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Post by sparklecats2009 on Jun 19, 2023 15:43:44 GMT
CHIBIFUR
For those who don't know, a large part of this forum is dedicated to the genre of art known as chibifur. It is a pretty recent term, but has definitely been a style choice for decades now.
The term "chibifur" was coined by user Straightjacketz on Jan 4, 2023.
The user says it is a subgenre of kemono - which is simply japanese furry art. However, I do think there are things that fall under the term chibifur that may not be related to kemono, but this may be a coincidence rather than a norm. Definitely, without a doubt, you cannot bring up chibifur without bringing up anime and manga influence.
Here are some general things we know about it already:
- It tends to feature small animals that can stand on two legs or four legs, thus making it wildly different from the Western "furry" interpretation, where the animal usually stands on two legs.
- A large amount of the animals don't talk, and instead make noises or cooing type sounds. (Pokemon, Digimon, etc).
- The imagery tends to gear towards fantasy and fiction rather than real life creatures.
- Because they are generally more like animals and thus don't usually think like a human, they are generally left out of NSFW communities.
- Much like kemono, the eyes and face play a big part in chibifur, but I would say there are other identifying features:
.....they are almost always very small, and more like the size of a human child or cat.
.....they tend to exhibit magic powers or special abilities
.....they often times are in media such as TV and anime, but aren't the main focus or character.
This is all I can comfortably pin about chibifur, the rest is up to speculation, research, and documenting chibifur in a historical timeline.
I hope this forum can help us learn more about chibifur!
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