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May's Creature Features!

by =Kigai-Holt, Apr 30, 2013, 9:55:41 PM
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Creature Features!

Here's how it works...
Each month we'll post a featured creature (Animal species) for each of our gallery folders (see our gallery list here: [link] ). Totaling 8 creatures featured each month. Your task is to anthropomorphize your choice of a featured creature, and submit it to our gallery!

Those who submit a featured creature to our gallery will be featured on our front page for 30 days! Any skill level is accepted, and all submissions will be featured, all you have to do is draw it!

There are a few rules to follow however,

All pieces must feature at least one of the featured species

All pieces MUST follow group rules (See front page)

All pieces MUST have a link to AnthroNotFurry's home page in their description!

All pieces must be submitted to their appropriate folder (Canines to canines, etc.)

We accept Traditional Art, and digital art for these creature features

Any and all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to join!

You may submit as many creature features as you like!

You may submit a piece, even if it was not specifically made for this event! Just be sure that the piece was finished and uploaded within the featured month, and that you mention its #AnthroNOTFurry feature in the art description!

Last Month's Features!

Great work everyone! Now onto our next month's creatures!

May's Creature Features!

Canine: Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Feline: Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Avian: Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Reptile: Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)

Aquatic: Lobster (Eunephrops bairdii)

Ungulate: Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

Small species: Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)

Other species: Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis)

Feel free to submit your own suggestions for next month's creature feature list!

Deadlines
You may submit your creature for featuring as late as 11:59pm on the last day of each month. The featured artwork submitted by you folks will be posted the next day, along with that month's featured species list!

Get to drawing! We can't wait to see what you guys cook up!

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Canines

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Spirit-Werewolfbook - handmade book by *Dark-Lioncourt

Werewolf plush giveaway by *viergacht

Immerse Yourself by ~vantid

Canines

Felines

Pan by ~HassonAssassin2

Clouded Leopard, Thailand by *Bluari

Siberian Shamaness by *Qzurr

Love in the dark by ~RanKiyomi

Felines

Avian

Samurai Bird of Paradise by *Napoisk

Samurai Tengu by *astercrow

Anthro LXI by ~charcoal-almighty

Blazing Birds by *Dani-Claw

Avian

Reptilian Amphibian

King Cobra by *Napoisk

Silence before the Storm - Colored by *Qzurr

-Evenstar- by =Snappid

Clever Girl... - Fired Raptor Plate by *Dreamspirit

Reptilian Amphibian

Aquatic

Squal by ~caramitten

SeaMorse bones. Goldfish. Field study for TARSUS by *Tah-Marien

mr. Shark by ~MBADOPT

Sergal Warrior's by *Heart0fInk

Aquatic

Bovine, Cervine and Equidae

Przewalski's Horse, Mongolia by *Bluari

Shaman Speedpaint by *Heyriel

Cry for Others by *LupusDream

Elk by *Penny-Dragon

Bovine, Cervine and Equidae

Taurs

Basttw-commission- by ~Rogue-Lgr

Lounge by *Pugletz

Bast-TW Commission- Sketch 1 by ~Timber-Wolf-Spirit

music around the fire by ~MechanicalHyena

Taurs

Rodents and Small Species

2012: If a Meerkat Could Fish by *WanderingRae

Sunny Coati by *hontor

Why do I do This? by ~Slipping-Star

Little Scavengers by *LupusDream

Rodents and Small Species

Other Species

Waterfall by ~vladimirsangel

AT with TheBlueGuardian by ~Ruchiel

Little creature by ~NigerLuxAnimus

Song Of Spring by ~Puppy-Chow

Other Species

Novice Beginner

WIP: Lizard Character t-pose by *MasonCerulean

Song challenge 1 by ~Roguesbooks

Raven Shaman by ~remanlongtail

Werejaguar Drawing by ~NINJAWERETIGER

Novice Beginner

Stamps and Charts

Identity Stamp by ~ashley-lee

anthro vs. furry by =HarmonicSonic

Not a Furry STAMP by ~Puff-Dahh

stamp: fursonas arnt furries by *Delayni

Stamps and Charts

Contest 2012

last chances by *Bluari

Resistence is futile by ~Asanbonsam

Den Iskalla Vinden by ~silverybeast

Keeping Them Warm by *Coeurlregina

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The featured folder is for artwork that doesn't get accepted into the gallery mainly for this reason: the artist doesn't want their artwork featured in groups in general. In other words, if the artist declines gallery submission, but the artwork coincides with the submission guidelines, it can be submitted here in our favorites.

This also applies to artists who are inactive on dA and no longer check their messages to accept our gallery submission requests.

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Affiliates

These are our affiliates! They may or may not reflect the same goals or art styles our group does, but they display some very nice anthro art in general!

If you want to affiliate with us, please note us. No furry groups please, only anthro groups.

Admins

WELCOME!

We are a group dedicated to artists who simply love to draw anthropomorphic creatures rather than furry-style ones.

What is "Furry" you may ask, or what is "Anthro"?

There are a few definitions floating around the fandom, and essentially they both fall under the umbrella of non-humans that display human characteristics, however for the purpose of this group, the definition is thus;

Anthros - More animal than human.

Furries - More human than animal.

We are NOT a hate group!
We totally respect furries and their style/artwork, we simply believe there's a difference between that style and the classic 'anthro' style.

