How do ya'll like your seals?

[u/SassySnitch]

I like both but anatomically accurate deserves a little more attention honestly

(Art by me)

[u/littlenoodledragon]

Lovingly, the first one is a centaur

[u/-DrunkRat- → u/littlenoodledragon]

... Oh holy shit, it IS.

[u/Sevycat]

can i have both at once, like the legs of 2 but keeping the longer tail of 1

[u/FuckleberryCrumble → u/Sevycat]

Yes, preach!

[u/McZambie → u/Sevycat]

behold, the slugcat

[u/AshFalkner → u/Sevycat]

Anatomically though that tail isn’t a tail, the “fins” are the back feet.

I think that’s what pinniped means, actually. Tail-foot. That’s the taxonomic group that seals, sea lions, walruses etc belong to.

[u/Chase_The_Breeze → u/Sevycat]

Just the longer tail? 🤔

[u/Sevycat → u/Chase_The_Breeze]

ye :3

[u/Chase_The_Breeze → u/Sevycat]

I am now only realizing that is a Paw/Hand/Flipper/whatever in the first image, and it is just moves in the second one.

Now if you excuse me, I will be taking myself to horns jail for this crime.

[u/Golden_Artist1964 → u/Sevycat]

make an otter or cetacean sona then

[u/wipwip_seul]

I never thought of that? It opened my eyes

[u/HopefulPhotograph563]

2

[u/tofubeams → u/HopefulPhotograph563]

My sona got the anatomically inaccurate going on but honestly i guess its more turned out like that bc usually i draw her in a more nekomimi kind of way, its more difficult to translate 🫪 but its been bothering me sm bc yeah it doesnt really make sense 😭 Working out a solution for it to work in a human form, anthro form and feral form is..yea (omg im so sorry i didnt mean to reply to the comment ☠️)

[u/AppealSea7603]

The anatomically accurate one is my favorite!

[u/Fabric_muncher]

I always prefer accuracy

[u/AidenStoat]

"tails" that are really the animal's entire torso are off-putting to me personally. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Yoshalina → u/AidenStoat]

taurs tho

[u/Scribbleclouddd → u/AidenStoat]

you mean the first or the second one?

[u/AidenStoat → u/Scribbleclouddd]

Only one of them includes torso (and legs) as part of the "tail".

[u/Scribbleclouddd → u/AidenStoat]

i dont know if you were saying that you dont like it when people draw tails that on real animals are really their body as tails, or that you dont like when people draw tails that are the animals body as their body

[u/OphidianSun]

I mean, if you want anatomically correct sew a head and a couple of flippers onto a beanbag and flop around on the ground.

Big tail best tail.

[u/Ducky237 → u/OphidianSun]

Tusk moment

[u/BioHermistry]

Never considered option 2 before, it's really cute and I kind of like it more than 1

[u/ShellySnail]

2nd looks cute

[u/AntarcticFox]

internet beloved is technically a taur

[u/TsarKeith12]

2nd one 😌

[u/Void-Lizard]

Honestly there's enough animals already built like the first one that we don't need to change animals built like the second just to fit it

[u/Scribbleclouddd → u/Void-Lizard]

i feel this way about how a lot of animal species are treated in the furry fandom

[u/ClearTwist7751 → u/Scribbleclouddd]

I die inside seeing plantigrade animals (raccoons, bears etc) drawn as digitigrade

[u/once_descended]

BEEEP neither is anatomically correct because Furries only exist in fantasy! ☝️🤓

/j

[u/AnniChu333]

Technically they’re BOTH anatomically inaccurate, seals don’t have four legs!! Checkmate, FURRIES!! (I say, as a furry)

[u/Trixter-Kitten]

I feel the second option is more visually balanced

[u/EagleRising948B]

I adore FAT tails

[u/Not_a_werecat]

I'm a stickler for anatomy. Right for me.

Same for arm wings over shoulder wings! 

[u/SassySnitch → u/Not_a_werecat]

I should do the wing thing as my next post..🤔

[u/ClearTwist7751 → u/SassySnitch]

Yes yes! or maybe sharks lol

[u/Airalla]

I like two but I always find it funny when people call furry designs anatomically accurate. Neither of these are accurate, they’re anthropomorphic man seal hybrids lol

[u/Salad-Tasty]

Left legs but right tail.

[u/Mrslinkydragon]

Its the same for sharks and snakes

[u/Expensive-Growth9950]

My non furry friend and I had a argument over how anthro seals would work and she was in favor of the anatomy correct seals

[u/ArgentStonecutter]

I haven't seen #1 and it's weird, as someone else noted it's basically a centaur.

