It's funny you mention that. The reason I wrote that story was because there were some comments in Razor-man's furry thread that all anthro art was, was a means to make screwing an animal seem more acceptable... that all the artists and writers couldn't keep from centering their work around the concept of sex.
At the time, I wasn't very familiar with the fandom (I'm still not really), and as you said, there was porn related images aplenty (Bernal got posted a lot, as did Dr. Comet's... um... weirder, stuff). I thought, Huh. Well, then I guess someone should write a story that has anthros with no sex, no nudity, and no slinky outfits. So, I wrote that story of mine, and since I had been working on several stories that were serious and horror-like, I went with a humorous adventure tale.
The rough draft is 112 pages, and I haven't touched it since I originally finished it years ago. But with these character redesigns going on, I may just do that as a means of taking a break from my trilogy.
Because some of it is good art. Images like the second, seventh and eight ones I posted show a lot of technical skill, and the ninth one displays a great sense of mood and lighting. Just because they focus on an anthro character, doesn't diminish those traits (IMHO mind you).
Yes, there's a LOT of porn in the genre. No one in their right mind would argue that fact. But there are some wonderful works that have nothing sexual about them, and some that feature nudes or "romantic"/"cute" scenes (i.e. no one's fucking) that are also well done either on a technical or mood front. I guess as an artist and illustrator, I don't see how the writing off of the entire genre is warranted because of a portion of it (even if it is a sizable portion).
I mean, if the characters in the images I posted were fully human, people would be complementing the artists left and right on their skill. But since they're anthro, suddenly all the qualities vanish and it's solely about masturbating to animals? That makes no sense to me.
By the way Timber, you're Photobucket link's dead.