FA+
Shop
Interesting - The Variety of Foxes
7 years ago
I'm not speaking of the variety of fox breeds with their large assortment of fur colors. Though that certainly applies. No, I'm talking about the individuality of red foxes. See, the thing is, I see very very few artists attempt to put these concepts into practice. The subtlety of taking a single 'species' and making it realistically varied. Nature does it just fine, but being able to capture that in art is quite the challenge!
https://mymodernmet.com/roeselien-r.....aces-of-foxes/
This article came up recently in my media feed, and I really felt that it was important to share. It's something personal for me, because I'm of the belief that you can make really amazing anthropomorphic fiction using only a single species of animal. You can have endless variety just like how varied humans can be, but with the features of a specific animal, or the sensory power that animals as a whole tend to have.
I would be absolutely thrilled to see an endless amount of art exercises that put the lessons of the above article into practice. Taking the realistic variety of an animal species and making a handful of unique characters that can illustrate that point.
The next time you draw an anthropomorphic creature, look beyond just your 'art style' and think about the variety that nature provides, and incorporate some of that into the character you are drawing. Most people may gloss over it, but there are definitely people out there who can and will appreciate those details.
https://mymodernmet.com/roeselien-r.....aces-of-foxes/
This article came up recently in my media feed, and I really felt that it was important to share. It's something personal for me, because I'm of the belief that you can make really amazing anthropomorphic fiction using only a single species of animal. You can have endless variety just like how varied humans can be, but with the features of a specific animal, or the sensory power that animals as a whole tend to have.
I would be absolutely thrilled to see an endless amount of art exercises that put the lessons of the above article into practice. Taking the realistic variety of an animal species and making a handful of unique characters that can illustrate that point.
The next time you draw an anthropomorphic creature, look beyond just your 'art style' and think about the variety that nature provides, and incorporate some of that into the character you are drawing. Most people may gloss over it, but there are definitely people out there who can and will appreciate those details.
I need to pay more attention to the variations of color in fur too, a lot of times the fur of characters I paint looks too simplistic and uniform in color. Especially in the case of foxes in fact.
On a similar note, I've also wondered how a society of a specific anthropomorphic species would develop their shorthand styles, such as the simplistic cartoon versions we have, or the 'anime' version, or stick figures, etc. Various artistic expressions that we take for granted, developed from a different perspective.
Same species would be especially cool, so hopefully it inspires! If I was an artist, I would definitely have been inspired by the article, which is why I felt the need to crawl out of the woodwork and share. XD Thanks for reading and commenting.