Definition of «digitigrade»
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"Digitigrade" is a technical biological term that has been adopted by the furry and character design communities to describe a specific leg structure where the creature walks on its toes. In these creative spaces, it is used to distinguish between "plantigrade" (human-like) legs and more animalistic, multi-jointed leg designs for anthropomorphic characters. Choosing a digitigrade design is often a deliberate aesthetic decision to make a character look more feral, agile, or non-human. It is a common point of discussion among artists when developing original characters or "OCs."
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> I was going to give my werewolf character human legs, but a digitigrade stance looks way more intimidating.
> It's so much harder to draw digitigrade legs in perspective than regular human ones.
> Most of the fanart for this creature features digitigrade anatomy to emphasize its speed.
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