an anthro would describe a critter who walks on thier hind legs. A furry depicts the fandom as a whole, some people may or may not like to be refered to as a "furry", but rather an an "anthro artist" because they just enjoy drawing critters over...i guess i could say, more human or human-like art simply because they feel more comfortable doing so.

Thats my take on it in my opinion, someone may have different to say about it. I myself am an anthro artist, though i respect the fandom because i can share my art with them and not get looked at oddly for doing so lol, hell, i don't think my folks have seen a single sketch iv made because they probably would never understand why i perfer drawing it...and if i had to explain myself..i think it would be way too beyond their understanding lol.

I'm going to have to agree here, I have no idea what the difference is, however let me sum up what I think it is. I've heard people describe 'furry' as cute and fluffy and nonthreatening, some describe it as plantigrade legs, others say it's clothes, some just say it's anyone that draws anthropomorphic characters in general...the problem I see with that last one is the word 'anthro' considering it means to apply human characteristics to a nonhuman object or creature. That word applies to both 'furry' and 'anthro' considering you take a wolf and add a human 'were' and suddenly you get 'werewolf' (humanwolf), using that formula I'd say anything 'were' is 'anthro' and anything beyond that is 'furry' but if you look at the 'furry' side of it their characters are almost always more human then animal. *headdesk*

Its come to the point now where if it has plantigrade feet, wears clothes, poses no direct threat in appearance, and appeals to a broad audience I call it 'furry' since that's how I've heard it described so many times over the years. Likewise 'furfag' is some sick twist of herm/inflation/scat/vore/whatever nasty fetish you can come up with...which would appear to me to be the opposite of 'furry' in that it seems more theatening and/or disgusting... 'Anthro' appears to be weres with digitigrade feet, threatening appearances, bad attitudes, but tend to stick along the 'want to appear more realistic in character design' lines. I find the anthros look down on furs and attempt to make their art as realistic (and need I say 'straight sexuality') as possible (see Goldenwolf) in order to attempt to seperate themsevles from the fandom. Anyone who doesn't draw into these two categories is labelled simply as 'fantasy artist' which I suppose is where I fall semantically following that formula with my spiky, horned, glowy characters that don't seem to fit into either 'nonthreatening, wears clothes, plantigrade' or 'realistic in design'.

Now I have to admit I've seen some characters and artists that don't fit any of these things, just the other day I found an otter with a cute fuzzy face that was completely ripped like a bodybuilder...ok I'm gonna come right out and say it...I have no Idea where that falls. I don't know what to think of 'muscle furs' ('fur' I suppose being the operative word here? Maybe it falls into furries? shite.). It's both a tad threatening and a tad cute, somewhat realistic while at the same time being so blown out of proportion you want to shove it aside....I have no idea.

TL;DR: Furry is nonthreatening and unrealistic plantigrade characters, anthro is threatening, realistic, digitigrade...anyone that doesn't fall into those categories gets shoved into one or the other by the fandom.

Mm. Like Zook pointed out, they like to describe anyone in the 'anthropomorphic character' fandom as 'furry' and while I'm going to agree with this as a matter of categorizing...there are different extremes in the fandom itself. I suppose the 'anthros' want to distance themselves from the 'furries' but at the same time they're both drawing characters who have FUR, tough call.

Also...i think the who concept of werewolves and the like to be well...sexy...

Your welcome.

Lol thanks for your responses, guys. Now if only you two weren't my only readers... X3

Psh, that's still more comments then any of my journals have ever gotten lol

I think this is my only journal that's ever gotten comments... ;_;

Psh, how often do you make them lol

... Touche, madame.

I would have commented if I'd seen it earlier! But they've pretty much got it covered...plus I don't really know, myself. O.o

Lol, fair enough. ^.^

Unless you are anti-furry, most will agree there is no difference. Its just many prefer to use the term "anthro" because when someone hears "furry" they think porn or "strategically placed holes". Many use "anthro artist" or "anthro" simply to avoid drama. At least that's how I see it based on both exp and opinion.

Fair enough. I figured it was something like that, or along the more/less humanized lines. And no, I'm not anti-furry. ^.^

Typically I have noticed though that those who call themselves anthro tend to bend towards more realistic or ware characters. And I didn't think you were lol