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Furry Chat => General => Topic started by: Cecilia Peromi on December 12, 2015, 10:32:58 PM
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I'm just looking for some opinions, so what do you think? Do you like anthros wearing clothes? Do you feel like they would need clothes? Or do you like it when furs are wearing nothing but fur?
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I feel like it makes them look more "human" or "civilized." I've always thought they looked weird with just fur.
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I kinda see it both ways, clothes would get annoying if you were already covered in fur. However, not everyone is comfortable with being nude.
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I guess you could wear robes or something. Like a kilt. That might eliminate the irritation.
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That would work. I think that nudes would be furs with thick, luxurious fur, who wouldn't want to show that off?
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Depends if you can see stuff...
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I think that fur would hide the stuff, not completely but enough. If not then that's when the kilt would come in.
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I think it depends on the animal as well as how humanized they are. I generally like clothes that suit the anthro or don't impede their movement (like pants on digigrade legs have always made me wonder). This is also coming from someone who draws their fursona in their underwear like 80% of the time, though, too. Haha. I think clothes can work just fine on some anthros, but others it looks a bit silly.
I think this is much like the furries in shoes topic that was out earlier, it all depends on the artists' preference, and also how humanized the anthro is. For example, clearly shoes don't look funky on plantigrade feet, but shoes on a digigrade animal look a bit silly unless it's some sort of modified glove type thing to fit the feet.
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I agree with Mort. Well said haha
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I only draw Cecil in clothes, every other anthro I've drawn have been either naked or wearing underwear.
(And yes, this topic is very similar to the shoes one. I just wanted to change the subject to clothes in general, not shoes only.)
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I have noticed that, Cecil.
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Wait... which one? The thread or the drawings?
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Clothes. Definitely.
I think that fur would hide the stuff, not completely but enough.
^This is what I consider important about clothes.
Even if you have incredibly fluffy, thick fur...it's definitely not going to hide enough to avoid public indecency. XP
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My anthro characters normally wear clothes. In my headcanon, they're not really prudish about nudity, but they prefer to wear clothes as a style preference or sign of social status.
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I'm of the opinion that no clothing but having fur means you aren't naked in the way humans are. I'm okay with no clothes, but my OCs usually wear clothes to make sure it doesn't offend anyone.
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im comfortable in my own fur.
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I agree with Syn. Having fur is different from just bare skin. In a sense you're not technically naked. Save for the exposed stuff which I think would be covered or hidden in some way. Either by clothes or fur.
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Your private bits need to be covered at least
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Again, I think it depends on the species. My reptilian characters tend to kick it in the nude.
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I feel like it looks best, when fursonas wear clothes. However, that's only in the case of anthros. Feral forms can be as naked as they want, in my opinion.
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It makes not much difference to me one way or another ("private" parts exposed or not)
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Me neither honestly. It makes you think: would anthros be self conscious about their privates like we are?
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i think the can help add character and personality to the fursona, like i have a roman manica on my right arm to make a bit more of a point of the roman influence in spurius design :3
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Me neither honestly. It makes you think: would anthros be self conscious about their privates like we are?
That's a cultural thing. Not all humans are even self-conscious about that stuff. There's plenty of human tribes (mainly in South America for some reason) where nudity is just normal.
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I like it when the animal doesn't wear clothes but sometimes I also like clothes. Well, it should just look good and I'm a fan if native american clothes, clothes of the middle age and celtic ones. Modern clothes aren't so beautiful and comfortable. So I don't like them very much.
You see: I like both and it depends on the kind of clothes.
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I feel like it makes them look more "human" or "civilized." I've always thought they looked weird with just fur.
This should summarize my view to an extent. Of course, there's also the idea that I just like using clothes as a manner of self-expression, and I'd gather that anthros, if exposed to clothing, would probably be inclined to wear them for just that reason as well. But, in the case of the cold-blooded and/or hairless, they would use them for many of the same reasons a human would. Personally, I think it'd all be up to the cultural influences, environment and exposure that would dictate their propensity to dress themselves. One has to consider that they would form cultures just like we did, and let's be frank here: no amount of fur would totally hide everything or keep them totally insulated and warm in every situation. Clothe-wearing habits would develop somewhere along the line.
That said, that's how I use clothing in my headcanons. Transference of a few human societal traits and unique twists to suit the species. Some have special garments while others have the same clothes that you and I have. For instance, dragons: their shirts and tops have straps or buttons with openings in the back for wings. Unless the wings are vestigial, they attach around the bottom, near the buttocks, so the whole wing fits. Making holes in your wings at birth just to fit a shirt would probably suck and limit the ability to fly properly.
I overanalyze things, I think.
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I feel like it makes them look more "human" or "civilized." I've always thought they looked weird with just fur.
