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I really want to get a ref sheet done so I can start getting buying commissions from artists, but I want to know, what I should know and be prepared for, before I go and get it done.

I'd also like to know if there's even any artists that do ref sheets and how much they charge.

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I just got word that the son of the owner of the http://hide-e-hole.com charity got into a serious accident, and was paralyzed. This is one of the charities being considered for AnthroCon to sponsor. Anyway, she is now "spread very thin" having to deal with her son, and taking care of the ferrets in her care. I know that furries are generous and are good with animals, so I hope some of you can spread this around, and help her out, either with donations, or better yet, if you're near Pittsburgh, by volunteering to help her out with the ferrets while she is busy with her son.

Please help spread this news around. Thanks.

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Nice… knotty alert!!! This was a really good furry video! EZwolf knows how to put together some good ones for sure. Check it out and feel all sexy afterwards.

Listen in as we struggle with our word of the day, and breeze through Midfur Con from Down Under.

Hosts: CrimsonX, Jwingy, Levi, Murphy, Wolfin
Picture by: Darryl Smith

Daily Show: December 4, 2012 - Listen in as we struggle with our word of the day, and breeze through Midfur Con from Down Under. - Hosts: CrimsonX, Jwingy, Levi, Murphy, Wolfin Picture by: Darryl Smith

Author: Fred Fyodor Khitruk died today. He was the leading Soviet animator from about the 1960s to until the Soviet Union ended in 1991. I met him briefly at the 1989 International Festival of Animation here in Los Angeles. He had brought the leading animators from each of the 15 Soviet republics to L.A. with [...]

Author: Fred Fyodor Khitruk died today. He was the leading Soviet animator from about the 1960s to until the Soviet Union ended in 1991. I met him briefly at the 1989 International Festival of Animation here in Los Angeles. He had brought the leading animators from each of the 15 Soviet republics to L.A. with [...]

So I have been a furry for a while now, and I was thinking.... Why not make a fursuit? So, how do I make a fursuit, do I like buy one, do I need certain materials, should I be a certain height to fit the fursuit, just tell me what to do, to make a fursuit.

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Hey Papabear,

I've been reading through some of these asks, and I've been having a few issues so I thought I'd try and ask you one, so here goes nothing!
So, Papabear, I am a young biologically female furry. Kind of odd, I'm around 14 or so and female which is... to say the least, rather uncommon in the furry fandom. My parents are very tolerant, and let me go to conventions and fursuit, and my sister does the same.

However, I've noticed that while not in fursuit people tend to be very awkward or shy around me. Is it because they don't know how to act around females or young people?? How can I present myself to show I'm not some immature child that doesn't know what she's doing?

Thanks Papabear!

Maddie

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Hi, Maddie,

Thank you for waiting for my reply. Papabear got behind on mail because of his recent move. Anyway, I’d first like to say that you should count yourself very lucky for having a family that loves you for you, furry or not, and lets you fursuit and do other fun furry stuff. You are a minority in that regard, moreso even than the fact that males outnumber females in the fandom.

As for furries acting differently around you when you are out of suit than when you are fursuiting, I believe that has more to do with interacting with your fursona vs. the real you than it does with your being a 14-year-old female. I’m a 47-year-old male, and furries act very differently around me when I am not in suit than they do when I am Grubbs. So, the reason doesn’t have to do with your age and gender.

What it has to do with is fantasy versus reality. Papabear strongly believes that many furries (not by any means a majority, but a lot) feel socially awkward in normal human-to-human relationships, and so a big reason why they adopt fursonas, especially those who wear fursuits, is to form a protective shield, if you will, that makes it easier to deal with the social world around them. Why? Because when in character it is not really “them” that is interacting with the world but another personality, and so if something bad happens, it happens to that other character, not really to them. Case in point: I am very different as Grubbs than I am in my human form. I could never get on stage and perform as Kevin, but I can do so as my bear self. I don’t feel shy or awkward anymore.

