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Author: Dear Papabear,  I have been on a tough road as far as finding employment for a while now, and as such the family that has taken me in to live with them.  It has been about 6 months since then and still no job, so I’ve been told by one of my family members […]

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I am a self-taught artist. I have never actually shown my drawings to anyone really except close artsy buddies, but I would like someone to give their opinion of my work and tell me what I can do better. here's somethings i recently sketched: one of my characters Poison http://imgur.com/J7Iewkp and just a random fox http://imgur.com/GdZ0uNG thanks a bunch!

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Um... hai! I'm new to the whole furry thing and was wondering if there was anyone willing to guide me through this wonderful group of individuals. I am currently just a casual furry (hope to change that soon :3), and yet to get a fursona (fennec fox maybe?). Sorry if this seems like all the other new furry posts but i'm really looking for some internet friends with common interests. Thanks in advance!

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So... I don't know how many of you know about this but I'm on my phone and trying not to cry. If someone that can see straight and knows what happened would explain for everyone else... I'm gonna go cry over my Latin homework now..

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As the title implies. I'm at work, mildly bored, and want to sketch things. Tell me what you want! \ o/

(Alsopleasetalktomeimlonely)

Edit: just sketches! Should have opened with that

Edit2: Thanks for the traffic, guys. I was way out of practice and a bunch of mini projects like this is helping me get back in the groove. Yall are awesome!

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Here is an article by Andy Greder, in the (upcoming) March 2014 edition of the White Bear Lake Magazine:

http://whitebearlakemag.com/white-bear-lake-company-creates-costumes-4-cats

It describes the work of Snap E. Tiger's costuming company, ByCats4Cats.


By day, Trent Fleury is a help desk administrator at a custom metalwork company. Nights and weekends, he’s sometimes a silver fox. As a member of MNFurs, a community committed to their crush on creatures, Fleury and his comrades bring their love of animals to life with costumes made by By Cats 4 Cats in White Bear Lake.

Founder Eric “Snapcat” Stevens purchased a black-panther costume for $400 after trying on a tiger costume at a camp-out near St. Louis, Missouri in 2000. Stevens, now 38, wanted a second costume, so he bought a cheap sewing machine and made a full-body custom-made white tiger costume in 2001. “Everyone wants to own their own business, and I thought this would be great for my creative outlet,” Stevens says. “Basically, I’m living the dream right now.”

Stevens’ sewing skills began to catch on with science fiction fans who dress up like characters, particularly of the feline variety. Word of mouth ramped up demand as he constructed about five costumes in 2009, about 15 in 2012 and an estimated 48 costumes of different species last year. “I’m booked usually six months ahead,” Stevens says. “I even have to close down my website for people looking for quotes every month or so, so I don’t get overwhelmed.”

Stevens’ talent overwhelmed Deron Adamavich. Two winters ago, the White Bear Lake man contacted Stevens, who was then living in Omaha, about a costume. “I didn’t have any reference art or any pictures,” Adamavich says. “I wanted a white lion with a big, poofy mane and just told him, ‘Just make it look great.’ ”

Adamavich met Stevens in Omaha, where he was presented with the final product. “I was absolutely speechless,” Adamavich says. A respectable 6-feet 2-inches when dressed in street attire, he put on the costume while still in Omaha that Easter Sunday and walked around the downtown area dressed as a 6-foot 6-inch lion. Families, bikers and shoppers all swooned and snapped photos. “It was a totally incredible experience for me,” Adamavich says. “It was the first time that I had a costume on. I wasn’t Deron; I was my character. You are someone else. It’s just different.”

The connection established at that first meeting was so strong they began a relationship, and Stevens moved to White Bear Lake later that year; the couple married in 2013.

Stevens’ differentiation is his craftsmanship and efficiency, Fleury says. On Fleury’s silver fox, Stevens took precise measurements from the end of Fleury’s arm to the tip of his fingers. “He is able to get those measurements precise,” Fleury says. “Then, when trying it on, it was perfect. Never any issues where things are too cramped or too long.”

