blackfox??? hehe looks like 's suit hehe just saying ^^

I can't find a good picture of his suit to tell! D:
LoL, it's REALLY hard to make an African Wild Dog look unique while making sure it still looks like an African Wild Dog. Another challenge was simplifying the markings- and still making it look like an AWD- so that the poor fursuit maker wouldn't want to kill herself handsewing all those markings in!

The ears and color scheme are the giveaway. That and the big paws.

A good way to find good references for them is to search on Google images.

This is the first one I found: http://thumbs2.modthesims.info/img/.....ldDogPhoto.jpg

Trust me, I had a list of images to use as reference, lol.

Okay. But how did you come up with wolf-looking ears? I'm just curious. I make fursuits, and to capture the look of an African Wild Dog I'd definitely have really big round ears.

Bear in mind, I'm not trying to offend, just trying to offer some helpful suggestions from my own experience and perspective. They are really beautiful animals. Honestly, I couldn't make a fursuit of one because I still can't sew by hand, despite how much I wish I could. They're simply beautiful animals, and are quite easy to recognize. And therein lies my suggestion...this would look really awesome with huge, round ears. If you like, I could try my hand at photoshopping some on it.

I seriously need to find an assistant to help me with fursuits.

But first I need to find a way to be able to live AND make fursuits...*sighs*

She just told me, the ears were originally rounded but the commissioner wanted them more canine-looking.

Yup, what Rayven said. :) The commissioner was afraid they'd look too mouse-like, so I made them more wolf-like instead. He preferred them this way.
I kinda want to draw an African Wild Dog with giant satellite ears now though, lol.

Sometimes the customer is wrong.

This is where I'd refuse to make the costume, personally. I can imagine people pointing out that it doesn't have the right ears and wondering why the maker of the fursuit did the ears wrong.

I just did the reference sheet for him. I'm not making the fursuit.
When it comes to a person's own character, they really can't be overly wrong about something. I mean, snow leopards don't have symmetrical spots, blue fur, or purple hair either. Let alone walk and talk! ;P

They can't be wrong about what they want, but they can be ill-informed.

I'm not saying you did anything right or wrong. I'm only relating my philosophy, my standards.

its still awesome regardless =3

Correction: Just found one. Nope, markings are entirely different! Same species though. :P

very nice pic. ^^

you have... isn't it fursuit...

Thank you!
Blackfox is having it made into a fursuit. This is the reference sheet for the fursuit maker. (I think that's what you're asking)

yeah... this is Blackfox.

oh, want...
you not that  scribblefox by one fur all, don't like...

My only crit is the ears :( Everyone draws them pointy and they are actually like rounded cups.

http://animals.timduru.org/dirlist/.....Dog_AZA_sm.jpg

They were originally more round, but he said they looked too mouse-like and not canine enough.

I figured it was something along those lines, I know you tend to do a lot of research on what you make/draw.

I try, but there are often subtle species characteristics like that that I miss, so I do like it when it's pointed out! Sometimes that's the one thing that's keeping it from looking just right. :)