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This is a CalArts graduation film by Lorenzo Fresta and I gotta say the guy is channeling early 80s anime so well with this 2D animated film.   If he did this fully in a computer then I take my hat off to him for nailing the look so well. Also, that's one way of collecting water I had never thought of before. "A lonely toad rides his bike around the desert, looking for something..."
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More stuff we found at WonderCon this year. Ohana Bears are the creation of “Hawaii’s own internationally renown award winning artist/designer: Bo Bergemann”. So says their web site. The cute Hawaiian bear art is available on various apparel, mugs, phone covers, and other products. And: They’re about to release a brand new plush toy based on their star character, Mahalo Bear.

image c. 2019 by Karin Bergemann

In the current animated Guardians of the Galaxy series the team gets seperated and animated in various ways when they get stuck in some sort of dimensional trap.   I  do kinda wish the whole series was animated this like. Also, It is now that canon Gamora is a Disney Princess. https://youtu.be/B62ZWhmpZJw ""Black Vortex, Part One" – When the Guardians become separated in the Black Vortex, Gamora wakes up in a children's fairy-tale, while Drax is trapped in a comic book."
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No problem for me, I'm all set as I'm a cat.
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This post is to announce my securing of the Furry Writers’ Guild presidency, a role which I will assume beginning next month. For those unaware, I am Dwale, a longtime FWG moderator and “Coffeehouse Chat” host. I have roughly fifteen years of moderator experience, with about five years particular to the FWG. The Furry Writers’ Guild and its mission statement are important parts of my life and have been for many years now. There is little I would not do for the Guild.

Our vice president will be Mr. Miles Reaver, who says:

I have been part of the FWG since early December of 2016 and in this time the Guild has treated me well. I have been the moderator of the FWG Telegram chat for 3 years as well as part of the Dead Furry Society.

Some of you may know my writing, some of you may not. I’ve met some amazing and inspiring people in this place, full of spirit and ideas, knowledge and drive. I am proud to be a member of the FWG and I want to do as much for it as it has done for me. To educate writers, promote workshops, publishers and their works, and to create a space where furry writers can improve their craft.

Along with Dwale as President, we will do our best to make a long-lasting improvement and make the guild a place that writers can call home.

Chipotle has volunteered to stay on as treasurer and technical adviser. Trale, to our regret, will be leaving at the end of his term. We wish him the best and a happy road ahead.

We do have tentative plans to move the Guild forward, something about which you’ll be hearing more in the weeks and months to come. It is our intention to administrate according to precedent, with transparency, so that the Guild will remain the welcoming and constructive community it has always been. Stay tuned.

When my roomate squeaks at me like that I forgive everything. "College roommates Benny and Heinz clash over the last beer."
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Today we have the honor of hosting our returning guest Tonya Song, as well as fellow Native American Shooky Luka. We talk about native rights, indigenous music and representation in art. Follow them on Twitter! Shooky Luka: https://twitter.com/BangtanPebbles Tonya Song: https://twitter.com/Tonya_Song Find us on Twitter: @South-Afrifur, https://twitter.com/southafrifur, on Tumblr, http://south-afrifur.tumblr.com/, and on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/southafrifur Also, for more local news, check out the Zafur forums! http://forum.zafur.co.za/

At WonderCon we came across an artist known as Jo2, who creates art under the name Artistic Flavorz. As you can see from their web site, they specialize in especially cute, chibi versions of characters from many places — but with a particular affinity for Disney and Harry Potter. Visit them to see what they offer in greeting cards, stickers, and especially enamel pins.

image c. 2019 by Artistic Flavorz

You really do have to be careful in art galleries around the Mona Lisa....    
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Sports! How do you have competitve sports with participants of wildly varying sizes. Wht if size-shifting was an aspect of the game? Side tangents onto the Presidential Physical Fitness award, listener responses to our last episodes and more. Episode 23: "Sports Sports Sports Sports" (2019-05-06)

Perhaps the most famous “fur-suiter” on the planet has left us. Peter Mayhew, best known as the human inside the massive “walking carpet” Chewbacca in the Star Wars series of films, passed away on April 30th at the age of 74. Interestingly, before Mr. Mayhew came to the attention of director George Lucas he appeared as another anthropomorphic character: The minotaur in 1976’s Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca the 200-year-old wookie from the first Star Wars film in 1977 (Episode 4, aka A New Hope) until 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, when he passed on the role to former basketball player Joonas Suatamo. But Peter Mayhew will always be known as the warbling roar that announced Star Wars to the world.

image c. 2019 The Verge

Did you know there currently more than one Dinosaur based heavy metal bands? Due to lawyers and record labels there is now also Sauruxet: "In the beginning of 2011 Mirka Rantanen [1], the drummer and one of the founding members, drifted into a dispute between their record label Sony Music Entertainment [2] about the copyrights and trademarks of the characters. As a result, Rantanen formed a competing band called “Sauruxet”, with the people who played in the Hevisaurus live set-up. The court ordered “Sauruxet” to pay the record label €100,000 and legal fees. Legal documents stated that the rights for the characters always belonged to Sony Music Entertainment." "Heavysaurus [3]teamed up with the wonderful Doro Pesch [4] and rock out with a new video for "The Last Mammoth"." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirka_Rantanen [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hevisaurus [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doro_(musician)
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A small indie game maker (Little Red Dog) [1] has made a semi-furry Atomic Age Brinkmanship game. This brings me back to the old Commodore Amiga game Nuclear War [2]. https://store.steampowered.com/app/951670/Precipice/ [3] Gotta give them props for attempting a silly low budget trailer like this. [1] https://www.littlereddoggames.com/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(video_game) [3] https://store.steampowered.com/app/951670/Precipice/
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Tonight we chat to Stephen Coghlan, author of the GENMOS series. We talk about the authoring process and dad duty. Find Stephen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WordsBySC Find us on Twitter: @South-Afrifur, https://twitter.com/southafrifur, on Tumblr, http://south-afrifur.tumblr.com/, and on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/southafrifur Also, for more local news, check out the Zafur forums! http://forum.zafur.co.za/

Is this birb? Ok, I do love the style and the birds are simple and cute in an abstract way.
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There are many artists out there who offer up specialty high-class pet portraits, whether in paintings or photography. We’ve featured some of them here before. But now we’ve come across a different sort of pet portrait, thanks to an artist named Cassandra Nuss. She takes pictures of your beloved dogs, cats, or birds, and converts them into painted portraits in the style of classic painters like Rembrandt. Take a look at her Etsy store and see what she’s done so far.

image c. 2019 by Cassandra Nuss

Hit the decks! Another outsider look at the fandom! (Thankfully this sort of stuff isn't as bad as it used to be) Also the mention of getting creeped out by the eyes that is a touch of this phobia: Maskaphobia or the Fear of Masks [1] "Inside the Furry Fandom, where fursuiting is all about community, not fetish." [1] https://www.verywellmind.com/maskaphobia-or-fear-of-masks-2671868
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