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Published: 2018-07-03 17:40:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 1345; Favourites: 86; Downloads: 2
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Description Character from story project - Equilibrium (it's an official name now, cuz I can't find a more fitting one~ ;w; )

Character development so far:

    Wulfred is a (Kaze) Honshu Wolf (an already extinct Japanese wolf species) and Siberian Husky hybrid. He is much more special from the other wolf characters of Equilibrium, for he was.. "created" rather than naturally born, as well as being the very first Wolf Balancer.
    He's now living with a Japanese human couple as a house pet (not gonna talk about his past/history yet.) Wulfred is no ordinary house pet, however, he is also a fashion model and performer. His female owner, an enthusiastic fashion lover and designer, took great interest in Wulfred's graceful looks and extraordinary intelligence (almost like human intelligence) since he was adopted as a pup, and decided to train/turn him into a super star dog performer/model (lol idk how to call it.) Hence, explains his rather unusual physical features/accessory like the ponytail; hair tie, highlight hair; dyed tail, back legs, stripes on body, and black fur on top of head. They're all made/stylized by his owner.) 
They began in small local dog shows til Wulfred's popularity spreading throughout most of Japan. Most know of and try to meet him for his unlike-any-dogs intelligence.
    Personality-wise, due to having been given special treatment and lots of attention since little (both before and after being adopted by humans), Wulfred may always appear proud and dignified in the way he moves and talks on the outside, but deep inside, he's immensely vain, cocky and childish. He always has to have the last word, puts his wit into good use in every argument, is a clean freak, cares too much about his looks and too self-conscious about it for his own good. He always has to live with others' lingering opinions in his mind (though he keeps denying it.)
Despite being a half supposed predator, he has always been repulsed by the idea of killing an animal for raw meat, and refused to consume it no matter what...  
Wulfred gets along well with humans and other house pets, but not at all with certain wild canines... the Kaze Wolves - his fellow Canid Balancers, servants of his originator of existence. One last noticeable thing about Wulfred is his huge soft spot, adoration and needs to protect for any creatures that he views as "cute fluffy helpless small baby animals" (which might explain his hatred for the Canid Balancers, for their duty is to kill and consume such creatures.)
 
Character and Art belong to Me, MapleKemon.
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Comments: 36

roundtower [2019-01-09 19:37:17 +0000 UTC]

* ¡Fantástico trabajo! Lo hemos destacado dentro de la carpeta "Featured nº6 o Destacados nº 6" en Special-Groups. (Es la carpeta donde se exhiben los mejores trabajos del grupo).
¡Por favor, queremos ver más trabajos tuyos en el grupo!

 


* Fantastic work! Featured in Special-Groups in folder Featured nº6. (Best works of the group). 
Please, We want to see more works in the group of you!

 

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lolzcupcake [2018-11-11 00:47:07 +0000 UTC]

Every time I see this OC come up I just die! They are so lovely! I love those long skinny legs. I love canines and hoofstock so this is like a lovely mix of both worlds! 

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MapleKemon In reply to lolzcupcake [2018-11-11 13:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Awww thank you so much!! I'm glad you like Wulfred!

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Vaya-Dragon [2018-08-14 17:01:22 +0000 UTC]

I love how the brightly coloured tail contrasts with the grey, black and white head and body.

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MapleKemon In reply to Vaya-Dragon [2018-08-15 14:09:49 +0000 UTC]

Aww thank you! Glad ya like it! ^w^

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Streetfair [2018-07-16 16:24:17 +0000 UTC]

Aahh the contrast from dark greys and whites to colour makes this one interesting boy!! Great design, I LOVE it!!

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MapleKemon In reply to Streetfair [2018-07-17 08:42:22 +0000 UTC]

OMG thank you, Streetfair!!   

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Vannjaren [2018-07-15 13:54:28 +0000 UTC]

Interesting markings and nice pose - however I would say that there are some major anatomical issues with his legs - his metatarsals are too long for a canid and there also appears to be a joint in the middle of them similar to the fetlock of a horse - canines do not have a joint here. These two features combine to make his hindlegs look somewhat too ungulate-like (esp. equine) in appearance.
Additionally in his front legs, his metacarpals appear to be a little overly stiff and vertical, and the position of the wrist joint on his left front leg is unclear - there appear to be two small bulges, one above where his wrist should actually be. In addition his foreleg bone structure seems just a little bit too fragile distally.