This should summarize my view to an extent. Of course, there's also the idea that I just like using clothes as a manner of self-expression, and I'd gather that anthros, if exposed to clothing, would probably be inclined to wear them for just that reason as well. But, in the case of the cold-blooded and/or hairless, they would use them for many of the same reasons a human would. Personally, I think it'd all be up to the cultural influences, environment and exposure that would dictate their propensity to dress themselves. One has to consider that they would form cultures just like we did, and let's be frank here: no amount of fur would totally hide everything or keep them totally insulated and warm in every situation. Clothe-wearing habits would develop somewhere along the line.
That said, that's how I use clothing in my headcanons. Transference of a few human societal traits and unique twists to suit the species. Some have special garments while others have the same clothes that you and I have. For instance, dragons: their shirts and tops have straps or buttons with openings in the back for wings. Unless the wings are vestigial, they attach around the bottom, near the buttocks, so the whole wing fits. Making holes in your wings at birth just to fit a shirt would probably suck and limit the ability to fly properly.
I overanalyze things, I think.
I agree with you, Nick.
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I'm fine with it. If it where's cloths or not. Despite the fact that my fursona wears clothing, wearing fabric on top of fur can't be quite comfortable. Plus I also think its fine as long as there isn't porn.
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I much prefer furries with clothes. It adds to their character, I think. You'd never know my fursona was a warlord/fighter were she not wearing armor. It's much easier to tell personality too, much like with real people.
I don't have an issue with naked furries, but clothes can add a lot.
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I like how clothes and armor look on furries, and it better fits my character.
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Me neither honestly. It makes you think: would anthros be self conscious about their privates like we are?
That's a cultural thing. Not all humans are even self-conscious about that stuff. There's plenty of human tribes (mainly in South America for some reason) where nudity is just normal.
A lot of Europe is this way, specifically Scandinavia, Iceland, Finland, Germany, Spain, I think Greece and Hungary, as well. Not so much in Eastern Europe but its not necessarily banned in Russia (afaik).
You are right it is a cultural thing. We don't really know how humans would have evolved differently because we don't have any other path to compare to, but the transition from clothes being a nice thing for expression and to express cultural values to something you MUST have or it is shameful is not something that HAS to be evolved. It is within perfect thought to think that one could wear clothes and not have any sort of sexual or shameful mentality attached to not, much like how you or I could wear clothes that are not "in style" according to all those magazines but we are not kicked out of our worlds for it nor are we stared at weirdly. It is just a part of life.
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Clothing because it gives my character more style.
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I like both, and I draw both. I always figured it wasn't something necessary for furs, but assumed that some prefer to be covered more, and others use it for personal expression. ^_^
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I'm just too modest to be in the buff, besides I don't have the body for it
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I'm just too modest to be in the buff, besides I don't have the body for it
Clothing because I don't think anyone would want to see a person such as myself walking around butt naked. It'd be too much to bare.
Everyone has the body for it, that's the beauty of true naturism. It matters not how attractive you are!
#nudistlife ?
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D-Do people still wear these... "clothes"?
Jokes aside, I like clothes on furs, adds another layer of creativity and personalization. Then again, the lack of clothes (or just lack of pants, really) of older cartoons worked rather well. Idunno there's arguments for both sides!
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Clothing because I don't think anyone would want to see a person such as myself walking around butt naked. It'd be too much to bare.
*sniff sniff*
Do I smell a subtle pun?
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I've tried drawing my fursonas without clothing and it just doesn't work.
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I like cloths on furries because of the way society portrays us. I mean, if I was showing somebody some furry art and the character wasn't wearing clothing, people would automatically say it's porn. I've seen it happen...
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I like cloths on furries because of the way society portrays us. I mean, if I was showing somebody some furry art and the character wasn't wearing clothing, people would automatically say it's porn. I've seen it happen...
I'm sure they'd say the same thing if it was a naked human.
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I've heard people say that clothes give your fur a sense if style. But what about intricate fur patterns and colors? That's another way of giving style to a fursona.
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As an artist, I used to not give Armonia clothes. It made me feel like she was more animalistic, which is how I wanted her. But after a few discouraging words, I placed her in dresses and it eventually seemed right. I have drawn my sonas without clothes, and sometimes that's just because I'm lazy or I just really feel like they shouldn't wear them.
Personally, I don't mind if furs don't wear clothes or not. Just as long as nothing "intimate" is showing, if you catch my drift. :/ The option of clothing is entirely up to the person deciding on the fursona.
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I only wear a lab coat :P (sometimes with a scarf)
Hehe going commando as a furry would be okay as long as ppl cant see your junk
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I only wear a lab coat :P (sometimes with a scarf)
Hehe going commando as a furry would be okay as long as ppl cant see your junk
But what's wrong if there is junk showing :o
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yeah, whats worng?
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yeah, whats worng?
