Design notes for my fursona!
a year ago
As I don't have a comprehensive reference for my fursona lemme take the opportunity to set out some notes now about my fursona's visual design.
My fursona is currently, as at time of writing, portrayed in two pieces of art: A design sketch (in profile) here and an NSFW piece (front on) here.
Artists are welcome and encouraged to use these pieces for reference - the written description below might be a lot to take in, but these pieces should give you a ready sense of how it fits together.
For a written description, my fursona is a hybrid character with:
. The tail and overall build (a lithe 'runner's build') of a cheetah
. The ears and nose of a red panda
. A pointed snout between that of a red panda and that of a fruit bat or flying fox
. Pointed horns akin to those of some species of goat
I might still like to experiment with their fur patterns, but as portrayed in their art so far they have:
. A colour scheme akin to Autumn foliage
. A red panda's broad fur patterns across their body and tail, with the exception that they have darkened lower arms and lower legs, along with darkened ears, in place of a red panda's darkened underbody
. A cheetah's brightened underbody (lighter-toned fur from the groin to the lower end of the snout)
. A cheetah's spots on their upper arms and legs
. A cheetah's 'tear marks' around their eyes
For nude art, please mind the note about their gender anatomy which I've written in the description of the NSFW piece. This note is emphatically important to me and I do not want my fursona to be portrayed without respect for it.
Also featured in the NSFW piece is that my fursona can have prehensile tendrils emerge from their body. Their tendrils are 'emanated' from their body's 'ethereal interior' and have a brilliantly-coloured, ethereally supernatural, perhaps 'eldritch' appearance. Theyβre slender, sinuous and flexible, and lack the visible βsuckersβ of a cephalopod tentacle (their grip strength fills that role). My fursona's tendrils might stand out visually from the rest of their (exterior) body, but aside from appearance their tendrils should be depicted as a part of their body like any other.
My fursona's tendrils (and 'ethereal interior') are the least fleshed out element of their visual design and will require some artistic interpretation, but to have a bit more visual reference you might compare them...
With the tendrils had by different iterations of Mewgle's character Reed: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3
Or with the tendrils had by more recent iterations of Whygena's character Reggie: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 (NSFW art)
My fursona is currently, as at time of writing, portrayed in two pieces of art: A design sketch (in profile) here and an NSFW piece (front on) here.
Artists are welcome and encouraged to use these pieces for reference - the written description below might be a lot to take in, but these pieces should give you a ready sense of how it fits together.
For a written description, my fursona is a hybrid character with:
. The tail and overall build (a lithe 'runner's build') of a cheetah
. The ears and nose of a red panda
. A pointed snout between that of a red panda and that of a fruit bat or flying fox
. Pointed horns akin to those of some species of goat
I might still like to experiment with their fur patterns, but as portrayed in their art so far they have:
. A colour scheme akin to Autumn foliage
. A red panda's broad fur patterns across their body and tail, with the exception that they have darkened lower arms and lower legs, along with darkened ears, in place of a red panda's darkened underbody
. A cheetah's brightened underbody (lighter-toned fur from the groin to the lower end of the snout)
. A cheetah's spots on their upper arms and legs
. A cheetah's 'tear marks' around their eyes
For nude art, please mind the note about their gender anatomy which I've written in the description of the NSFW piece. This note is emphatically important to me and I do not want my fursona to be portrayed without respect for it.
Also featured in the NSFW piece is that my fursona can have prehensile tendrils emerge from their body. Their tendrils are 'emanated' from their body's 'ethereal interior' and have a brilliantly-coloured, ethereally supernatural, perhaps 'eldritch' appearance. Theyβre slender, sinuous and flexible, and lack the visible βsuckersβ of a cephalopod tentacle (their grip strength fills that role). My fursona's tendrils might stand out visually from the rest of their (exterior) body, but aside from appearance their tendrils should be depicted as a part of their body like any other.
My fursona's tendrils (and 'ethereal interior') are the least fleshed out element of their visual design and will require some artistic interpretation, but to have a bit more visual reference you might compare them...
With the tendrils had by different iterations of Mewgle's character Reed: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3
Or with the tendrils had by more recent iterations of Whygena's character Reggie: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 (NSFW art)

Pixcello
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Joyeuse
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Pixcello
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