If your OC is some fox that's bright pink and purple and every other god awful neon color you can cram into a furry, here's a bit of wisdom.

I don't mind seeing a blue wolf, or a pink fox, or anything like that. The problem arises when your OC is 6 different colors that don't match at all, lots of markings that make no sense or have no purposes. Please stop making fursonas that look like colorful clown vomit, you are not edgy, you are not a unique snowflake, you are not special for making a fox look like they were gang banged by a bunch of horny rainbows. You can make a colorful oc, make them unique looking, anything you want, it's your character, but keep in mind that when you shoved 8 neon colors into any one surface area, it's gonna kinda look like shit.

-Gote

Thank you for your opinion.

NotMeNotYou said:
Thank you for your opinion.

And that's all it is. An opinion.

There's a term for that. A sparkledog.

here's the funny thing about fursonas.... people make them in a way that looks good to them.

My best friend and I both love blue. I hate the shades of blue she favors though. She doesn't like the ones I'm fond of. we both are fine, though, because we can acknowledge that jsut because *I* don't like something doesn't mean that SHE has to dislike it too.

A few years ago, every bit of clothing in walmart was NEON BRIGHT, much to the dismay of my pastel goth heart. That's fine. people liked it. It wasn't for me.

Maybe they could make better with some less saturated colors, but people shouldn't have to take an art course to learn how to design a character--especially as most non-college art classes don't really teach stuff like that.

who cares if someone makes obnoxiously bright oc donut steel sona for fun. unless they have expressed that they want criticism or way to improve their sona, what they do to their sona's design shouldnt itch your ass in any way. life is short, dont waste it on being mad at someone's harmless ways of having good time.

Moon_Moon said:
There's a term for that. A sparkledog.

I didn't know that was a tag, thanks.

I quite like some of them actually.

Quick edit:
Just checked for it, don't forget sparklecat as well.
(Linked to a search as there isn't a wiki page.)
Though it looks like it's pretty under-tagged.

Second edit, just created a sparklecat wiki page.

11/10 totally original opinion, would read again

Though the OP was abrasive and unlikely to convince anyone, there is an argument to be made from perspective of art and design. I've heard from a number of artists who have expressed frustration when commissioned to draw a character that just isn't going to look good on paper, no matter how talented the artist. The artist can do amazing technical work in their chosen medium, and the final piece may still look bad because of what the commissioner insisted on.

When I was going through art school, our instructor introduced the topic with very similar words to Gote. She joked that poor color selection can end up making an artist's work look like "clown puke."

I guess the upshot, though, is that people who create sparkledogs, etc., as their characters aren't necessarily artists. I think self-expression is important to building identity, so if you want a sparkledog, you should get one! However, if you commission an artist, consider working with them a little on color choices for the overall work. Without changing your character's colors, artists can usually work with the backgrounds, clothing, and so on, to really make your character shine.

Moon_Moon said:
There's a term for that. A sparkledog.

Which, hey, can be blacklisted so that you don't see it anymore!