#when I've reached a point of financial stability and they have their comissions open I will definetly get one of their room guardians

[wikagirl]

I did a big think while working on my projects today and I think the main reason for why I never got into the furry community even tho I love the concept of talking anthro animals is the artstyle. Like that classic kind of sterotypical artstyle that everyone associates when you say the words "furry art". You know the one. Yes. That one.

It just looks so uncanny and somewhat distrubing to me and I can't quite explain why?? Like it legit confuses me why my brain has such a reaction to it considering that most other people find it cute, but I guess that also explains why I never really liked the lion king or most other movies/tv shows that feature anthro animals with artstyles that lean into that direction? I look at it and it causes the same reaction within me that I also have to gore in movies.

Funnily enough I don't have that issue with furrsuits irl. I actually find them mad crazy (in a positive way), like the work that goes into engineering them in the first place, the upkeep, the work that goes into the character, the dedication to suffering inside of one of these things in poorly ventilated convention halls.

It's just the 2d that irks me somehow since i also don't seem to have the issue with 3d models in the artstyle and I honestly have no idea where it's coming from. I've just always preferred the slighty more...realistic (??) looking anthro creatures facial feature wise like the Lupins in ffxiv or the Khajiit from the elderscrolls.

Probably also doesn't help that when ever I try to draw anthro characters they always end up looking something like this

This is a species for a homebrew tabletop that I DMed for a bunch of friends. This is what furry characters look like when I make an attempt at drawing them. The way I draw anthro characters is super duper mega heavily inspired by the brautiful art dolls and room guardians by Anya Boz who is the creator of that really confused looking white persian cat meme thing which I am not going to post here because they made a post on insta a few years back about how they don't really like it being used as a meme. I've been following them for literal years (since I was 12!) and referenced their art a lot when drawing anthro characters because I just love love love the atherial mythical vibe they somehow manage to give to everything.

Oh yeah just be sure that absolutely noone mis interptest this:

THIS IS NOT ABOUT MEMBERS OF THE FURRY COMMUNITY BUT SOLELY ABOUT THE STEREOTYPICALLY ASSOCIATED ARTSTYLE AND MY HONESTLY NOT REALLY SENSE MAKING FEELINGS TOWARDS IT! MOST OF THE FURRIES I'VE INTERACTED WITH WERE REALLY NICE WITH ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS BUT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS A BUNCH OF BAD EGGS AND THOSE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OVER ALL COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE!