Redline for Thelightforest

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Original: [link]

Sorry for the wait! This has been quite the busy week for me x.x

Honestly, the original is not nearly as bad as you think it is. The body length was perfect, the head was pretty good looking, and you showed the lack of a chest cat's have very nicely. You definitely have a pretty good idea of what you're doing! ^.^

Onto the corrections:
As I've already stated, the head looks pretty good! I LOVE how you did the ears. I would just suggest making them a tad bigger, but their placement is pretty spot on! The muzzle should have a bit more of a downward slope too. Otherwise, pretty darn good! Just be sure to use some nice photo references (and your own cat, if you can get him/her to keep still XD) when drawing the face.

The body length is lovely, but it should be a bit thicker. Purebred or not, domestic cats are chubby li'l things (with a few exceptions). Snowshoe's tend to have a rather typical domestic cat shape in this regard.

The main area where you had issues were with the legs: They're quite long, and combined with the skinny-ness of the body, they look very disproportionate. There are two fairly useful rules you can remember to help you get the proportions right:
1. When standing normally, the elbow on the front legs and the knee on the back legs should line up with eachother and be level with the bottom of the body.
2. When standing normally, the tallness of the body (from the elbows/knees to the shoulder) should be about equal in length to the area below the body (from the elbows/knees to the bottom of the paws).
Aside from those tips, studying the skeleton and normal reference photos always helps. Don't just look at them, really study them and ask yourself questions. How long is the bone of the upper leg compared to the bones of the lower leg? How much space is between the ribcage and the pelvis? How far up on the body do the leg and shoulder meet? How about the leg and pelvis? Asking yourself questions like these can really make a difference.

That's about it for the anatomy. Aside from that, I'd suggest making the pose a little more relaxed. The straightness of the neck looks like the cat is actively stretching it out. Bring it up into a more neutral position. Same goes with the tail: it looks like the cat is in the middle of swinging it. Let it hang down naturally. Keep the legs a bit closer together.
All of this is assuming you were going for a natural, relaxed pose though. If you wanted the cat to look more tense, than you can ignore this

As a little bonus, I showed my general process for drawing cats on the left. I always start by sketching out a simplified skeleton to make sure everything is proportionate. After that, I draw the muscles over it to flesh it out, and after that, I draw my final lines, adding details, fur, and using "fluffy" lines where the muscles would be more prominent.

I guess that's about it! Let me know if you've got any questions, and if you see anything I did wrong, PLEASE let me know!

References Used~

Cat skeleton: [link]
Cat muscles: [link]
Snowshoe cat profile: [link]
Snowshoe face front: [link]
Snowshoe cat being adorable and floppy: [link]
Snowshoe cat walking: [link]
's handy guide to cat breeds (looking up breed standards is also a must when drawing a purebred): [link]