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BrunoTheFox — Human and HTF: Fauna

Published: 2008-05-06 16:40:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 7593; Favourites: 89; Downloads: 179
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Description Never mind about those paramedics! He's not dead!

This is a previously unfinished piece I decided to complete after all. After Bruno and Shelly, this third iteration of 'Human and HTF' shows Delete Lover's fan character Fauna the doe. Once more, I felt a bit uncertain about some of my decisions-- should the character's creator feel that this conflicts with their intentions, then please let me know. Above all, everyone, don't forget that this is just my personal approach.

Fauna's a happy girl. I sometimes imagine her to be the HTF equivalent of Snow White (before the whole dwarf and poisoned apple stuff): cheerful 24/7 and always eager to stop and smell the flowers. In that perspective, having her pluck apples from a tree sounded pretty fitting; the pink colour scheme should add to the whole piece's sugary sweetness. The girl's happy and free attitude is reflected in the flowery dress and slippers (with colours found in Fauna's original attributes). Skin colour felt like a natural choice when trying to match her HTF counterpart. The rest is hard to explain and a matter of imagination.

Yeah, I know Fauna isn't the most popular Net Friend around, but she is one of my personal favourites. I guess that among the crowd of wacky fan HTFs that have been made over the years, sweet and elegant critters just stand out to me. Fauna's design is convincing enough to make her an enjoyable character to see... even after four years, when her creator is no longer an active artist on the Tree Friends forums.

Now, let the speculation begin! Who'll be number 4 in this series? I already have a concept drawing on paper, but it might end up getting lost in space like this piece almost did. No promises, as usual.

Comments are more than welcome.

EDIT (5/10): Made some changes to match Fauna's original design more closely. Both versions now have freckles, and the necklace colour is different.

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Happy Tree Friends (c) Mondo Media
Fauna the doe (c)

Other editions up until now: Shelly | Bruno
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Comments: 56

NatariSaru [2012-12-22 06:10:17 +0000 UTC]

Fauna is really adorable! You're one of the few people I know who actually strive to keep the humanization as close as possible to the original character, especially when it comes to HTF ^^

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BrunoTheFox In reply to NatariSaru [2012-12-22 14:06:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It was a fun challenge to turn these characters into humans.

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Vierzbanator [2011-11-04 02:29:24 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, OCs have gotten really whacky! Ive seen alot of OCs that have freakish powers, half demons, and hybrids. I dont like the freak OCs, it just doesnt fit HTF at all.

But yes, OCs now are whacky. Hell, I have an HTF OC thats a stormchasing koopa.

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Vierzbanator [2011-11-07 07:28:02 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, I agree, the best fan characters are the milder ones that would fit in many episodes of the show.

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Vierzbanator In reply to BrunoTheFox [2011-11-10 05:06:23 +0000 UTC]

The crazy OCs are not just in this fandom. Look at the OCs in the Warrior Cats fandom. There are cats that shoot lasers from thier eyes, use guns and bombs, levitate, teleport, turn blood into milk, and make other cats dance against thier will.

Yeah, the Warrior cats OCs are just as nuts. And the normal cats stick out.

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Vierzbanator [2011-11-10 08:23:46 +0000 UTC]

Elegance is key.

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Vierzbanator In reply to BrunoTheFox [2011-11-10 21:37:12 +0000 UTC]

What?

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Vierzbanator [2011-11-11 08:05:51 +0000 UTC]

Never mind. I was agreeing with you, though.

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JenniferTheDark [2011-05-15 23:47:20 +0000 UTC]

This is very cute, I love the expressions. Do you mind if I place a request for art?

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BrunoTheFox In reply to JenniferTheDark [2011-05-21 11:28:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

I'm having a pretty hard time these days (thanks to work and a lack of inspiration/creativity), so I'm afraid I don't take requests. Sorry

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JenniferTheDark In reply to BrunoTheFox [2011-05-21 11:51:51 +0000 UTC]

That's no problem Sorry if I seemed to pressure you. Good luck with your other art!

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BrunoTheFox In reply to JenniferTheDark [2011-05-21 12:21:43 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, no worries. And thanks again

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Delirious21 [2011-03-05 00:44:11 +0000 UTC]

omg so cute

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Delirious21 [2011-03-06 09:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, thank you.

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Pyroraptor42 [2010-11-13 20:58:50 +0000 UTC]

thinhs like this happen all the days in south america

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Pyroraptor42 [2010-11-17 07:52:11 +0000 UTC]

Really? Sounds like fun

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Pyroraptor42 In reply to BrunoTheFox [2010-11-17 21:07:12 +0000 UTC]

not really

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Pyroraptor42 [2010-11-18 07:46:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh

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Pyroraptor42 In reply to BrunoTheFox [2010-11-19 01:26:52 +0000 UTC]

ese con XD

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Amber-fluff [2008-05-18 19:38:10 +0000 UTC]

can i do an AT with u?

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Amber-fluff [2008-05-19 17:57:55 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, I don't do art trades or requests. Thanks to irregular university work, I can't finish pieces quickly enough, which would only stress me further and annoy the people I'm drawing for. Hope you understand

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Amber-fluff In reply to BrunoTheFox [2008-05-19 18:03:03 +0000 UTC]

I understand. I can't wait 2 go 2 university but sadly I'm not even in highschool yet...