Umh ._. I guess since furries would be pretty civilized, then they should wear clothes not only for body concealment, but also for fashion and social status reasons :/
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But why would they necessarily feel the need to conceal :p
maybe clothing would just simply be a fashion statement, since the whole shamefulness of not having it came from a few religious beliefs
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But why would they necessarily feel the need to conceal :p
maybe clothing would just simply be a fashion statement, since the whole shamefulness of not having it came from a few religious beliefs
True, I guess your right
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To me kind of depends.
If the furry is going to be more 'human like' then clothing works well, gives the furry personality.
If the furry is more animal like, then clothing just looks too strange.
Reminds me of when people dress up their pets, not sure why, looks terrible for me
I just looked at my folder where I keep all the art I collected from Deviant Art (for laptop backgrounds) - 90% of it no clothes, the art is more animal-like than human-like
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Many of the people from my own story and role play setting, all of many various species and body types, wear military attire, even if they aren't soldiers. Their world, called Domiparadu, is a fascist militarist culture, so dress uniforms and combat fatigues are rather highly fashionable. Even full suits of plate armor are pretty commonly worn, casually so. In fact on such armor, ostentatious gildings, embossings, and engravings of custom design are a great way to get both attention and respect.
On the flipside, complete nudity isn't uncommon, members of some species are generally more often nude than individuals of others. Probably male Robot Dragons, I like to think~ Nobody's genitals are present when not in use, so... that solves the problem of indecency.
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Many of the people from my own story and role play setting, all of many various species and body types, wear military attire, even if they aren't soldiers. Their world, called Domiparadu, is a fascist militarist culture, so dress uniforms and combat fatigues are rather highly fashionable. Even full suits of plate armor are pretty commonly worn, casually so. In fact on such armor, ostentatious gildings, embossings, and engravings of custom design are a great way to get both attention and respect.
On the flipside, complete nudity isn't uncommon, members of some species are generally more often nude than individuals of others. Probably male Robot Dragons, I like to think~ Nobody's genitals are present when not in use, so... that solves the problem of indecency.
Hehe but what about when they get "turned on?"
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Those who opt in for public nudity often have to temporarily remove those exposed parts, then add them back on when they wanna do private things. It's quick, painless, costs nothing, leaves no scars, and is done without having to see a surgeon! Although, if the individual is of a species that already has their reproductive organs hidden away, they just use something that keeps it from showing in public.
This civilisation I speak of is quite incredibly ancient, having existed since the very early days of the universal calendar. That is to say, the world is about twelve billion years old, thus they are... pretty inconceivably advanced in terms of culture and technology.
Back to the clothing, the most popular types of plate armor are those inspired by the Gothic style, designed by Holy Roman Imperials during Earth's fifteenth century. In fact power armor variants of the style are standard issue in the Domiparadan military. HERE (http://www.historicenterprises.biz/misc/frazierarmour2/final/IMG_3164.jpg) is a modern production of the Gothic style armor.
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I don't have a preference for all furries, but for me I typically prefer less clothes with exceptions honestly just for fashion (call me vain) in real life so...
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why not both? Unless you like to sleep with clothes on. :P
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I like clothes, but I prefer less. I think the fur patterns on an anthro are more interesting to look at than clothes.
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Depends on the species, Turian..
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Where have I heard that before... I think I have...
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First Mass Effect, Renegade Shepard. >l3
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Hmm... never mind, I was thinking of Tourian, from Metroid. But I looked up Turian and they look pretty nice.
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Oh, you were referring to the name Turian, not the line I quoted. XD
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Yes, but I like Mass Effect. I've never played it, but I like it.
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OT:
Recently my fursona has been going with clothes. I don't know why.
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I like clothes, honestly anthros with no clothes on are less appealing to me. Unless you have super cool markings to show off or something XP
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I like clothes, honestly anthros with no clothes on are less appealing to me. Unless you have super cool markings to show off or something XP
I agree, and clothes make it look nicer, it's more self-expression.
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I prefer less clothes. That perfect middle ground where you can see the fluff, but not the... stuff.
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I would just be uncomfortable walking around with my junk visible, fur or no fur
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I don't know... I've never had a real problem with nudity... I mean... it's only natural.
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I don't know... I've never had a real problem with nudity... I mean... it's only natural.
It's socially unacceptable most of the time. Maybe a little is OK.
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Depends on what they're doing and where they are.
For example, if they're outside and in public then yeah I prefer them to be wearing clothes. However if they're at home I prefer them without clothes.
:3
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I think the bare minimum would be underwear. I've gotten used to drawing Cecilia in her panties.
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Underwear or any kind of clothing will no look good on Firox either.
I seen lots of Flareon fan-art on Deviant art with clothing, to me doesn't look too good.
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I think the bare minimum would be underwear.
For private, maybe. Public, either the family-friendly-fluff or full clothing. Underwear in public is...uncomfortable. :S
Put some clothes on.
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I personally wouldn't mind seeing Dragon dudes or whatever in just Speedo wear if they wanna show off their supremely good looks. But that's just me. l3
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But... I like wearing bikini...