Nice work otherwise, I hope you don't find the critique too unfair - the rest of the drawing is very well done, I love his distinctive face shape, and his facial markings are gorgeous!

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MapleKemon In reply to Vannjaren [2018-07-15 15:15:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for your criticism! It's been a while since I got one. I agree with his hind legs looking rather horse/quine-like, and I'm fully aware of that myself! (other people also have told me so) But I personally just like to draw my canine legs that way~ ^^ About his metatarsals being extra long and fragile, I was trying to exaggerate them a little bit to show off the concept that he is a tall model/performer with a graceful body of a ballet dancer XD But maybe I overdid it a little too much ;w;
I will try to fix it the next time I draw him~ ^w^

Your criticism is totally fair! Thanks again for taking your time to give me one! And I'm glad you like the rest of the drawing!

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Vannjaren In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-18 13:51:03 +0000 UTC]

No problem at all - and thank you for taking it so well and being mature about it! I see so many situations where someone offers constructive criticism, but the person takes it as a personal insult and doesn't handle it well - so thanks for being good about it. ^^
Ah, I guess style is a part of it - though I would also say that if you're going for the tall and graceful appearance, even the tallest and most light-framed and elegant of dogs still do not have these proportions in their hind legs - it's not so much about the overall length of leg, but rather the ratio of the sections of the leg to one another. Though I guess if that's your personal style then draw the way you want - the only thing I would be repeating however is the appearance of the extra joint - the other thing is within the realms of stylisation, but adding an extra joint is "breaking" the anatomy as such for a canid - fine if he's not actually a canid, but since you're stating him as a husky/wolf mix, then he's fully canine - in which case I'm really sorry if this comes off as harsh, but the extra joint above his paw is... wrong. Sorry to repeat that again - but whenever I see this drawn in canines, I see four displaced and angulated fractures of the metatarsals - i.e. eight broken bones is kinda what it looks like...
(sorry, I'm a bit of a bionerd and anatomy-idiot... again it's up to you of course, the leg length thing I guess can be filed under personal style, but the "extra joint" is kinda... fine and correct for species which actually have a joint here, but in dogs... eight broken bones.)
Really sorry if that came off as harsh - as I've already said, I think he's got a cool design and I love how you've drawn his face (like, really love), and his markings and pose are great - his legs (esp. hind legs) just have some fairly significant anatomical issues considering that he is a fully canine character.

I'm glad you think my previous criticism was fair - I hope that you think the same here as well, though I'd certainly forgive you if you didn't. But I'm only sharing this intending to help you draw canines more accurately with more correct and canid-specific anatomy. And of course I like the rest of the drawing, you did a really nice job!

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MapleKemon In reply to Vannjaren [2018-07-18 14:57:38 +0000 UTC]

It's okay, I understand! It's totally fair that you still find the appearance of the extra joints on the hind legs too abnormal for a canine ^^ So do I tbh! XD I think I began adding those extra joints to my canines' hind legs after seeing my most favorite artist did it. They looked pretty neat, and no one seemed to point it out for her, so I just thought I could do the same too ^^' But now that I think about it after getting your criticism, I think I'll stick more closely to the realistic canine anatomy from now on! Everything will be the same, but no more unnecessary extra joints! XD

Once again, thanks a lot for giving me some helpful constructive criticism! I truly apprecite it!

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Vannjaren In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-18 15:37:14 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thankyou!
And yeah - I've seen that happen a lot - tbh, copying anatomy from a favourite artist can be one of the WORST things you could ever do for your anatomy skills.
I think a lot of people trust popular or favourite artists to be right - but in truth, imitating that may just be imitating their own mistakes - I think it's better for people to work on their own styles and their own way of drawing anatomy, that way they develop their own uniqueness whilst having a much better understanding of how the underlying structure itself works. 
It's a shame no one pointed it out to them though, since to me it's glaringly obvious as being downright wrong - again, fine if the species you're drawing has this feature, but for dogs or cats or other species which are standard digitigrades and don't have any hybrid/fantasy/sci-fi ancestry, it's just wrong.
It's like drawing people but having them all with a broken arm... if someone started drawing all humans with an extra joint in the middle of their forearm, they'd get called out on it - yet I notice a lot of people adding joints to canines and felines - when it's every bit as incorrect! Yet so few people comment on it (you may have stumbled upon a pet peeve of mine) and so many popular artists do it - but for me it's kinda painful to look at what basically appears to be characters walking around on eight or more displaced and angulated fractures.
A bit like how all JP raptors and dromaeosaurids inspired by JP raptors all have terrible broken (pronated) wrists...

