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More from this year’s WonderCon. Devin Elle Kurtz is a visual development artist, illustrator, and background painter from California. She has made a name for herself as a freelance illustrator who regularly takes her pictures of children and animals into the realm of Fine Art. That includes her fan art of, among other things, Pokemon — like none you have ever seen before. Visit her web site and see what we mean. Look for her at conventions along the West Coast too.

image c. 2019 Devin Elle Kurtz

Sorry, sorry… Humblewood is a new campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons 5E role-playing system, created by Hit Point Press. It made headlines because they recently completed a very successful Kickstarter campaign — to the tune of more than a million dollars. And why do we care about it here? Probably because it includes several new anthropomorphic bird bird and mammal species that can be used as player characters. The Kickstarter page is still up, so check out the preview and see what we mean!

image c. 2019 Hit Point Press

Animation World Network let us know about a new European animated firm called Ploey. Unlike the usual animated film we whine about, this one seems to have already found US distribution! “When a young flightless plover chick named Ploey gets separated from his family, he must undertake a dangerous journey to a legendary valley in order to save his loved ones from falling prey to an evil falcon… A co-production between the animation division of Iceland’s GunHil‘s and Belgium-based studio Cyborn, Ploey is written by Friðrik Erlingsson and directed by Árni Ásgeirsson. The CG animated feature is set to take wing in the U.S. in April both on DirecTV and in theaters.” The article includes more artwork and clips. Seems like it’ll be flying in soon!

image c. 2019 Cyborn

Ash Coyote with Eric Risher have a full on 7 part documentary mini series on the Fandom that is both well shot and edited that thoughtfully covers a bunch of aspects of the fandom. This is well worth a watch and here I have the first 4 episodes listed here. It's great to see greater levels of video production coming directly out of the fandom that is really makes this old furry video nerd happy. They have a kickstarter to fund a full on feature film here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/furryfilm/the-fandom-0 [1] https://www.thefandomfilm.com/ [2] https://youtu.be/c6ycAbsyBag https://youtu.be/yUAQPOveDXk https://youtu.be/a-VaDw9xUCg [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/furryfilm/the-fandom-0 [2] https://www.thefandomfilm.com/
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He's so cute with that tiny little all powerful gauntlet.
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It does look like they are hedging on how the talking works in this film.   At least they are de-emphasizing the movements to avoid some uncanny valley.   As a Lion King fanatic (TLKIAWOL [1]) i'm seriously mixed on this project.   It feels like some sort of shot-for-shot cover of a movie. The music still gives me chills and I'm gonna go see it. [1] https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/TLKIAWOL
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Ok, I'm more and more excited for this film. I never realized I needed realistic pokemon but now I do. OMG! THIS EEVIE!
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From the Pawsup Project [1] putting out a video in hopes of cheering up people. This was shot at the JMOF 2019: The Dogfather [2] and stuff like this makes me want to dust off the passport and head to Japan next year. [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3wJ4gxejB64RZHmPxe-Ug [2] http://j-mof.org/en/
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Another artist we ran into at WonderCon: Denae Frazier. She does fine art and pin-ups on many subjects both fannish and “mundane”, but what really caught our eye right off the bat was her affinity for both Disney’s Stitch (of Lilo & Stitch) and Dreamworks’ Toothless (of How to Train Your Dragon)… individually, and together! (Has she met Chris Sanders? Probably!) In fact she’s complete so many pictures of those two together that she created a calendar for 2020 featuring those prints. Check out her web site to see those and more.

image c. 2019 by Denae Frazier

What an impressive Dobermen! Well... I think I'll go cool off now. (It's Impressive all the video production techniques modern fursuiters get up to.)
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Talking about macro movies and TV. At least ones other than Godzilla and Pacific Rim - which we've covered before. We go over Macro Movie origins, shrinking and growing scenes, and other lesser known stompy tropes that we tend to overlook. Also, we learn how to pronounce Geemo, piss everyone off with opinions on dragons, throw a spotlight on new artists, talk about our new microphones, and more. Episode 21: "Mega Media: Movies and TV" (2019-04-08)

A more chilled out than usual rundown of the news.

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Link Roundup:

• Anthrocon attendees can ride the rails with Anthrotracks
• Furry friends: Pittsburgh restaurants welcome Anthrocon furries with specials, signs and long straws
• BBC iPlayer April Fools SkipTheSex button
• Lovers of Aether Dating Sim
• A New Furry Convention is Coming to the Carolinas!
• There was actually a study to determine if red wolves are wolves. The answer could have doomed them
• Chronos Ring – Bullet time array of 48 high-speed cameras
• Dog Training: How to train a human pup
• Furry fandom: Cornwall schoolgirl’s costumes reflect fursonas
• 6 THINGS ELON MUSK COULD BE DOING INSTEAD OF DENYING HE’S A FURRY
• Long-Lasting, Injectable PrEP Is Coming Soon, Scientists Say

News:

• Giant Waterbeatle is a Great Dad, but eats Ducklings
• Band of Toddlers Escapes (Rugrats Real-Life)
• ‘Distracted Driver’ Turns Out To Have 250-Pound Pig On Lap
• Wanted Man who shoved Chainsaw down Pants

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Vox, Roland, Adoom and Tal are all here to talk about pokemon, USB and other things tonight! Episode 59 - Who's that sharkemon

You may recall about three years ago when we introduced you to Charles Thurston and his hand-made books for young kids, introducing them to various nerdy topics and story settings. Well we ran into Mr. Thurston at WonderCon and discovered his latest project: Detailed artwork created entirely with hand-cut pieces of paper. A very, very time-consuming way to create — and he does it well. Fortunately for us, many of his works are also available in less-fragile print versions. Visit his web site to see what we mean.

image c. 2019 by Charles Thurston

Here is a new short from The Blue Wolf Studios [1]... Oh crap, my allergies are kicking up again and making my eyes water... Yeah, that's the reason. "Friendships come in all shapes and sizes, even between a bird and a plant dog." [1] https://twitter.com/bluewolfanimate
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Katelyn McCaigue is an artist and illustrator we met at WonderCon last week. She describes herself as a “monster and character artist”, and a look at her web site seems to back that up. Recently, she’s been working on a project to illustrate 100 different dragons based on ideas submitted to her by her fans and subscribers. She’s still got a ways to go but she’s intent on finishing! Many of her current monster designs are also available as prints.

image c. 2019 by Katelyn McCaigue

It's about time we got our own song. (By TwoFurryBros) Awoooo indeed ... that will be $350.
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