Carrying the Tail

From left to right, top to bottom:

The Dinosaur

The Husky

The Monkey

The Chameleon

How the tail is carried while walking might depend on culture and personal preference, or one style could be normal across the species. The “dinosaur” style at top left would probably be a rather rude way of walking when in a crowd since it takes up so much more room than the other stances. Yinrih may feel the same about people who do that as humans do about people who walk reeeealy sloooowly down the middle of the sidewalk, or maybe that's just me.

However the tail is carried while walking forward, it's normal for yinrih to sweep the tail across the ground from side to side like a white cane while walking backward to avoid tripping or treading on anything.

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Geez it's after 7PM. I probably could have done this with stick figures and taken way less time. I'm finally drawing all four legs. Still tweaking the proportions of the hind legs and rear paws. I've been watching lots of videos of chimps and baboons to try and finalize how the legs will look and how the yinrih will walk.