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Furry Crowdfunding Week in Review: 9-22-13
To be free they must meet goal: the “Dawgtown” Animated Feature
It seems like every piece of indie animation on Kickstarter–really, every piece of animation, period–has the taint of cheap CGI on it. The shelves are filled with the stuff. “Dawgtown” is a hand-drawn, dark, and serious piece of animation, right out of the late “Bluth” period. It’s about time for an old-school project like this.
And then a bunch of other stuff.
Dawgtown
For once, the internet is not out to ruin my childhood memories. Instead, it’s bringing me a flashback to when animation was an agonizing ordeal that created living, breathing, messy, warm characters. Dawgtown is a traditionally-animated throwback to Bluth’s “Felidae,” maybe even “Watership Down“–a dark, edgy animated feature that will give my generation something to talk about, and the next generation, nightmares. Yes.
Dawgtown is a just barely feature length (70 minute), traditionally animated–I know, I keep saying it, but it’s just that cool–film in progress by Justin Murphy, multi-talented artist, cartoonist, and two-time musical theater composer. The plot: in a city where dog fighting is big business, a pitbull, Max, is forced into the world of pit fighting, and must lead his friends in a fight for freedom. “It’s ‘Gladiator‘ meets ‘Animal Farm.’”
The mantra of Dawgtown, its “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” line, is ”To Be Free They Must Fight.” Not, presumably, against each other, but against the greater power of Dawgtown itself. This seems to be a personal motto for Murphy, rebellion and freedom are recurring themes in his work–not only has he written a musical and graphic novel about the Confederates in the Civil War, but his second musical was a rock opera about Lucifer and the fall from Heaven. Really, Lucifer is rebellion’s poster boy.
From what we can see in the development blog, the animation in Dawgtown is strong–refreshingly so, a lot of Kickstarter animation is unfortunately amateurish. And I keep saying it, but the traditional animation is refreshing–it’s jarring when a CGI vehicle rolls past in one scene of Murphy’s promotional video. Oh well, into every cartoon a little CGI must fall, these days. All that being said, his backgrounds are superlative–up there the dark streets Ralph Bakshi’s “Cool World.”
One thing I need to point a finger at, though, is those pledge points. Sure, Kickstarter is in part about supporting the artists, but it’s where a lot of us do our shopping, and it is nice to see a DVD on the “what I’m supporting” list. The pledge rewards for Dawgtown read like Murphy is cleaning out his closet, dumping stock of his (admittedly impressive) previous projects. And one reviewer on Amazon saying “the best musical since Les Mis!!!” is not a useful referent, did you see what they said about Three Wolves Howling? Condense, cross-reference, clean out, purge please, and add a blu-ray, the “too long didn’t read” factor is high here. However, the Dawgtown logo is so darn cool that you can have my $30 anyway, give me my tee shirt.
Fact: Justin Murphy is the first artist I’ve covered here that has actually played Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar.” At least he probably is. We need more messiahs on this blog.
Note: Images used above are included to promote the work of crowdfunding artists, and are owned by the original creator.
New ProjectsJack and the Cornstalk (Children’s Products. Ends: 10/26/2013)
Children’s book with Claymation-esque chickens spoofing “Jack and the Beanstalk.” (Why is Yoda in the publicity shots? Mysterious he is.)
The Anteater That Didn’t (Children’s Products. Ends: 11/3/2013)
In the spirit of “The Little Prince” and “The Giving Tree,” a delicately French story of anteaters and tea.
Hats and Hoodies by Mermade (Clothing/Costumes. Ends: 10/16/2013)
Hats, hoodies, and accessories by Mermade. Check out Her gallery on FA for custom and recent work!
The Swashbuckling Adventures of Captain Kitty (Comics/Graphic Novels. Ends: 10/19/2013)
Mostly anthro, mostly pirates, and mostly rhyming comic weirdness on the high seas (More on CaptainKittyWorld. Arrr!)
Dawgtown (Film/Animation/Theater. Ends: 10/20/2013)
Animated film, a pit bull’s journey in the underground dog fighting world (The stills and clips are pretty high quality, I’m reminded of “Felidae.”)
Pewter Ponies: Miniature Ponies for Tabletop Gaming (Tabletop Games. Ends: 10/17/2013)
On track to unlock at least 30 pony-style minatures for all your tabletop pony gaming needs! (Note: Tabletop pony miniatures is not “pony play.” Glad I corrected that.)
Mini Plushie Ornaments (Toys. Ends: 10/18/2013)
Miniature plush versions of your variously anthro selves
The Last Pack (…Causes. Ends: 10/15/2013)
Awareness documentary about the 75 remaining “Lobo” Mexican wolves
Feral (…Coming Soon?. Coming October 1?)
