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Anyone got any art they want scribbled on?
I'm a somewhat decent colorist, the problem is I can't draw. I need a distraction...! I won't promise anything good, as Im will learning my tablet.. but hey, free art!
submitted by Biffingston[link] [6 comments]
Is Naked Skyping Good Practice? (Another Letter from a 17 Year Old with Travel Plans to Visit Mate)
My question for you is this.... I live in a state away from my mate/love, who I will only name as Akio for safety reasons. I am trying to limit this question to one for this form, but I fear that it might be a two part in the end. My main question, though, is that in preparation for meeting him sometime in the fall, I want to be ... comfortable with showing myself to him—at least, in a more private sense. So, I enlisted the help of my other friend, Grey Wolf, as I'll refer to him, and am tempted to start Skyping with Grey Wolf to get more comfortable, ah, showing myself off to other men in a more private/intimate way. Do you think that I should do this? And, if so, am I even doing this the right way?
Allen (age 17)
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Dear Allen,
One might first ask why you would feel uncomfortable showing yourself nude to your mate but you are okay showing it to Grey Wolf? I’ll answer my own question based on my intuition: because you care what Akio thinks about your body but don’t really care as much what Grey Wolf thinks, and, therefore, if Grey Wolf somehow finds you physically lacking it won’t hurt as much compared to if Akio did the same thing to you. Am I correct?
Ask yourself this: if you told Akio what you are planning to do, would he approve? Is he okay with you doing cam and yiffy role play with other people? If so, then this might be okay, but I have a gut feeling you have never asked him or broached the question at all because you are too shy. Therefore, you would be doing the Skyping in secret, knowing full well Akio might not approve. If I am right, what does your gut say about that? Are you asking for Papabear’s approval because you know it’s not really a great idea?
Given what I can surmise about your character and relationship from your brief letter, I would say that you really shouldn’t Skype naked with Grey Wolf. It’s not the right choice for you and your particular situation.
Judging by your letter, too, I suspect you are a virgin, yes? So this is all new to you (kudos for wanting your first experience to be with someone you care about). Also, I am going to assume that your parents know about your travel plans (if not, then cancel the whole idea and read this letter I just wrote).
Assuming everything else is copacetic, what we need to do, then, is help you be comfortable with your body in front of Akio.
First off, has Akio indicated to you in any way that when the two of you meet you are going to jump into bed and have naked fun time? Is he in any way pressuring you to do that? If so, that’s not cool, and I would reconsider visiting him if that is his primary motivation. Why is it that people feel they immediately must get naked and yiff when they first meet? Sheesh.
Go visit Akio in the fall (if he is not pushing you about sex), and take the pressure off yourself by removing the expectation of sex. Instead, spend time with Akio doing fun things around town, talking, seeing a movie, playing minigolf or laser tag, sightseeing, holding hands, getting to know each other, even hugging and kissing are all good. This is your first in-person meeting with Akio, yes? And, I hope, it will be for several days. Spend the first couple of days getting to know him in the real world. You might find, to your surprise, that the chemistry is just not there and that you change your mind about having sex with him (thus effectively deleting the sexual pressure completely).
On the other paw, you may fall hopelessly and deeply in love with him—the kind of love you can’t experience online. And if that happens, know what? I predict that there will be a moment when the two of you, alone in a room together, fall rapturously into each others arms; the clothes come off (the condoms, hopefully, go on, says Critter), and your two bodies merge as one without any feelings of self-consciousness at all. Because, hon, it’s not about what your body looks like (although I suspect you have nothing to be embarrassed about) it’s about the passion you feel for one another that makes sex wonderful. Too, if Akio really loves you and is a good guy, he won’t care about or even notice anything about your body that you might find less than perfect.
In summary, no, I don’t think that Skyping naked with Grey Wolf will do you any good (for another thing, you might get comfy with Grey Wolf, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into other situations). Go see Akio for the right reasons (sex should not be one of them), and if the moment is right, and Akio is the right guy, then the sex will come naturally, organically.
Hugs,
Papabear
How I feel whenever babyfurs come up in a thread as an unsettling or creepy part of the fandom
There needs to be incentive to use r/furryartschool, and I'm considering making a whole new sub to actually help new artists. Thoughts please?
***OR REVIVING THE SUB. Sorry, didn't want people focusing on a new sub, just ideas to help.
This has been tossed around for a while now, with so many new artists posting here. A lot of people just don't care to see amateur art on the main furry sub, but what can you do? I've posted a few art-help things to this sub that would be much more useful in the art help sub, but what good is that if the art help sub is dead.
As most of us know, r/furryartschool is supposed to be the go-to for new, amateur, and even experienced artists for help critique, etc.
The sub, however, has an extremely low and unhealthy activity. Posts can remain on the front page for days, weeks perhaps, because not enough people post there. This makes it a rather unreliable place to actually get help, because so few people bother with it these days.
Here on this sub, new artists very often get downvoted to oblivion and remain unknown, without help. While part of it may be intimidation of posting to a critique sub, I myself find it hard to look at that sub when I know things will go days without activity.
Now, idk about the moderation team over there, but I've heard rumors the main guy died?? Either way, we need an active sub for new artists rather than just posting "r/furryartschool" in image posts here.
I don't know if we can get a massive influx of people posting there again if the head mod is actually dead, but i've considered setting up a new sub.
A sub for actually helping artists rather than just a quiet ghost town. Posting not only to help new artists, but welcome art resources and activity so IT ACTUALLY HELPS. I like to help new artists (if you couldn't tell already, it's a regular thing with me) and would like to make it exciting for new artists to learn besides "post and wait for critique". Stuff like drawing prompts, resource posting, a useful sidebar, events, you know...fun stuff.
I already am on this sub literally every day for at least 4 hours, keeping tabs on an art sub would be possible and entirely enjoyable to me if others find it helpful.
Thoughts, or better opinions? I'm ready to make the sub and have the name set aside, but I'd like to hear from you fine people for better ideas if you have them before I go linking it here.
Edit: Mod has appeared. Also, the sub hasn't been made this is just a post for discussion (which I got, yay).
"Want more activity, then just post." Problem is we can't even get people to post in the first place and I'm just trying to see if theres anything we can do to make people more inclined to go there. I could post all day by myself and it won't do any good.
submitted by Sareii[link] [38 comments]
"Cuteness in Shelter 2" Trailer is just too much
The team behind Shelter, Might and Delight, are bringing Shelter 2 to us this February. To prepare us for all this cuteness, they've released the aptly titled "Cuteness in Shelter 2" trailer, full of lynxy goodness!
Guide a powerful Lynx through vast open landscapes. Give birth to your cubs, raise and strengthen them by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Explore the wild beauty of nature and do everything possible to prepare your family for the vicious entities dwelling on the cold tundra.
In all honesty
What parts of the fandom do you folks find strange or unsettling?
submitted by McFluffypom[link] [123 comments]
Has anyone ever used one of those machines that take a picture and draw you? Have you tried it with a fursuit?
I remember some popular restaurants with an arcade machines and all sorts of things and these certain machines take your picture for like a dollar and redraw it in pencil and prints it out for you. I was wondering if it worked for a fursuit aswell. It'd be neat
submitted by Foxes281[link] [3 comments]
Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch – book review by Fred Patten.
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