| Uploaded: | September 26, 2008 |
| Artist: | Dawn |
| Difficulty: | Novice  |
| Steps: | 5 |
| Updated: | June 20, 2010 |
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How to Draw a Salamander
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to draw a spotted salamander which is another amphibian that I will add to the list of tutorials. The spotted salamander is probably one of the biggest of its breed and one of the hardest to spot. These slimy looking slick carnivores can range in size between seven and nine inches long. The spotted salamander can be found in eastern Canada and throughout the eastern and mid western United States. These amphibians live under rocks or logs and sometimes in the burrows of other forest animals. Since they only really come out at night, I guess you can call them a nocturnal animal. The reason why they come out only in the night time hours is mainly because that is when they feed and mate. Salamanders mate during spring like most animals do. These little big guys will actually travel great distances just to lay their eggs in pools made from heavy rains as well as ponds. Even though they are slimy looking, these animals are very beautiful in a weird way. Their colors are very vivid and bold and are usually bluish-black with two uneven rows of yellow or orange spots that extend from the head all the way to the tail. How do these small spotted creatures defend themselves you ask? Well, like all other salamanders they have a noxious, milky toxin that is released from the glands on their backs and tails. What this does is, make themselves undesirable to any predator that usually feasts upon amphibians on a regular basis. As with any reptile the salamander has a diet that consists of insects, worms, slugs, spiders, and millipedes. Because they are so small and well hidden, they have an average lifespan of twenty years. If you look at these animals they resemble a bit like geckos don’t they? This tutorial will show you "how to draw a salamander", step by step. I created my own design of the markings while keeping the color of the amphibian its normal tone. I hope you enjoy this tutorial I will be back with two more in a bit so keep your pants and stay drawing.
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STEP 1.
Start this first step by drawing a circle for his head and then draw an "S" shaped line for his body. Draw three limb guidelines and then add the shapes of the feet.
STEP 2.
You will start this next step by drawing out the shape of his body. They way you do this is draw another "S" shaped line in the same direction of the previous line but in a wider pattern. You will then draw the shapes of his legs and feet and add the toe lines. You will then start shaping out the head and face.
STEP 3.
In this next step you will now raw the shape of his body on the opposite side the same way that you drew the body on the right. When you are done with that you can then sketch out the shape of the salamanders leg and foot as shown Then make slits for his rib lines and then draw two small round eyes and twp dots for the nostrils. The right legs, feet and toes are next and then the shape of the lower part of the face.
STEP 4.
This is your last drawing step and all you will do here is detail and define the body of the salamander. Draw the bottom portion of the shape of the face and then detail the tail and define his back. you will then detail around the eyes and start erasing the guidelines that you drew in step one.
STEP 5.
When you are done your salamander should look like what you see here. All you have to so is color him/her in. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to draw a spotted salamander step by step. I will be back with more in a while so stay tuned folks.Comments: Post Comment
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iim sorry but i dont think this is as good as your other pictures 
The part that i like the most is the way i did the staircase XD