As well as an art style, "Furry" can also be a term used to describe a person who draws said creatures or even dresses up as one. Often people are unfairly labeled because of their art, but we believe your gallery is not necessarily a reflection of your lifestyle and you should be free to dictate your own identity. If you feel this way too, then this is the place for you.

JOINING OUR GROUP

Click "Join our Group" Above!

While this group encourages membership by those who wish to distinguish themselves from the furry fandom, ANYONE is allowed to join! We've found that even furries wish to support this group and its artistic purpose, so just as long as the submission guidelines are followed, everyone is welcome! If you do want to be considered a furry, there isn't anything wrong with that! There are plenty of furry groups here on dA you can join too!

You don't even have to contribute art to be in the group. You can just join and be apart of our small, but proud community of anthro artists!

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Contributors

READ BEFORE JOINING/SUBMITTING

SUBMISSION POLICIES

^{Please read everything you see below before submitting any art into the gallery, or your artwork will be declined!}

This is simply our definition of anthro, there's no way to be right or wrong when creating such definitions, so your opinion may differ, but please respect ours as we will respect yours.

We Will Accept:

Original artworks by the artist who drew them
Anatomically correct anthros (no cartoon/anime styles)
^{This also means animal skulled creatures, no human heads here}
Walks upright on two legs (Bipedal)
Digitigrade legs (if applicable to the animals natural anatomy)
Anthro taurs (again, correct anatomy)
Can be wearing SOME clothing (The more primitive, the better)
Anthros should only have access to materials found in nature and basic crafting skills.
Is more like the natural animal, and lives more in the wild, and less in society.
Locks or long fur/hair from the Mane.
Shape shifters (i.e. werewolves)
Creatures with opposable thumbs
Mild blood and gore
^{any submissions with this content MUST have a mature tag}

PLEASE look through our current gallery and compare your works to see whether or not it fits the theme.

We Do Not Allow:

Cartoonistic type art
Sparkledogs (unnatural patterns and colors)
^{body paint is fine, just make sure it's defined as such}
Human dressed and clothed
Neko's (a human with animal ears, tail, and paws)
Head hair (on the top of the head): bangs, human hairstyles, etc. (Unless the animal's natural anatomy can have some sort of hair (i.e. horses)
Anatomically incorrect
Non-animal type stuff (robots, objects, plants, etc.)
Fursuits
Sexual content
Genitalia (Naughty bits must be furred over)
^{NOTE: We understand not all furries are hardcore and perverted.}
We also don't allow natural animals from the wild.

And at this time, no literature. Its very hard to determine if its anthro/furry, so we're sticking with visual art for now. Sorry.

No, we are not ignorant. We realize that furries are a TYPE of anthro, but we are a group that focuses on every type other than that.

We also realize that #AnthroCommunity has their own definition (UPDATE: This is a more updated and accurate one: [link] ) of what anthro is, but many of their styles are more collective with furry styles as well, which is fine. Once again, furry is just a small part of anthro, and our group represents the anthro side.

EXAMPLES

This is a very accurate list of definitions of anthro, furry, therian, etc. from ~AlphaGodith : [link]

View this image chart from *Goldenwolf also! [link] Style 1 and 2 are allowed, but not Style 3.

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We realize that there is a lot of debate over a topic such as this. We don't want to cause drama or come across as an elitist or anti-furry group. We are simply distinguishing ourselves as "anthro/fantasy" artists.

If you have a problem with our group, don't come to cause trouble. Just look away. If you have a question regarding our rules, note the group.

Hateful/flaming comments will be removed and the violators possibly banned.

Comments

*Bluari 2 days ago

Hi there c:

I'm hosting a little event to promote my art. The part when the group is concerned is this deviation [link]? I didn't wanted to try and submit it without explanation.
I would be really glad if you could just treat it as a speedpaint batch and give me the permission to submit it to other species(I guess it would match best) folder.
But I will understand if you wont :>

=Kigai-Holt 2 days ago Hobbyist Traditional Artist

We'd love to feature this, but unfortunately that last piece on the right wouldn't fit in (due to bangs). But if you'd like, you could submit the other two, and link them to the promotional deviation in their descriptions!
They're fantastic pieces, and we'd love to see them in the gallery.

*Bluari 2 days ago

yeeeaaaaa but that makes only 1/3 of the picture x3. But I understand.
They are linked but as far as I know dA people wont bother to read descriptions anyway.
Okay, I respect your rules, I'll submit the other two. Thanks! C:

=Kigai-Holt 1 day ago Hobbyist Traditional Artist

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~xHavick-Doptables Apr 25, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

wanna affiliate to new recent Furry group

#CuteFurries ? i cant send request unfortunately

=Kigai-Holt Apr 26, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Unfortunately it doesn't quite fit with out theme, but it looks like you've got a good thing going! Good luck with the group, looks like y'all are gonna do real well

~remanlongtail Apr 14, 2013 New member Hobbyist General Artist

Are prehistoric creatures acceptable in this group? A saber-toothed tiger, for instance?

=Kigai-Holt Apr 14, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Certainly! As long as it follows the rules above, feel free to submit it!

As for a smilodon/saber-toothed cat, that'll fit into the feline folder nicely.

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