Anyone else go through this?
10 years ago
General
Body full of fluff, head full of stuff.
I feel like I should tell people key things about my fursona for commissions and when people draw her in general, but I don't really know how to. I guess the problems are mostly about her body type and the breed of cat she's based on. I draw her in bulkier clothes because I'm very self conscious about my own weight, so I prefer wearing clothes bigger than I need them. It's passed on to her design although she's supposed to be a very, very thin framed character. Basically, she has the body type I'd love to have. She's really thin and doesn't have much muscle or fat. That brings up another challenge, regarding her breed. She's a Maine Coon, and if you've ever seen one, you know they're gigantic and roughly 95% fluff. I've seen pictures of some that reach the size of medium sized dogs.
I like to think I get her body type decently well (Although she's supposed to be a B cup and I draw her breasts too big. I'm trying to fix that :X )
I just kinda thought about this because I commissioned someone around 2 months ago and I've seen progress occasionally, and the artist draws her almost like a tabby. The body type is pretty spot on, but nobody, not even me, draws her as fluffy as she should be. I try to emphasize the fur by making her "hair" just longer tufts of fur, but that's something people don't seem to notice either. She's always drawn with hair on top of her fur, which just seems a little weird to me, artistically ^^;
Most of this probably just comes from my style leading to people not knowing how to incorporate that stuff into their own.
Maybe one day I'll find the best way to portray her so that it gets rid of these issues. Hopefully. I like my cute fluffball.
I like to think I get her body type decently well (Although she's supposed to be a B cup and I draw her breasts too big. I'm trying to fix that :X )
I just kinda thought about this because I commissioned someone around 2 months ago and I've seen progress occasionally, and the artist draws her almost like a tabby. The body type is pretty spot on, but nobody, not even me, draws her as fluffy as she should be. I try to emphasize the fur by making her "hair" just longer tufts of fur, but that's something people don't seem to notice either. She's always drawn with hair on top of her fur, which just seems a little weird to me, artistically ^^;
Most of this probably just comes from my style leading to people not knowing how to incorporate that stuff into their own.
Maybe one day I'll find the best way to portray her so that it gets rid of these issues. Hopefully. I like my cute fluffball.
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As for fur, I suppose, for me, drawing naughty stuff doesn't exactly go well with long furred characters, to be fair, my character might as well be a human with ears and a tail, haha.