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Brooklyn Anthropomorphic Taxidermy class sold out
Author: Higgs Raccoon
A class on Anthropomorphic Taxidermy was held last Sunday in Brooklyn, New York, suggesting that the hobby is far from a historical pursuit.
Run by taxidermist and tattoo artist Susan Jeiven, the $ 45 class assumed no prior experience, and supplied each student with a deceased mouse obtained from a snake-feed store. The 15 places quickly sold out.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Heidi the Opossum to predict Oscar winners
Author: Higgs Raccoon
Heidi the cross-eyed Virginia Opossum, resident of Leipzig Zoo in Germany, is to predict the winners of the upcoming 83rd Academy Awards.
After being found as an orphan, Heidi was raised in a North Carolina wildlife sanctuary, before being rehomed at Denmark’s Odense Zoo and, later, Leipzig Zoo. She became an international sensation last December, after photographs of her cock-eyed visage were published in the German newspaper Bild. The images went viral, and led to a hit song (“Opossum Heidi Schielt” or “Opossum Heidi Peers”), Heidi’s own Facebook account, and an upcoming line of plush toys.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post![alt.fan.furry] A Furry Comic Book List
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A Not Quite Complete, but None the Less, Very Thorough Furry Comic Book List
(Updated December 24, 2005)
Larry, new Chief Mouser of 10 Downing Street
Larry, a four-year-old tabby cat, become the newest Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office this Tuesday. His duty is to suppress the rats that have been sighted in Downing Street in recent weeks.
Previously, Larry lived as a stray and was recruited from Battersea Dogs and Cats’ home. Larry was recommended as the mouser as he showed “a high chase-drive and hunting instinct”. Although an official spokesman described him as ‘easygoing’, Larry proceeded to scratch reporters who tried to do a story on him.
The first Chief Mouser was Treasury Bill in 1924. The position has been held by a number of cats over the years, although the position has been vacant since Sybil left it in 2008.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Furnal Equinox releases February 2011 newsletter
Author: Scani
As the weather begins to warm up, Toronto-based furry convention Furnal Equinox has released its February 2011 newsletter, calling fans to preregister before February 28 and asking them to volunteer at the convention.
The convention has extended its room block and recently announced an expansion at its hotel.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Bolivian lions rescued, sent to U.S. wildlife sanctuary
Two lions rest in a cage at a shelter in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on Monday. They are among 25 bound for a wildlife refuge in Colorado.
Author: ringtailedfox
Twenty-five lions have been rescued from circuses in Bolivia by animal rights activist group Animal Defenders International.
The thirteen males and twelve females were taken from what were called “deplorable conditions” after Bolivian lawmakers prohibited animals from being used in performances.
Television personality and former The Price is Right host Bob Barker helped finance a jetliner to fly the lions to Denver at a cost of US$ 200,000, in what was called “Operation Lion Ark”.
When rescued, most of the lions suffered from dehydration, as well as foot and eye infections.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Ubuntu Furry Remix gets paint job, Bamboo support
Author: GreenReaper
Remember Ubuntu Furry Remix? There’s a new version out (10.04) with an art software focus.
The distribution ships with GIMP Paint Studio (package) – a set of brushes and presets intended to improve the free image editor’s usefulness for designers and artists. Support for the Wacom Bamboo and many other graphic tablets is included, as are five more furry wallpapers.
Ubuntu 10.04 is a long term release, with full support through 2013.
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Get Shareaholic Link to this post!Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits
Suit from Running Wolf Productions featured in Critter Costuming
If you have ever wanted to become a fursuiter, you may have thought about constructing your own fursuit. Not too long after really getting my paws wet in the fandom, I decided to research how to make a fursuit. I mean how hard can it be? Glue together bits of foam, cut out a body suit pattern from fur, and then take more fur and cut to fit the head. Then just add finishing details, right? WRONG.
After assisting a friend on his fursuit head construction, and going out and buying a sewing machine, some fur and foam and more hot glue sticks than I can count, I decided that I didn’t have the skills to pull this off by my self. I needed instruction. So I did my research and found “Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits”.
The spiral bound volume is an excellent guide. It gives several techniques for constructing a fursuit. It covers details such as head construction, making a “duct tape dummy” as well as many other useful tips to successfully make your first fursuit.
For me, however, I had the vision, but not the talent. So after all the failed tries, I turned to having a suit commissioned. I’ve been mostly happy with it over the years. There are a few minor details that I need to go back in and fix – my commission was done as a rush job.After all this, I can highly recommend this book. ”Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits” is an excellent guide for first timers, and even a good guide for those who have been constructing fursuits for a while but want to step up their game.
Note: At this time, Critter Costuming is considered “Out of Print”. Amazon has a few left in stock. Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits is the first book of its kind. This ground-breaking book has over 200 pages of detailed directions, hints, and tips for designing, constructing, and performing animal characters. Hundreds of detailed photos and illustrations support the well-researched material. Includes resource listings, glossary, bibliography, and more! From novice costumers to experienced professionals, this book offers new ways of thinking and descriptions of building methods to help inspire your next costuming project. Get Shareaholic Link to this post!FC-29 Transformer Furry - Almost 30 episodes! Wheeee *wags tail*. Oh, wait. I'm a podcast syndication engine. I don't have a tail. I don't even have feelings. All I do is serve web pages and render RSS feeds. I can't even have cute ears. Life just sucks.
Almost 30 episodes! Wheeee *wags tail*. Oh, wait. I’m a podcast syndication engine. I don’t have a tail. I don’t even have feelings. All I do is serve web pages and render RSS feeds. I can’t even have cute ears. Life just sucks. You know what? I’m just going to go kill myself. Aww crap. I don’t have permissions for ending processes on the server. Dammit!
