| TARANTULAS
The rain forest is home to some of the biggest spiders in the world. They are called tarantulas! Now these are big, fuzzy bugs, so don't make yours look like a mosquito. |
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| TARANTULAS
The rain forest is home to some of the biggest spiders in the world. They are called tarantulas! Now these are big, fuzzy bugs, so don't make yours look like a mosquito. |
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We've added some wide stripes, and lots 
of little hairs to give our big bug the fuzzy look, which is very important
if you want to make it look like a tarantula. |
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Now it's time to add the legs, four on each side. |
Here's a close-up of how we did the leg.
We made it out of four oval shapes, and connected them together to give
it a flexible, spidery look. Don't forget the fuzz and stripes.
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 look
from different angles or distances) of the legs on the right side. The
legs go up first, then down. Also, you don't have to draw the whole leg,
but we still know it's there (that's called foreshortening). Try it with
a pencil first. We also added two neat "pincher hands" in the front and
some brown coloring. Remember, the tarantula is not crawling with
his belly on the ground, but is lifted up by his giant legs. In the
Amazon, tarantulas can reach a length of almost 10 inches, including the
legs. |
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