, and I knew they were digitigrade.
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~NeonSlushie Apr 18, 2012  Student General Artist
Hm! I just researched it. It looks like most predator or 2 legged dinosaurs were digitigrade, while some of the larger dinosaurs such as brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, and triceratops were plantigrade.
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~CentiumCuspis May 30, 2011  Student General Artist
I remembered Plaitigrade but never the other two, this might prove useful
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~NeonSlushie May 31, 2011  Student General Artist
Good! C:
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~Stock-by-EmRob Jan 11, 2011
this is helpful!
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~NeonSlushie Jan 12, 2011  Student General Artist
Thanks!
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