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3D Anthro canine character base

This is a 3D model I designed and created from scratch (initially, as a character for 3D printing, which you can see over here):
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYKnzK
The goal was to create a canine base model which I could adapt with low effort to represent different characters. The color of the eyes, paw pads and tongue can be changed with shading nodes in blender's material editor, and the fur pattern requires creating a new texture for each character.
All the models share a pose library, and the facial expressions are made with shapekeys in the original base model.
The fur is made with multiple particle systems, and can be edited in shape, direction, etc for each character.
It took me a couple of months of work while I was figuring it out, but now I'm able to create new characters from this base with a minimal amount of work!

A character created using the base

A character created using the base

Views and expressions of the canine base model

Views and expressions of the canine base model

The rig controllers

The rig controllers

Pose library

Pose library

Some facial expressions using shape key systems

Some facial expressions using shape key systems

Fur particle systems

Fur particle systems

Head fur grooming

Head fur grooming

Some other characters created using the base

Some other characters created using the base

An example I made for pride month, on the left you can see the base holding the LGBT rainbow flag, and on the right a friend's character holding the bisexual flag

An example I made for pride month, on the left you can see the base holding the LGBT rainbow flag, and on the right a friend's character holding the bisexual flag