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Price isn't a problem just i already tried Photoshop and i don't like it, but i got SAI paint tool and just wondering if there is anything better out there?

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Author: Dear Papa Bear, I’m a musician, and I make EDM [electronic dance music]. I love it when others listen and enjoy it, and every comment I get that’s good brings me so much happiness. But that’s not what this question is about. I know when you make some kind of art form, whether it’s […]

Here is an article, of August 28, in the student newspaper of Ball State University (in Muncie, Indiana, USA):


http://www.bsudailynews.com/Content/News/News/Article/Students-celebrate-furry-culture-through-art/1/15/39895
http://www.bsudailynews.com/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotator/Article/Students-celebrate-furry-culture-through-art/-3/8/39909

The article contains comments from fursuiter Albert "Seneca" DiBenedetto, Anthropomorphic Art Society President Vance Yaunt, artist Shawna Gardner, and Brock Goodwin.

Albert DiBenedetto entered room 301 in the Student Center dressed in all black. From the tips of his Belgian shepherd ears, to the hem of his dark, denim jeans, DiBenedetto was engulfed in his fursuit.

A fursuit is an animal costume that directly represents his furry persona, or fursona.

His black shirt blended into the black fur of his headpiece and fur covered paws. Adding color to his fursuit is the white border around his eyes, and a plush taco, an accessory DiBenedetto is rarely seen without.

“[The taco] doesn’t really hold a meaning beyond the fact that I just really enjoy tacos,” DiBenedetto said. “It’s just a part of my fursona.”

DiBenedetto, a junior physics major, is a member of Ball State’s Anthropomorphic Art Society (AAS), a club of artists and art enthusiasts who meet weekly to discuss anthropomorphic art.

Anthropomorphic art combines animal and human qualities. Tracing history back as far as the Egyptian’s hieroglyphics of deities with human bodies and animal heads, it’s hard to pinpoint an origin of this art. The history and impact it has on society is one aspect that AAS discusses in its weekly meetings.

The first club meeting had less than 10 people sitting around a small table. Since then, the club tripled their numbers with more than 30 people showing up regularly to weekly meetings.

“The main goal of the club to get together, learn a little bit and discuss the art,” AAS President Vance Yaunt said. “We are such a unique group of people with very different reasons why we love anthropomorphic art.”

After learning about furry culture from a past girlfriend, DiBenedetto started out dipping his toes into the fandom by building his fursona his freshman year of college. It wasn’t until the beginning of August that he started fursuiting as Seneca, the name of his fursona.

DiBenedetto spent months coming up with a story and concept for his fursona. He described Seneca as being “very derpy and goofy” while being “incredibly personable and caring.”

He then started figuring out how much it would cost to get a partial fursuit complete with head, paws and feet. After asking around and coming up with the best price for the quality, he spent roughly $900 on his partial fursuit.

A full body fursuit can range in price anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000. After he paid the fursuit creator, he stayed in contact to give insight to his fursona.

After months of planning, pricing and waiting, DiBenedetto received his fursuit in the mail on the morning of Aug. 9.

“When it arrived I pulled it out of the box and immediately put it on,” he said. “I was going to a convention that day, so I really got to put the suit to good use just hours after receiving it.”

His first day in the fursuit, DiBenedetto spent eight hours walking through lobbies and hallways at the convention guided by his handler, someone who helps fursuiters navigate while they are in costume because their vision and range of motion is confined.

He quickly realized how hot the suit can get.

“I definitely sweat a lot in the suit,” DiBenedetto said. “A lot more than I anticipated, but it is well worth it.”

He became a fan of the Headless Lounge, a cool-down room for fursuiters to take off their costume heads and relax.

While DiBenedetto was proudly displaying his new fursuit, Shawna Gardner, a senior art major, was selling her art at the convention’s Artist Alley, which is a place to sell personalized art and network with furry fans.

Gardner has turned her love for anthropomorphic art into a business.

Selling her art to a specific group of people has given Gardner the opportunity to raise her prices and make money through an outlet that she is passionate about.

