I sketched this at aJaxFur Picnic a couple years back. My poses had been getting static and I really needed to practice foreshortening, so what better way than to draw something acrobatic? I chose Capoeira, a martial art with lots of flashy movements and dance-like traits (really fun to watch; Joshua the Samurai got me into it). Here is a new character I developed shortly before that Picnic, a Maned Wolf hailing from Brazil, Maria. She's a talented Capoeirista and is already an aluno graduado (the equivalent of a black belt).

The proportions might be a bit awkward, but considering the unique pose, I think she came out better than I expected. I really hope to do more with her in the future; I don't really have a story to put her in, though she might fit into Melon's group of friends pretty easily.

Maria del Santos copyright Aelius (me)