How to Draw Manga Furries: The Complete Guide to Anthropomorphic Fantasy Characters (750 illustrations)

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Hypothetically, this used to help us in group hunting (silent "pointing" with eyes), but today it's mostly used to send non-verbal messages. Rolling your eyes, looking away, looking around when thinking—if you want your character to be able to communicate this way, make sure the whites of the eyes are visible. Experiment with the size of the eyes as well; bigger eyes are usually more expressive. Because of this, simply attaching an animal head to your anthro's body will make it quite hard to treat the creature as a person. We need moving eyebrows, flexible lips, visible whites of the eyes, to convey the messages written in the language of human facial expressions. Moving the ears or changing the shape of the pupils can be just an addition—they're enough for an animal, but not for an intelligent, talking person.

I mentioned earlier that anthro characters are easier to draw than realistic humans, but easier doesn't mean easy. You still need to know something about drawing humans, because anthro animals are human-like animals. So let's see what you need to know to draw good anthro characters. Anatomy Is the Key To anthropomorphize means simply "to make something human-like". It can be done in various ways: a tree can be said to think and speak while keeping its normal tree look, but it can also have "arms" and "hands" made of branches, and a fully expressive "face" carved in the trunk. In the case of animals, they can be made bipedal and wear human clothes, and their faces can be changed to show human emotions. But what exactly are anthropomorphic characters, and how can you create them? What Is Anthropomorphism?Let’s see what happens when we incorporate comical eyes and real eyes into the same face. It’s clear that even though only the eyes have With the help of the expert authors, you'll learn to draw:Anatomically correct furry manga bodies, skulls, faces, appendages and tails with human proportionsCharacters based on cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, goats, birds, whales, sharks, crocodiles, dragons--and more!Furries seen from their most powerful perspective--from muzzle to rump to flipper tipIllustrations shown from many various angles with different poses, positions and movementsAnd so much more! I have 10+ years of experience in using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, both for graphic design and for creating unique works of art as well. I hold a degree in graphic design, but nowadays I work as a freelance illustrator and a tutorial author. I specialize in creating realistic art, especially of animals, and I'm good at designing imaginary creatures in a realistic way. I'm a big fan of dragons and feline creatures! Characters based on cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, goats, birds, whales, sharks, crocodiles, dragons—and more!

When trying to draw furries, the first wall that people hit is the muzzle (see Step 2 below). As the Humans have a lot of tiny muscles in their faces used specifically for creating various facial expressions. We can also recognize the smallest change in them to interpret the mood of the other person. Animals, though they have a repertoire of facial expressions suitable for their species, are not nearly as expressive as us, and the whole body matters more in their communication than in ours.We can also identify to an extent with certain animals. We can think of ourselves, "I'm like a wolf, quiet and withdrawn among strangers, but very loyal to my friends," or "I'm like a lioness, I'll do everything to keep my children safe." If you're creative enough, you can imagine a detailed vision of your "animal self", taking it outside of your mindset and into actual physicality. Wouldn't it feel cool to have a tail to wag when you're happy, and express your emotions more clearly with your ears? If you like this vision, you may be a furry.