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submitted by TheEpicBoss95
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submitted by Arestheneko
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Okay so, I have very VERY little experience drawing (Especially bodies), and I don't wanna draw anything directly from a video game or from a cartoon and such.. So for practice, I thought "Hey, why not draw people's fursonas for free?". I'm not guaranteeing any omega beautiful shiny sparkly art that artists like Falvie or Fluff-Kevlar do (Don't expect anything close :p), I just wanna practice a bit. I mainly wanna practice on heads first, but I'll draw the body too if I'm feeling confident enough :P.

EDIT: If you do want one drawn for you, I don't know exactly when they will be done and how long each will take. So please be patient!

ANOTHER EDIT: I'll start by drawing your character's face (Like for a profile picture). I'll move onto the body if I get the time.

YET ANOTHER EDIT: After playing around with MydasThrown's character Sashimi both with pencil+paper then translating it to PaintTool SAI.. I've decided, I'll do some sketch only, play around with some both with a sketch and PaintTool SAI and experiment with how I go about drawing it. Also, some characters I might do a frontal view, a side view, or maybe a view from an angle.. Who knows? Maybe even the entire body. It will all come to if I'm up to the challenge or not at the time, but I really do wanna get to most of your fursonas!

DEAR GOD HOW MANY EDITS: A couple of examples of side views I've done before http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14377563/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9036561/

submitted by 1NiteFang1
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Hello, Papa Bear. 

I'm impressed that someone from this subculture has taken up such a supportive role in the community.

My question is one of public display of our art, and of my own appearance. Firstly, in the legality of the matter, and secondly, one of tact.

Firstly, I carry a notebook with print-outs of art from certain furry artists I'm fond of, in the covers. These are not commissions, just works I've liked that I display on printer or photo paper. Call it a bit of security blanket.

While I'm not distributing these images, or doing anything deliberately criminal, I'm a little nervous about representing myself as a furry with other people's art. However, I have a bad past with art, and never learned to draw, myself. I'm not trying to be an art thief, and I understand that's a problem in the community. Is what I'm doing ... okay?

Secondly, I am experimenting in theater makeup, and am deliberating on a drag-analogy to fursuiting (latex prosthetics/makeup, with regular human clothing).

My question, if you can answer, would be; is this something I can do on a casual basis, without repercussions from school authority, for being disruptive? What about wearing such disguises in a public place (Wal-Mart, Gas Stations, Drive-Thru's, etc.)?

KimonoBoxFox (age 27, North Carolina)

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Hi, Kimono,

Please note that I do ask people to limit their letters to one question. However, I’ll make this fairly brief to save time.

First answer: It’s fine what you’re doing with the art. As long as you’re not representing the art as your own, and as long as you are not selling it or otherwise profiting from it, you’re okay legally. Even better if you make sure the artists’ names are clearly seen on the art. So, don’t worry about it. But, if you really wish to ease your mind, write to the artists and ask if it’s okay. They’ll probably say it is, given the circumstances, and it is very common for furries to print out art by their favorite artists, or to display it on their computers.

Second answer: You would have to check with your school about dress codes, but I highly doubt such fashion would be smiled upon by your school administrators. As for other public places, especially given that you’re in North Carolina, a rather conservative part of the country, I would be careful. It wouldn’t be illegal (as long as your face is not covered), but I think you would get a lot of disapproving looks; you might even get beat up. Although, not sure about Walmart, since I’ve seen pictures of some awfully funky outfits there. Try Walmart first LOL.

But, seriously, in your state of North Carolina, anti-mask laws were developed as a reaction to the KKK. However, they are still on the books and have been used in other cases. The laws state: §14-12.7. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public ways.
No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, be or appear upon any lane, walkway, alley, street, road, highway or other public way in this State. (1953, c. 1193, s. 6; 1983, c. 175, ss. 1, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)

§14-12.8. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public property.
No person or persons shall in this State, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, or appear upon or within the public property of any municipality or county of the State, or of the State of North Carolina. (1953, c. 1193, s. 7.) So be cautious in this area. And, again, you get a lot of derps out there just looking for an excuse to beat up people who are “different,” so don’t set yourself up for such a possibility unless you are well-prepared to defend yourself.

Hugs,

Papabear

submitted by Flurra
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What's the deal with people making their fursonas like... not mirror them at all? When I came into the fandom, I designed my fursona to look like me, while I did pretty it up a bit (specifically clothing, since I had free reign there and certain shirts/coats you literally can't find IRL) it remained rather true to myself. And the things that weren't slowly did turn true to myself (It had blue streaks in their hair, now I do too.)

It's just kinda strange to me when I see someone with an athletic, hip fursona (Ear gauges, tattoos, etc.) and they look... well, normal. I'm not going to say they're ugly, because most furries really aren't. They just look normal, like the average joe. I mean, a fursona is supposed to be you, who you are. I guess it could be argued that's how they want to look, but why is it then, even after having one for years, they tend to not try to look like it? I'm not even talking physical fitness but general aesthetic. Someone designs a scene-esque fursona and they look like a white collar worker. I really don't get the whole thing there.

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submitted by VixNDwnq
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So this is a complete longshot. I've been trying to find the name of this show but the internet doesn't remember it. I hope maybe some Dutch furries do; it must have sparked something in them. There was this Dutch TV show that was broadcast in the 90's on Nederland 1 or 3 with 2 people in a tiger and bear costume that lived in a huifkar. I've been trying for ages to remember what the name of the show was. The only other thing about the show I remember is that one episode revolved around tiger and bear waiting for a letter.

