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My half of an art trade with the ever kind 
kashmere. I giggled a lot when the time came to paint her inner ears, the cuteness of her color scheme is just overwhelming. Also I definitely never painted so many flowers before.
Oil painting on canvas, 25x35 cm
kashmere. I giggled a lot when the time came to paint her inner ears, the cuteness of her color scheme is just overwhelming. Also I definitely never painted so many flowers before.Oil painting on canvas, 25x35 cm
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Fennec
Size 1024 x 735px
File Size 670.4 kB
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It's.... interesting, seeing a fursuit character done with your art style. I still disagree with these types of designs in concept, as it tends to highlight this supposedly perfect divide between fur colors. Interestingly enough, the ears here do actually feel more realistic than the fursuit-border or neon pads.
It might be more entertaining, to me, to see a character designed like this being halfway through the process of being intentionally painted as such by a friend, like it's some sort of model fashion or ritual. Seeing the change in texture on the fur differ between the regular fur and painted fur (as there likely would be) brings a whole new level of enjoyment, as well as the raw nakedness of having that desired effect be only partially complete.
It might be more entertaining, to me, to see a character designed like this being halfway through the process of being intentionally painted as such by a friend, like it's some sort of model fashion or ritual. Seeing the change in texture on the fur differ between the regular fur and painted fur (as there likely would be) brings a whole new level of enjoyment, as well as the raw nakedness of having that desired effect be only partially complete.
Her color schemes actually works very well, I think it shows she was created by an artist who had already developed a good sense of color and design. The cyan markings on the fur follow the natural body shape, and the cyan ears attract attention to the head. In other fursonas the markings break up the body form making it difficult to give a naturalistic impression of them. (But then I think that's not the goal of such fursonas - they are meant to be cartoony.)
I have seen the theme of fur painting in several pictures (for instance http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24297893/ ) but never depicted as an art performance. That's an interesting idea...
I have seen the theme of fur painting in several pictures (for instance http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24297893/ ) but never depicted as an art performance. That's an interesting idea...
As an artificial marking, I am not opposed to markings such as these. It's when it's taken as a natural character trait that it crosses a line into something mildly distasteful from my perspective. It's an entirely visually driven design choice that rarely-if-ever is chosen from factoring in real world examples.
As you say, it's a cartoony thing, but even then if you take these markings back to a cartoon level, cartoons often work best by being simplistic. The colored ears and paws can make for a good cartoon element but the colored border/lining, aside from my objection involving it being unnatural, has the goal of drawing attention in a sense that would be weak design on a cartoon character.
At the end of the day, I view it as something that has become a trend in fursuits that then was translated to art medium and I don't think I'll ever enjoy that design choice. But I can at least understand it and describe a situation where it would be a neat thing to see; that's the painted approach where it is being used as part of a ceremony or other arrangement.
I don't feel like it would be practical as an every day thing (the body line, the paw pad colorations), but some elements individually could be seen as valid approaches to make-up (the ears, various tail decor) since those areas are reliably exposed and relatively easy to access, while being unlikely to interfere with general day to day activities.
As you say, it's a cartoony thing, but even then if you take these markings back to a cartoon level, cartoons often work best by being simplistic. The colored ears and paws can make for a good cartoon element but the colored border/lining, aside from my objection involving it being unnatural, has the goal of drawing attention in a sense that would be weak design on a cartoon character.
At the end of the day, I view it as something that has become a trend in fursuits that then was translated to art medium and I don't think I'll ever enjoy that design choice. But I can at least understand it and describe a situation where it would be a neat thing to see; that's the painted approach where it is being used as part of a ceremony or other arrangement.
I don't feel like it would be practical as an every day thing (the body line, the paw pad colorations), but some elements individually could be seen as valid approaches to make-up (the ears, various tail decor) since those areas are reliably exposed and relatively easy to access, while being unlikely to interfere with general day to day activities.
Funnily enough I had never realized that the trend towards bizarre fur patterns could be related to the rise in popularity of fursuiting. It certainly makes sense.
I more or less agree with the rest - hence my general preference for realistic fur colors and subdued patterns - but to be fair there are animals with far more bizarre patterns in RL which were evolved just to attract mates, so as long as the overall design makes sense aesthetically I can find it believable enough, especially if it's assumed that the characters of the context don't usually wear clothes. I'm not able to render such a creature with the same naturalism I aim for with regular color creatures, but I'm sure that's mostly a limit of mine. It would already be possible to render a character like this in CG for a movie and make her feel 100% believable as a creature (that would be a fun thing to see in fact!).
I more or less agree with the rest - hence my general preference for realistic fur colors and subdued patterns - but to be fair there are animals with far more bizarre patterns in RL which were evolved just to attract mates, so as long as the overall design makes sense aesthetically I can find it believable enough, especially if it's assumed that the characters of the context don't usually wear clothes. I'm not able to render such a creature with the same naturalism I aim for with regular color creatures, but I'm sure that's mostly a limit of mine. It would already be possible to render a character like this in CG for a movie and make her feel 100% believable as a creature (that would be a fun thing to see in fact!).
Sounds good to me! I have a character who has some slightly weird colors (Chiwara) but it's still tame. I can certainly invent some different ones.
One of my favourite non-realistic characters is Artica Sparkle by the way. Hir pattern is bizarre but feels somewhat pleasing to me.
One of my favourite non-realistic characters is Artica Sparkle by the way. Hir pattern is bizarre but feels somewhat pleasing to me.
Thought you might also like the color scheme of my klee kai girl, Scooter
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/15232572/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/15232572/
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