May
14th
2018
Anthros: Fur or Skin? · 1:11am May 14th, 2018
I remember this point being an issue someone brought up in one of my clopfics a while ago. Anthro ponies are meant to be something between a human, with skin, and a pony, with fur. But what exactly do you think they have covering their bodies?
For me, I always picture them with skin. Most of the anthro art on Derpibooru that I've seen display the characters with a smooth skin like texture. Where as actual fur would look something similar to furry artwork images you could Google up.
Full disclosure though, I don't consider myself a furry nor do I find that sort of stuff from the furry world appealing. I think skin for the purposes of clopfics is just more interesting.
I personally think it varies from types of anthro, degrees of anthro, and species of anthro.
In the case of MLP anthro, I think it's a somewhat thick coat of hair/thin coat of fur, not unlike what humans have naturally but brightly colored and slightly thicker. Like the fur on a short-haired dog. Just enough that you feel the brush of fur while stroking, but not so much that it looks like fur from a distance.
...I mostly think that because it's the exact thickness of coat to hide all the naughty bits should said anthro pony decide to go around naked and still meet decency laws.
4859962
That, and that's basically what ponies look like in the show as it is. None of the Mane Six looks shaggy. I always pictured them with a smooth coat, smooth enough to look like skin at most distances. And just to make it weirder:
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That's more or less how I pictured MLP anthros, yeah.
4859962
yup that's anthros for me, i find skin wierd
I like to think it's like a Doberman's fur. Extremely short.
I don't know why but I imagine them having fur. Makes more sense.
A had a feeling most people would see it as fur.
4860189
Yeah, short fur or "hair" but I don't care either way. Whatever is the most useful is the one I think you should go with.
Not a fan of anthro in general but if then definitely with fur.
Might as well just be human otherwise.
Fur
Hmmm, depend's on the species they are based off I guess? Could be fur or maybe scales.