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Step 10: Inside the head, near the top, lightly sketch a small oval for the eye. When you get the size and position right, darken the eyes but make the sides a bit pointier. The final shape should be similar to a football. Draw a small line at the bottom for a wrinkle. Add a few short strokes above the saiga antelope's eye for fur. Inside the eye , draw a tiny circle to represent glare.

 

How to Draw a Male Saiga Antelope 11

Step 11: Shade the inside of the eye using a medium value. Don't overlap the tiny glare circle as you shade. Shade the bottom part of the eye slightly lighter. Add a few lines around the eye to emphasize the saiga's brow structure. Use broken lines to draw the brow to represent a fur-like texture. The top part of the brow should be very close to the guide for the horn on the left.

 

 

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Step 12: Use the arc on the lower, right side as a guide to draw the first part of the saiga antelope's muzzle. Follow the basic path of the arc to draw the muzzle but make the line wavier as you darken it. Before getting to the bottom of the arc, curve the line upward to create the mouth. Add a curved line at the top to emphasize the wrinkles on the droopy muzzle. Some saigas have noses that droop down more than others.

 

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Step 13: At the bottom of the nose, draw two small circles for the saiga's nostrils. Draw these circles so that they come together at the bottom. Shade the nostrils using a dark value. Darken the line on the left to emphasize the mouth under the nose. Add a line under the mouth to finish the muzzle. Draw some strokes within the shape for the fur. These short strokes also help emphasize the structure of the muzzle.

 

 

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Step 14: Use the curved line on top of the head, on the left side, as a guide to draw the saiga antelope's first horn. Draw some short strokes at the bottom for the furry base . Then draw the shape of the horn around the guide. The horns should be thick at the bottom and gradually get thinner toward the top. Make the edges of the horns ribbed to represent the rings on the saiga's horn.

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