Fursona species there should be more of, less of and none of in your opinion

[Vibora]

My opinion is


More of:
Griffins
Reptiles
Birds
Giraffes (I love giraffe furries!)
Rhino
Fish! It is super hard to get right but when it is done right, it looks amazing!


Less of:
Cats
Foxes
Wolves

None of:
Monkeys (Honestly, I don't know why monkey furries bother me. If it is super cartoony, it is fine, but very realistic looks bizarre to me... Like Candy Kong. I don't like how that looks.)

 

[Vibora]

An example of what I think is a well done fish sona http://mallanmissan.deviantart.com/art/Fish-furry-centaour-The-Kate-Monzter-314429431 Isn't it beautiful?

 

[WingDog]

MORE OF ALL THE FURSONA'S! We need more foxes for sure.

Also monkey fursona's have always kinda bothered me as well.

 

[Vaelarsa]

Less:
- sparkledogs
- obnoxious Sonicsonas
- baby / child-sonas
- pretty much anything catering to some kind of fucked up fetish

More:
- things that are not the above

 

[Dreaming]

Woodpeckers, dude, woodpeckers

 

[Calemeyr]

Less canids, more birds, smaller woodland creatures, reptiles and sergals. Especially with fursuiters. What is it, some sorta wolfaboo secret society? I think it's being conformist. Now, a weasel, rat, otter, or bird--we need more of those. Canids are a little overexposed.
Another question...if there are so many dragon fursonas out there, why are there so few dragon suits? Those fursuit parades are an undifferentiated, endless mass of toony canid suiters who think acting "caffeine with sugar" random is cute. I find it annoying. How about more realistic suits? Or am I missing the point of the "funny animal" fandom?

 

[Vibora]

Oh, and let me add: "Less sonic furries, More weasel furies" in agreement to above posts

 

[Wa*Ya*Ha]

more choosing your fursona because YOU like it, or feel a special connection to it.
More discovering new fursonas through self exploration.
less people bitching that THERE ARE TOO MANY X FURSONAS. or picking a fursona because it's cool / popular / unique / just to get attention.

i know there's a lot of candids. but i'm not picking a jellyfish because "OOOOH NO ONE ELSE HAS A JELLYFISH." *grump* That goes the other way for people who pick wolves or foxes because there are so many of them and they want to be in some special group or some shit. you have the ability to be WHATEVER YOU WANT don't let other people make the decisions for you.

also, less judging people by their species. so it's a wolf with wings. so what. so it's a sparkle dog. big deal. don't like it, dont' look at it.

 

[Symlus]

IMHO: more: amphibians, (varied) dinosaurs [less t-Rex, velociraptors, more quads & such], Avians (auto correct initially changed that to Asians lol).

Less: wolves, foxes, dragons, horses (realistic freak me out), and monkeys (same issue).

Marcus, u jelly of the sergals? Seriously though, I didn't even know of them until about 3-4 months ago, so why less? I rarely see them unless I specifically ask for them.

 

[Calemeyr]

IMHO: more: amphibians, (varied) dinosaurs [less t-Rex, velociraptors, more quads & such], Avians (auto correct initially changed that to Asians lol).

Less: wolves, foxes, dragons, horses (realistic freak me out), and monkeys (same issue).

Marcus, u jelly of the sergals? Seriously though, I didn't even know of them until about 3-4 months ago, so why less? I rarely see them unless I specifically ask for them.

Dude, sergals are awesome. I said more sergals, less canids.

 

[Wa*Ya*Ha]

IMHO: more: amphibians, (varied) dinosaurs [less t-Rex, velociraptors, more quads & such], Avians (auto correct initially changed that to Asians lol).

Less: wolves, foxes, dragons, horses (realistic freak me out), and monkeys (same issue).

Marcus, u jelly of the sergals? Seriously though, I didn't even know of them until about 3-4 months ago, so why less? I rarely see them unless I specifically ask for them.

i can go both ways with that. i've seen some realistic quads that just fascinated me. then i saw this increadibly realistic...i think it was a afghan hound? dressed in a gypsy outfit THAT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.