“Depending on the size of the convention I can walk away selling 16 to 29 different pieces a day,” Gardner said. “It not only gives me the opportunity sell my art, but to continually challenge myself to make something different.”

Gardner started AAS her first semester at Ball State in 2009. She wanted to start something where lovers of the art could meet, create and discuss the different aspects of anthropomorphic art.

“It’s kind of my joy and my treasure, I’ve loved watching it grow and seeing everyone in it,” Gardner said.

To many in the club, it is more than something to do on Thursday nights, it is a place for them to be themselves and meet people they can connect with. For Brock Goodwin, a junior urban planning major, it was an added bonus to his transfer from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind.

Goodwin knew about the club before his transfer, and made sure he attended all the meetings he could as soon as he became a Cardinal.

“It’s a place for us to get together and share something we all love, and in turn find a community that is 100 percent accepting of everyone,” Goodwin said.

The club is out to combat the negative connotation associated with fursuiters.

“We have this link with being a sexual group of people, and it is not true,” Goodwin said. “We have been trying to pull away from that image, and show people that we focus on expressing ourselves through art, not sex.”

AAS meets at 9 p.m. every Thursday in the Student Center. Check out its Facebook for more info about meetings at facebook.com/BallStateAAS.

For anyone that doesn't know it its a furry text based RPG mostly to do with sexual stuff (There are all sorts of places you can find it and play it, I play it on e621.net).

Anyway I'm having some trouble with it involving saves, more specifically the save to file option.

So I will save my save file in a folder I made in the documents folder of my computer, but then when I try to access it in the game by selecting it nothing happens so it clearly didn't work.

I then found out I needed to download the file on the creators page in order for it to work...but whenever I try to download it says it cant download it.

Anyone here know how to help me?

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Author: crossaffliction Fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic are well aware of its penchant for pop culture references; some are odd for a show about talking ponies. The recent Equestria Girls movie, for example, quoted dance moves from Pulp Fiction and featured a sly reference to the Stephen King novel and Brian de […]

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Dear Papa Bear,

I'm a musician, and I make EDM [electronic dance music]. I love it when others listen and enjoy it, and every comment I get that's good brings me so much happiness. But that's not what this question is about. I know when you make some kind of art form, whether it's drawing, music, writing, animation, or whatever, you're supposed to make it so you like it, and not care for the other's opinions, but I have really low self-esteem and like I said before, I really care for everyone that comments on what I do. Recently, I felt I had finally gotten really good at what I do, but when I've gone back and looked at what others think, I keep getting hateful comments. 

I just want to curl up in a ball and cry when I see that. It makes me want to cry. But, again, that's not what this question is about. My question for you is what do you think I should do to fix this? I know there will always be haters on something that's good, but I just can't get over that hate. It really hurts me to the point that I want to just quit what I love doing. 

So, I ask for your advice, What should I do to get over their hateful comments? 

Thanks a bunch, 

Gelato The Dragon

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Hi, Gelato,

As a writer, I can certainly sympathize with the pain of criticism. My fantasy novel was rejected by about 100 publishers before I found Double Dragon Publishing. Even after it was published, it sold very poorly, which also hurt and is really, quite frankly, why I gave up being a fiction writer. I put years of writing, rewriting, and marketing effort into the book for, really, no positive feedback, financially or critically. I then moved on to nonfiction, publishing ten books, including one I was particularly proud of about a zoo in Lansing, Michigan. Again, nothing. So, I didn’t write anything other than for my job as an editor for years. Then I decided to write this column—and I discovered my niche! Sure, I don’t make any money on it, but that’s not the point. I’ve gotten wonderful feedback from many people and that’s what makes it all worthwhile because I know I’m doing something positive that benefits others and people enjoy reading.

