Where do I start?

[Tao Fox]

I recently sketched the first version of my fursona, which is my current profile image.
Although i've had relatively positive feedback on it, I really want to do much better. Does anyone have any tips, or knows of any websites with tips, for beginners like me? It would be greatly appreciated

[Kitt_R_Beesley]

you can use my avi as a referance for this but first and fore most depth perception. you will want to draw it out with a little wider than it looks like it should be your shading in those areas will make it look like it is a deeper surface than the flat paper second i will pass on a recomend that i have recived try drawing pics of actual animals as well as human anatomy but one of the heaviest points i will stress is the shading that is one of the main things that can make or break a drawing proportion is also a good thing to look at. the muzzle should start about the corner of the eye as well as the side of the head away from the point of view. try drawing it inside of a sphere if youll look close at mine you can see where ive used the blue pencil to setch in the rough skeleton of my character. try to view the objects as 3-d as possible.

[Ongaku]

Like she said "shading" is a great step to move on to because it can be used from traditional hand drawn to digital art.
I may not be correct but it looks as if it was colored with markers. Not a big deal really, but some people don't like the
look of marker coloring since you get streaks and stuff. Try colored pencils. They're great for shading practice, transfer
pretty well when scanned (depending on scanner) and look nice.

Or if you want to jump into CG coloring. Draw your picture, but don't color; just redo the lines with a black pen or fine-point maker
and scan it. After that you can use a program to color it. A free one is know as paint.net. It's not as good as photoshop or those
other $100 programs, but for freeware it's the best out.