I do.

Nifty

Sometimes! Though... sometimes no... o.o

Indeed

You can tell some of the time, but not always. There are anomalies and exceptions to every standard, but somewhat, sure.

That's very true. There's always an exception to every rule.

I do. I have put down the wrong gender of quite a few artists that I have got art from when submitting on my page (though once I learn their correct gender, I do change it).

That's really sweet of you

thanks!

not often >.> i can never tell
But I've been mistaken as a male too many times to count it's really funny to me having to constantly tell people I'm not a 'guy' or 'dude' or 'man'

Aww *hugs you with feminine love and friendship*

^^ thank you

try me, see if mine is boyish or not

*scratches chin* I think you're a girl.

yeah my avatar is a girl but I am all MAN

That's awesome

i am not afraid to do that type of stuff

I usualy can't. I tend to mistake people as Female. usualy cause they just have more detail and what not :p made that mistake with champ

More detail? In what way? Do you mean their art is more detailed or... *is interested in hearing the rest of this thought*

Just alot more detailed. i can't really explain it. it just seems.. different.

Hmm...interesting

There's an old saw about "men act and women relate," which is how--IIRC--some male author from the same time period (possibly Dickens) discerned that George Eliot was a woman by reading Silas Marner. In my own experience I can say that's essentially but not exhaustively true.* There's more to be found in context than overall presentation.

Wendy Pini was a very powerful influence on my work, and on very rare occasions I've even been mistaken for her because of the similarities in style. Not so these days, since she stopped using lines and went so formlessly effeminate & emo. I used to be mistaken for a woman due to my tendency to do strong female characters who didn't wear skin-tight costumes, but I grew out of that. These days I'm very comfortable expressing masculinity from the inside, in all its forms, from courage and bravado to tenderness and heartbreak.




* before anyone decides to flame this comment, look up what "essentially, not exhaustively" means.

I would have guessed you were a boy from the way you render anatomy on your characters.

You would have realized I'm a man if you saw me without the billowy, white garments.

Oh my.....

Don't read too much into it. I respect you as a colleague.

I sometimes try to figure out artists by their genders, but it's so hard xD I've actually thought of doing a Male Sontock, but I am horrible at drawing guys xD LOL

...now I wanna draw a guy Sontock hanging out with a guy Kitt!

Dude, that would rock xD

...must make this...happen!

*squeeeees* I feel EPICSAUCE ahead!

Well I certainly hope it will be

Yes and no.

Indeed.

*chuckles* I actually get confused a lot myself. I've been dealing with so many lady artists that I often refer to male artists as 'milady' as well, especially those with fursona's/avatars that are not specifically one or the other =~.^= And my own fursona is cause for many folks to confuse me for a girl as well, heh. So, no, I can't really tell from the artwork, nor the fursona... I've tried to, but I often turn out to be wrong as well =~.^=

It's so interesting how "gender identifying roles" are sort of abandoned on sites like this

Yes, you're certainly right =^_^= I've seen a couple of interesting cases already where a female artist had a male avatar, or the other way around =~.^=

Yup, I've run into that situation, too. It was very interesting.

*chuckles* Yes, I definitely know what you mean. And sometimes people even still confuse your gender even when you have it listed on your user page, like me for instance =~.^= Ah well...

I dunno, just by looking at artwork, it's very hard for me to tell. But when it comes to just simple penmanship and looking at the letters and numbers they write by their paw, it's usually pretty evident.

Ah, writing is a bit different. Yeah, I can usually tell whether a guy or a girl has written something down by their penmanship, too

hehe Yup! Girls write so cleanly and delicately to make it very easily legible, whereas guys will write with marks similar to chicken-scratch.

Well, not ALL girls write prettily

Occassionally I have those moments.

It seems a lot of folks do

I don't really think about an artist's gender right off the bat when I look through their work. However, if I'm interested in knowing, I'll look at their comments and journals, and something will eventually tell which is which.

Although sometimes it takes awhile. One artist I was corresponding with for many years (long before FA existed) I couldn't quite figure out--their first name is one of those that could be either gender (although the middle name was femme in no uncertain terms, it could have been a pseudonym)--but a fairly recent comment on the shoes I drew on one character pushed the determination to "female with 98% certainty" :D

Interesting sleuthing work!

I'm usually wrong when I try and guess it. XP Alas, I get "punished" for that anyways. Soooo many times people look at my username and say he. >_<

I wonder why folks associate "night" with boys What's up with that?

I dunno. I've been told once that "Nightwolf" is the name of a male video game character, although I don't know if that's true or not. You'd think all the emoticons I do would be a hint or something though. XP

Or at least the pretty pink bow around your lovely neck

Thank you, although she doesn't normally have that. It's cute though, so I might need to draw that more often. But she usually just has her wedding collar on. :)

I occasionally get the gender wrong. But I do know you're a girl. :>

I assure you I am indeed a girl

You are!