Costumes commence at about $2,200 and go up from there; details can include stripes or LED lights. With that price tag comes routine correspondence. “I’m in communication with every single one of my customers, from when they give me a deposit to when they get the suit, and even a year after they have it,” Stevens says. “I do ask them to be brutally honest with me as far as what they like about it and what they don’t like about it, so I can make changes.”

Each costume has between 80–120 hours invested into it, with some bodies now done by a seamstress, which allows Stevens to focus on the head, paws, feet and tail.

When people see Stevens, Adamavich or Fleury in costume, they sometimes think it’s peculiar. “Sure, some people think it’s weird, but that’s just people,” Steven says. “ ‘What are you doing?’ That is the No. 1 question we get, ‘Who are you?’”

Stevens compared it to men in purple face paint and braids at Vikings games, those that enjoy bowling or those that “put a V8 in a ’68 Mustang.”

“We just say we are doing it for fun,” Stevens concludes.

Over the past 2 months I've become obsessed with Kemono artsytle I look up on tumblr and kemono doushinji. And I really like a few artist like KENN,gamma-g and rpbbw and I hope to find others. I've tried using pixvi but I hate how I have wait everytime it loads just to translate it into english.

I'm always open to learn about new artist and their characters. I keep forgetting to try out Morenatsu I have a account but so far to lasy to DL and get english language pack.

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With all of the attention that Rocket Raccoon and his fellow Guardians of the Galaxy have been getting, some attention has also begun to shine on a nearly forgotten name: Bill Mantlo. Back in 1976, Bill teamed up with Keith Giffen to introduce the original Rocket Raccoon in the pages of Marvel Preview #7. Not long after Rocket would team up with the Incredible Hulk, of all things, before moving on to his own comic book miniseries. In 1992, Bill Mantlo was struck by a car while he was out roller-blading, and he remained in a coma for many years after the accident. He has since regained consciousness, but he suffered brain damage from the accident and now requires full-time medical attention. Many Marvel fans and comic book professionals are urging Marvel (and Disney, Marvel’s parent company now) to contribute part of the likely sky-high profits from the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie towards Bill’s medical needs. Comic book writer Greg Pak has a web-site devoted to the cause of raising money for Bill’s care. Meanwhile, if you haven’t seen it: Marvel has released a new mini-preview of Guardians that includes a bit of Rocket’s voice, Bradley Cooper. It’s interesting to hear the film’s director James Gunn describe Rocket as “the heart of the movie in a lot of ways”.

image c. 2014 Marvel Comics

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Hey /r/furry! I realize similar questions may have been asked before, but in light of patterns I have noticed recently, I want to ask it again.

What things got you into the fandom? I know not everyone remembers anything specific, and some people say they just always have been one. Without any offense to these people, I am looking for those who remember more clearly what got them into it. If you guys want, I can share my story, but I don't want to share it unless people want me to. It's long, and surprisingly detailed.

Sidenote: Just in case, I am tagging this thread as NSFW. I don't know what could happen, so I am going to be prepared.

EDIT: ITT: Porn, porn, PORN!

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We're moving to a new website! I've finally gotten around to getting a domain and hosting, and the new site is up at clawsandconvo.strikepaw.com!

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Author: Fred Nominations for the 2013 Ursa Major Awards, for the best anthropomorphic movies, novels, comic strips, games, etc., will close on February 28. Voting for the winner will begin on March 15th and will close on April 30. The awards will be presented at CaliFur X on May 30 to June 1, at the […]

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Hey there, first post here. I mostly lurk. Anyway, recently I began to draw furries, so I don't have much experience. But I decided to take a request by an old friend of mine, it is of our Fursonas, with mine kissing his nose. Now being my first furry request I don't expect it to be that good. Luckly I don't see to many major flaws. But I would like some Critque maybe some things I can fix before I ink this. Link to drawing: http://m.imgur.com/QZDkKC9

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