I've noticed a lot of the changing trends in furry fandom and the characters people have representing them.
You too? :-) Yeah I've noticed that as well, at first I was like 'what is the matter with these people? Can't they stick to existing species?' Then I realized that they're all just applying their own imagination to come up with something different to be unique.
And I think that's the latest change in the fandom. Before it was enough being a moprh and having an interesting back story to be different from everyone else. But now that fandom is growing and getting larger some people feel the need to take it in different directions. These days I find it rather interesting and some folks have come up with some neat ideas (and others just bizarre). And yeah, my inner psychologist has a lot of fun with it too! :-D
One of the artists I was hanging out with was telling me about a commission they had where the person had emphasized to the point of obviously sounding defensive that their character was UNIQUE because the stripes on their character's tail were DIFFERENT COLORS.
If some of these people knew the pains we go through to keep a straight face...
Some of the combinations I hear about I simply shake my head over. There's limits to what we can draw. Worst one was the Romance Ebook where the author wanted six people on the cover and wanted me to make them look exactly like her favorite tv show characters.
As for light and shadow, I'm considering sleeping with a Maxfield Parrish book under my pillow and hoping some of the ability soaks into my brain at night ;)
I used to think my gray fox character thing was common yet unique enough... and now I see people with the same description (coincidentally, of course). It's weird.
Heck, I once thought that my original fursona/fictional furry character Ardashir was unique for being a fox-wolf. Of course, I came up with him back when Yarf! was still being published.
One thing that drives my eyeballs crazy whether the artist is amateur or professional, is the use by some of the opposite color to shade, like blue to shade red. They'll always claim 'color theory'. Most often they wind up with a cool color shading (or muddying) a very warm one, which makes my eyeballs start to scream after a few seconds.
I also actually like neon colors...when used properly. But I more appreciate a character who clearly HAS character.
I'm one who looks for other Friesians in the fandom. But as for hybrids, I'm considering one to make into a costume someday as a little bit of light-heartedness.
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You too? :-) Yeah I've noticed that as well, at first I was like 'what is the matter with these people? Can't they stick to existing species?' Then I realized that they're all just applying their own imagination to come up with something different to be unique.
And I think that's the latest change in the fandom. Before it was enough being a moprh and having an interesting back story to be different from everyone else. But now that fandom is growing and getting larger some people feel the need to take it in different directions. These days I find it rather interesting and some folks have come up with some neat ideas (and others just bizarre). And yeah, my inner psychologist has a lot of fun with it too! :-D
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If some of these people knew the pains we go through to keep a straight face...
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Uhmm... no.
Hated that one.
And I haven't yet mastered light and shadow.
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As for light and shadow, I'm considering sleeping with a Maxfield Parrish book under my pillow and hoping some of the ability soaks into my brain at night ;)
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And neon colored characters are eyegouging.
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(That hair "color", by the way, is my natural one; that's how it's been for the past 25 years.)
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I also actually like neon colors...when used properly. But I more appreciate a character who clearly HAS character.
--Zhora
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