XP Joking.

Well, at least that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Depends upon the artwork. When it comes to sexual art, it is a nit easier to tell. For example, in anime fanart, when someone does a yaoi pairing its pretty easy to tell the difference. Very few males who aren't gay won touch it. Gay guys, generally have put better thought and more emotion into a yaoi pairing that yaoi fangirls do. But the same can be said for gay art as well. Generally gay people are better at it, than one of the opposite sex. Heterosexual art, can be a bit tougher to decide, but there are a few distinctions.
A single art piece cannot really distinguish a gender, but a whole gallery can. but it depends heavily on the theme of the gallery. Often the galleries full of the cute and cuddly type can make it hard to distinguish. Or a gallery like mine where all the characters tend to be fairly androgynous, making it difficult to tell the gender of the characters.

Interesting points. I don't know the yaoi things as I've seen women do amazing things with regard to them and I know that the majority of yaoi is actually done by women.

Yeah, but its often the writers who are actually gay, tend to be a bit more realistic about things. Basically, less steriotypical. But yes it is mainly done by women. And often they go after characters which it would never happen to.

I'm always wrong. It's so damn confusing most of the time! XD

LOL! *hugs u*

Aww *hugs back* ^^

I get that mistaken gender thing a lot.

*chuckles* It happens

I usually can, though not from artwork alone. And with my fear of committing a faux pas, I try not to guess very often

Aww, no need to fear comment faux pas We're all human and to error is human, after all

Hmmm... Subconsciously, yes, I can't help but try. Consciously, I wait until I either see a definitive statement from the person, or have enough circumstantial evidence to nail down their gender.

BTW, I usually don't have to wait too long, as I often get direct confirmation through someone else's blunder.

LOL! I can catch the gender blunder at others' expenses only rarely

Its all waaaay too confuzzing for me! ;P

It's sometimes waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too confusing for me, too, Hon

~chuckles~ I've been confused for a woman quite a few times before, myself. x3 Maybe it's because of how I type? I tend to 'emote' a little more than the average guy, and I also have absolutely no problem with guy bashing, so maybe that's it?

Or maybe it's the fact I write poetry? ~shrugs~ Either way, it doesn't bother me. I find it quite humorous, in fact. =D

Nah, lots of guys write poetry! It's interesting, though, but I would have guessed you were a guy

Really? I don't know whether to be glad that I'm not so overly-feminine, or amused that in your head you were all like 'Psshh, yeah, he's a guy' x3

I also knew you were a girl, btw. :O Of course, I knew that when we first started talking, because I heard your voice in that YouTube clip. ;3 In fact, that was how we met. I kinda feel old, now, and I'm not sure why. :/

Oh well, I get paid Fri, and I'm going to see 'Legend of the Guardians' and treat myself to a good turkey roast and a nice bowl of Udon noodle soup w/ umbrella mushrooms. So I'm good. x3

Hey, that's the spirit!

~chuckles~ Hey, as long as I have a good movie, a turkey roast, and good Japanese noodles, I'm good. x3 I'm an easy guy to please. ;3

I've never been able to tell an artist's gender just by the art style, unless there was a clue in the nickname. Even then it isn't reliable because the masculinity or femininity of the name doesn't match the biological gender of the artist. I have noticed, however, that much of the best adult/mature artwork comes from female artists.

Now that IS interesting! I guess we think about sex more than the media gives us credit for

Guys have been saying that for years but nobody believed us!

*coughs discreetly*

I think my style works best for me. I have had many people identify me as male through my work, and well... that's all good for me since I'm transgendered. LOL

LOL! Then as long as you're happy, that's all that matters

Somehow - and you know how much I love you art, so it is not criticism - but I cannot imagine your art would be drawn by a man.

I often get a feeling like that, tho mostly not as obvious as with you. I think, in general, women draw more colorfully, a little cuter, and less into the technical details or techniques then men. But that is just an impression. And I know sometimes I've been way off too.
(look at my art, it's 10% inspiration 20% patience, 10% anatomy, 10% knowledge of shading n perspective and at least 50% technical Photoshop tricks, esp in my coloring. Even if i work in traditional media, I often use PS for the line work, or tricks with a light table that are PS inspired.)

Hmm...those are interesting keys to look for in art. I'll have to pay attention to them when I browse art.

I usually imagine/guess the gender of the artist. Usually I'm dead wrong.

What bothers me most isn't finding out that who I thought was a great female artist turns out to be a great male artist (or vice versa) but that I got it wrong all this time - like if I use the wrong pronoun they'll get mad at me.

Which is weird, 'cause I get mistaken for a guy by viewers all the time and it doesn't bother me.

I think it's silly to get upset when someone mistakes us faceless internet users for one sex or the other. It's an honest mistake! What's the big deal? It's not like we have pictures of ourselves all over our FA pages or anything. We don't even have a "what gender are you" thing in our profile so, it's very easy to mistake.