I can't find anything online about this show, it almost seems like it doesn't exist. Does any Dutchman here remember it and maybe know the name?

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submitted by 1NiteFang1
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I've posted several strictly bestiality posts in /r/yiff that have done quite well. I'm not saying bestiality is a bad thing, I'm just wondering how many of you would actually consider it.

submitted by DrAwhole
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/furrie-invasion-2000-fans-attended-eurofeurence-in-berlin-to-celebrate-their-love-of-anthropomorphic-animals-9689926.html


Furry fandom is a surprisingly little-known subculture, but where it is known, the idea persists that it’s all about sexThis weekend 2000 self-proclaimed ‘furries’ - fans of anthropomorphic animals in cartoons, anime movies, literature and computer games - checked into a conference hotel in Berlin for Eurofurence, Europe’s largest furry fandom convention.

In addition to workshops, art exhibitions and live performances (including a ‘Pawpet show’) , the event centred around the ‘Fursuit Parade’, some strutting their stuff in sports-mascot-style onesies rented just for the occasion, others displaying £5000 bespoke creations incorporating animatronics, lovingly rendered to represent a fully-fledged ‘fursona’ honed over years of furry fandom.

Not all Furries are into dressing up (whereas some occupy the middle ground of a fox-face-mask and bushy tail over jeans) but for committed fursuiters, this was their chance to go wild, and on Sunday night, the beer garden of the Estrel Hotel was crammed with dancing foxes, lions, wolves, tigers and cats, waving their paws in the air like they just don’t care.

For many furries, the 2014 Eurofurence (celebrating its 20th anniversary this year) felt like a watershed moment; after years of being maligned and misunderstood, the response in the media was largely positive.

There were no muckraking reports in the press billing the festival as a sex party, and when the police showed up, it was only to examine and admire the prop patrol car created by organisers in keeping with the festival’s ‘Crime Scene’ theme. (Previous themes have included ‘Aloha Hawaii’ and ‘Kung Fur Hustle’.) Reception staff at the Estrel Hotel gamely accessorised their crisp work uniforms with cheetah-ears and giraffe-patterned fuzzy bow-ties.

The cultural historian Fred Patten, who has written extensively about anime, fantasy and science fiction subcultures, dates Furry Fandom back to a Bostonian science fiction convention in 1980, where a discussion group about intelligent animals in literature, TV, periodicals and film spawned semi-regular informal gatherings at further conventions.

By 1983, the term ‘furry fandom’ was being used in fanzines, denoting ‘the organised appreciation and dissemination of art and prose regarding ‘Furries’, or fictional mammalian anthropomorphic characters’ - although many fans consider the origins to be much earlier, dating back to Osamu Tezuka’s 1950s series ‘Kimba, the White Lion’, Richard Adam’s 1972 novel Watership Down, and even George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

Furry fandom is a surprisingly little-known subculture, but where it is known, the idea persists that it’s all about sex - kinky sex between socially inept oddballs who only fancy cartoon foxes, to be precise.

Even the most active furries - including Eurofurence’s organisers - conceal their true identities behind anamorphic avatars and pseudonyms like @BigBlueFox and @Cheetah_Spotty - but insist they are proud of their furry status, simply mindful of public prejudice.

“If you think we’re secretive and suspicious, it’s only because we’re sick to death of reading that furry conventions are all about sex,” says Liza, a 29-year-old graphic designer and furry artist based in Brighton. In a recent survey, only 37% of furry respondents claimed that sexual interest is important to their furry activities. For the majority, it’s about a shared cultural obsession, an online community and a burgeoning artistic genre.

“There are some seriously talented a artists out there, creating beautiful charcoal illustrations of furry characters, computer-generated montages, or incredibly detailed funny cartoons,” says Leo, a 38-year-old programmer from Glasgow.

“Linking all furries to fetishism is like saying all Japanese animation fans are Kigurumi (masked cosplay) fetishists, or that the Trekkie phenomenon only happened because everyone wanted to shag Mr. Spock,” says Liza.

“It’s extremely insulting - but thankfully people are starting to wake up to the fact that furry fandom is a cultural phenomenon rather than a sexual peccadillo.”

Apparently in Japan all Pizza Huts are run by cats.

submitted by Auron_The_Wolf
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I've recently been in the mood to give a group RP a try! I have done a zombie one in the past but it kind of died...

The two themes I like the most are science fiction and fantasy, but I can also do a post apocalyptic one too. And I'm open for any ideas you guys might want to try! :)

So if anyone is interested or wants to ask questions you can leave them in the comments or in a PM, whichever you prefer. :D

My Skype username is greenthelizard.

submitted by GreenUndead
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submitted by May7th2014
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submitted by vxd2k7
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Personalized books for kids (that is, books specially printed to include a child’s name or personal information in the story) go back quite a ways. Now ABC Me Books (www.abcmebooks.com) have a new angle on the popular ideas: Teaching kids to spell, using their very own names and a menagerie of animals for each letter. They have two customizable books currently: My ABC Book (working the child’s name into a mini-scene for each letter in the alphabet), and the even more personalized The Perfect Name, in which the animals illustrate why each letter in a child’s name is particularly cool. The books are illustrated by Katie Hofgard (known as the anthro illustrator Wolf-Nymph) and Nordeva.

image c. 2014 ABC Me Books

submitted by Freshlaid_Dragon_egg
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