Faustus
Well-Known Member
I've always been a fan of furry art, but I'm a bit picky. I like images of anthro animals to stick as close as possible to the anatomy of the original animal they're based on. The one thing that I'm no huge fan of in anthro art is when somebody just takes the head and tail off a critter and slaps it on a human body with the right skin type. I at least like to see digitigrade legs where appropriate.
On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of feral art; I do like critters to walk upright and be capable of holding things. It makes them more easy to empathise with. That means some critters, i.e. snakes, may *need* to sprout arms or they just won't be anthro enough for me. Other critters may be able to adapt some other less obvious appendage, such as wing tip feathers or a tentacle.
One final preference of mine however is that I'm a big fan of the bizarre, of animals that don't often get their time in the spotlight. I'm not talking about weird invented hotchpotch critters with the head of one thing, the body of another and a pair of arbitrary wings tacked on because wings are cool. I mean real, genuine creatures that are just a touch unusual, difficult to do in 'sexy' anthro forms, and thus tend to take a back seat to dogs, tigers, ponies and the like.
So, just for a giggle, I thought I'd launch a thread asking folks to suggest critters that are difficult to do faithful anthropomorphic versions of, or that artists frequently take big liberties with the anatomy of when drawing their anthro counterparts.
Me, I'd say that one of the hardest critters to do anthro is the Jellyfish - that sucker's got no human traits whatsoever to play with! Very tricky to do well indeed!
Of the more common critters, the shark is the one I most often see people taking liberties with. Your average shark has no neck, but to make a *sexy* shark people tend to want a neck on it, and often the famous dorsal fin ends up on top of the head! Just so you can tell it's a shark! Tails tend to stick out at odd angles too, so that the legs can be made to point downwards and the body be held in an upright position. In my imagination, an anthro shark is a crazed aberrant hunchback of a creature with less morals than brains and less neck than either.
Anyone else got any thoughts on the subject?
-F
On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of feral art; I do like critters to walk upright and be capable of holding things. It makes them more easy to empathise with. That means some critters, i.e. snakes, may *need* to sprout arms or they just won't be anthro enough for me. Other critters may be able to adapt some other less obvious appendage, such as wing tip feathers or a tentacle.
One final preference of mine however is that I'm a big fan of the bizarre, of animals that don't often get their time in the spotlight. I'm not talking about weird invented hotchpotch critters with the head of one thing, the body of another and a pair of arbitrary wings tacked on because wings are cool. I mean real, genuine creatures that are just a touch unusual, difficult to do in 'sexy' anthro forms, and thus tend to take a back seat to dogs, tigers, ponies and the like.
So, just for a giggle, I thought I'd launch a thread asking folks to suggest critters that are difficult to do faithful anthropomorphic versions of, or that artists frequently take big liberties with the anatomy of when drawing their anthro counterparts.
Me, I'd say that one of the hardest critters to do anthro is the Jellyfish - that sucker's got no human traits whatsoever to play with! Very tricky to do well indeed!
Of the more common critters, the shark is the one I most often see people taking liberties with. Your average shark has no neck, but to make a *sexy* shark people tend to want a neck on it, and often the famous dorsal fin ends up on top of the head! Just so you can tell it's a shark! Tails tend to stick out at odd angles too, so that the legs can be made to point downwards and the body be held in an upright position. In my imagination, an anthro shark is a crazed aberrant hunchback of a creature with less morals than brains and less neck than either.
Anyone else got any thoughts on the subject?
-F
