Random rant about anthro hair
3 years ago
(Note: This isn't directed at anyone in particular. I was just playing a random furry game on Itch.io.)
Human hair on animal characters has always bothered me.
Obviously it's worse-looking on nonanthro characters, who look like they're trying to wear an "I'm a people" wig, but I think it still looks weird on anthro characters. They look like strange attempts to either humanize a furry character because the creator was uncomfortable, or animalize a human character for reasons that make me uncomfortable. For instance, they take an existing person, change the makeup of their body completely, but leave their hair exactly the same. I guess it's because they would otherwise be difficult to discern from their other features. However, since I don't actually know that person and I'm just looking at their "fursona", it looks like someone slapped a clown wig on and they're pretending like it's perfectly natural.
It's always worst on furry animals. The color of the wig almost never matches. Brown fur, blond wig. Blond fur, black wig. Curly fur, straight wig, because the originator wanted the hair to "stand out." It stands out as a cheap, dollar-store hairpiece. It's arguably better on animals that have little to no fur, since it's a little more human-like and hence less stupid-looking. I still dislike it, though. I already know what that animal is supposed to look like, so I can't help but scoff and scoff mightily.
One exception: It looks fine when the character doesn't have a fully animal head. If they're walking around as only half-furry, then of course they can have regular hair. As soon as that snout starts poking out, though, watch out.
Human hair on animal characters has always bothered me.
Obviously it's worse-looking on nonanthro characters, who look like they're trying to wear an "I'm a people" wig, but I think it still looks weird on anthro characters. They look like strange attempts to either humanize a furry character because the creator was uncomfortable, or animalize a human character for reasons that make me uncomfortable. For instance, they take an existing person, change the makeup of their body completely, but leave their hair exactly the same. I guess it's because they would otherwise be difficult to discern from their other features. However, since I don't actually know that person and I'm just looking at their "fursona", it looks like someone slapped a clown wig on and they're pretending like it's perfectly natural.
It's always worst on furry animals. The color of the wig almost never matches. Brown fur, blond wig. Blond fur, black wig. Curly fur, straight wig, because the originator wanted the hair to "stand out." It stands out as a cheap, dollar-store hairpiece. It's arguably better on animals that have little to no fur, since it's a little more human-like and hence less stupid-looking. I still dislike it, though. I already know what that animal is supposed to look like, so I can't help but scoff and scoff mightily.
One exception: It looks fine when the character doesn't have a fully animal head. If they're walking around as only half-furry, then of course they can have regular hair. As soon as that snout starts poking out, though, watch out.
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IMO, there's no real difference between any of those routes, so if it rocks someone's boat - good on them. Doesn't mean i have to like it, but also, doesn't mean they don't have to enjoy it :)
I understand you, however, i get ticked off by anatomical inconsistencies in a similar way.
So the difference is there for me, but I understand if it's not for others. Just... put some effort into making it look attached, at least. x_x