Where can I find source material to draw a horse?

[greatbigphil]

Hey guys, I'm looking to model a centaur but I'm having a hard time finding orthographic views or anything really useful to help with the horse part. Anyone know any good links?

Thanks for your help,
Big Phil

[nathan_w]

There are a few alright images here:
http://www.fineart.sk/animals/page_03.htm

[greatbigphil]

Thanks for the Link nathan_w. that's exactly what I was looking for.

Big Phil

[mugget]

also animation books have easy ways to break down the shapes of a horse because in animation you have to draw it so much, so those sort of books usually have a nice simple way of drawing lots of different animals.

[greatbigphil]

Thanks Mugget!

[rubberduck]

Well that,s kinda funny, because I'm starting to model a horse tomorrow:)
It's going to be a work horse not sure which, Clydesdale or Percheron, but I think it's going to be the Pecheron
Will make my own horse thread and post the concept drawing I did.
:D

[greatbigphil]

Cool rubberduck, I look forward to seeing what you come up with

[rephlexcat]

check out a book called "An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Wilhelm Ellenberger and Lewis S. Brown, ISBN: 0486200825... it has a great section on the horse. Anatomy, cross sections, hair, bones skin, motion. It is by far the best visual book on animal anatomy i have come across. here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486200825/qid=1050680540/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/103-7640046-4325449) is a link to the book at amazon, although i found it at a local book store- hope that helps out

[psybah]

phil,
the book that rephlexcat mentioned, i own. If you would like, I can scan the horse pages for you to use as reference. Also, if you click the link he posted, and click on "excerpt pages" the horse pages come out : ) so you are in luck.