Hello, and welcome fellow Deviants~

This is the second addition of my series, "The Art of
Anthropomorphism", in which I'll be sharing some select pieces of
anthro art, but first, I'd like to clear up a few potential questions
rather than just jumping straight to the features.



What is the purpose of this series?

To educate, and perhaps even change the views of the general public
on Anthro Art through the showing of exeptional work. Like Anime, there are some very negative stigmas attatched to this particular art form.


So what exactly IS this "Anthro" art, Anyway?

To put it simply, Anthropomorphism is to give human characteristics
to non-human things. For an in-depth deffinition, please refer to
this article by ^skifi: [link]


Oh! So you're trying to get some unknown artists seen here,
right?

Well, no. Not exclusively unknown anyway. Although I'm all for
exposing hidden talent and featuring exeptional pieces by unknown
artists when I can, that is not really the purpose of this particular
series. The idea here is to get exeptional pieces of anthro art out
to the general public of DA outside of its normal 'fanbase' (that
being of course, other anthro artists) and perhaps show them that all
they have previously been seeing or heard of the genre isn't all there is to it.


I see. So what are these stigmas and steriotypes you mentioned earlier?

Once again, as with anime, there are certian steriotypes surrounding
this genre. Those of which include that it is exclusively sexual,
fetish based or poorly drawn. While there is no denying such things
exist within and plauge the genre, it is unfortunate that the bad
side of it can have such an adverse effect on the reputations of
anthro artists who do NOT fall under this category and can also be
very detrimental to their self-esteem, overall pride in their art, as
well as the type of audiences they attract.


Hmm... I like where this is going, but I was wondering,
I've seen some pretty awesome anthro pieces around too. Can you feature them as well?

I'm always open to suggestions. Just drop me a note with the works
you think are feature worthy and I'll consider it for my next issue,
however, I must set a few guidelines first: Please do NOT suggest yourself or suggest someone just because they're a personal friend of yours. The point is to find exeptional pieces to feature for the greater good of the anthro community, not for your personal advertisement. I'd also appreciate it if you'd keep any suggestions clean.




I hope that's cleared up a bit, now on to this Issues features:


Stamp Pimpage:


I hope you'll each find something to enjoy and thank you for reading.

-Binny