Graphic novel, or webcomic (unsure which) about an anthro underground fighting circuit. Strong, expressive artwork!
Terrene Odyssey (…Coming Soon?. Not yet launched)
The next evolution of the Terreria Tactics card game, coming soon to a Kickstarter near you!
God-Lights – Personal Interactive Lighting System (…Just For Fun. Ends: 10/16/2013)
Hand-worn multicolored ravey blinky color-changing lights with customization apps. Let the oontz-oontz begin.
Game Cave V1: Fighting Junkies (…Just For Fun. Ends: 10/17/2013)
Prints and comics blending classic video games and unique manga characters in a colorful and flashy parody pack.
Art
A Year of Dorky Dogs (Ends: 10/1/2013)
12-month calendar of, well, the Dogs of Fandom, whimsical illos from comic, video game, and film. A benefit project for a Portland animal rescue.
So apparently Portland has some real talent! Professional artists working with major comic labels on this project…
Savage Divination: A Bestial Tarot (Ends: 10/13/2013)
Ambitious full tarot deck loaded with animal imagery by Leptailurus
Sonic and Halo Orchestral Medley (Ends: 10/6/2013)
A modest campaign for orchestral production of a Sonic: The Hedgehog “best of” medley and Halo. Most of goal covers the cost of hiring an orchestra for $2500/hour…
More of Mr Trent’s arrangements on YouTube
Wingboner’s Debut Album (Ends: 10/28/2013)
Crowdfunding for professional studio release of MLP metal band Wingboner’s debut album
Come Find Me: The Journey to Abbey Road (Ends: 11/7/2013)
Foxamoore‘s new album, now well past its goal to record at the Beatle’s “Abbey Road” studio!
Additional stretch goals to get art by Alectorfencer, professional production, more studio time, and a full orchestra!
Rabbit Ninja (Ends: 10/19/2013)
A children’s book about great things: rabbits and ninjas. Oh, and life as a 3rd grader.
Pony Scarves (Ends: 9/30/2013)
Pinkie Pie and Rarity cutie mark scarves.
What, no “Big Mac”? Other designs at Ponyscarves…guys, get a website!
The Complete Adventures of Carl Vol 1 (Ends: 10/5/2013)
The comic misadventures of Carl the Rabbit, brightly colored, heavily referential, and now, in one place.
Last Resort: Bound Edition and Reprint (Ends: 10/6/2013)
Volume 2 of the reality show travails of the world’s fluffiest vampire.
From an anthro-loaded webcomic, worth a tour on its own. Click around, the art style varies a lot.
The Aviary: When Bird Became Woman (Ends: 10/5/2013)
a 12-gown haut couture collection of dresses inspired by birds, coming this October to San Diego.
The bluejay is pretty amazing.
F3 Con Remixed (Ends: 11/10/2013)
Fundraising for Missouri’s F3 furry con, with an 80s theme this year.
Wolf Girl: The Princess Mononoke Fan Film (Ends: 9/29/2013)
600 years after the events of “Mononoke,” the forest needs a princess again. Live action, puppetry, CGI, and a lot of love.
More info here, but this is one of the best-illustrated kickstarters I’ve seen.
Reynard City Cartoon Project (Ends: 9/29/2013)
Animated version of Renard City, a Saturday morning action, furry superhero web/pdf comic
Dogg Park: It’s a Ruff life (Ends: 10/9/2013)
A “scripted reality show” about talking dogs at the dog park.
This may be intentionally bad? If you like pain and humiliation, watch the video. Just watch the video anyway. The jokes just write themselves, and clearly did.
Bronies: The Movie (Ends: 10/10/2013)
A short comedy film (and possibly a webseries) about a young man “coming out” to his co-workers and girlfriend as a brony.
The video’s not bad, this may be funnier than it initially sounds!
Havok & Hijinks (Ends: 9/24/2013)
A disturbingly cute card game: you play a dragon hatchling that got kicked out of the parent’s den, and now it’s time to find your OWN hoard!
Attack to the Pantry (Ends: 10/13/2013)
Old School Warner Bros cartoon style card game: Scoundrel animals raiding Grandma’s pantry for whatever they can carry away!
Page is mostly in, or originally in, Italian, but the sketchy concept art is fun and universal!
Hockey Doggies (Ends: 10/17/2013)
A semi-educational board game putting huskies on the ice.