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I personally wouldn't mind seeing Dragon dudes or whatever in just Speedo wear if they wanna show off their supremely good looks. But that's just me. l3
No thanks.
Cecilia, I guess it's alright if you're at the beach.
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I personally wouldn't mind seeing Dragon dudes or whatever in just Speedo wear if they wanna show off their supremely good looks. But that's just me. l3
No thanks.
(http://i.imgur.com/vPQA5a2.gif)
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Cecilia, I guess it's alright if you're at the beach.
What are you saying? Am I too exposed?
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That's the look I'm going for. I want to display my curves in all of their glory! Without displaying too much of course. Or do you think I've already done that?
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i think cecilia looks fine, i know it's been said a lot but clothes are really just an extension of the fursonas personality so its really down to that as to whether clothes fit or not
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Anthros wearing clothes is fine. Furries wearing clothes is fine as well. If the artist/fursuit wearer doesn't want any clothes on their anthros/fursonas, it's the same deal. It's all up to the artist and how they envision their creation.
Personally, I originally drew Nazieri with clothes on. He had a hoodie vest and long shorts but because I plan on getting a fursuit in the future, I wanted his diamond markings to show, so I left everything out except the punk bracelets.
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Cecilia, I guess it's alright if you're at the beach.
What are you saying? Am I too exposed?
TFF isn't a beach, so...
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I say clothes unless it's toony, kiddie drawings. Have some modesty people.
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Cecilia, I guess it's alright if you're at the beach.
What are you saying? Am I too exposed?
TFF isn't a beach, so...
Lol, look at me!
yeah nix is "naked" and looks great ;)
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yeah you have a lot of interesting patterns and it would be a shame to cover them up :/
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Plus with your fur it's much more usefull to have the light shining rather than covered.
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Both clothed and unclothed is fine really, I just imagine that it would get pretty warm wearing too much clothes all the time. That being said I usually don't care for shoes and such on furs for whatever reason.
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O.O
A Wessle!
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Here's an interesting collection of footwear designs, for digitigrade Dragons.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5781424/ (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5781424/)
With those kinds of designs in mind, I'd actually really like to see more furry characters with shoes and boots and stuff. Even if their paws or whatever can handle rough ground.
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....Where'd the wessle go?
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Weasel is still here, and hello Cecelia. Also I checked out the footwear the good Doc posted up above and highly approve of that setup. Some of it comes across as foot wraps that makes sense in protecting footpads and other pieces come across as armor for applicable settings, and I've seen some artists utilize footwear in that way before. So with that in mind I should revise what I've said earlier, I'm not a fn of footwear that seems out of place in the artwork, like furries with digitigrade legs and boots that portray them as having human like feet.
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Both clothed and unclothed is fine really, I just imagine that it would get pretty warm wearing too much clothes all the time. That being said I usually don't care for shoes and such on furs for whatever reason.
This makes a lot of sense to me. You can be clothed or unclothed when it's appropriate. I don't like shoes either on anthros. It looks a little funny to me.
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Yeah, blech, I don't like plantigrade footwear being worn by characters that somehow otherwise have digitigrade leg structures. I have a sorta bias against plantigrade, or more specifically, Humanoid feet, though.
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Well if furries were real wouldn't it be the same? They would have uh, parts.. Like us, so yea they could have clothes. Or could use their fur, scales, feathers, ect, I guess the right word would be naked. But it wouldn't be wrong in any way, hell animals don't wear clothes.
It just depends but either is fine, I just don't like the fact of furries having the bodies of barbie dolls just doesn't feel right or make sense. However for artwork and such it's understandable...
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Yeah I feel the same about it I feel like they have parts just like we do so they should cover themselves
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True, true. From and art standpoint the design is up to the artist, but if anthros were real they would definitely wear clothes unless their was different from ours.
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Clothes. Imagine if everyone walked around naked. There's things you just don't want to see, and I'm sure that applies to the furry world. :S
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IMO things like Scorpions don't need clothes, mine doesn't anyway, it might vary though.
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You're right, scorpions definitely don't need clothes. Me on the other hand, I need to cover up my "areas".
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My sona doesn't need clothes because she is feral.
I say people can do what they want to do, as long as its SFW. But I think clothes are like an extension of their sona's personality. It showcases their style a lot more than a quick summary of their traits ever would.
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irl, yeah, furs would need clothes. but I guess it's up to the artist/owner to determine whether they want their fursona to wear clothes or not.
for example, mustard was actually supposed to wear a denim dress with a black hoodie underneath, but I scrapped it because it looked odd and didn't go well with her medium build.
