[Alan]

A friend wants a comic character designed after an obscure animal (known as potto loris in latin I think) that is like a Lemur. Anyway, i did a quick sketch and he says it looks like a bear. The problem I have is I think with such an obscure animal people are going to associate it with something they know, like a Teddy Bear or whatever. Anyway, I've included a photo of the animal and the sketch... any opinions/comments? Anyone know how to make it look more like the animal and less like a bear? Maybe a bit rounder...?





-Alan

[Affected]

Well, one thing is that the animal in the photo looks quite timid, while your character has a pretty brave pose. (Although the eyes do look scared) The head could use some tweaking as well, maybe it should be a bit rounder. Now the bulk of the mass is at the top of the head, and the shapes are pretty angular as well, That makes it look a bit like a bear.

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[megazoid]

part of the problem is that as the "crow flies" so to speak, the creature does look like a bear. Your reference photo suggests that the arms are unnaturally long. You might want to elongate those. That immediately should say "marsiupial."
HTH

[Visigoth]

That's an Ayeaye =P~

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[Alan]

Thanks for the comments. I'm not sure I know what it looks like now, not a bear at least



-Alan

[laminator]

Weird things inspire me to doodle.... Here's my take:




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[synj]

cool its a Lorax! I saw one of those at the zoo on my birthday heheh they are so damn cute cuz they'll have their hand out to grab a branch for about 3 seconds before it makes contact. they are so damn slow heheHEHEHE AND THEN IT WENT INTO A CARDBOARD BOX TO HIDE, but it was going all slow! yay!

-synj www.synj.net

[Jenn]

Cute

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