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Hello fellow furs, anyone know where I can find some nice furry stencils? I am wanting to art up my laptop and google is not helping much in the stencil department.

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Held at the Denver DoubleTree hotel from August 12 to August 14, 2011, the Rocky Mountain Fur Con attracted all sorts of people who enjoy the anthropomorphic hobby of acting as a “furry.” This year’s theme was “I need a Hero,” in which all attendees were encouraged to come dressed as heroes. Photographer Taryn Kapronica brings back these photos for Westword.

Find the entire Photo Essay gallery (60 images) at The Westword Show and Tell Blog HERE

Photos reprinted with permission. Photographer Taryn Kapronica

http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/video-fursuiters-ils-portent-un-costume-pour-se-transformer-en-animal-08-08-2011-1559199.php




Do not tell them they are doing cosplay . Where fans of Japanese fiction trying to imitate their favorite heroes at events such as the Japan Expo , the furries ("hairy" in English) them to create characters from scratch, animals with human characteristics often thought by the Looney Tunes .

Some even give life to their avatar by wearing a costume in his likeness: it is the fursuiters . A movement from the United States born in the 1980s on the fringes of American conventions of science fiction, the movement furry has grown worldwide in the 1990s with the explosion of the Internet - the first post on forums dating back to December 17, 1990 - and reached the European shores in the early 2000s.

The furries now have their own Wiki , a map to identify many forums and even a dating site . The use of social networks has allowed the movement to coordinate. At the last gathering Anthrocon , held annually in the United States, approximately 4400 furries had arranged to meet in the city of Pittsburgh and more than 850 fursuiters took to the streets for a parade. France, a small community in Europe compared to Britain or Germany, 300 to 400 count furries , including forty fursuiters .

"You feel closer to people" Why dress up? "Everyone has a different explanation," says Matthew Roumy, alias Redmoon Wolfen, which provides that in any case it has nothing to do with any political message. "For my part I have always been fascinated by everything about the transformation of man into an animal," says the senior executive in a computer company. Students role-play enthusiasts, graphic artists and officials: in addition to be relatively young ( average age is 24 years ), all have in common the passion for animated hybrid combining human and animal characteristics. And envy, too, to share with others. "You feel closer to people," said Kassestu, Marline or rather, in the "civilian".

What this student 18 years trying, once donned his costume hyena is "amazed look" of the children when she and other furries organize an outing, mostly in parks. As in the Parc Floral de Vincennes on Sunday VIDEO. Meet the "fursuiters" Their passion is generally quite well received by those who cross their path. The fursuiters are always accompanied by other furries without costume (the helpers , "escorts" in English) ensure that explain their approach and to convince them that, no, it's not a bachelor party boy. In France, despite the new law banning the wearing of the veil, the fursuiters manage to force time and patience to obtain permits for rallies.

2500 euros costume At least to make your own costume, be provide a Fursuit is not easy. There are a handful of manufacturers in the world, mostly Americans. Each Fursuit is made ??to measure according to customer expectations, so that any achievement is unique . The wallet is affected: around 1000 euros for a costume part (head, arms and legs) and up to 2500 euros for a full. For the character of African wild dog, Matthew has spent 1,000 dollars (700 euros) during an auction on the Internet.



Contrary to what one might think, the furries do not just locate in parks or on the Internet. Just take a look at movie posters and some advertising on television and plastered on the subway. And the trend is gaining popularity: 17 August, Germany, the European Convention Eurofurence host Jim Martin as honorary president, the famous creator of Sesame Street . A serious dubbing for the movement.

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From Animal Planet

Not out-of-space but spaced-out

For years people blamed the strange crop circles in cornfields found around the world on aliens visiting our planet. But what Australian officials now say causes the patterns found in Australia might be even more bizarre:wallabies high on opium.

An Australian government official told BBC that the marsupials are eating opium poppies and get “as high as a kite.” Presumably the drugs make them hop around in circles, creating the mysterious patterns found in farmland down under.

Australia produces 50% of the legally grown opium intended for medicine such as morphine. The problem, however, is that animals get into the fields and eat the poppies. Substance-abusing sheep have also been seen behaving unusually.

Are trippy Skippys really responsible for these intricate agricultural designs? Maybe. We will just wait for the videos!

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Author: FuzzWolf
In this episode we discuss The Rebel Flesh and read some listener mail.

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South Korean scientists have created a glow in the dark dog that apparently has an on and off switch. The genetically modified female beagle named Tegon, glows fluorescent green under ultraviolet light if given a doxycycline antibiotic.

Watch the video here: IBTimes | Published News

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This week on KnotCast, its our 150th episode! Who would have thought we’d have made it this far? We read a whole pile of email on what the fandom is, then give our own opinions for a while. Marvel as Shiva mangles words, Rekkie is silent for an entire episode, and Savrin tells the tale of why he left the Boy Scouts. Fuzz is here too, we guess.

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A Golden Retriever therapy dog named Rosie, who is trained to help people when they are under stress, has been credited with helping a 15-year-old rape victim manage the courage to testify during an emotionally difficult trial in a New York courtroom. However, the calming effect that Rosie had upon the girl has ignited some interesting controversy and defense attorneys are now arguing that Rosie could have unfairly swayed the jury with her undeniable cuteness. The question could influence whether such dogs-in-courtroom programs spread to other states.

Courtrooms are undoubtedly frightening and intimidating places, especially for victims of violent crime. After all, the victim is testifying about a traumatic experience in front of people who are actively trying to prove that he or she is not telling the truth. Under these circumstances, it’s hard to imagine what could help rape victims feel more comfortable in a courtroom.

That’s where Rosie, and other therapy dogs like her, come into the picture. As reported by theNew York Times, Rosie is the first judicially approved courtroom dog in New York, who sat in the witness box with a 15-year-old girl who had been raped and impregnated by her father.

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A face only a mother could love.

Minnesotans are befuddled over an unidentified dead mammal that was spotted last week on a country road. The creepy-looking, all-white creature has five claws on its front paws, long toenails and odd dark tufts of hair on its back and has quickly prompted speculation that Minnesota is home to the legendary chupacabra, KSAX-TV reports.

Lacey Ilse was driving close to her near Alexandria, when she first saw the dead carcass.”We saw something in the middle of the road, and we knew it wasn’t a dog or a cat, because it didn’t have hair,” Ilse told KSAX-TV. “It had a clump of hair and all the rest was just white skin. Its ear was all mis-shaped. To me, it looked half-human,”

Chupacabras*, or “goat suckers,” are creatures said to live in Mexico, Puerto Rico and in different parts of the United States and are described as something between a dog and a wolf. Most wildlife experts believe the weird-looking animals are coyotes afflicted with mange, caused by an infection of tiny parasites that results in their hair falling out and leaving them with shriveled skin.

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Author: Fred

The Saga of Rex, by Michel Gagné
Illustrated by the author
Berkeley, CA, Image Comics, Nov. 2010
Trade paperback $ 17.99 (200 pages)

Michel Gagné is probably better known in animation fandom than in furry fandom. His major credits include animation on the feature films An American Tail and All Dogs Go to Heaven for Don Bluth Studios in the 1980s; on Quest for Camelot, The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones for Warner Bros. in the 1990s and early 2000s; and on The Incredibles and Ratatouille for Pixar in the 2000s.

Gagné has worked on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and other TV and video game animation projects. His personal animated short films such as the 1995 Prelude to Eden (video) have often been nominated for the animation industry’s Annie Awards.

In comic books, DC Comics has asked Gagné to write and draw a Batman serial. In 1997, he began self-publishing picture and comic books with his first Rex book, A Search for Meaning: The Story of Rex. His books earned Ursa Major Award nominations in 2002, 2005, and 2006, for the colored edition of his firstRex book and for two issues of his comic, ZED.

In 2004 Gagné was invited to create a story for annual comic-book anthology Flight, edited by Kazu Kuibishi and (then) published by Image Comics. Gagné wrote and drew a second story with his fox cub Rex, The Saga of Rex, serialized in Flight #2–7. Now Image Comics has collected the story into a 200-page full-color trade paperback, printed on high-quality paper.

Michel Gagné’s lush and colorful illustrations, combined with cinematic storytelling, have earned The Saga of Rex a worldwide following. For the first time, the complete and unabridged tale originally serialized over a period of seven years in the award-winning anthology, Flight, is now available in all its glory in a single volume. (blurb)

The Saga of Rex is a surrealistic whimsical science fiction tale that is really just an excuse for Gagné’s incredible imaginative graphics. The plot, if you want to call it that, is that the Guardian-Shepherd of the planet Edernia (a godlike being) summons a fleet of Gathering Ships to fly throughout the galaxy and harvest (kidnap) “specimens” to transport into Dream Globes (alternate worlds) where they will serve as hero-champions for Edernia’s metamorphic sentient Blossoms. (Readers who want to find meaning in this are told, “Those secrets have been lost in the catacombs of time.”) Rex, “the adorable little fox” from Earth, becomes the specimen of Aven, a Blossom who comes to love Rex and transforms herself into a sometimes-winged blue foxlike mate for him. I think.

As I said, just forget about plot and lose yourself in Gagné’s scintillating artwork. Rex’s Dream Globe is a wondrous, mysterious world that encompasses whole galaxies. It is full of strange, flowing, usually amorphous life forms, both benign and hostile. Rex rescues and is rescued by alien beings; he passes through trials of water and fire; he dies and is transmogrified into a savior. Basically, The Saga of Rex is 200 pages of mind-blowingly gorgeous semi-abstract s-f artistry. It is not to be missed.

The Saga of Rex is available from Amazon.com, of course, but if you go to Gagné’s own website, Gagné International, you can get an 82-page preview of the 200-page book, plus information and ordering links for Gagné’s other books. (Ed: If you buy direct, you also get a signed copy)

It’s only borderline anthropomorphic, but Gagné’s first Rex book did get enough nominations from furry fans to make the final ballot for the Ursa Major Award (for Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work) in 2002, so many furry fans should enjoy the longer The Saga of Rex even more.

Author: Higgs Raccoon

Bryan Talbot, author of the Grandville steampunk/furry graphic novels, has released the cover and first page of the third volume in the series. [Bleeding Cool]

Featuring a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, Grandville has an allohistorical setting in which France won the Napoleonic Wars and invaded Britain.

Initially announced in November 2010, the third novel, Grandville: Bête Noire, will continue the exploits of badger Detective-Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard.

Read more: Reviews of prior works Grandville and Grandville: Mon Amour by dronon and The Chained Wolf

 

Author: Fred

The Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association, which administers the annual Ursa Major Awards, has updated the 2011 Anthropomorphic Reading List to include all of the titles recommended by furry fans through the beginning of August. This list is often used by fans to nominate in the next year’s Awards.

All fans are invited to recommend worthwhile anthropomorphic works in ten categories (motion pictures, dramatic short films or broadcasts, novels, short fiction, other literary works, graphic stories, comic strips, magazines, published illustrations, and games) first published during 2011, if they are not already on the list.