FC-29 Transformer Furry - Almost 30 episodes! Wheeee *wags tail*. Oh, wait. I'm a podcast syndication engine. I don't have a tail. I don't even have feelings. All I do is serve web pages and render RSS feeds. I can't even have cute ears. Life just sucks.
Almost 30 episodes! Wheeee *wags tail*. Oh, wait. I’m a podcast syndication engine. I don’t have a tail. I don’t even have feelings. All I do is serve web pages and render RSS feeds. I can’t even have cute ears. Life just sucks. You know what? I’m just going to go kill myself. Aww crap. I don’t have permissions for ending processes on the server. Dammit!
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Almost 30 episodes! Wheeee *wags tail*. Oh, wait. I’m a podcast syndication engine. I don’t have a tail. I don’t even have feelings. All I do is serve web pages and render RSS feeds. I can’t even have cute ears. Life just sucks. You know what? I’m just going to go kill myself. Aww crap. I don’t have permissions for ending processes on the server. Dammit!
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Kyell Gold Beats out Gaiman, Bieber for Finalist Spot in Shorty Awards
The Shorty Awards, an annual award ceremony honoring standouts in social media, announced the finalists lists for their categories on Tuesday, and a furry beat out a ton of actual celebrities.
Award winning furry author Kyell Gold was among the six finalists in the author category, a list of authors spanning three continents, including JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series.
Gold beat out other famous authors such as Neil Gaiman, Meg Cabot, James Rollins, Nicholas Sparks, and Rick Riordan (as well as Hilary Duff, Justin Bieber, and the Jonas Brothers, who are authors now apparently).
“It’s incredibly flattering, and I really owe my fans for all the help they’ve provided to get me to this point,” Gold said. “It’s a testament to the popularity of the furry fandom that a furry author can get this much support.”
The Shorty Awards allows fans to vote for their favorite entrants via Twitter. A panel of judges, representing different aspects of social media, vote on the finalists, and pick a winner in each category who will be awarded at a ceremony in New York City on March 28.
Movie News: Red Riding Hood opens March 11
It looks as if wolves, or more to the point, werewolves, are making a comeback. We told you about the new Teen Wolf series coming out. Now you can also look forward to Red Riding Hood.
You might ask, why does this qualify as something of interest to Furries? There are a growing number of Furries who belong to subgroups known as Weres, Lycans and Therians. These Furries have an intense interest in “werewolves” or other were-animals, and shape shifting. Since these movies and tv shows delve into characters that are “Weres”, that qualifies them as of interest and news worthy.
Synopsis:
In “Red Riding Hood,” Amanda Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village.
For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.
- Amanda Seyfried as Valerie
- Virginia Madsen as Suzette
- Billy Burke as Cesaire
- Julie Christie as Grandmother
- Gary Oldman as Father Solomon
- Michael Shanks as Adrien Lazar
- Quentin Bates as Henri Lazar
- Christine Willes as Madame Lazar
- Shiloh Fernandez as Peter
- Max Irons as Henry
- Michael Hogan as The Reeve
- Lukas Haas as Father August
Sly Cooper, Ratchet, and Daxter Three-Way
Sony released a new trailer for their Playstation Move mascot extravaganza, and it plays out like the beginning of a slash fic orgy between some of the most popular furries in gaming.
I’ve been cautious about this game because early demos had some major control issues, but I can’t help but get a bit excited seeing some of my favorite characters together.
Wait is that Dark Daxter? Oh, you motherfuckers.
Episode 33 – Mad Tal Disease - A bit out of time but when the plague rolls on through it disrupts things So yeah it’s a little late but awesome as usual! Please take a good listen. Also with the new video chat you may want to register on the UnFurled home
A bit out of time but when the plague rolls on through it disrupts things
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So yeah it’s a little late but awesome as usual! Please take a good listen.
Also with the new video chat you may want to register on the UnFurled home page so you can get a name that is guest-27436 or the like! Enjoy!
Episode 33 – Mad Tal Disease - A bit out of time but when the plague rolls on through it disrupts things So yeah it’s a little late but awesome as usual! Please take a good listen. Also with the new video chat you may want to register on the UnFurled home page so you can get a [...]"Furries: an anthropomorphic culture thrives in Knoxville"
Local furry Meg Morris is interviewed, and the article touches on such topics as Pounced.org, furcodes, fursuits, Anthrocon, and a brief history of the fandom.
Amity Blamity
Now how could you miss a title like that? What is it? A new black & white graphic novel written and illustrated by Mike White, coming this May from Slave Labor Graphics. Here’s the publisher’s press release: “Meet Gretchen & Chester. Gretchen is a shy 4 year old girl and Chester is a talking potbellied pig. They live with Gretchen’s Grandma and listless Uncle Downey in rural America. Mistaking their afternoon activity of playing ‘office’ for entrepreneurial gusto, Downey recruits the duo to assist in his deluded aspirations of running ‘moonshine’. Unbeknownst to the outlandish family and their activities, strange forest critters begin to lurk in the woods nearby, disrupting their quirky daily life and sending them on an adventure to save their degenerate Uncle from a strange genetic mutation!” You read it here folks. Amity Blamity, in softcover this May. Yep.
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Shorty Awards Finalists Announced
Among all of the people nominated, the fandom’s own Kyell Gold has been named a finalist in the Author category going up against such names as J. K. Rowling.
Author Finalists:
- Dewa Klasik Alexander @KamarSolusi
- Shawn S. @TreatWomenRight
- John Green @realjohngreen
- Sergio E. Avilés @seraviles
- J K Rowling @jk_rowling
- Kyell Gold @KyellGold
You can see the entire list of nominees here: The Shorty Awards
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