You are correct that you should pursue the arts for the love of the arts, not for the lust for lucre. You still have that joy of creating music, so that’s good! I hope you don’t lose that. Now, if you were getting nothing but negative comments about your EDM compositions, it would be one thing, but you are actually getting some good responses, too. So you know you are not really off track here. But if you feel you are getting too much negative input, perhaps you should experiment with other forms or variations of music until, like me, you discover your niche. Music is a very far-ranging art, and maybe you should try experimenting more with all the genres that are out there, or maybe you just need to get more wild and outrageous with the EDM genre itself. Perhaps others think you are too imitative? And remember, in the worst-case scenario, even if you stop composing original music yourself, you are still a musician, and there is much joy you can get out of that by just playing other people’s music.

Another possibility for the negative feedback is jealousy on the part of others. It can be the case, sadly, that when certain shallow people see someone being very successful at an art form in which they themselves stink, they get some satisfaction by trying to trash the person they envy. A friend of mine who is into mascotting has come across the jealousy effect in his life. He has become so good at being a mascot that he is beginning to do well professionally. It seems like the better he does and the more money he makes, the more invective he receives from certain jealous furries. Ugly, but true.

But, to the point: how do you get over the emotional pain of harsh criticism? First of all, consider the source. Is the person criticizing you someone you respect and admire, such as a teacher or a famous musician? If so, yes, that would hurt indeed and maybe you should really see what you can do to improve your skills; hopefully, their criticism is constructive, not simply insulting, and you can learn from it.

Papabear suspects, though, that the criticism you are getting is from the plethora of derps and trolls that slither through the digital miasma of Internet chat rooms, blogs, and social sites. They probably are not even musicians themselves. To put a spin on an old adage: those who cannot do, teach ... or become critics. If they are not musicians or composers themselves, then you can always challenge them to either do better than you have or shut up. And if they are musicians or composers, you can always turn the tables and criticize their work in return. That is, if you really wish to expend the effort.

Artistic spirits like you and I are often the targets of the unimaginative and the hateful, Gelato. It helps to develop a bit of a tough skin so that the slings and arrows bounce off. Hey, you’re a dragon, put those shiny scales to good use!

At the same time, don't forget you're getting a lot of positive feedback, too! Really, this is what you should be focusing the most on. When you hear a compliment, take another look at what that person likes about your EDM compositions and learn from what you are doing right and what is attracting people to your music.

And remember, too, yet another possibility: maybe you’re so damn good and ahead of your time that ordinary people don’t understand what you are trying to do artistically and, therefore, criticize you in order to not appear stupid themselves for being so dense. I have a friend who is an artist and does really amazing acrylic-medium paintings. I love his stuff, yet he has an extremely difficult time selling his pieces because they are out of the ordinary (check him out at his website http://www.digspace-artgallery.com/).

I hope that helps, Gelato. Hey, send Papabear a link to some of your tunes and I’ll post them here and maybe we can get some comments from my readers?

Hugs from one artist to another,

Papabear

New to the fandom, and trying to feel out my own style. Just got a new computer and penpad and I want to break them in. My mate is super psyched about it and is encouraging me to do commissions and stuff -- I don't think I'm quite there stylistically (yet) but I figure getting my name out and some practice in would be fun while I'm not working or anything (:

Here's my FA page if you're interested in seeing what it's all evolved into so far.

I've never really explored NSFW stuff -- trying to focus on making what I can already do look good without adding the sex element to it.

Anyhow, if you're interested, leave a description/reference link of your character and I'll see what I can do :)

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As I finish them, I'll update so you guys can see how they turn out.

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EDIT2:

Thanks so much for all the responses! I'm so excited that I have lots to work on, but I don't want to burn myself out as there are life things to see to...like movies to watch and tacos to eat... anyway, keep bringin' em on, but if the queue gets a little long, know it'll be a little while before they start popping up (I swear, OP will deliver, just ...not all at once?) but hey, it's free, so in five years it'll be a pleasant surprise when you've completely forgotten you asked me to do it.

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Feedback & segments: Raising the fire with Kell's wonderful Life, Bullying with Fenris Rants, feedback and some kicking music Season 5, Ep3 – Feedback - Feedback & segments: Raising the fire with Kell's wonderful Life, Bullying with Fenris Rants, feedback and some kicking music

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