I’m surprised by how people still don’t know why artists draw four ears when adding animal ears on, by now. It’s simply because it would look extremely odd without the human ears. There would be empty space where the human ears should be, their heads would look flatter and it would look alien/uncanny. This is especially the case on characters that have short hair at the sides.
The only time it works when removing the human ears is if the artist is extremely skilled at making it look natural or the characters have long enough hair to cover the sides of their head. Trust me when I say, it would look way worse if they removed the human ears. Simply just try drawing a basic human yourself without ears and you’d know.
I’m surprised by how people still don’t know why artists draw four ears when adding animal ears on, by now. It’s simply because it would look extremely odd without the human ears. There would be empty space where the human ears should be, their heads would look flatter and it would look alien/uncanny. This is especially the case on characters that have short hair at the sides.
The only time it works when removing the human ears is if the artist is extremely skilled at making it look natural or the characters have long enough hair to cover the sides of their head. Trust me when I say, it would look way worse if they removed the human ears. Simply just try drawing a basic human yourself without ears and you’d know.