OK, I'm doing something I don't normally do: I want you to take a look at this pic and BRUTALLY critique it. See, I've never drawn non-morphic animals before (at least successfully) other than already cartoony Pokemon, but I figure maybe trying something different will help get my creative juices flowing freely again. Besides, this fellow is actually a darkhorse contender for possible alternate fursona, as well.
This is Denner Hawkspur, a character I used to play online in AOL's Rhy-Din RP rooms back when it was actually still worth doing that, almost a decade ago. If you're wondering why a wolf has a first and last name, it's because his quadruped status is actually a fairly "recent" development; he was originally a half-drow assassin who made the mistake of cheating on his betrothed, unaware thst she was the daughter of a local wolf-god. Enraged at his son-in-law-to-be's infidelity, said god decided to teach Denner a lesson by turning him INTO a wolf; after all, wolves mate for life. Unfortunately or fortunately, however, Denner kept both his intelligence and his half-elven lifespan, outliving both human and wolf; an ironic glitch of sorts in the spell also allows him to assume a demihuman form during nights of the full moon, perhaps to allow him to remember what it was once like to be among humanity and thus sharpen his curse's edge.
Side-note: he became much more fun to RP once he became a wolf, oddly enough. Part of it was the other players slowly realizing that "there's more to this beast than he seems..."
ANYWAY, I digressed wildly. Please take a look at Denner here and tell me what I need to tweak to make him look like a proper wolf...oh, and don't bother with the obvious stuff like the undrawn left hindleg or tail. Stick to the relevant stuff, please.