 

[Vibora]

i can go both ways with that. i've seen some realistic quads that just fascinated me. then i saw this increadibly realistic...i think it was a afghan hound? dressed in a gypsy outfit THAT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.

Both ways with me as well. I love realistic quads, wolves and lions, and especially realistic original creations, but realistic horses and monkies scare me...

 

[Calemeyr]

i can go both ways with that. i've seen some realistic quads that just fascinated me. then i saw this increadibly realistic...i think it was a afghan hound? dressed in a gypsy outfit THAT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.

Please use capitalization...it's hurting my eyes. Sorry :/

I do agree we need less dragons, but with a modification on that statement: dragons with tiny wings or ones that wouldn't fly in general because they're so damn huge. That big ass ain't flying Johnny! That's why I made my dragon-thing into a fluffy short guy (short as me!) with, uh, light scales and perhaps feathers, kinda mimicking the evolution of birds from raptors. Because, dammit I'm a physicist and I'm a killjoy with flight mechanics. Gotta be realistic for me.

 

[Wa*Ya*Ha]

Both ways with me as well. I love realistic quads, wolves and lions, and especially realistic original creations, but realistic horses and monkies scare me...

yeah...monkeys are too close to humans i think. it's like the uncanny valley thing...

 

[Tiives]

I think any species will do, really. Let the creator use any species he likes.

But sonicsonas tend to suck, so I would not like to see any of that.

 

[Attaman]

More: Animals uplifted to [insert generic fantastical race here].
Less: [Something]Wolf [Adjective][Bodypart]

To expand on the first: Apparently a person turning into an animal (either fully or via a curse such as Lycanthropy), person taking on a robotic animal shape (for style / preference), or so-on is chill, but oddly uplifting an animal is not? Give your dog the ability to see more colors, work a can opener, and use opposable thumbs, I'm sure they won't give a rat's ass that it's no longer socially acceptable sniffing some stranger's ass. And hey, bonus: It allows you to say your character literally is [x] creature in a human body (or maybe Dwarf, Blood Elf, Goblin, whatever). Win-win for you!

 

[Calemeyr]

Can actually including humans as good guys in your art/stories count?

 

[Symlus]

Dude, sergals are awesome. I said more sergals, less canids.

I'm sorry, I didn't see the very small word "more" in your sentence. Consider my argument retracted.

 

[Calemeyr]

I'm sorry, I didn't see the very small word "more" in your sentence. Consider my argument retracted.

It's ok, I didn't make it clear enough...hidden in the obtuse grammar (I need to stop that :/). But yeah more sergals please (maybe Mick will finish her stories ).

 

[LemonJayde]

I honestly think that not ALL candids are over-used. I think that we could use some more hyenas.
Anyway;

MORE: Avians (they can be really beautiful) Weasels, reptiles, varied species of dogs, dragons, anything that people ACTUALLY feel a connection to. Not just because it's "cool" or unique"
LESS: Wolves, monkeys, cats, etc.

 

[Saellyn]

More: Otters.
Less: Everything else.

Honestly? A thread like this is going to be skewed by personal preferences.





PS. Anyone who says "more sergals" should be banned.

 

[Vibora]

I honestly think that not ALL candids are over-used. I think that we could use some more hyenas.
Anyway;

MORE: Avians (they can be really beautiful) Weasels, reptiles, varied species of dogs, dragons, anything that people ACTUALLY feel a connection to. Not just because it's "cool" or unique"
LESS: Wolves, monkeys, cats, etc.

African dogs are really cool too! I love seeing those.

 

[Recel]

Less four eared coyotelikesomethings with punky hair... oh wait!

 

[Wa*Ya*Ha]

Less four eared coyotelikesomethings with punky hair... oh wait!

*squints* holy shit I never realized you had four ears until just now. I thought it was the ear on the other side.

I've seen a ton of hyenas, too. I've seen more hyenas than coyotes actually. African dogs would be cool, but probably easily confused with Hyenas.

 

[si|ver]

I haven't really seen any monkeys so I guess I can't say much about them.
More birds for sure! Bird pokemon are super bad-ass, I'm sure people could draw some really nice bird-sonas if they wanted to.