I don't blame you though - as you say, you started adding it after an artist you admire did it... and it's easy to fall into that trap, since sometimes other artists can indeed teach us a lot in terms of techniques and such - but it seems when it comes to anatomy, it's best to do your own style rather than try to learn from others. dA is littered with broken wolves, and sometimes their brokenness is more obvious than others.

You're very welcome of course, very glad it could be helpful - and I look forward to seeing you develop your own great art style! ^^

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MapleKemon In reply to Vannjaren [2018-07-18 16:12:29 +0000 UTC]

You're right XD I'm still an inexperienced artist on a journey of looking for my own art style, so sometimes I still stumble on silly mistakes. But I hope to turn them into lessons to get me one step closer to finding my unique art style! ^w^ (Also, I've noticed that my most favorite artist has fixed her wrong canine hind leg anatomy in her recent works to look more accurate and realistic! So it seems like she had figured it out herself! XD And I'm just too slow to catch up to that )
 
Awww thank you so much again!

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Vannjaren In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-18 18:00:34 +0000 UTC]

Well, I think any of us are still exploring our own style - but then there are of course many different ways to do that. ^^
And yeah, I think since some people say certain things are "just their style", then for viewers it's sometimes hard to know if a feature in someone's art is "just a cool stylistic flair" or "something actually broken". It's not always easy to tell which is which, so it's very easy to fall into those sorts of traps - hence why I think it's better to admire other's art and take inspiration from it, but not try to imitate something without researching it first.
And I'm glad to hear that - which means other people following them won't be likely to pick that mistake up too. And yeah, we all make mistakes along the way - sometimes it just takes a while to pick up on them and fix them. I'm still feckin' awful at lighting but even so I can at least look back at older works and know I wouldn't make those same mistakes again now.
With anatomy though I'm kinda nerdy, though I will give stylisation a pass (indeed I often think when done right it can look awesome and very unique and characterful, and enhance the personalities of characters) - but certain things just stick out a bit to me as being beyond that boundary of personal style.
And don't feel bad - I'm certain you weren't the only one, as this is a mistake I see A LOT on dA - I personally want to find the first person who started shattering canine metatarsals in the name of "style" and give them a piece of my mind for starting that damned trend... XD

And no problem, you're very welcome! ^^

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Spiritofrainbursts [2018-07-04 16:25:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm loving his Multicolored tail

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MapleKemon In reply to Spiritofrainbursts [2018-07-04 16:33:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ♡

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Spiritofrainbursts In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-04 16:35:15 +0000 UTC]

Welcome a bunch!

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Okamisusi [2018-07-04 09:06:23 +0000 UTC]

Is it just me or is the wolf-husky mix/hybrid the most common mix/hybrid in wolfdog OCs? (Not complaining or anything as my OC, Os, is also part husky.)

The colorful tail brings nice contrast with the rest of the design and has a good in-universe explanation, so props for that (to be honest, bit tired of seeing a ton of wolf OCs that have dyed fur for no other reason than "it looks cool" or to make them stand out).
Also, now I'm even more interested to hear more about Equilibrium! (Am I correct guessing there are elements of creation vs necessary destruction?)

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MapleKemon In reply to Okamisusi [2018-07-04 09:44:55 +0000 UTC]

Don't worry. I felt the same when I was fleshing out Wulfred! XD
For me, I made him a half Siberian Husky cuz it helps connect with/explain his black, white and gray color scheme more. (But mainly, it helps with his backstory of how he was "created" and finally came to live with humans, which I haven't given info yet! It's much easier to be adopted and accepted when you're a half domestic animal after all. )

I have to agree! I too get annoyed when seeing animal OCs have weird colorful fur for NO real freaking reason! XP So I'm glad I'm able to explain Wulfred's colorful design in a logical and understandable way.

Thank you so much! ;w; Your interest makes me feel delightful and more motivated to keep writing my stories~ ^^
(I don't quite get what you were saying... XD But in the way I'm thinking, perhaps there are?)

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Okamisusi In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-04 10:02:25 +0000 UTC]

Good reasons.
Twelve (or thirteen can't remember) year old me made Os part husky just because it was cool. But later I was able to make it somewhat important plot point in his story, so I think I'm in the clear water.

