Which colors do you like in Furry artwork?

Taliesin · Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 132

Feingo Ferinton wrote: Call me common, but I've always been partial to Black and Red combined.

Black goes almost with everything.

B&W, B. and red, purple, green, blue, yellow, silver, specially in their "neon" versions... Flashy!!

Feingo Ferinton · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 572

Taliesin wrote: Feingo Ferinton wrote: Call me common, but I've always been partial to Black and Red combined.

Black goes almost with everything.

B&W, B. and red, purple, green, blue, yellow, silver, specially in their "neon" versions... Flashy!!

Well yes, I know that. I was just saying that of those, my preference is black and red. (Though I do agree with you on the neon bit)

Symphony · Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 581

I've always liked black as well, but I didn't think it would work well with my fursona. I was aiming for a more colorful look.

You've chosen some interesting colors, Taliesin. Your avatar is certainly going to look special, because of your choice of species, and that the scales are so colorful. I know that in my own fursona, the most striking colors are in the clothes, while the fur and hair are just shades of brown. You seem to have taken a different approach, which is quite interesting.

krisslanza · Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 41

I suppose when I've thought up my legion of original characters for various purposes I have a tendancy, lately, to stray from being 'common'.

I've been tending to use naturally impossible hair colors (like silver) and using heterochromnia often (that is having two different colored eyes) - also of naturally impossible colors, like again silver, or gold, purple, etc.

I will use 'normal' colors too but I tend to like to use the ones you wouldn't ever see in real life (naturally).

Taliesin · Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 132

Symphony wrote: You've chosen some interesting colors, Taliesin. Your avatar is certainly going to look special, because of your choice of species, and that the scales are so colorful. I know that in my own fursona, the most striking colors are in the clothes, while the fur and hair are just shades of brown. You seem to have taken a different approach, which is quite interesting.

This reminds me of a quite funny thing that happened me during my time in the fandom, over the awesome galleries of the FurAffinity.

It happened that I found a dragoness having almost the same features of my own critter - yellow belly, blue scales, marks under the eyes - but she featured hair and purple horns too. Now it really got me happy, cause I think it's fun when this kind of things happen, and I got to know this person that is much alike me.

Another time I got a message from a person complaining about ME having drawn a commission for some guy, and pretending the critter I've drawn was identical to his one. Fun fact is that both of these people are absolutely anonymous in the fandom, and they both were white dragons with horns and earfans... and he was pissed at me for that!! Oh boy...

Symphony · Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 581

krisslanza wrote: I suppose when I've thought up my legion of original characters for various purposes I have a tendancy, lately, to stray from being 'common'.

I've been tending to use naturally impossible hair colors (like silver) and using heterochromnia often (that is having two different colored eyes) - also of naturally impossible colors, like again silver, or gold, purple, etc.

I will use 'normal' colors too but I tend to like to use the ones you wouldn't ever see in real life (naturally).
I've been thinking about why you, and others who with similar preferences, prefer such colors that aren't natural. Is that because you find it pretty/attractive in drawn characters when they have such colors? Is it because anything is possible, and natural colors are a bit boring? Is it because it'll make the character appear more special if it has some unique color scheme?

Personally, I tend to find that too special color combinations can be a bit much for me. Especially in fur. Then I definately tend to find natural colors more attractive, as I think that most of my favorites have primarily naturally colored fur. That's why my own fursona has a natural fur color, and it was never anything I considered to change.

I personally very much like the possibilities of furry artwork, with the many possible combinations, including colors. I like to see many different colors, especially in the PBB comic. With my own fursona, I guess I compensate for the natural fur and hair colors with more colorful clothes.

And I can imagine wanting to look a bit unique in a furry community. This is the only furry community I am a member of, so I haven't had many problems trying to make my fursona special, though I did make some choices that I thought would it special. Like her being a mare and such. But the colors are pretty common.

kommy · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 495

My own preference is for natural colors and earth tones in furry artwork. Browns, black, off whites, grays... I want to have to look for meaningful details to differentiate different characters. Shape of the face, cut of the fur, facial expression, and other small cues that can tell you what a character is like in addition to telling him or her apart.

I find a unique appearance to be overrated, personally. I am content to be confused with the majority by the casual observer. Anyone I care about would know what would differentiate me, anyway. Because I am unique and special. Just like everybody else.

Drofgod969 · Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Posts: 834

well to tell you the truth i like them both uncommon and the common. becouse when you mix them every thing is one-of-a-kind.

BrightAngelChii · Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 55

LabrnMystic wrote: BrightAngelChii wrote: I mainly love soft pastel colors but that is just me. :roll: Mainly I am into white/red combinations.

Theres another face we don't get to see too often. How are you BrightangelChii?

I am fine but I had much to do in august, first my performance and then I even had a shooting for the issue of an high quality photo magazine. Currently I am busy with some story projects so I am not here that often.

Back to topic~

Well, colors should always be choosen to match the kind of art. At my latest fanart I used "hard" colors to fit the original look of the characters in their tv version, if I would have used the ones for the artwork I would have used more softer ones and not black outlines.

Tadelesh · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 595

kommy wrote: Because I am unique and special. Just like everybody else. :lol: I've always loved that saying.

LabrnMystic · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 1481

A healthy balance of both is pretty much the answer. Too many unique characters can be distracting and can cause the viewers to lose interest.

If theres no way to tell one character apart from the other, other than their name, then your pretty much reading a book in my opinion. Though, simply the clothes someone wears can be enough to differentiate amongst the others.