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Author: Scani Toronto-based furry convention Furnal Equinox has released its November 2012 newsletter. Early bird preregistration for the convention concludes in only a few days, on November 30. read more Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought Creative Commons: Full post may be available under a free license.

submitted by orzel
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Did you all just watch too many cartoons like Tale Spin and Goof Troop with sexualized animal characters while you were kids or something?

Where the hell does this come from?

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Hey everyone! I just want you all to have a background of my situation. I rarely tell people I am furry, mostly out of fear of being ridiculed. I am a rather shy guy, and hate being confronted about anything so I try to fly under the radar. Anyway, my current significant other got me to spill all my secrets. I was rather shocked that she was actually supportive of me and my interest in the fandom. She isn't necessarily a furry herself but she is willing to dress up in a manner that would excite me. Yes, she wants to get some type of lingerie... The only problem is I have to find it. She wants to be a fox (which personally I don't mind. Yet don't favor.) I was wondering if any of y'all have a particular vendor or site that you purchase furry stuff from. I am looking for stuff for me as well, that isn't exactly sexual as well :P

I am not sure if this is the right place to post this but yeah!

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Author: Fred

Author: Draconis Jeff Goode is back in action in the Furry fandom again. Jeff, who is known for his series Jake Long: American Dragon and his anthro play The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, is coming out with a new play for the fandom. Fursona Non Grata will be offered as a radio play and will premiere [...]

Author: Fred We are not men! We are chickens!!! The Cartoon Brew website presents “Chicken Core: The Rise of Kings”, a 6’02″ preview for an epic fantasy directed by Oricha Aliyu, about an oppressed kingdom of chickens (apparently all male) fighting against a dark crow overlord. Not too impressive, until you consider that it has [...]

I know we all try to downplay the sexual aspects of the fandom while in public, and I am not suggesting that those with an interest in furry art and culture are primarily motivated by sexual attraction. However, I do find it hard to believe that people with an active role or interest in the furry fandom have absolutely zero attraction to either animals, fursuiters, furry art/characters, ect...

Is there anyone here who identifies as a furry but honestly has no sexual stake in it at all? I'd like to hear your story. What got you into the furry culture/lifestyle. What motivates you to be a part of the fandom. What keeps you around? Do you just shrug off the sexual aspects? Have you ever had a "furry sexual experience" or thought? Just curious, thanks for your responses.

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Author: Fred I usually select the books that I review on my own initiative, but this review of the Carbonel novels was suggested/inspired by Rakuen Growlithe. He asked, in a comment to my review of Windrusher and the Trail of Fire: There were two cat books I read as a kid and found really good [...]

So hey guys! I'm currently an art student, and in recent years have fell out of the practice/lost touch with the furry and oekaki community. I'm hoping to rebuild my portfolio of digital paintings, and would love to draw some of your guy's OC. I'm also diving into making a virtual novel with the ren'py engine- so I need to get back into the practice of drawing more illustratively as opposed to representational sorts of things.

Anyhow tl;dr, I'll be doing 2 or 3 drawings for whoever would like them at no charge.

Here's an example of "my style?" http://imgur.com/cOzBh

Edit

Next up in the queue- shiftier and Furry_Advocate

These are ending up as more sketches- I hope that's okay! But doing these speed paintings is a good exercise for me.

edit 2 okay guys! After I finish who's in the queue, that'll be it for the night, thanks for giving me some things to sketch!

edit 3 here's my FA guys- feel free to get in touch w/me! http://www.furaffinity.net/user/nekonekoyama/

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Thanks to the folks over at Cartoon Brew, we now know about Chicken Core: The Rise of Kings — one of the first animated short films ever completely produced in the country of Nigeria. Here’s the description from YouTube: “Chicken Core is a Nigerian animated feature which follows the adventures of a group of chicken warriors in their quest to rid the land of Amaji from the clutches of the tyrannous Boar King and his minions.” Got that? It’s directed by Oricha Aliyu and produced by Sporedust Media.  Animation in Nigeria is really starting from the ground up, as all the people who work for Sporedust are self-taught. Check out what they’ve created — and be on the lookout for what they do next.

image c. 2012 Sporedust Media

One last check, and as expected I find the once raucous and lively aff
abandoned for the manifold venues of the web, left to emptyness,
crickets, and the occasional rude word graffitist. We never had a
moderator or anything like that, but I guess I spent enough time in here
in the old things to be qualified for this (reaches up, clicks off the

submitted by Lenoh
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Dear Papa Bear,

I am a 25 year old full time worker/super part time student (two credits shy of being full time). I work as a Nurse's Assistant and I am in school to become a nurse. People tell me that it would suit me because I am kind and patient. I am inclined to believe them. They also tell me that I would make a good father... Secretly, that would make me the happiest person in the world.

I have not had a date/sexual contact with a guy until I turned 21. I have had the desire to be with another man (I have had multiple "boyfriends" that has lasted at most 3 weeks) but I have never found the one.

The reason I am divulging this info is because I am losing all interest in having a mate... A lot of it has to do with all the times that I have gotten hurt and the VERY short amount of time it happened in. It has almost got to the point where I can play the "How HAVEN'T I Been Dumped" game.

