Personally, I think furry (especially when you are going for fanservice) is a very... polarizing fandom. So if you choose to appeal to the furry fans, you might alienate a larger reader base who might be squicked out by it.
Unfortunately, I know nothing about the topic at hand, so I could not advice any further on this matter.
Support Taleworlds!
Nemesis
Are you a furry? If not, you probably aren't going to get what furries like, and you're risking alienating a lot of other readers.
A brighter future for a darker age.
Actually, regardless of how you do it, furries will eat it up because they're starved for decent media. And being on the outside will probably mean you won't alientate readers who are not of the fandom.
Some notes, though: Furries tend to be very visually-oriented. The preferred style for anthros is Petting-Zoo People—that means full fuzzy muzzle face, full fuzzy body, tails if you got'em. I tend to think this is because furries see the human face as too neutral, while animal faces are lively and distinct (yes—despite real animal faces having little expression. The style arose out of cartoon tradition for a reason)
However, if you're aiming for the female side of the fandom (sparse as it may be) then it's probably not quite as necessary, and would lean toward Little Bit Beastly. (Though I doubt they'd begrudge PZP if you're up for that anyway) I've noted that female artists are more often the ones to try for flat-faced or human-faced anthros, but it's by no means exclusive to them.
In terms of things that are NOT visual, furries would like the fuzzy character to be prominent and at least a minimum of attention drawn to his animal qualities. Preferably, he is one of the more active characters (For characterization reasons—nobody likes picking up a book for a specific kind of character only to find out they don't really do much).
If you want fanservice, beware, because that's what usually pulls non-furry readers out of the story. It's certainly possible to have your cake and eat it in this case—only take little bites and have a little bit of tact for goodness sake. Furries writing their own fanservice will tend to outright glorify the anthro body and describe them as invariably attractive with few physical flaws and less physical logic; you needn't be so blatant. But in terms of what furries do like, again, it's the visual—the exotic and weird details are often appreciated, and a ripped sculpted body that somehow shows through two layers of fur doesn't hurt either.*
You might be thinking, "Wait a minute, there's a lot of writers who do that with all their human characters (but without the allergens!)!" Well, you're right. Furry fans are people too. It's just a slightly different set of standards.
Beyond that, do whatever you like. The genre was always meant to be open-ended, so despite what furries do create and consume, there's (hopefully) room for variation.
edited 7th Sep '11 10:54:57 AM by RickGriffin
In my idea for a magical boyfriend series,Kitsune Ken,my main character Ken is kistune who would look like anthormorphic fox in his kitsune form.
I kinda of did this because I kinda have a thing for furry and the fact it could draw in some female furries as well.
I wonder how much furry fanservice could I take advantage of and I was thinking making my main character Joyann be a fan girl surrogate for those who like furries.