Sadly, from what our friends at the International Anthropomorphic Research Project tell us, anything at the intersection of “furries” and “sports” is doomed to failure…
March of the Art Dolls (Ends: 10/8/2013)
Ochoan‘s line of art dolls, a variety of expressive and wooly beasts
Dicke Katze and Friends Plush Cats (Ends: 10/9/2013)
Plush cats, very round and very startled.
Imagination is the Only Escape (Ends: 10/17/2013)
A child creates an imaginary otherworld to escape the horrors of World War II, accompanied by a fox named Renard. An educational game for children.
Scary and beautiful Alice-in-Wonderlandy graphics and a dark story.
PairofMares Productions (Ends: 10/13/2013)
Small fundraiser for materials for My Little Pony reviews podcast
This may be an “imagine the final product” project, since they’re hoping to get new artwork…still, it’s a cute little dream.
World of Pokemon (Ends: 10/28/2013)
Indiegogo relaunch of the rich and detailed “World of Pokemon” website project
Go Kemono (Offbeatr voting period)
Highly-produced real life fursuit/Kemono erotica in DVD and portfolio.
Apparently “straight” is an underrepresented kink : )
The Hyena Sanctuary of North America (Ends: 10/10/2013): Help build a Texas home for the hyenas of the Berkeley hyena program!
Help create the Coywolf Association (Ends: 10/25/2013): A national association to protect coywolves, yotes, wolves, and crows and ravens. Why crows? Maybe they’re trying to get Blotch to do their banner art.
Anatilia MMORPG (Not yet launched): A Furry-focused fantasy MMORPG in progress.
…Just For FunCut Paper Art Calendar (Ends: 10/7/2013): 12 months of graceful cut-paper images with a strong Asian feel. Not really furry, but attractive and LOTS of animal and dragon imagery.
Half-Cat: A Partial History (Ends: 10/11/2013): From the “fun with photoshop” file, a historical spoof about strange, mutant half-cats…
What are furries?
Pretty simple question i want to understand. What are furries and what does /r/furry for?
submitted by Chuck_freakin_Norris[link] [12 comments]
Second life users, my friend and I just launched a new avatar brand. Let us know what you think!
As a mediocre artist, i hand drew my own Fur-sona. Pic's and background in the description.
(EDIT: I'm sorry for a phone quality and roughness of my sketch i drew each pic on the same sheet of paper almost mirroring the same draft from the front)
Front View: http://imgur.com/CsPevTR
Back view: http://imgur.com/FW5Jf1N
Name: Grey-Stripe. Gender: Male
Race/animal: Ferret/feline hybrid
Personality: Happy-go-lucky but timid around others he's unfamiliar with, but over all very kindhearted.
Fur colors: Hair is a dark brown, Light tan fur all around except on his front belly/torso which is instead white, and a dark grey on his ribbon-like stripes (hence his name) his ears are white
Likes: Electronica dance house drum&bass and soft/relaxing music, Loves cooking and eating food, Drinking Soda(fruity liquors on occasion), Smoking hookah, playing Video games, relaxing, Puns and Comedy, making others happy, sleeping, rain/thunderstorms, Science! and being around his close friends.
Dislikes: Heights, mannequins, conflict, trivial issues, snakes/reptiles, main stream radio music and Rap music, drama, taking any sort of test, silence or absence of music.
Grey-Stripe is quite Happy-go-lucky and very laid back, with no real talents except knowing his way around a grill and frying pan (he's gotten plenty of burns and cuts on his hands, something i can't really detail well) he loves to make breakfast and being quite good at videogames, to a near professional level. Quite Handy being able to dang near anything but more or less to a basic level but always seems to get a job done.
If someone could, contact me through a PM, i would love to get a really touched up version of my fursona and i will try a bit more sketches of my character. feel free to comment and add some criticism i would greatly appreciate it. (yes this is me coming out as a furry)
Edit2: i didn't specify a gender
submitted by Warloxwill[link] [2 comments]
For anyone looking to make friends online, i heartily recommend this chatroom
Its full of lovely people, and was a really big help to me in getting into the fandom and getting to know the ins and outs. id love to see you there ;3 Edit: http://us12.chatzy.com/65296488986466 im a dumbass
submitted by saporouscorgi[link] [4 comments]
The Raccoon's Den: Another Goddamn Furry Movie
The Raccoon's Den: Another Goddamn Furry Movie
After 4 months of being on hiatus, The Raccoon's Den is back, and with new cast members. Their goal? To show the world just how awesome the Furry Fandom trul... From: TheRaccoonsDen Views: 1393
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Just curious, what are some Furry things you guys did before we all discovered there was an entire Fandom out there of people just like us?