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I like fur art with clothes. I dunno, it just looks neat to me, and like others were saying, it adds to their personality. I'll probably have Nori's fantasy clothing as an extension to her suit once I make it, the bat one won't really work because of the wings T_T
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i did consider clothes but a shirt would cover up the strips and then i might get mistaken for a dog :(
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I don't mind it either way. I just prefer to draw them with clothes. My fursona is usually wearing her full outfit, but sometimes she'll wear a bit less.
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I think it just depends on how they're drawn. If you have a more cartoonish art style, I think it's okay as long as it isn't NSFW.
But I don't really like the idea of furs running around naked all of the time, unless they are in the wild or have cool markings.
But since furries have a sense of self, it means they like to show off one way or another, either their sense of style or they boast what they were born with.
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I prefer no clothes because I'm feral
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much cuter nude
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My new fursona doesn't wear any clothes because she's a feral. Best she does is occasionally wearing a silver chain around her neck. She does have more of an outfit, however, where she'll wear a sakura flower crown and vines around her neck and legs.
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To me, anthros are more...accepting to put it. So if, say a cat, was to decide they rather walk around without clothing than with clothes, nobody would care, and if a deer was to walk around with clothes, again, nobody would care. Plus I always imagine anthros having longer fur around their "areas" to help kinda like...hide it. Plus I don't see a problem with the females showing their breasts (hear me out first) The only reason females (both anthro and humans) have breasts is so they can give milk to their young until they are old enough to chew and get food for themselves. It's really all the perverted people in the world that made them a sexual thing really.
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I like clothes to humanize furs in most art. I find a lot can be said about a character by what they wear, especially in comics or more serious/darker themed artwork. That being said I prefer to see clothes on furs when Im following a story about them. It wouldnt make much sense if they were running nude all the time unless it was more of a wild setting.
The only time I would imagine furs without clothes was if it was a situation where a person wouldnt wear clothes, or if they were feral species.
Everyone has their own preference, I dont think it should have much to do with whether its +18 art or not, its easy to just not draw private parts even if the character wasnt clothed. Clothes are more used as an identity statement for furries.
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I honestly prefer anthros wearing clothes so they're not completely just bipedal animals. I don't mind people drawing them without clothes, I just prefer drawing them with clothes.
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I don't know, I have kind of mixed opinions about it. Some furries I think need clothes to look decent, but others I think need minimal clothing in order to accomplish the same. I dunno, I guess it's about what species they are.
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I'm just looking for some opinions, so what do you think? Do you like anthros wearing clothes? Do you feel like they would need clothes? Or do you like it when furs are wearing nothing but fur?
No clothes. It looks more natural :) . Why force human society expectations on animals, anthropomorphic or not? ;)
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I think it depends on the character and story. Some are better with out some are better with. For example furries with a lot on them like marking and stuff that makes them more detail will be bad with clothes on them. Some that are more simple might be more expressed with clothes. Honestly I like both and seen both bad and good on each side. In general there is no with our with out, it depends on the creator and your self.
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No clothes. It looks more natural :) . Why force human society expectations on animals, anthropomorphic or not? ;)
I like this. I love 'anthro' characters who are not in the least bit Human.
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I don't mind either way. Clothes or no clothes, depends on what's appropriate for the situation. I honestly think Anthros, being Anthros, look better with clothes - but that's my opinion.
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I'm the same but without the markings, so I wear clothes.
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:P There are many reasons not to have clothes or have clothes just depends on the on the context of the situation it may make a character more revealing or more cute depends on how you use it . I think clothed anthropomorphic characters tend to look more human (not a bad thing). Also i prefer clothes in most cases ;3.
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i feel like it depends on the species like is it you average dog or cat and is it plantigrade or digitigrade i guess it depends on how *human* your fursona is
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Eh - I'm more of a fan of no clothes.
On furs that is - all kinds of furs. X3
What's the point in fur if you're just gonna wear clothes anyway is how I look at it :P
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What's the point of socks if you're gonna wear shoes anyway?
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fur is more stylish
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I don't have any impressive markings... I just have a giant ugly scar.
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I'd go with minimal clothing but I have too many scars to cover up.
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I didn't realize this topic would stretch on for this long.
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Well, it is an easy topic to talk about.
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I wouldn't say easy but its has a lot to talk about.^_^
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I don't have a fursona yet but the one I am designing is wearing clothes, I personally think it looks better
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I've drawn mine with and without clothes, though most of my art never goes on the internet and that which does usually has clothes.
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I can't draw. But again, it's down to whether or not you see clothes as necessary for the situation.
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I draw both. I did an acrylic painting of my fiance and I, and we are clothed in that. I have also done nudes, usually to show anatomy, and I have done some porn too, in which clothing was either not present or was quickly removed. ^_^
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No clothes needed, but I do think they can add extra cute. I don't like pants on my characters though. Always pants-less. FREEDOM!
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I like furrys with cloth. I think it's adds a lot of personality. But if the situation calls for it, then I like the no cloth option ;).
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I like furrys with and without clothes. It depends on who the artist is IMO.
