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Are there any tropes for deer? I've never heard them and I want a laugh, so feel free to share if you have any.

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Note: When you watch scary movies this October… pay attention to where your cat is.

Here’s links, headlines and little bites of news to make your tail wag.  Story tips are always welcome. ________________________________ Around Furry Fandom ________________________________ Fursuit auction reaches $8,025. The “Lavender Corgi” is meant to resemble singer Justin Bieber.  At the price, the buyer could have bought a complete boy band.  Too bad they didn’t have enough to get […]

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1. Tell us about your most recent project (written or published). What inspired it?

For my furry writing, I’m in the process of revising a novel set in the same fantasy world as my short story “Irula’s Apprentice,” but a couple of generations later. In this world, I envision what a society of intelligent lions might look like if one takes existing lion behavior as a given. It’s also been interesting to see how a leonine society might take on different dimensions depending on the setting.

The novel is in a lot rougher shape than I’d like it to be, but I’ll be looking for a publisher when I get it in a shape that I like.

With my non-furry work, I recently had a piece of flash fiction accepted for publication that combines aspects of the Cthulhu mythos with the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. A science fiction story will soon be released by the Wily Writers podcast.

2. What’s your writing process like? Are you a “pantser,” an outliner, or something in between?

Most of my stories have a fairly long period of rumination, where I’m working out story issues in my head. I tend to do a lot of research, which I may or may not use in my writing. I try to write a first draft as quickly as I can; sometimes I have a broad outline, sometimes I know what I want to do in the next couple of sections. And sometimes I just write to see where the characters and concept will take me. I try to revise as best as I can, and then try to get beta readers involved before I make a submission-ready draft — although deadlines don’t always allow me to exercise the full process.

3. What’s your favorite kind of story to write?

Most of my stories tend to be speculative fiction of one sort or another, with horror and dark fantasy predominating lately. Often my stories focus on individuals thrust into extreme situations and how their choices wind up making or breaking them. World creation is important, and I hope I do it reasonably well, but in the end I want the characters to be most important.

4. Which character from your work do you most identify with, and why? I would probably say Raalfarinoor from my lion novel. While I don’t think he’s a Mary Sue/Gary Shrew, there are a lot of ways he represents an idealized version of myself. His courage, his integrity, his humor and his curiosity are all something I strive for.

5. Which authors or books have most influenced your work?

I tend to draw from a number of influences, depending on the nature of the project I’m working on. My earliest influences include C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Norton Juster’s Phantom Tollbooth, and Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. Later influences include G. K. Chesterton, Charles de Lint, Cordwainer Smith and the haiku poets Basho and Buson.

6. What’s the last book you read that you really loved? I absolutely loved everything about Andre Norton’s Breed to Come. I highly recommend it to all readers of science fiction. 7. Besides writing, how do you like to spend your free time?

I’m a very avid reader, reading somewhere between one and two novels a week. I like nonfiction too, but that generally goes a little more slowly. I also enjoy spending time with my wife and playing with our cat.

8. Advice for other writers?

ABW: Always Be Writing. One hundred percent of the stories never written are never read. You can fix just about anything in the rewrites, if you have something to fix. Leave out the boring parts, or at least delete them in the rewrites. Learn what makes a good story by reading good stories. Take the time to revise your work. And never stop writing.

9. Where can readers find your work?

I was very fortunate to have audio versions of two of my furry stories produced by Anthro Dreams. I mentioned “Irula’s Apprentice” earlier. “C.Moira’s Choice” is an homage to the science fiction of Cordwainer Smith. Anyone interested in my non-furry stuff can get in touch with me via Twitter (@haikufictiondju) or my blog: http://haikufiction.blogspot.com.

10. What’s your favorite thing about the furry fandom?

I’ve always appreciated how accepting the furry fandom is. You decide what species and gender your fursona is, with almost infinite possibilities. You decide how furry you are as an individual — are you an artist, a writer, a fursuiter, a lifestyler, a fan? Some combination of all of the above? You choose, and the furry fandom accepts the you that you choose to be. I’m aware of no other fandom that is that accepting.

 

Check out Donald Jacob Uitvlugt’s member bio here!

[NSFW] I did a survey (kind of experiment). This was to test the open mindedness/ attractiveness to certain things. This Is the anthro canine that I used for one part of the control.

Most people (Particularly non-furs, don't see any kind of attraction to them)

I did a survey of about 20 people. 3/20 people could see the attractiveness of the wolf anthro. They were non furs.

2/20 people were attracted to this deer anthro.

How does this work? I'm confused as to how one "turns off" their attraction to something, even with mostly human features.

Out of the whole control group, less than half were attracted.. I'm mind-blown.

