This is a commissioned work of my avatar/fursona as envisioned by fantasy artist Katie Hofgard ( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/wolf-nymph ). Arc is ©me, but the artwork is ©Katie Hofgard. :)

It is a little known fact to but a handful of individuals that Arc has long had a feral form in addition to his anthro self. I’ve held off on announcing this publicly because I wanted to wait until I had a good visual reference to announce it with. The image you see here is only the first of such references. It has been a very long time coming, but it has been WELL worth the wait!

After being so incredibly happy with the full-body conbadge she made for me, I commissioned the extremely talented Wolf-Nymph to be the first to truly bring feral Arc to life. It took a while to get a lot of the armor and weapon designs settled, but as the WIP sketches took shape, I knew this image was going to be the perfect way to introduce Arc’s other side. Funnily enough, in the time between those WIPs and now feral Arc’s look has undergone a number of refinements and tweaks; both to armor/weapon design and to Arc himself. At least one of these changes was even influenced by Wolf-Nymph’s own artistic expertise. :)

An official ref sheet that will showcase feral Arc’s final appearance is forthcoming, but it should be noted that such a ref sheet would not have been possible without this image. It truly is the birthplace from which all future art pieces ultimately owe their existence. So while this is not a definitive vision of the form, it is one I am exceedingly happy about and proud of. And I hope Wolf-Nymph feels the same. :)

At this point I could bore you with all sorts of details about interchangeable weapon load-outs, magically-based transformation from anthro to feral form and back, or flexible body-size characteristics, but that may be best left for future images or commentary.

Besides…SQUIRREL!!! O_O