I am at the point were I am focusing on my career, a good thing, and excelling at making my goals come to fruition, a great thing... but I feel like I am losing a part of myself and I am genuinely afraid I am losing interest in sharing my personal life with someone (other than my future child)...

In the time I have looked, I have met men who I wanted... All of them turned out to have mates of their own and wanted me cause I was "kind, unique, and very friend worthy" ... 

I guess what I am trying to say is I'm loosing sight of what I did hold dear and I can't see a way of getting it back. I want to be like I use to (when it comes to wanting someone to share my life) but I can no longer see myself in a relationship...

I don't know what to do and if I don't do something then I might just end up as a billionaire that has a lot of microwave burritos and butter in stock (old Simpson's reference). I thank you in advance for your help.

Deric

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Dear Deric,

First of all, kudos to you in your pursuit of a nursing degree and working in a noble profession of helping others. Now, on to the more personal stuff.

If Papabear is reading your letter correctly, it sounds like you are looking for two things: an adult relationship and having a son or daughter in your life. Whether or not you get a husband at some point, it is possible that you can adopt or be a foster parent. Actually, you might even have MORE luck being a single parent than as a gay parent couple, as there is still some prejudice out there about gay parents. From my reading on the subject, it sounds as though being a foster parent is the more viable of the two options for you, especially if you foster a boy (more boys than girls are in foster situations).

Here are some helpful organizations that can assist you on this very wonderful goal of being a parent while still being single: 

National Council for Single Adoptive Parents
ncsap@hotmail.com
http://www.adopting.org/ncsap.html

Single Parent Resource Center
31 E. 28th Street
New York, NY 10016
http://singleparentusa.com

Adoption Resource Exchange for Single Parents (ARESP)
301-585-5836      
http://www.aresp.net
E-mail: aresp@aresp.net

Still another option for you is Big Brothers Big Sisters. This is a wonderful way to become a very real and important part of a young person’s life, even though you are not a parent per se. Check them out at http://www.bbbs.org.

So now we come to the relationship issue. Many of Papabear’s readers, I am sure, can empathize with your bad luck in finding a mate. There are many lonely people out there, sad to say, most of whom really deserve to have love in their lives. But you are also sending this bear some mixed singles. On the one paw, you say you want to be in a relationship, but on the other you say you are scared you are losing interest and want to feel the way you used to feel. That made me stop and think.

Deric, there is nothing wrong, actually, in NOT wanting to have a relationship and to be single and focus on your career and, perhaps, son or daughter. In fact, singles in America are on the rise and many of them are very happy to be single. I am not saying you have to give up a search for a love in your life, but you shouldn’t feel scared or guilty if you don’t necessarily want to have one.

Papabear understands your fear, though. When I discovered I was gay, I was very scared and wanted very much to return to my old life. But eventually I learned that you shouldn’t try and force yourself back into the past and how you once were. Yes, we can get sad and nostalgic about that, but it is healthier to move on. In your case, it could be perfectly healthy for you to be a single nurse with a child. You can very easily have a happy life that way.

One last thing, though: it might be that you just don’t know how to look for a mate. Sounds to me like you run into a lot of married men who just want you as a friend or maybe a friend with benefits. You might need a few tips to find the right kind of person in your life; that is, a single gay man with no other commitments other than you in his life. The best place to do that is not online but in the real world, doing real activities with people who share your interests. 

Deric, you are still very young with most of your life ahead of you. Don’t give up on having a child (or children) and/or a love in your life. It sounds like you have a lot to offer and, believe me, some smart guy out there will eventually see that and want you in his life. Then, you can adopt or foster together, or if not, you can still pursue fostering or adopting on your own (I would wait until you are done with your studies and find a good job, of course).

Good luck! Keep me posted!

Papabear

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Just been wanting to doodle lately and art cards are a fun, easy way to do so. I usually charge more, but I wouldn’t mind doing a bunch of these!

Link to FA journal: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4028780/

Furaffinity gallery: http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/obliviousally/

submitted by obliviousally
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Posted something in LoLgaymers, but looking more for furs really. Just a couple of new friends would be cool, or if you're part of a regular group, I'd be down ^

I'm not yet 30 (25) but I'm getting there. Not the best, but it's more about the camaraderie for me. Definitely open to suggestions/tips though. I like to think of myself as casually competetive, lol.

LoL: A Grimm Wolf

Skype: agrimmwolf

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Author: Micah M.C.A. Hogarth is running a Kickstarter campaign to launch her new web comic “The Three Jaguars,” a comedic slice-of-life about the intersection of art and business. Prizes include cameos, product advertisements (drawn by the artist), original art and postcards. The Kickstarter is currently 194% funded, and is running for only 2 weeks. Prizes [...]

Basically, I'm 14, I don't have any means to provide the money to the artists for commissions, I can't draw, and I also flat out don't have any money.

I've decided that I would like to have some art of my Fursona done, and since I can't provide money, or art, I'm going to try my best to provide Literature!

I figured out a sort of tiered system based on page count versus art type. I.E. Lineart, Flat Color, Shaded, Etc.

• 1-2 Pages Lineart
• 3-4 Pages Flat Color W/O Background
• 5-6 Pages Flat Color With Background
• 7-8 Pages Shaded W/O Background
• 9+ Pages Shaded With Background

I AM Flexible On My Tiers! Leave a Comment If You're Interested.

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