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KatieHofgard — Nymph 2010
Published: 2009-12-24 16:35:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 17692; Favourites: 430; Downloads: 544
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I've been wanting to revamp this character sheet for a while, and finally have! Made it much more simple with less text, and changed some small visual things as well as her name. I always thought that "Wolf Nymph" was awkward to say out loud, so just "Nymph" or "Nym" sounds about right. I'm also directing her design to something more bold and exaggerated, and less an attempt of a naturalistic blend between her three species (which ends up looking awkward often times). I think her wing pattern is still subject to change though. Nothing is ever solid with this character, I like having a more fluid/flexible design. It's more fun!Why no boobs? I have decided that Nymph is more like a sentient creature than a person. I want her to be more animalistic than your average anthro, but still with full human intelligence. Since canines tend not to have visible breasts unless nursing, I didn't think it was appropriate for Nymph to have a huge chest. She's got extra chest fluff instead, and retains her femanine figure otherwise, but I expect some gender confusion may occur with future uploads.
There are a variety of forms Nymph can be drawn in, just because it's fun to bend reality. I'd like to sometime create an alternative sheet of common animal forms in addition to this one.
Character and Images copyright to Katie Hofgard 2009
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i love how nymph doesnt look inapropriate most artists do that but this is awesome
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I'm not entirely sure what you mean by inappropriate, but thanks anyway! ^^
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inapropriate as in huge boobs and slutty looking. i hate that
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I'm sorry, but I don't believe that large breasts are inappropriate. My character might be a flat chested critter, but I have fairly large breasts and don't find my own body "inappropriate". I personally take no issue with people who chose to create more human looking furry characters with varying cup sizes, or even more sexual looking furry characters. I'm sorry you feel that way.
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oh no not in that way just that most anthros have no clothes and that makes it worse in my mind. sorry if i gave you that impression
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Everyone has their preferences, I guess I don't agree with the idea of nudity being bad either. To each their own though!
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ya i guess, well thanks for the awsome pics
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what site did you do that on cuz i want to do one to!!
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i love the fur on this beauty!
-studie sit over-
also the flats, interesting how you di the hard edge colors. i'm alwyas so afraid to do that, thinking i'm doing it wrong. [waters it all together. this looks GREAT! <#
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Thankyou for not giving her boobs. xD
I really love this, despite my dislike of anthro's, but Nymph you've drawn very realistically and a lovely, fluffy mix between human and wolf. ^^
Some of the anthro art I see today though is what turned me off them... x.o Human hair, neon colours, clothing, etc...
But it definately looks like you knew what you were doing when you drew this, which is what I really love in wildlife art :3 And Nymph still has that doggy essence over the human.
/sort of rant D:
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Thank you so much! Yeah, some of the "too human" characteristics of many anthros is what I'm trying to avoid. =3
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I actually had an argument with an artist about my werecheetah not having breasts. (Based on the Werewolf the Apocalypse style weres.) I told her that my character still has hips and curves, just because she doesn't have boobs doesn't mean you can't make her look feminine.
Besides, in a battle, the boobs would just get in the way. I always had her thinking they were silly and annoying in her human form.
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The body looks really cool. I like wher it curves/bends. The tail design is awesome too 
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Good choice of brownish colors and the green eyes make it stand out even more, really lovely design
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Gah I always loved the way you do anthro legs/butts. They're always so amazingly curvy and round and muscular-looking. <3
And to be honest, I didn't even notice her lack of breasts until you brought it up xD. I think this is a good way to go. Canines don't have visible breasts like that anyway, so I think you're staying more true to her bird/wolf bits. She's so pretty. I've always loved her colors and gorgeous green eyes. <3
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Thank you so much, I'm glad you like! ^^
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Whoow, she's beautiful! I love her wings!
D*mn right a flexible design is awesome. I've been changing small details on my own character these last few weeks 
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*high five* hells yeah! I love to draw her in different forms too. She's not static, she's just for fun.
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Ahh pooh, had I only known you'd swap around her appearance before creating your badge.
I certainly like her new look, m'dear! I always enjoy the fern designs you create in all of their simplistic wonderment. Great reference for all of us. Nicely done!
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Thank you so much, I'm glad you like her! She didn't change all that much thankfully, so no biggie! Plus older designs are still viable. I really look forward to seeing that badge in person too.
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Things always look better in person, no? No matter how well I scan an image, something is always off.
Well, at least I'll have another reference to use in the future.
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like it alot. personally i would have added breasts, even if they werent sizeable, because to me its an integral part of female anatomy, but you did well portraying the character as female with out them. so, was she originally human or what?
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Karge visible breasts are really only an integral part of female HUMAN anatomy, not female dog anatomy (unless nursing, as I said in the description). Anthro animals can be drawn on a sliding scale of how "human" they are, all I did was slide Nymph back a bit towards the animal side. Make sense?
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yeah, i know. but with most anthros, their anatomy is already more human than anything else. its almost a given that the face will be animal, the hands, more pawlike, and usually a tail and pawlike feet. so those particular features are almost not a factor in that "scale" because every one includes them already. although the "scale" you describe makes sense, and is fun to play around with (and at times frusturating for me personally) i......
i understand that you made her move torwards the more wild animal side than most anthros by removing the breasts, but to me it seems an odd pick as the single feature to alter in the anatomy if the goal is to make her more wild and nature oriented. i guess that is what im trying to say.... yeah, thats it.
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I can see how you would think it's sort of random to remove breasts as a visible feature on a female character. What I was trying to say is that visible breasts are a particular human feature, so that alteration isn't random. It's specifically chosen to make her more animalistic. It may seem random or odd to you, but if you look at American culture specifically, women's identities are pretty wrapped up in the size and shape of their breasts, and how they choose to display, hide, or cloth them. By not choosing to even include them as a feature in this character, I'm removing that cultural "human" aspect of her, as well as the physical. It's not as if she doesn't have mammary glands, they are just not visible like human's are. If you shaved her down you'd see nipples. Does that help explain away the "randomness" of changing that feature? =3
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my messages cut you off at where you said dissplay, hide or cloth them.... i dont know why it is doing that. was there more to it after that?
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Click on the deviation in your messages to read the full comment. 
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i suppose it does. there are other human anatomical features you could remove in place or in addition to them though. really off base, but you have an awsome icon btw.....
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Well, guess we'll just have to disagree. To me the breasts are such a crucial part of human female identity that it was the most that made sense. If I removed human-like hands or arms, she's look like an animal with breasts. If I removed bipedal walking, same thing. I can't really see much of anything else I could tone down that would make her less human, but not look like an animal with tits. XD
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lol, fox with boobs. that would be funny XD
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Looks fantastic. I like her new look. :3 I liked her old look too. lol I like them all!
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I love the design of the feathered mane. It really adds a hawk feel.
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she's beautiful, Nym!! <3 that means we can call you that too rite? I'm glad her face markings stayed since I've always thought they were really cute xD And I think the absence of breasts gets the feel you're looking for (sentient but more animal like) <3
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Hmm, I hadn't thought about the name carrying over to me personally, but sure! Nym's an adorable name, so I'm up for adopting it from my character.
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Nym, Nymph, or Katie work out well for me. =3 Especially in real life. I knew a girl who called me "Shadow" irl after finding my DA page and it weirded me out. XD
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xDD!!! that would kinda weird me out haha. my anatomy teacher used to call me Shin c:
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Um QUESTION! lol where do the wings go when she's not using them?
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They get folded, like bird wings.
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Dunno if I've mentioned how much I love your creation 
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Been kicking around the idea of her since 2003. Here's the first picture I ever drew of her! [link]
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