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Update: Oct 15th- Thank you all so much for the feedback, I will talk to him about it later today then update you guys. I appreciate all the advice <3

Been with this person for about a year now, only recently I discover their hate for "furries". I honestly thought this person was open minded, I mean.. they watch the silliest anime, and they get off to 'Loli'. "I don't judge, it's all fantasy", I told them when they showed me their "Monster Girl" game collection.

I'm not way flamboyant about my love for Anthro/Furry/Animal stuff, but I do own a handful of Plushies, I do want own my own costume for Halloween or cons some day, and I watch alot of movies with animals in them, but that was all they knew.

Anyway..they were looking at hentai and I saw some yiff pictures mixed into the gallery. I said "that's hot", they cringed at me and said "Oh god no, furries are the most disgusting people ever", and went on about how furries get fat just to fit in their bear suits, most of them have OCD/ADHD, Beastiality.. every insult you can imagine. I finally managed to word in.." I'm kinda a furry though babe...". They busted out laughing at me and then tilted their head asking "Are you serious?! But your so normal!"

Of course I was immediately turned off and canceled our little 'look up porn together then have fun' session. They tried to convince me I'm probably not a furry, or maybe I just really like animals, all because I'm not a weirdo.

I'm not sure how to handle this situation, should I be getting upset over silly stereotypes? Should I try to prove him wrong? Should I even be getting upset about him insulting a fandom? Should I just blow it off?

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Kinda new to reddit, so i wanted to say hello. I'm trying to be a bit more active in the community, and also want to make some friends. How's everyone doing today?

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We've made more flairs!

We now have Deer, Bear, Wolf, Bat and Kangaroo! [Preview!]

Use them as you please.

Thanks /u/Chewy_Lemon for putting these bad boys up and for coping with my annoyance excellence!

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Well I have been waiting on FA to get fixed but it doesn't look like that's happening for a while. Since I cant post and ask my watchers I will just ask you guys, are the fangs too much you think?

Schooled sketch

*** UPDATE ***

Currently looks like This

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Is anyone else having their connections time out? I've tried pinging, and that times out as well, so it's not chrome.

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During World War II, Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson determined that she wanted to create something that would help to make people happy — which, needless to say, was in short supply at the time. But all accounts she succeeded wonderfully. For more than 60 years after they debuted in the London Evening News her creations, the Moomin Trolls, have delighted audience the world over — entertaining children with their colorful adventures, and adults with their sly commentaries on society and family life. Now to celebrate the late Tove Jansson’s 100 birthday Drawn & Quarterly have brought together more than 400 pages of her full-color work in a new hard-bound slip-covered collection, the Moomin Deluxe Anniversary Edition. Find out more at D & Q’s preview web site for the book.

image c. 2014 Drawn & Quarterly

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I've noticed a generally cold reception towards photomorphs within the Furry/Anthro communities. The general consensus is that they fall into the depths of the uncanny valley. My preferred medium is photomanipulation, so I'm trying to figure out whether it's at all possible to avoid the uncanny valley.

To provide some background, I believe the base of my image really dictates how I categorise my work, and I always start off with a human model with the aim to make them more animalistic. The result is that I see my work and thus every other photomanip that starts off with a human base, as being zoomorphic (humans with animal characteristics) instead of being anthropomorphic (animals with human characteristics).

I don't know if it's the realism that makes it creepy or whether its just a difference in preference of appearance and/or anatomy (striking the right balance between being more animalistic or more human). Determining the right balance of anatomy and appearance is subjective and differs from one person to the next. Should there be human hair? Should the eyes be human or animal? Should the muzzle be present? Are human hands acceptable, etc.

Regarding balance, where does the uncanny valley begin and end? Insights into what factors make certain photomorphs uncanny would be greatly appreciated!

-- Animal end of the scale --

• #1 - http://fav.me/d5c1y1l
• #2 - http://fav.me/d4892ic
• #3 - http://fav.me/d668kdc
• #4 - http://fav.me/d7rrfmh
• #5 - http://fav.me/110847092
• #6 - http://fav.me/d7qni59
• #7 - http://fav.me/d5i5nxn

-- Human end of the scale --

[Edit] Further to the above, do you think that realistic drawn or painted art suffers from the same levels of uncanniness, if not, why do you think that is?

• http://fav.me/d49w0u9
• http://fav.me/104684617

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My favorite artist just opened commissions. He has great prices and beautiful art. Always for pretty cheap. Don't be fooled by the crayon color. It's about the same quality as his shaded work. And trust me when I say the sheet doesn't do justice to his latest work. Please give his gallery a look (he uses inkbunny more) and go help him out! NSFW galleries below.

FA page

Inkbunny page

SFW Price sheet

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