The same is kind of true in reverse. Many furries who are not wearing a fursuit find it easier to deal with a fursuiter than with a real person. When dealing with someone who looks like a husky or a horse or a lion or whatever, you aren’t dealing with a human, and so the normal human conventions that make one feel awkward disappear. Take off the head, and the social norms pop right back up, and you can actually see some furries shy away on the spot.

So, Maddie, Papabear doesn’t believe this has anything to do with anyone thinking you’re an “immature child.” I think you are imposing that interpretation upon the situation yourself. No, the real answer is the comparison of social interactions between those who are wearing masks and those who are not. 

Hope that answers your question.

Bear hugs,

Papabear

OH GOD RULE 34

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Author: E-Mail Hidden This week on KnotCast, the crew plays catch up on a couple weeks worth of emails, with questionable emails, lofty plans, and wtf is going on in here.. Use our coupon code ‘knot’ at AdamEve.com for a great deal. Episode 202 – Fuzzy Navel (AAC; 28.7 MB)Episode 202 – Fuzzy Navel (MP3; [...] KnotCast: Episode 202 – Fuzzy Navel

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Someone recently posted a pick of a species call the azu-nah and honestly I fell in love with the cute little deviles. I went onto felineflames deviant art profile to see if there was any stories involving the species but my phone will not let me send a note so I am turning to my fellow furry redditors to try and help me out. I would like some other form of contact with the artist or simply a story involving them since I want to learn more. If needed I cam provide one of my emails to give to the artist so I can speak one on one.

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I am thinking about becoming a part of the furry community, but I have no idea what I am suppose to do.

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TigerTails Radio Season 7 Episode 03
Hedgie is missing from tonight's lineup, but that doesn't stop the rest of the crew from making a show which seemed to involve making Xavier go as red as possible though laughing, even while trying to drink his cola. This has something to do with oven doors, and blatent innudeno. This episode features TK, Xavier, and Felis and has backing music by Sanxion7. From: TigerTails Radio Views: 0 2 ratings Time: 02:23:41 More in People & Blogs

Hedgie is missing from tonight's lineup, but that doesn't stop the rest of the crew from making a show which seemed to involve making Xavier go as red as possible though laughing, even while trying to drink his cola.  This has something to do with oven doors, and blatent innudeno.  This episode features TK, Xavier, and Felis and has backing music by Sanxion7.

For Done and Dusted:
Xavier reviews The Amazing Spiderman.
TK spoils the film Ted.
Felis talks about the book Wearing The Cape.

Television Talk:
Merlin

Question of the Week:
What would you like to see in your Christmas stocking from Santa?

Links for Things During the Show:
Vote your Indie Game of the Year
Turducken Ducken 
Sony's Creepy Teddy Bear 

 

Download the Podcast - Watch the TubeCast 

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ASIFA Hollywood (part of the International Animated Film Society) announced the nominations for the 2012 Annie Awards this morning. These are the Oscars for animation, folks: Chosen and awarded by members of the animation industry, from writers and artists to animators and directors. As usual, there are a great selection of furry-oriented works among the nominees. This year the nominees for Best Animated Feature include Brave, Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Rabbi’s Cat, and Wreck-It Ralph. Interestingly, two of the “furriest” films of 2012, Madagascar 3 and Ice Age 4, were not nominated for Best Feature — though they were both nominated in other categories. Wreck-It Ralph seems to be the film to beat this year — though both it and Brave were nominated for 10 awards each, Brave was not nominated for Best Directing while Wreck-It Ralph was. For the television categories, furry-notable shows receiving multiple nominations included Adventure Time, Dragons: Riders of Berk, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Penguins of Madagascar, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Doc McStuffins. Once again, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was absent from all categories. What is up with that? Anyway, the Annie Awards will be presented in a gala ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall on February 2nd of next year. The L.A. Times has a complete listing of the nominees, and tickets to the event can be purchased at the Annie Awards web site.

image c. 2012 Disney Animation

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