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There are reasons for clothes to be appropriate, but I've found that nude is much more fun lately - considering my constant changing between forms. It also means I don't wreck clothes.
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Wrecking clothes with transformation is great, actually. >l3
Come to think of it, destroying things in general is really fun... But hey, I'm a Metal Gear~
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I really think it depends ^_^
I prefer it when furries don't have any clothes as it gives the chance to show off all that nice fur and any patterns they have. It looks strange when people wearing fullsuits have clothes on top of that too.
Sometimes clothes can really work with a character's personality and make them look awesome though!
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Like I've said, Foxi doesn't always wear her full outfit. Sometimes she'll only wear her sweater, sometimes she'll wear everything but her shirt and bandana... just depends on the mood.
Karasu, however, is feral, so she doesn't wear anything. xP
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Jane mainly wears her jacket and a beanie other than that no clothing lol
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For me, less is more XD
The collar is a must have! But everything else is optional :D depending on whether or not I'm feeling primal enough....sometimes the clothes just have to go! Nothing but me and the collar/leash (beware, when doing this the leash is metal and VERY cold!)
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Seams the general consensus is that it's all in personal taste, style and function. But then isn't that the purpose for clothes? Personally I simply agree with the whole 'If the shoe fits wear it' mentality. If clothes work and bring a sharper image and add layers of personality use it. If it looks silly or out of place don't. Like art there is really no wrong way to do it besides an out right negative rejection to something based entirely on personal taste.
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I don't have a problem with furries wearing clothes, but for me personally, I prefer mine without and just have fur. I guess it comes down to the personal preference of the individual. For me, they look more animal-like without clothes.
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My main opinion on this is that it all comes down to style and the medium.. I think toony fursuiters with ful lsuits and no clothers are adorable but when it comes to webcomics I prefer more realistic anthro characters with clothing. For fursonas it really depends on the style of your character. If you're more toony I'd say something small like a bandana or hat looks great and for more realistic clothes look good. That's just my personal opinion and I don't think anyone who deviates from that is wrong, that's just what I prefer.
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I don't care if furries are nude unless it's NSFW.
I like to show off Ambrix's markings, so even when she wears clothes, they're usually short or small.
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Ever since adding a touch of dragon to my fursona, clothes have been almost entirely abandoned.
I even shower naked!
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I prefer them with no clothes, as long as nothing is showing
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I only draw my fursona wearing a scarf, but that's because nothing shows. As long as nothing shows, I think it's ok to wear no clothes.
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Wolf usually doesn't wear any clothes, though he sometimes wears a T-shirt and nothing more. He prefers to be unclothed, because he likes to feel more ''natural'' and ''feral'' instead of human-like.
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Wrecking clothes during transformation between anthro and feral is kinda fun, but my biggest issue is getting something that can fit no matter what my form is (because I have this weird thing that means I can change between male and female almost at will).
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My main fursona usually wears clothes, but she sometimes doesn't. When she wants to feel more like a feral, she won't wear anything. The amount of clothes also varies from just a cloak to a full outfit. My other two fursonas are feral, so they never wear clothes.
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Ehm well.. I don't know how anthro dragons work yet XD XD soo I'm stuck to feral for a while. I do prefer clothes tho
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My new 'sona absolutely needs clothes - she doesn't exactly have the longest 'fur' in the world so things need to be covered up.
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Clothes all the way. The more concealing the better. (hoodie tent! duh, dragons don't have fur really too. unless they're really trying to be cute. )
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Clothes all the way. The more concealing the better. (hoodie tent! duh, dragons don't have fur really too. unless they're really trying to be cute. )
Or unless they're my dragon fursona, who has fur in place of scales because she's an eastern dragon who lives in the arctic. xD
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This is a very interesting Topic.
See IMO it depends on your fursonas world I suppose.
I typically like it when Fursonas are wearing Clothing. Sure there is the fact about the fur but like someone else it just seems more civilized.
My fursona does wear clothing, in his story everyone does. Is he comfortable in his fur, well yes. He doesn't have any problem when he is at home just taking the clothing off and letting himself air out.
Thing is everyone does have a preference I suppose
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I suppose it depends, like many others have said too! My fursona is depicted with clothing, and that's mostly due to his more reserved nature. He's very calm, quiet, and polite, so dressing right and such is kind of natural for him.
However, if he weren't dressed, it wouldn't be an issue. Like, if someone walked in on him without clothes or a window suddenly opened (etc), chances are he'd be more surprised by the act, instead of the circumstance.
The whole 'fur' thing for most anthros seems to be the key, since clothing is the fur for humans. So it'd ultimately end up being up to each individual and/or their creator.
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The way I see it, not wearing clothing is like a hairy man not wearing clothing because he has 'fur' Xp
I'm joking, depends on the creator
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Clothes always.
It makes it way more civilized and real
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what bricket said.
and its diffrent if you have a bunch of fur or scales.