Edit: Wow! I am blown away by how similar everyone else's is. Especially the guy who built a fursuit before he knew what a Furry was. I did all this stuff too...and feel like I lost something since those days. Makes me wan't to get back in touch with that old me. The me who growled and yapped, and who drew crude Furries, and tried to make paper mache tails, and had (not so innocent) crushes on Robin Hood and Krystal.
submitted by Hemms3[link] [60 comments]
Felt like sharing a doodle for a friend of mine
Just Thought I'd Introduce Myself
Hey everyone. My name is Patrick and I have been a furry for about 6 months now. I've been lurking around this Subreddit for a while now but never posted anything. I just wanted to say hello and I love the furry community. I haven't drawn a fursona yet, but I know that he is a wolf or husky (or a hybrid maybe) and his name is Skudo. I suck at drawing so any tips you may have would be appreciated. Some of my interests are racing, sports and music. So yeah, just wanted to say hi and I can't wait to talk with some of you guys.
submitted by xXTB0NESXx[link] [8 comments]
FC-141 An Oasis of Gay - Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
News:Pope Francis: Church can’t ‘interfere’ with gays
Hell Now A Thriving Epicenter Of Gay Culture
JUST IN: Strawberries Are Not Berries, Yet Avocados and Watermelon Are
Where are the plant-based fursuiters? by Patch Packrat
Emails:- DashofWeak – “Small question”
- Nuka – “It’s Nuka! =^_^=”
- Lucky – “Classification Confusion”
- Daithi Toxicity – “Rising fursuiter”
- Shiloh Fleetpaw – “A few questions and comments from a new listener”
- Anonymous – “What makes a person a furry?”
- Mitternacht – “Hunting”
- Szhival ‘Shiv’ Czherviakhov – “Striped Tail from Poland”
- RandomxBlackxCat – “Jelousy and the Past”
- Fiery Feline – “on the topic of Safe Words”
- Suda Slade – “Help for a new fan”
FC-141 An Oasis of Gay - Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
News:Pope Francis: Church can’t ‘interfere’ with gays
Hell Now A Thriving Epicenter Of Gay Culture
JUST IN: Strawberries Are Not Berries, Yet Avocados and Watermelon Are
Where are the plant-based fursuiters? by Patch Packrat
Emails:- DashofWeak – “Small question”
- Nuka – “It’s Nuka! =^_^=”
- Lucky – “Classification Confusion”
- Daithi Toxicity – “Rising fursuiter”
- Shiloh Fleetpaw – “A few questions and comments from a new listener”
- Anonymous – “What makes a person a furry?”
- Mitternacht – “Hunting”
- Szhival ‘Shiv’ Czherviakhov – “Striped Tail from Poland”
- RandomxBlackxCat – “Jelousy and the Past”
- Fiery Feline – “on the topic of Safe Words”
- Suda Slade – “Help for a new fan”
FC-141 An Oasis of Gay - Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
News:Pope Francis: Church can’t ‘interfere’ with gays
Hell Now A Thriving Epicenter Of Gay Culture
JUST IN: Strawberries Are Not Berries, Yet Avocados and Watermelon Are
Where are the plant-based fursuiters? by Patch Packrat
Emails:- DashofWeak – “Small question”
- Nuka – “It’s Nuka! =^_^=”
- Lucky – “Classification Confusion”
- Daithi Toxicity – “Rising fursuiter”
- Shiloh Fleetpaw – “A few questions and comments from a new listener”
- Anonymous – “What makes a person a furry?”
- Mitternacht – “Hunting”
- Szhival ‘Shiv’ Czherviakhov – “Striped Tail from Poland”
- RandomxBlackxCat – “Jelousy and the Past”
- Fiery Feline – “on the topic of Safe Words”
- Suda Slade – “Help for a new fan”
FC-141 An Oasis of Gay - Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
Another great episode, and welcome to all our new fans from the FA and SoFurry ads!
News:Pope Francis: Church can’t ‘interfere’ with gays
Hell Now A Thriving Epicenter Of Gay Culture
JUST IN: Strawberries Are Not Berries, Yet Avocados and Watermelon Are
Where are the plant-based fursuiters? by Patch Packrat
Emails:- DashofWeak – “Small question”
- Nuka – “It’s Nuka! =^_^=”
- Lucky – “Classification Confusion”
- Daithi Toxicity – “Rising fursuiter”
- Shiloh Fleetpaw – “A few questions and comments from a new listener”
- Anonymous – “What makes a person a furry?”
- Mitternacht – “Hunting”
- Szhival ‘Shiv’ Czherviakhov – “Striped Tail from Poland”
- RandomxBlackxCat – “Jelousy and the Past”
- Fiery Feline – “on the topic of Safe Words”
- Suda Slade – “Help for a new fan”