Werewolf looks

This is the place for discussion and voting on various aspects of werewolf life, social ideas, physical appearance, etc. Also a place to vote on how a werewolf should look.
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Post by xiphan »

I was looking at some pictures of Werewolves lately, and I noticed a few things. Most Werewolves seem to be a little more human than wolf. Some don't even look like wolves at all, more like random beasts like the Hulk. I find Werewolves that are more wolf-like are better. In Harry Potter, the Werewolf is scrawny, and has no hair at all. I'd say it should be somwhat shaggy, with quite a bit of fur on the back of the neck for protection. I found a picture, but it was to big for my avatar, so i'll put it here:
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It's a big pic, and I couldn't shrink it in photoshop because photoshop made it become a massive file... grrr... :x Could you type the description of your ideal looking Werewolf, or at least post a picture. Thankyou.
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Post by Fenrir »

figarou can make it smaller

oh and It still looks remotely human look at the knee caps elbows neck can look forward ab muscles thumbs fingers so still looks humanoid
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Post by Shadowsaber »

in the old style of werewolves it look more like a wolf but it could stand on two legs and had long digits like fingers. other then that I like the head to remane canine still has hair on the body and tails. the eyes look very human with emotions. :wink:
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I don't like "furry"-werewolves, just for anatomy's sake.
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well i like furry werewolfs......cause they look like wolves and humans combinned.... :)
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I think they look like upright wolves.
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Morkulv wrote:I think they look like upright wolves.
:o thats what i like.....hrhrhr
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Post by Morkulv »

I don't... Well, at least not as werewolves.
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Post by xiphan »

well, if you see a glance of a werewolf, you shouldn't relise right away what it is. it should look enough like a wolf so that it takes a second look to be sure. they should be able to stand on their hind legs, but dont very often; only when they look behind them, or are waiting for somthing. while running, they should be in a crouched position, on all four legs.
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My favorite to date is the one from Rowsby (The image I am using an my avatar) It has the style I had in mind before I found his website.
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Xiroteus wrote:My favorite to date is the one from Rowsby (The image I am using an my avatar) It has the style I had in mind before I found his website.
now if we could only see your avitar instead of this short little thing that looks like a midget werewolf. 8)
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Post by Xiroteus »

I had to size it quite a bit, proportions should still be intact.
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Post by RedEye »

Just so long as it doesn't look like one of the Lon Chaney, Jr. Werewolves, OR something from Teen Wolf...although those Forms are the most likely to apply of Werewolves really existed.....(and we all know they don't...)
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Post by Doruk Golcu »

Or do we? Dun Duuuuuuuun! :P

Anyway, I like werewolves that look like oversized wolves maybe with a few differences (opposable thumbs, human eyes?) that would make you realize they are not wolves, if you could get a close and long enough look.
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Post by xiphan »

Anyway, I like werewolves that look like oversized wolves maybe with a few differences (opposable thumbs, human eyes?) that would make you realize they are not wolves, if you could get a close and long enough look.
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Post by Evanstar »

I imagine werewolves to look mostly wolf at first glance. Opposable thumbs certainly work but I've always felt the eye color should change. Not drastically but a blue eyed person would have perhaps a brighter blue hue (or any light eyed individual). A dark eyed person would perhaps take on a yellow tint or something to that effect. But that's just me.
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Post by xiphan »

yes, i agree the eyes should change, but not only in colour. their putil should become more cat-like, and the whole eye should look more beast-like
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Post by Lupin »

Wolves have round pupils, like humans :P
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Post by Vuldari »

xiphan wrote:yes, i agree the eyes should change, but not only in colour. their putil should become more cat-like, and the whole eye should look more beast-like
Lupin wrote:Wolves have round pupils, like humans :p
Exactly...

WTF Xiphan?...

...though it's true that some Foxes have cat-like slitted eyes, NO wolves do.
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Post by xiphan »

i know that. i just like the look of cats eyes....
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Post by Apokryltaros »

It doesn't make any sense to have slitted pupils as a werewolf.
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Post by Renorei »

I don't like the overly wolfy looking werewolves. IMO, you definitely SHOULD be able to tell from first glance that the thing that you are looking at (while it does certainly look wolfy) is NOT a wolf.

Here are some links to show what I think a werewolf should look like.

http://www.emryswolf.summerdragoness.co ... Zephyn.gif

http://www.emryswolf.summerdragoness.co ... nbeast.gif

http://www.emryswolf.summerdragoness.co ... ebirth.gif
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Post by PariahPoet »

*SQUEEE!!!*

Were-puppy!!!!! :puppyeyes:

Yeah, I really like those too.
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Post by Raltor »

Personally I think that the best werewolf portrail up to date would have to be the one in the movie VanHelsing. I was blown away at the Werewolf VanHelsing turned into at the end of the movie, it was the most best looking one I have ever seen. I have been a werewolf fan for as long as I can remember, but just seeing that one werewolf sparked an even greater intrest in me.
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Post by PariahPoet »

I think the design was good, but the execution left much to be desired...
The shape was good, but the textures and lighting made it glaringly obvious that it was cg. With a little more time it could have been much better. I mean, look at Aslan in the Chronicles. I knew going in that it was 100% cg, but my family didn't know that and they thought that most of the scenes were shot with a real lion.
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