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Amber-fluff [2008-05-19 18:09:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh, that'll still take a while then >_> When you're done with primary and high school, university's different nature will be really rewarding... or at least that's how I experienced it. Even despite the workload

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Amber-fluff In reply to BrunoTheFox [2008-05-19 18:19:33 +0000 UTC]

^^ cool.

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Mark-SJ [2008-05-11 06:30:44 +0000 UTC]

I've always loved your art style.

However, it wasn't until I joined DA that I was actually able to say it.

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Mark-SJ [2008-05-11 09:17:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, that's great to hear

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delete-lover [2008-05-09 19:11:27 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you so much for the nice comments ^^ Fauna wasn't the most popular, but she's still a favorite to me in my eyes...probably because she was the first HTF fancharacter I ever created.

Anyway, the human form is lovely. I've never really pictured her as a human, but her human form in this picture seems very fitting--the pretty dress, the bow, and the black slippers are all nice attributes. The dark skin is a nice touch, too--Fauna was always a nature-lover, so I imagine she'd be outside a lot. Lovely work ^^

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BrunoTheFox In reply to delete-lover [2008-05-10 09:38:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! (Also for creating Fauna in the first place.) I'm glad you feel the human form fits
Good to see someone noticed the black slippers, too ^_^

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MoogleMage [2008-05-08 07:36:17 +0000 UTC]

Quite an adorable work indeed. And she does look pretty free from everything. Well done here

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BrunoTheFox In reply to MoogleMage [2008-05-08 08:59:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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MoogleMage In reply to BrunoTheFox [2008-05-08 09:27:28 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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dimitrioustalidas [2008-05-07 18:05:10 +0000 UTC]

nice... i really like the discription .. and the illustration suits it well.. i really like the way she's posed.. .. and the imagination that goes with it.. i can almost imagine her.. singing to herself.. as she plucks the apple..

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BrunoTheFox In reply to dimitrioustalidas [2008-05-08 09:50:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that'd be pretty fitting Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you like it.

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dimitrioustalidas In reply to BrunoTheFox [2008-05-09 05:48:18 +0000 UTC]

sure

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HTFporcupinebryant [2008-05-07 00:06:22 +0000 UTC]

So cute, I like it how you make HTF into Human form, they look so...so... *speechless*

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BrunoTheFox In reply to HTFporcupinebryant [2008-05-07 11:31:03 +0000 UTC]

Speechless eh? Thank you Mission accomplished, I think.

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HTFporcupinebryant In reply to BrunoTheFox [2008-05-07 13:25:42 +0000 UTC]

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scarygreenhamster [2008-05-06 23:27:33 +0000 UTC]

ah I remember Fauna I just adore this character :3
she looks lovely as a human

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BrunoTheFox In reply to scarygreenhamster [2008-05-07 11:32:21 +0000 UTC]

Glad you think so. Yeah, Fauna's great

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blueespeon122 [2008-05-06 22:46:29 +0000 UTC]

Well, delete-lover is going to like this one, I can tell. Showing both the HTF and it's human form is very cool because you can see how they would look as humans. Nice job.

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BrunoTheFox In reply to blueespeon122 [2008-05-07 11:38:34 +0000 UTC]

Yup, I hope she'll come across this piece soon Glad you like it; thanks for the comment and !

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blueespeon122 In reply to BrunoTheFox [2008-05-07 20:59:39 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome. Are thinking about doing this for other HTF OCs?

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BrunoTheFox In reply to blueespeon122 [2008-05-08 07:26:38 +0000 UTC]

There's another one in the making, but I don't know if I'll get to finish it (since this Fauna piece is pretty old, too, and almost didn't make it). It'll be a male character from the Net Friends After that one, we'll see what else pops into my mind.

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TailzandBlueberry [2008-05-06 21:15:23 +0000 UTC]

I always thought this character was very unique. I love how you adapted her to be an african american child, I thought that was cute I also love how the two characters are intereacting *even if they are the same person* I know I always say this, but I love your style and lack of lines. It really adds some zip to this pic

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BrunoTheFox In reply to TailzandBlueberry [2008-05-07 11:36:33 +0000 UTC]

Heehee, good to know you like it. I'm glad this style has support.

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Rainbroach [2008-05-06 19:07:35 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, Fauna. It's been a while since she was last seen, but she's remained part of the collective. If not in form, at least in mind.

Your approach seems to be very spot-on.

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Rainbroach [2008-05-07 11:35:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you And yeah, Fauna will always remain one of the classics, at least in my eyes.

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Marnodor [2008-05-06 18:36:49 +0000 UTC]

So you are still at it good to see some new stuff from you!
I still adore your style, something i won't get the guts to try
Great job overall

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BrunoTheFox In reply to Marnodor [2008-05-07 11:27:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! For ing as well. Feel free to give this style a shot sometime!
Yes, I'm still alive-- but barely, if it comes to DA (which should explain the fact that I hardly ever comment myself).

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Marnodor In reply to BrunoTheFox [2008-05-07 18:56:25 +0000 UTC]

Ow... well as long as you are here now and then
And perhaps i might go for that ski partroll style sometime in the future

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