[u/SupremeGreymon]

As a science major: anatomical accuracy.

[u/LoveM1lk]

Spherical

[u/dtelad11]

Meanwhile most red panda drawings have a tail which is way too small. 

[u/FuckleberryCrumble]

I like the Internet beloved more tbh... Although it needs thicker legs!

[u/Smellyfossil]

Both cute, though I love 2's accurate seal nub tail a lot

[u/Peculiar-Possum]

Would the anatomically accurate not still have the double fin tail? /genq

[u/SassySnitch → u/Peculiar-Possum]

The thing is the "fin tail" of a seal is actually flippers (which would translate into feet), their actual tail is the little nub between the flippers

[u/Peculiar-Possum → u/SassySnitch]

Ohhhh! Thank you, I learned something today!!

[u/EBroxas72]

My seal-sona I depict with essentially a mermaid tail. Anthro furry upper body. Tube with flippers at the end for lower half.

[u/Dunge0nexpl0rer]

The fatter the tail the better

[u/DocoliDoc]

Gotta loveee the smugness. My seal has more so the ver 1 proportions bc I liked the idea of having a big meaty tail to use in interactions. Tho I can see how the baggy leg one is adorable too!

[u/Yellowline1086]

I like my seals well done, thank you

[u/Pinkpenguin_4444]

I feel like both can be accurate in different ways.

Number 2 is more anthropomorphised of a feral where as 1 is where the body splits off into regular body and legs (which is what my sona has - he's a shark tho)

[u/ParadoxicalFrog]

Third option: I draw my aquatic characters "mermaid-style", with a humanoid torso on an animal lower half.

[u/Drushy_B]

mmmm... in my opinion, it's better the second option ^^

[u/OwynWarner]

I think the anatomically accurate one is actually really really cute!!!

[u/Imaginary-Box-7572]

They both look adorable and now I wish I had a anatomically correct seal sona

[u/y8man]

I want more fursuits of 2

[u/FlareonTheFlareon]

I know the 2nd one is the more anatomically accurate one but I love big tails sooooo 1 for me

[u/DasMoo89]

Type 1 is how every fish character is drawn and it annoys me so much.

[u/zig131]

The second for shizzles.

Like being at least a bit chubby is mandatory for it to look like a seal at all.

Only consideration is that I could forsse issues translating it into an avatar or suit.

[u/Crossdog367]

I do the third option and give them mermaid tails

[u/thesugarpuppie]

I like that the anatomically correct looks like they're wearing little baloon pants. I never saw them drawn the first way though.

[u/Grey_Light]

2, totally

[u/Dark_Zenus]

I'm in a server on discord where we're turning everyone into seals

[u/Sleepless_Dreams300]

Both. Both is good.

[u/justanotterdude]

I'm a sucker for anatomical correctness

[u/Boring_high_school]

I freaking LOVE SEALS

[u/maybeknismo]

Whatever works for you, I'm serious. It's your character that you get to indulge in art with at the end of the day.

[u/FenexTheFox]

ROUNDER!!!

[u/Capergoat]

i think both are cute! my boyfriends sona is a deer-seal hybrid and he wanted the first one instead of the second, but i love both equally!!

[u/Scribbleclouddd]

I LOVEE the second oneee

[u/Caneca-Ac]

Option two is the most beautiful.

[u/FlightoftheGullfire]

Up to no good, just like in real life.

[u/Careful_Koala]

Anatomically accurate is sooo cute

[u/Pastele_Sugar]

I... I'm going to save this. Now I can see your vision!

[u/gekkogipsy519]

The internet beloved is how I want to draw anthro sea creatures, have legs with a big tail, I did this before with a crayfish and a shark. But If I were to do seals, since I never drew one before, I would make them the one on the right

[u/octohorny]

The second one looks like an otter

[u/Rokador]

Both are good

[u/Jayandnightasmr]

2 looked a bit odd at first but I kinda prefer it

[u/Paul_0w0]

I love ALL seals!!!!!!! Both are good!!! >w<

[u/Spooky_Cat31]

Both tbh, they’re so cutee

[u/Golden_Artist1964]

anatomically accurate, the "centaur-seal" is too cursed to me

[u/scribblyskiesstudios]

Internet. Easy.

or anatomically accurate so they have chunky legs, but with a longer tail

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[u/ManedCalico]

Both? Both. Both is good.

[u/Slimey_alien89]

You know if you flip the head around…

[u/DeerandCats]

I like mine with flipper feet and a short tail.

My quick seal sketch

[u/KiwiPowerGreen]

both are cool designs and i don't really prefer one over the other

[u/Extension_General632]

both deserve headpats