Winner of the 2009 Ursa Major Award, the Annual Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Awards.How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy AnimalsWhat do you get when you cross a human with a horse (or a hamster, or a hummingbird)? You get any one of a number of fun anthropomorphic animals, also known as "furries" to their friends. From facial expressions to creative coloring, this book contains all the know-how you need to create anthropomorphic cat, dog, horse, rodent and bird characters.
Step by step, you'll learn how to:
- Draw species-appropriate tails, eyes, wings and other fun details
- Give your characters clothes, poses and personalities
- Create the perfect backgrounds for your furry antics - with two start-to-finish demonstrations showing how
Packed with tons of inspiration - from teeny-bopper bunnies and yorky glamour queens to Ninja squirrels and lion kings -
Draw Furries will help you create a world of crazy, cool characters just waiting to burst out of your imagination.
Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges are the creators of the three-volume graphic novel series Peach Fuzz (Tokyopop), which has been published in numerous languages around the world and syndicated in newspapers. Peach Fuzz also placed as a graphic novel finalist for the ForeWord Magazine 2004 Book Of The Year Award and won grand prize in the second Rising Stars of Manga competition. They have also authored several how-to art books, such as Digital Manga Workshop, for publishers including HarperCollins, Ilex Press, and Impact Books.