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There is just no end to the noobiness within the virtual borders of Animation Source, huh? XD

Oh, also "it's a cartoon", really? In this cartoon every unique character, even of the same breed, have different body type! Do you really think you'd see a Collie there looking exactly like Jenna or Balto? I don't think so...

Animated =/= unrealistic. In fact, like Sakujo just mentioned, most of the different characters in Balto are quite distinct, breed-wise. Compare Nikki to Star to Doc to Morse to Silvie to Dixie ETC. None of them are using a generic wolf/husky build (and by the way, wolves and huskies have different anatomy, too. -gasp-) This problem has absolutely nothing to do with the movie being animated.


Anyways. As far as this topic goes, YES, I agree. -_- As a character creator and analyzer, this is a thing that drives me up the wall. And as has been mentioned before, being young or not a good artist is no excuse. I'm not a fan of using linearts myself, as I personally believe there is a bit more to character build than just the breed, but they're out there for use and there are SEVERAL more breeds available than just BaltoSource's "wolves", "huskies", and, StarClan forbid, "blank renders"...though those are an argument for another day.

My thinking is that we're not going to get anywhere with this Toshiko-Sama, guys. She's been posting irrelevant and contradictory (and even painfully-obvious) things around the forum over the past day or so, and when someone comments in response, she flat out (and rudely) ignores it. Odd. And she's been on and off the forum several times within that period.

Buuuut then, maybe there is a small chance she will actually give us the courtesy of a response at some point soon.

Oh I totally agree! I own a German Shepherd and used to co own a husky. They are completely different breeds and should not even be considered as the same. The only thing they have in common is that both are "popular" dog breeds that end up in shelters way too often for my liking! I can't stand when someone uses a Husky line art and calls it a GSD. First off GSD's are much longer than a Husky, and the shape of their head is different! Not to mention leg length, ear shape, muzzle length, heck even the tail is different. As an owner I get REALLY ANNOYED if someone says my dog is a husky, and I know Husky AND Border Collie owners who would feel the same.

I also can't stand all the Panda German Shepherd characters! It seems like if your character doesn't fit a regular GSD standard, let's call it a Panda! Oh and that way my Panda GSD can win all of the show competitions and be a popular show dog character! Ugh! I liked the look of Panda's when I first saw them, but all the crappy Panda characters have me officially turned off on that color variation of the GSD! Seriously people look up the breed standards on line! Read through the DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE BREED SHOULD LOOK LIKE! Oh and the excuse that "they're just young kids" is just that AN EXCUSE. I get little kids all the time who know the difference between my German Shepherd and my Husky! It's called the internet or the library! Okay end of rant!

First of all, Husky is a spitz-type dog. German Shepherds and Collies aren't... and even though Akita is a spitz too, it doesn't look exactly like Husky neither...

I once made two linearts featuring German Shepherds on Balto Source. You know what was the most common use for it? Wolves... GSD may have pointed ears and straight long tail, but I completely do not see any big similarity to wolf in it... :/

If it looks like a husky, you call it a husky. I don't understand people who go and take a render or a lineart or whatever the heck that's of a totally different breed and call it another one. Honestly, the laziness is incredible... I've taken days before just to find the right lineart for a design I was just working on and planned to make a proper reference later. In other words, no one was going to see it, yet I still cared that it looked like the actual breed. I don't get it. And it doesn't matter how young you are. A six year old can tell the difference between a labrador retriever and a husky, so I don't get why it's not the same when rendering, etc.

Welcome to AnimationSource. -_-

Another thing worth to mention, but it's on Lion King source and I foud it being as massive as Huskies in Balto's build.
I mean Kovu, Simba, Nuka and Scar have different build and manes. Well, most of people see completely no difference in it, putting their characters into various linearts from different lions...

Yes! This annoys me so much! Where the heck is the consistency? At LEAST use linearts of the same LK character when your coloring in your own character. Seriously...