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Announcing the New #IamAnthro Educators Team!

^Katmomma:iconKatmomma: reports, November 12
Click the title to see our Teachers! Go congratulate them too :love:

Announcing the new Team

*Silverfang-SteelWolf:iconSilverfang-SteelWolf: reports, November 12
The TA Educators have been selected!
29 comments   Anthro News  Last +fav: *Azuris

For the Sake of Art - IamAnthro Classroom

^Katmomma:iconKatmomma: reports, November 7
Join Team Anthro as we help each other advance!
If you've ever wanted to make a difference here but didn't know how, this is your chance. 8-)

Click the Title for the awesome new project!

For the Sake of Art

*Silverfang-SteelWolf:iconSilverfang-SteelWolf: reports, November 7
Join Team Anthro as we help each other advance.

ProjectComment Anthro Features- October 2009

=MachinesBleedToo:iconMachinesBleedToo: reports, November 1
As a Staff member at *ProjectComment, it is my duty to seek out Deviations one week or older with 0-5 original comments. I am in charge of the Anthro category.

These choices are forwarded onto the admins and then featured in a news article to help give a wider audience to these under-appreciated artists by exposing them to a group of people willing to leave original comments.

An original comment is not something like: "cool", "I like it" or "nice."

You can help too. Drop a constructive, thought out comment on these artworks if you find the time. It would be greatly appreciated by both parties! :heart:

Within this article are my feature picks for this month.

The History & True Definition of the Furry Fandom

^Katmomma:iconKatmomma: reports, October 13
This article is the most all inclusive, accurate, and informational resource for every question you have about the Furry Fandom. It Provides a complete chronology of Anthropomorphic Characters & Concepts throughout history, And CLEARLY Defines what this "fandom" is all about.

Before you read this little blurb I'm writing and think to yourself "Why do I care? Furries are weird people" Reconsider your thinking. If you enjoyed Disney films and Old-skool cartoons to any degree, then you share an interest with millions of people world wide. You don't have to be obsessed. You don't have to be attracted to a Vixen built like a brick house. You don't have to draw talking animals.........

all you have to do is appreciate animals, objects, or natural phenomena that can relate to you, emotionally, behaviorally, and to some degree, physically.

Obviously there will be people who prefer not to be labeled. But please make sure you have read what the entire article presents before you take offense to this. Because really if you've truly read it, there is no reason to.

A very interesting read for anyone who has doubts or concerns. Highly educational and you'll get a history lesson too. ;) Check it out!

Much appreciation goes to the author of this Document. I did not write this, and the article does not reflect my opinion. But there is a lot of good useful info in there that will get you thinking.

Click the Title to be Linked to the Lecture

[CR] AnthroCommunity News September / October 2009

^Katmomma:iconKatmomma: reports, October 9
:iconkatmomma: :iconsavagebinn: Our Monthly Newsletter & important discussion about deviantART's new groups feature soon to be released and how it will effect the Anthro Community! Important stuff and of course, great features! :love:
11 comments   Anthro News  Last +fav: ~klasht

Show me ur N00bs! Anthro Feature Excravaganza!

^Katmomma:iconKatmomma: reports, September 29
Fresh new Anthro Deviations submitted in the Past 3 months that are getting featured here with Awesomesauce!

You could be featured! Check it out!

ProjectComment Anthro Features- September 2009

=MachinesBleedToo:iconMachinesBleedToo: reports, September 22
The Anthro deviations I have chosen to feature through being a staff member at *ProjectComment. Have a look at what these wonderful under-appreciated artists have to offer!

Anthro News [CR] Briefing Summer 2009

^Katmomma:iconKatmomma: reports, September 1
Anthro Summer newsletter! We have a lot of great Links to awesome things that have happened over the past 3 months! Also, FAQs about the Team Anthro project.
:iconsavagebinn::iconkatmomma:

Anthro News This Week

Get an #IamAnthro Education!

`cooley:iconcooley: reports, 2d 12h ago
Stop by the #IamAnthro chat and meet are new artistic educators!

» بقآيآ أ&#160

~hams11:iconhams11: reports, November 14
هـَمـْس الـشُـعـوُر ~ :rose:
No comments   Anthro News  Last +fav: ~hams11

DAnthroFur 2009

~dwolv:icondwolv: reports, 22h 29m ago
The First annual DAnthrofur event which features 2009 Anthro/furry works from artists on DA
No comments   Anthro News  Last +fav: Nobody

Who loved it?

