Figure carving

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When doing figure carving, the more you know about your subject, the better job you can do. There are a couple authors that write some books that I have found really helpful. One is Doug Lindstrand. You can go to his website at http://www.douglindstrand.com/ In his books, this author has both pictures of wildlife along with his own drawings and field notes. I think the drawings will be especially helpful in drawing your own wildlife patterns. The field notes might also come in handy when it comes to putting your subject in the proper setting, making them the right size, etc.

Another author that I find really good is Dr Valerius Geist. I have both Elk Country and Mule Deer Country from him. He gives very good reference material on each species and the pictures in the books by photographer Michael Francis are very good.