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Clothes are good. My fursona wears mainly pants
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Most of my characters wear accessories but usually not full clothing. I do have some that wear both tops and bottoms though, so I guess it just depends on the design I make. I agree with what some of the posters say here though, like about digitigrade animals with pants / shoes. Pants just don't really fit right with digitigrade IMO, so if I had a digitigrade characters wearing any bottoms, it would probably just be shorts. With shoes, the only way I can really make them look normal on a digitigrade character is by making them toeless.
Mainly why most of my characters don't really wear full clothing though is because they are a bit more animal-like in terms of appearance. If I was to draw more human-like furries, I would probably give them clothes (because I find human-like furries without clothes is kind of weird). Also one time I did give Nyro pants for some reason and everyone hated it.
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My fursonas, Delta and Hunter, wear clothes. It gives them more of a human like appearance.
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While working on a redesign of my fursona with my FurBFF, we ended up going clothes-less. I actually kind of like it better this way, but that could also be due to the wonderful new look.
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The only reason I wear clothes in real life is because I don't have fur B)
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My Fursona prefers to be naked, but her fur is fluffy enough to cover her genitalia anyways, so its not much of a problem
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I have lots of fur so it's ok if I'm not wearing clothes :P
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Well guys... lets agree on one thing. you cant say no to a fancy hat :3
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I personally think the more human like they are, the more clothes they need. Also the more detail the more clothes. At least if you're going for sfw. So feral needs nothing, in my opinion, and human like needs human clothes.
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I feel like clothes give them a little more personality and just overall adds to the picture
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With my more recent sona revamp (no pun intended, AND I think I might've already mentioned this), I moved to no clothes. BUT I still have him with accessories and clothes in my head. Just not in any art yet. I still am partial to nicer vests, etc...
It really is a preference thing, but after my revamp, I can see the appeal of both.
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I feel like clothes give them a little more personality and just overall adds to the picture
I feel the same way to.
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I feel it strongly depends on the style and the artist here are a few examples.
Anybody remember Sonic the hedgehog?
Sally Acorn is a big deal to talk about and I'm not talking about the adult art.
Here is Sally Acorn (http://orig00.deviantart.net/4c6c/f/2008/349/0/4/pink_satam_sally_by_jowywhiteh.png) from the first episode of the old Satam cartoon.
This is Sally Acorn (http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/c/c9/Sally_SatAM.png/revision/latest?cb=20131024171844) later in that same comic.
notice the diffrence? it's an interesting story why they added the vest but that's another discussion.
Now for one of my other favorite characters and sort of a base for some of my Oc's Krystal from the Starfox series. I'm not going to get into any debates about her, so drop that now.
This is Krystal in her first appearance in a realeased game.
Krystal Starfox Adventures. (http://en.wikifur.com/w/images/4/41/Krystal1.jpg)
This is her later
Krystal Starfox Assault (http://en.wikifur.com/w/images/thumb/e/e7/Krystalsfas.jpg/424px-Krystalsfas.jpg)
So i really think that clothing depends on the character and their settings.
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I think clothed furries look more civilized and less "Wild"
I don't have anything against unclothed furs tho.
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it depends on the character Alex here lives in a sci-fi world whee there are many furries, scalelies whatever. but I do have some characters that wear no clothes like dragons and such, I even have a shape=shifter who doesn't wear clothes in a feral form but does in her anthro form.
Personally this is how I see it.
1.what sort of era is your character set in?
2. anthro or quadrupedal?
3. does it make sense for them to wear clothes?
- for me it comes down to how human like they are, and their normal form because I have a couple of shape-shifters.
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I like putting clothes on my furry characters, just cuz clothing is fun. :P But I don't always. I think it looks fine either way. ^w^
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For another example look at Sonic.
anybody hear of the Sally Acorn uproar?
Essentially a lot of parents got peeved because Sally acorn looked like http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/2/2e/Sally_in_Heads_or_tails.png/revision/latest?cb=20131024211244 (http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/2/2e/Sally_in_Heads_or_tails.png/revision/latest?cb=20131024211244)
and didn't wear any clothing up top.
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I like seeing furries without clothing. Not that I have anything against furs with clothes, it just makes more sense to have them without in my head.
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I like pants and a shirt.
Unless I need to do something that requires a lack of pants and shirt.
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clothing separates the ferrals from the sophisticated.
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Both yes and no. I usually leave it up to the artist to draw clothes, since I hate drawing them, but I think they look nice on Vael's anthro form.
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Depends how detailed the subject is and the situation he is in. If they're in a "modern" society, the true definition of anthropomorphism of behaving exactly like humans, then the lack of clothing would be inappropriate and the humors that are involved with such a situation should one find themselves naked would play out normally.
Dial back a bit and you get the Looney Toons versions, no clothing, but Barbie Doll anatomy. No visible privates, yet clothing or lack thereof is ignored. Strip away the fur, though, and you get "naked humor."