(Let me clarify. My guess is that in the story it's the "cute little" creatures (like Romano) versus the Canid Balancers, but neither side is shown as evil. So the usually "bad" side aka the killers is more neutral and has a necessary part, like in nature.)

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MapleKemon In reply to Okamisusi [2018-07-04 10:45:52 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you were able to explain it in his story! ^w^

(Ohhh so close!! Really great guess! Your correct meter is about 90% I think XD The theme of Equilibrium is pretty obvious if one understands and is familiar with one of the laws of nature - balance. That's what I was going for in this story, cuz I find that law so fascinating, yet so complex. Cruel and harsh, yet beautiful in a strange way... Neither side is more or less...
I just hope that obviousness wouldn't lessen the excitement of the story and its characters though.. ;x;

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Okamisusi In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-05 07:26:57 +0000 UTC]

90%? Yes!
Now I'm even more excited. You can do so many fun things when exploring the natural balance. And from what you have revealed so far, Equilibrium seems to be very interesting.
(So don't you ever feel that nobody would like to see it completed.)

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SweetElectricity [2018-07-03 21:12:34 +0000 UTC]

What a gorgeous bab!!!
Look at all those details! His backstory ish thing is pretty good too!!!
Awesome work!!

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MapleKemon In reply to SweetElectricity [2018-07-04 08:26:21 +0000 UTC]

awww thank you! ;w; <333

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SweetElectricity In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-17 04:34:59 +0000 UTC]

you are so welcome !!!

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Jblask [2018-07-03 19:11:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow he's beautiful! Even though he's obsessed with his looks it's great to know he'd wouldn't want to eat any helpless creatures. :3

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MapleKemon In reply to Jblask [2018-07-03 19:41:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!! It was super hard to pick his color palette XD But I'm glad it didn't turn out so bad ;w;
(And yussss, all helpless creatures must be protected at all cost!! >~<)

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Jblask In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-03 20:17:03 +0000 UTC]

I like the idea of a vain creature that finds a passion for helping others!

I also like that his dark colors and how they contrast with his tail.

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MapleKemon In reply to Jblask [2018-07-03 20:44:23 +0000 UTC]

Helping just mostly the ones that give him lots of attention or haven't wronged/offeded him though XD His pride can easily be hurt if one is not careful with their words. Wulfred would turn from a good to bad doggo pretty quickly then.
Sooo I wouldn't consider him that caring or compassionate of a canine XD

I'm happy ya like it!

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Jblask In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-03 21:59:09 +0000 UTC]

That makes sense but I can imagine that he still has to be brave to defend them because other canines could still hurt him. Or would he just run away if the threat was too great?

I do. X3

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MapleKemon In reply to Jblask [2018-07-04 05:20:29 +0000 UTC]

The Canid Balancers really have no need to hurt him tbh (maybe except from Enkei) XD Wulfred rarely meets them after all (he only appears in the story every now and them, cuz he has a whole "popular idol" life to live lol) Wulfred also used to be a Canid Balancer and has a very special relationship with the Canid Balancers' boss, so they don't dare to cause any unnecessary harm to him, unless they want to madden their boss XP

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Jblask In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-04 05:26:56 +0000 UTC]

Aaah makes sense...I guess I just try to always look for the best in characters haha. XD

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MapleKemon In reply to Jblask [2018-07-04 08:37:53 +0000 UTC]

It's great that you're always optimistic and try to find the best/good in them!

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Jblask In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-04 16:10:43 +0000 UTC]

I try to be. :3 I hate seeing all the negativity of the internet even in places I like. So I try to be as positive as possible...

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MapleKemon In reply to Jblask [2018-07-04 16:41:46 +0000 UTC]

The world definitely needs more positive people like you! Everyone is just sooo serious and negative these days ;x; Negativity and seriousness don't make anything better for me XP The universe is still the way it is no matter what we insignificant humans do or think, so why not try to have fun while we're still living and going ;w; (instead of complaining/being depressed of how "unfair"/"cruel" the world is) Complaints don't solve anything anyway XDDD

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Jblask In reply to MapleKemon [2018-07-04 18:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! I agree!


Even though I know I'm hardly one to talk because sometimes It ake things way too seriously too. XD I see some of my chill friends and i wonder if they're just always chill or if they are deep down just like me s tressing everything

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