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*Carmen-the-Fox
~IcyFate
*coco-the-personer
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*Morbid-Joke
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*Neon-Rebels
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=dierat
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~M-I-H-A
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*KiaTheWolf
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~AshuraSK
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~shawazu
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=thedancingemu
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~Chaoyll
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~Chilkat
~phantom105
!BuggleGloomy
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~wolf-ketsueki
~colinsbob
~Hidoske
*Fantasy-Fellowship
!mewchama
~ShifterGoddess
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~dragontear-net
=Acisej
~disappearing-romance
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~Intoxicated-Fox
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=zazouko
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*WerewolfPsycho
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Anthro


What is Anthro?

`skifi:iconskifi: reports, September 25, 2007
Too many people has the wrong idea about what does "Anthro" mean... even before deviantART created a whole gallery devoted to this special kind of art, there are still too many doubts about this category, and maybe that explains many of the mistakes when uploading pictures, images or drawings to our section.

Even when I was still not the Anthro Gallery Director , I tried to explain this concept in a journal entry but couldn't manage to make it clear, and now I think it's the perfect chance for a new attempt. ^___^ To start with, let's take a look at two definitions that may help us.


  1. ...from Wikipedia:

    Anthro: a synonym for anthropomorphism in the furry fandom.

    Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely human characteristics and qualities to nonhuman beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural phenomena (...)
    Anthro Art and may be any fictional work that employs the concept of animal characters with human characteristics. For this reason, any work, in any medium, may be considered part of the anthropomorphic genre simply by inclusion of a fantastic animal character, although such characters are most often seen in comics, cartoons, animated films, allegorical novels, and video games. The science fiction and fantasy genres make frequent use of anthropomorphism, and as a result, are especially popular in furry fandom. Since the 1980s, the term furries has come to refer to anthropomorphic animal characters.


  2. ...from WikiFur:

    Anthropomorphic is a word meaning "like a human." It is used to describe a well-known concept called anthropomorphism: ascribing human characteristics to a non-human being or object. (...) the word can apply to any non-human thing, including animals, plants, and inanimate objects.

    Since the 1980s, the furry fandom has used the word to refer primarily to bipedal animals. Anthropomorphic animals are sometimes called anthro or morphic for short, and art featuring furry characters is sometimes called anthro art. This is somewhat ironic, as anthro ultimately derives from the Greek anthropos, a word that means "human being."



...And, to enlighten you a bit, here you have examples of the most common mistakes ;)

  • :bulletblue: Dragons, as any other kind of Mythical Creature, like for example Mermaids, Unicorns, Bigfoot, Chupacabras or Loch Ness Monsters, are not "Anthro", so they should be uploaded to Fantasy.

  • :bulletblue: Boys or girls with cat ears or tails, are humans with animal features, but NOT animals with human features.... so they are not Anthro, and should be uploaded to the right gallery, for example Manga/Anime if they fit that japanese drawing style.

  • :bulletblue: Believe it or not, there are still miscategorized deviations because drawings featuring people, are submitted to Anthro in the (wrong) belief that "Anthro" means "Human"... if you have read this News Article down to this point, then you can realize they are 100% mistaken


...So I hope this little report has helped you to understand a bit more the purpose Anthro Gallery has in deviantART. I can understand there are not only black and white but a whole range of possibilities, and sometimes the difference between "Animal" and "Anthro", or related to "Fantasy", is a thin red line, but as a general view, the previous definitions are the regulations currently in force, even if that doesn't mean they can't change.... We're flexible, after all, and any kind of feedback is always more than welcome :heart:

Devious Comments

:iconshark-008:
And now can we said if anthro is a different thing from the furry or it's the same thing?

Because, I'm not totally sure. ^^;

( sorry, for my bad english )

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Crazy Cat

Fail in communication since 87 ^^;
:iconlawrencededark:
:D

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:iconducktape-productions:
:thumbsup:
glad to see that someone is trying to clear this up.

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:bulletblue: I must say, in my defense, you are a douche bag~
:iconhentaineko:
Gracias por el post :) Muy útil ^_^

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:)

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slashTHREE
:iconphico-nihdiki:
I so freaking want to make a picture that goes along with this News-article 8D srsly!

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:iconbroken-lyfe:
Heehee. I remember seeing some humans in the anthro art section. Strange. :D

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You hide behind your mask,
And nobody knows who you are.
I want to see your face,
Please don't hide your scars.
:icontoekneebob:
Well now,

This is an article that I feel will be referenced in many debates to come. I wish the grammer in the definition quotes were a little better but that can't be helped. I for one am glad to see this one up here.

Toekneebob

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...all of which makes me anxious... at times unbearably so...
:iconduo2nd:
I draw anthros. So it's different.

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