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So I made an icon thing for myself, and since I seem to be incapable of looking at anything I make objectively I was hoping people here might be able to give me their opinions on it. It's basically just a larger version of the icon I made for this sub. I've made three or four of them now just as practice, and this is the first one that didn't look completely terrible, so I thought I'd share it. Anyways, here it is.

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I've been lurking around for a few months and I feel like a stick in the mud because I don't say anything. So, I thought I'd live up to my flair and try to meet some more of you neat people!

How are you all~?

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Whats the most underrated sona? Anything goes (pokemon, scalies, furrie)

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Hai fuzzbutts! So I reinstalled ESO and after some suggestions I also downloaded TF2. I plan on rerolling to a kitty tank on Dominion in ESO. As for TF2 , I haven't played since the original Orange Box, so I expect to fail spectacularly as I have no idea what I'm doing.

Any of you furs want to play? :3

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I want to draw some free art for people so please give me references and I'll do my best! :)

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I am now offering commissions at low prices compared to some other people on Deviant Art. You can pay with points or money! Information and commissions offered can be found here - http://bluepatchthedog.deviantart.com/journal/COMMISSIONS-INFO-558436205

If you're interested in a commission, please email me at drosephotography@icloud.com

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Hey again, welcome back! For this week, your fursona has woken up in the 1920's, in a time before colour was invented! This week I'm looking for submissions either in greyscale or sepia, because I want you all to focus on the value and brightness of your images, not just the colours!

Thanks to everyone who submitted art for Week 11's prompt. While I know it wasn't the most furry-specific subject, the aim of this weekly prompt is to help you become a better all-round artist, and part of that involves learning fundamentals, not just furries. There may occasionally be a few more like that, but don't worry, it won't be a regular thing!

Week 11

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Action-filled fantasy from the Golden Age of furry comics, and a return of one of the fandom’s foundational artists…

Lage and Calderon’s “Tall Tails”

Kickstarter ending 9/16/15

(So I know this book is by JD Calderon as well as Daphne Lage, but in a fandom graphic novel project, particularly a “flashback” project like this, leading with the graphic artist seems more appropriate…and we’ve covered Calderon’s kickstarters already :)

Collecting over 20 issues of the original “Tall Tails” comic and clocking in at a whopping 550+ pages, Lage and Calderon’s Tall Tails: Thieves’ Quest is a massive blast from the past. This fantasy/anthro comic’s original print run began in 1993 and wound all the way through 2002 through various indie comic publishers. Lage and Calderon’s Kickstarter project collects the first, and arguably primary, arch of the story in one huge book, a happy return to print for a comic that’s only available in back issue boxes at conventions.

The story is strong-but-standard fantasy fare: an adventuring party searches for the Lost Something of Somewhere (Wikifur suggests that the comic was, at least in its dusty origins, a furry pastiche of Monty Python’s “Holy Grail.” I can’t confirm or deny it, but there ARE universal fantasy tropes, and the Search for the Magical McGuffin is a proud and honorable plot thread.) But over and above the traditional content, Lage’s artwork, with its lifelike and natural poses and expressive characters, makes the series stand out as a very strong part of the furry graphic storytelling world.

This kickstarter itself has a fair amount of RL backstory. Life and artists are complicated. While I love Lage’s work and am quite happy to see this Kickstarter launch, there was some initial back-and-forth for me. Lage had edged away from the Fandom a decade ago. There are very good reasons for this. Entitled and snarky fans (and bloggers), the occasional genuinely evil online cretin, the frankly weird culture that goes frankly weird places, the difficulty in being “professional” and “furry” at the same time, the challenge of being an artist with a strong adult portfolio illustrating in a professional capacity.

So, I was prepared to spend 50 words or so (but only 50!) grumping about an inside/outside approach to the fandom. I can understand the choice, Lage’s retreat from the fandom was in 2000-2002, what I consider the Dark Ages of the fandom—hostile media coverage and no shortage of internet hate. Not just from external sources.

I hereby withdraw my grumping.

For the first time in ~14 years, Mrs. Lage returned to the Fandom, attending Anthro New England as an artist, along with Calderon. It’s exciting to see an artist from the Furry Golden Age return in the post-millennial era, where furries have been partially mainstreamed. And maybe it was specifically to help with the book launch, but you know, that’s okay, it’s still a welcome return, and shows that the fandom has value to the artist. It’s also worth pointing out in the project video that she specifically references Tall Tails as a furry comic. Involvement in the community is a good thing, it helps ensure that there’s a community, and one with a history and a legacy.

Re: The Kickstarter itself, it’s lacking in some of the stuff I’d hope for, namely fan-service inclusion and commissionables. This is primarily a reprint-focused Kickstarter, and if you look beyond the awesome sample pages and solid infographics, it’s a very spare project story, only perhaps three paragraphs of text. It’s unreasonable to make “backer-created content” a condition of a successful kickstarter, but that is the driving force behind the higher pledge points in projects like Anubis: Dark Desire and Expanding Horizons: Artist’s Journey to Africa. There’s also some choices in the pledge points that strike me as a little weird, and clearly weren’t successful—the digital versions of just issues 1-9 or 1-15. You could argue that including these oddball pledge points didn’t hurt the campaign, but something that doesn’t help AND takes up extra screen real estate is overall a detriment to the project. Do what you can to avoid standing in the way of your customer spending money. But hindsight is 20-20.

Graymuzzles and fantasy fans that enjoyed the original series have an additional reason to support this project. With Tall Tails online with updates, Lage making some steps back into the world of the fandom, and the suggestion of a new title, and two more story arcs yet to be seen, supporting this project even at a “hug” level is strong encouragement for future furry work.

Follow @furstarter on twitter for the latest fur-friendly crowdfunding projects!

 

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