This article reads like a history written by someone who was not there, and also didn't talk to the people that were there.
There certainly was 'furry porn' in the pre-furry days. The most well known are historical Greek and Roman anthros and mythicals, and it's not hard to find art of them copulating.
But more recently, there was art, ranging from just 'very sexy' to some incredibly lewd art featuring many major cartoon characters. This included the big name characters at Disney and Warners, and it was often drawn by the animators themselves. But these were private, and you had to 'know someone' to see them. The internet has just made it easier to see this stuff.
And a few years back, I asked one furry artist why he had changed to doing mostly 'sexy/sexual' art, when his earlier stuff had been less so. He simply said, 'That's what sells...'.
This article reads like a history written by someone who was not there, and also didn't talk to the people that were there.
There certainly was 'furry porn' in the pre-furry days. The most well known are historical Greek and Roman anthros and mythicals, and it's not hard to find art of them copulating.
But more recently, there was art, ranging from just 'very sexy' to some incredibly lewd art featuring many major cartoon characters. This included the big name characters at Disney and Warners, and it was often drawn by the animators themselves. But these were private, and you had to 'know someone' to see them. The internet has just made it easier to see this stuff.
And a few years back, I asked one furry artist why he had changed to doing mostly 'sexy/sexual' art, when his earlier stuff had been less so. He simply said, 'That's what sells...'.