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Soadreqm

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Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« on: May 17, 2013, 05:27:42 am »

I made a fursona a few years back, as a joke. Since then, I have occasionally introduced myself as a furry, just to see how people react. But am I really a furry? Does there still remain some thin veneer of irony separating me from true furries, as a Victorian-era explorer living among natives is separated from the noble savages by his self-righteous sense of superiority? Clearly, it is time to dive deeper into this anthropomorphic rabbit hole, but I cannot do it alone. In the interest of SCIENCE and FUN, I invite EVERYONE to become a furry. Create yourself a fursona. Pour your soul into a half-animal avatar of yourself, like a weblich crafting an anthropomorphic phylactery. Invent a neon-coloured wolf-man with a tragic backstory and tell us all about it.

To start with, this is my fur chitinsona:

He is a weaver ant and this is him being completely overwhelmed with the joy of being a furry. Chitiny. Whatever. He lives in a giant tower of silk and wood with thousands of other weaver ant people, and his ultimate goal in life is to serve the Hive in whatever manner best benefits it.

I also have a pending promise to draw three people's fursonas if they give me an animal to start with. The submissions I got were "snails", "star nosed mole" and "neanderthals". While trying to figure out what a half-human half-neanderthal would look like might be an interesting paleobiological exercise, I don't think they count, so we've still got one open. Furthermore, to celebrate this BRAVE NEW THREAD I'm going to do two more in addition to the one for a grand total of THREE STILL TO GO! Tell me your favourite animal, and don't be afraid to invent new animals or combine existing animals into horrifying chimeras. Also feel free to provide some more detailed physical description. I'll do my best to follow your capricious instructions.

For the COMPLETE EXPERIENCE, you should also provide a name, a personality, a backstory and so on. List some "likes" and "dislikes". Hell, make it a whole SETTING, with with detailed notes on various cultures and locations. Whatever detail you feel like going into.

Once I'm no longer contractually obligated to draw people furries, I'll probably keep doing it at least sometimes. Especially if you describe yours really well. Everyone else is also invited to draw pictures of fursonas posted here, their own or other people's, as long as they keep in mind that the Forum Guidelines aren't really guidelines as much as they are absolute, inviolate rules. If you do something foolish, the next DF release is postponed by the amount of time it takes Toady One to deal with it.

With that in mind, let's discover our inner furries! :D
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2013, 05:28:07 am »

Here's the one I've got done so far, requested by Leafsnail:

As it turns out, snails are HARD. :(
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2013, 05:44:52 am »

Can I still role with a Star nosed mole?
Your art style is awesome!

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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2013, 11:32:15 am »

Mantis. I need a mantis fursona. He wears a fedora.
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2013, 12:02:53 pm »

Interesting premise. Always been a fan of anatomy/medical art and to a lesser extent, anthropological art.

So...hows about a fox? A Kitsune even? Mythology counts, right? :3
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2013, 12:37:47 pm »

As it turns out, snails are HARD. :(
pun intended?
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2013, 12:47:19 pm »

Love the art style, can I get a manic looking ferret done?

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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2013, 01:01:12 pm »

Here's the one I've got done so far, requested by Leafsnail:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2jb8ui8.png
As it turns out, snails are HARD. :(
This is great.  All hail the new slimesona.
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2013, 01:08:48 pm »

Can I still role with a Star nosed mole?
Your art style is awesome!

Thank you! :3 Here is your star nosed mole:

I'm pretty sure that's the most tentacles I've ever seen on a mammal. Nature is crazy. ._.
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2013, 01:48:32 pm »

Mantis. I need a mantis fursona. He wears a fedora.
Spoiler: MS Paint-ish mantis (click to show/hide)
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2013, 03:24:14 pm »

Why not, lets do random weirdness. 

Random number gets me the letter Q, from which I get Quoll:
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/quoll/

Another random.. P... Said Quoll is pretentious.
T: Tacky dresser
R: red, I guess
U: ugly. perfect.

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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2013, 04:10:05 pm »

This is great.  All hail the new slimesona.
I'm glad you like it. :3

Mantis. I need a mantis fursona. He wears a fedora.
Spoiler: MS Paint-ish mantis (click to show/hide)

You were first, so consider this fan art. :3 I like the sunglasses in your version, as well as the background. The drawing meshes with the photo surprisingly well.

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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2013, 05:36:05 pm »

I simply require one thing. An Axolotl. Those things are fucking AWESOME.
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Re: Dwarf Furtress: Let's design some half-animal hybrids
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2013, 05:44:43 pm »

Could I have a hedgepig, please?
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