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ott rant!
5 years ago
Ok seriously, big rant here! I just submitted some pics of otter characters and I decided to check out and see what other pics of otters there are.
And man this always gets me..: NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRAW OTTERS!
Seriously so many of what i see miss the most clearly obvious things that make otters what they are. One big note ive seen in artists who do have decent drawin skill is that their otters just look like dog characters with perked up big ears and long pointy snouts that have been given a big nose. and large head profiles too! It looks like artists who have spent years applying their craft to making badge commissions and doing mostly canine chars and then they just for the most part are on autopilot when they draw an otter.
The other look I notice is this weird looking big jaw version. The artists generally do get right that otters have flatter head profiles, but then they draw them with these large cheese wedge blocky jawlines that seem to be glued or pasted onto the lower half of their pinhead profile. It sort of resembles a marvel cartoon movie streamlined character design like you would see in the old Batman animated series show. The ears tend to be drawn incredibly close to the eyes, looking very odd. This is pretty common in gay otter art. The best way i can describe it is a pinhead with a giant block jaw stuck onto it that does not really flow together with the rest of the head and is typified by a giant mouth as well. Most often the chars are also given short swept up anime punky guys hair. The easiest way to find this one... look for the giant lower jaw and equally sized chin.
Finally another complaint..... Ive seen too many otters combined with sea mammals and sharks, otters with fins are seriously not cute i feel, they look alien and not sexy!
im going to supply 3 artist whose otters i have seen that I think totally understand how to draw an otter head! (though this is really hard to find!) everyone could leasrn from these artists... especially otter fans. People should enjoy art of otters that actually emphasize what makes otters so much fun in their facial appearance!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22644670/ this artist has a lot of pretty good details! one or two may be off but for the most part they are very skilled at making a good otter face!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22310114/ ok this artists here is not perfect, but they are totally in the right path and know where all the parts go on an otter face! that one mouth is a little too long in the first pic
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9865578/ this artist really got down the snout and frontal face view right!
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Anyways... im thinking im going to have to make my own example page to give the idea of what makes otters the best!
And man this always gets me..: NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRAW OTTERS!
Seriously so many of what i see miss the most clearly obvious things that make otters what they are. One big note ive seen in artists who do have decent drawin skill is that their otters just look like dog characters with perked up big ears and long pointy snouts that have been given a big nose. and large head profiles too! It looks like artists who have spent years applying their craft to making badge commissions and doing mostly canine chars and then they just for the most part are on autopilot when they draw an otter.
The other look I notice is this weird looking big jaw version. The artists generally do get right that otters have flatter head profiles, but then they draw them with these large cheese wedge blocky jawlines that seem to be glued or pasted onto the lower half of their pinhead profile. It sort of resembles a marvel cartoon movie streamlined character design like you would see in the old Batman animated series show. The ears tend to be drawn incredibly close to the eyes, looking very odd. This is pretty common in gay otter art. The best way i can describe it is a pinhead with a giant block jaw stuck onto it that does not really flow together with the rest of the head and is typified by a giant mouth as well. Most often the chars are also given short swept up anime punky guys hair. The easiest way to find this one... look for the giant lower jaw and equally sized chin.
Finally another complaint..... Ive seen too many otters combined with sea mammals and sharks, otters with fins are seriously not cute i feel, they look alien and not sexy!
im going to supply 3 artist whose otters i have seen that I think totally understand how to draw an otter head! (though this is really hard to find!) everyone could leasrn from these artists... especially otter fans. People should enjoy art of otters that actually emphasize what makes otters so much fun in their facial appearance!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22644670/ this artist has a lot of pretty good details! one or two may be off but for the most part they are very skilled at making a good otter face!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22310114/ ok this artists here is not perfect, but they are totally in the right path and know where all the parts go on an otter face! that one mouth is a little too long in the first pic
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9865578/ this artist really got down the snout and frontal face view right!
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Anyways... im thinking im going to have to make my own example page to give the idea of what makes otters the best!
If you study it you'll see why otters are drawn the way they are.