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[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago (7 children)

This is why it bothers me when artists add chins to animalistic characters. It looks so wrong. An example:

Like, shit. Cool character design but you gave the cat lady a chin. Cats don't have chins, why did you give her a chin?

[–] [email protected] 131 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They don't have opposable thumbs, go into night clubs, walk bipedally or have those wing things either, why is it the chin that bothers you?

That character is mostly a cat skinned human.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You're complaining about a chin on an anthropomorphic cat woman that only has 2 breast's instead of 6 to 8...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Based and put-more-titties-on-that-cat pilled

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why does it look like she has nipple piercings that couldn't be contained.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Thanks, new kink unlocked.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the point of this art to be an anthropomorphic cat? In that case, the chin is appropriate

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

except, as you can see, it makes them look terrifying, not like a cat.

you want khajiit, not Cats 2019

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You see a chin area yes, but it is simply the bottom of the jaw. The human chin has actual muscle that goes below the jaw bone and can be moved ever so slightly which aids in facial expression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentalis?wprov=sfla1

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As bigfig said, your cat probably doesn't have a chin. That said, you might consider feeling your cat's chin to see if it's actually a chin and not just fluff or something.

If you feel a boney protrusion similar to a human's chin, then you should unironically contact an evolutionary researcher. They might be fascinated about your cat having an actual chin as humans and only humans (not even neanderthals) are the only known chin-havers. Who knows, your cat might be the "missing link" between chinned and chinless humanoids.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Jaw vs chin, I'm guessing the difference is fairly small.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Looked at wiki. The chin apparently is just the part of bone that juts out under the lower lip. So yeah, no chin on the cat.