Dial even further and you get the "tribal" sort, getting sort of bipedal versions of ferals. Loincloths are commonly seen, because if removed then privates will DEFINITELY be visible. We commonly see artwork from KenKet that fits this category.
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clothing separates the ferrals from the sophisticated.
I have to disagree and that's "Ferals".
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I usually give clothes to realist/modern characters.
When it comes to more fantasy characters, it depends. If they are more on the "wild" side, like weres, demons or divinities, I keep them naked. If they are more human-like, or "mortal", or "civilised" or whatever you want to call them, then they are clothed.
I'd say both naked and clothed furries are equally nice, it all depends of the character itself and its context.
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I'm just looking for some opinions, so what do you think? Do you like anthros wearing clothes? Do you feel like they would need clothes? Or do you like it when furs are wearing nothing but fur?
Clothes for sure, gives us a way to express us much more. Feels like some it would be kinda wierd if we did not considering it would eighter be like some kids tale where no one has genitals or a tribe society with no tec what so ever.
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I'm just looking for some opinions, so what do you think? Do you like anthros wearing clothes? Do you feel like they would need clothes? Or do you like it when furs are wearing nothing but fur?
Clothes for sure, gives us a way to express us much more. Feels like some it would be kinda wierd if we did not considering it would eighter be like some kids tale where no one has genitals or a tribe society with no tec what so ever.
Or it could be a world were sentient and highly-technological beings do not care at all about genitals? I have some futuristic SF characters who only wear clothes when it is needed (for protection while doing certain jobs or when the weather is too cold, for example), but usually stay naked, because they are not disgusted by naked bodies, just like we are not disgusted by naked dogs or whatever.
Actually, I am not sure what the reason would be to hide genitals.
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My fursona pretty much just wears clothes because they help me envision her personality more.
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Personally, I dislike the Idea, for instance, I stood for hour bricking my head about the Popori in TERA ONLINE, and I don't like Evallice of that reason too
but I do accept it like a cosmetic thing, and I see it as the old timie cartoons
so my verdict is: only if one feel is right
as for hiding anything, the fur suppose to be doing that
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Personally, I dislike the Idea, for instance, I stood for hour bricking my head about the Popori in TERA ONLINE, and I don't like Evallice of that reason too
but I do accept it like a cosmetic thing, and I see it as the old timie cartoons
so my verdict is: only if one feel is right
as for hiding anything, the fur suppose to be doing that
i have a metamorph character who doesn't wear clothes in 'feral' from but does in anthro form ,but once again she's in a sci-fi setting.
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I draw my characters with clothing, but it makes sense because of the setting and society they live in and the culture I've created for them. I kind of think it's down to personal preference on the person's character and the world-setting they've created for those characters.
I prefer my furries with clothes as it makes them look more like people, and because I enjoy modern and sci-fi settings more anyway, where people have technology and the methods to manufacture clothes and the like.
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Personally, I dislike the Idea, for instance, I stood for hour bricking my head about the Popori in TERA ONLINE, and I don't like Evallice of that reason too
but I do accept it like a cosmetic thing, and I see it as the old timie cartoons
so my verdict is: only if one feel is right
as for hiding anything, the fur suppose to be doing that
i have a metamorph character who doesn't wear clothes in 'feral' from but does in anthro form ,but once again she's in a sci-fi setting.
Like Jo from Ehrgeiz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrgeiz)? well she as my favorite character in that game to tell the truth
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My 'sonas wear clothes mostly to express their personalities and it feels more "normal" to me. Although Katsuro does go around shirtless sometimes.
Kyro usually doesn't wear clothes, but she will occasionally.
Raven wears clothes pretty much all the time. It makes her look cuter anyway.
Foxi normally wears clothes, but on occasion she won't wear a shirt. Even though she's a female, she has floof to "conceal" herself. But mentally she doesn't care about acting terribly female-ish.
Karasu is a feral, so she never wears anything.
Dusk just wears a brown collar, since she's basically just a wild Pokémon who acts more domestic.
I'm in the process of making a deer and a German shepherd, so they don't even exist yet. XD
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I like to wear clothes as a furry, but I don't mind if others don't
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i go both ways, i dont really care if they have clothes or not, i draw my furrys with fan clothes (games tv shows) on if i want to represent a fandom, or i draw them in clothes if i want them to look cooler! but sometimes i draw them without clothes if i want them to seem more natural or if i just feel like it! XD
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My two fursonas are just basic fur patterns underneath so I'd say clothes just so you have more ways of expressing yourself. At the very least some types of accessories like hats or scarves etc
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To me it just really is all about the setting. If the characters are atomically correct then clothes would be needed. If not, then no problem. But other then that.
I find ether way to work being that I like clothing in general but I can see why others perfer the other way. So really to me, it's just about what the artist intention is. OuO