Well, to be a furry is to be a furry animal right? It all depends on the artist drawing though. Furries should have fur unless it's a species that doesn't.
That's my take on it at least.

That's the idea I had. But technically Furry is someone that liked anthropormorphic animals. Thus why a girl with cat ears and tail is just as furry as someone that is a heavy feral.

Thus why the idea that a lost of furries dont have fur, but colored skin.

I think a human girl with cat ears and tail falls under the furry category of Kemomimis I think
And a furry who has human aspects are called kemono

actually all furries have to have human aspects. That is the literal definition of anthropomorphic.

Furry is just anthropomorphic animals. I am not sure what you would call anthropomorphic cars, weapons, etc (inanimate objects)

I think you call them mechs in general

if it's a fluffy anthro character than it's a furry.
the rest of it is actually a pet peeve of a friends of mine, her journal explained it far better than I can;

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6492644/ (number 4 on the list)



also my sona have feathers, but damnit she is still my fursona >:|

I'm furry all around except for certain places. *waggles eyebrows*

hehe, you are one of the examples (not in a bad way). Do you see yourself as all fur, or as colored skin?

All fur. Even her markings are fur. And they are not tattoos. They are suppose to be unique fur markings. XD

Though, some artists have drawn me semi shiny, but fur can/does have a shine to it.

*snuggles in my fluffy tail*


I have fur. And often times I'm told other can dye and paint parts of their body but... *Blushes* my gold bands are actually part of my fur, it grows that way.

IDK why my mother never explained and my grandparents always told me to show off was vain and bad. It's just how I was made.

bands/stripes makes sense to me. It is more of the fine detailed curves and points that confuse me a bit.

I know some that dye their fur... otherwise how could they be all pink & purple. But I'm sure they could tell you the exact process.

I can tell you this much... it isn't easy having to constantly touch up and redye one's Fur and hair. *walks away while the tip of her tail flicks under the white tiger's chin*

I always thought of furry tattoos as permanent dye-jobs; like they have special inks that permanently dye the follicle, so that even if the hair falls out, it will grow back with the tattoo color.

As for 'fluff' there are plenty of animals with very sleek, smooth-looking fur, such as otters, or dogs like dobermans, and some domestic cats.

very true, and these tattoo style's would work on that short fur. But still lose the precision that some are looking for.

But with that short fur, still confuses me on how the smooth wet highlights work.

This is quite interesting. If a character has a tattoo, does that mean their fur is automatically (or causatically like shaved) shorter to give it that detail?

If I understand you correctly, I don't think the tattooing is exclusive to short-furred creatures, nor would it necessitate long-furred animals cutting theirs short.

As for the wet highlights thing, I just chalk that up to an artist's style.

Nope! Not me! :P

Nope never going allow my beloved Darou to be shaved

I guess the Luna Symbol on Darou's muzzle youd call a tattoo well i simply explain it as magicaly induced considering Darou is a transformed Human by ancient native american magic>>... thru some how dyeing the fur seems the widely accepted reasoning for tattoos even so as you say nothing would be clear cut considering the fur on most fured animals is multilayered causing any detailed markings to be distorted

As for as Drayk recently called, the shaved furry or the saran wrapped furry. It seems a matter of style but also often short comings on part of the artist in ether being impatient or trying to conform to the commissioner expectations of being done in weeks, why spend time detailing the fur when my commissioners are fine buying my quickly bodypainted bodies. detail fur even just the outlining does require some rudimentary knowledge of muscle anatomy to now in which direction the fur will be flowing. Detailing fur thruout also can be time costly and very repetitive, many artists here arnt patient enough, knowledgeable enough or simply cant afford to spend the time on the detail so we take numerous short cuts that will of cource satisfy the common folk

Totally stuffed with fluff

I dont have it illustrated or explained in fine detail, but one of my characters who is a tattooist uses a special tool and substance that she invented that is basically like permanent Ink painted over the fur that settles in like a real tattoo.
She also applies this to feathers.
But then on SKin and Scales she uses a traditional Tattoo Gun, and sometimes even an old Tattoo Needle.

I have indeed noticed how fur is drawn....non-existant. And so it looks like skin. But as a person has explained or many realism artist will tell you...drawing fur detail is redundant and time consuming XD

redundant?

I guess to each their own. I see drawing fur as nearly a requirement for furry artists. I know some very very popular ones that dont like MilesDF, but I just dont care for the art. Maybe for the skin/fur thing or that all of it looks generic. But either way, it is just interesting that so many say there is fur, but most art is drawn without it.

Thats what Ive heard from Animal Artists who also have drawn anthro Animals.
And eh, I guess it depends on the level of detail you like to put into your art, and most people seem to put more work into their painting/coloring & Shading then wanting to make detailed fur.

yup. Not my personal choice, but a common one.