Tiger/big cat anatomy can be trickier than it looks. If you go to google images, it can be hard to practice anatomy because it is hard to see the muscles under the pelt/stripes. So I made a diagram!
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Gif/Formatting idea inspired by tenebris-aurea! (Go check her out lol)
Here is each frame: (Apologies if muscles are mislabeled, I did my best but I am not a biologist lol)
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It's important to note that there will be bit of fat on the tiger, so in certain places such as the torso area, the bones won't be right at the edge of the tiger's body, there will be a bit of space surrounding the bones and muscles where the fat will go. (This drawing doesn't include the fat of the tiger.)
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As for stripes, they follow a pattern as if they are vines wrapping around a tiger. Here is an example of what I mean that I found online:
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Along with a colour thing.
Sorry this one was a bit short, school has been super busy and I'm basically doing 3-4 classes worth of work for each day I have a class because of Covid. That aside, I hope this tutorial helped!
