CANIDAE DESIGN NOTES
-All characters must be correct in pelt colour/anatomy to at least 80% of breed/species standard. ABSOLUTELY NO UNNATURAL COLOURS/HAIR.
-Research is done on each species for knowledge of mannerism/society. Characters must act properly.
-Use of tail, ears and hackles in expression essential. Fur gets spiky when angry.
-Landscapes/buildings must look within 70% of realism.
-General drawing style is sort of 'rounded/angular.'
-Wolf characters are very shaggy/lanky, with long legs and large paws. Spiky hackles. Eyes can only be gold, amber or silver.
-North dogs (siberian huskies) are slim & sleek, with long legs and smaller paws. Refined muzzles.
-Draft dogs (malamutes) are very fluffy looking, with boxy bodies, curly fluffy tails and fair sized paws. Boxy muzzles on males.

BIG ISSUES & THE STORY OF CANIDAE
-Racism
-War
-Slavery
-Feminism / women's rights
-Hunting / murder
-Animal rights

What, you expected this to be some happy-joy-joy story? No way; as my friends know, I'm often a rather dark story teller and I tend to heavily use sub plots. So you can expect CANIDAE to involve a lot of hardship for the main characters, whether they're just on the sidelines or it's actually happening to them. It'll also be fairly complicated, as not only must it tell Tailchaser's story, but Red's, Sol's, Stardash's and Frosttip's as well. CANIDAE is the tale of not just a few creatures trying to survive, but of two countries, each of which have their own ideas about what will happen, which will effect the lives of the main characters. The shape-shifter people of Spiriki versus the dog speaker nation of Florne - who'll win? Who'll survive? The fate of a land will depend on Tailchaser, but first she must pay attention to her own problems....


All characters & ideas expressed are (c) Rosanna P. Brost