Shading/Highlighting:
Aesthetic Quality:All poses are required to have some form of shading. The purpose it to give the appearance of weight and depth. You must have at least one layer of shading (darkened areas). Highlights are not required, but highly encouraged to keep your pose from looking flat. Shading must coincide with where the light would and would not shine. Randomly placing shadows on your pose, without regard to where the light is coming from will not be accepted. If you put thought into where the light would and would not hit, you should have very little problems with your poses being accepted.
We still encourage you to do the best you can in both areas. Just remember that the more time, practice and effort you put into a pose, the better it will look, and the more people will like your art.We strongly encourage proper anatomy. There are several good tutorials on our forum, as well as other sites, such as DeviantArt. While it doesn't have to be perfect, please realize that the better the anatomy, the easier it will be to determine the species. We allow many species on Wolfhome, but most are restricted to private rooms. If we can't tell what species it is supposed to be, it will be rejected.
-Sky
