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Have you ever had a moment where you type a comment, get scared people will think you're stupid or something, then delete your half typed comment? Just a curiosity question.

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So RMFC is done and now I have a huge need to draw things.

Monster things.

KAIJUSONA BASH 2. If y'all remember the last one, it's gonna go something like that. Comment with your sona/other relevant character (I need image references only for this one) for a free entry to the bash. Yes everything is free. Notes to keep in mind:

-I cannot promise a finish date on these. The last ones took a while, and I wanna play with some new things this time around. (They will not be done in the first one's fight scene style)

-These are heavy artistic liberty. I'm making monster designs out of your sona, not necessarily making your sona exactly as is.

-If you participated in the last one, I will be skipping you

-Picking process goes "random group of 30" > "chosen group of ~16". The more interesting your design, the more likely you'll be picked. I feel like I need to make this disclaimer after seeing these comments last time. Its not fun to make monsters out of a dozen similar looking foxes/wolves.

-I'll be taking comments until 24 hours after this post is made. Probably wont even start the sketches until later this week.

MONSTERS UNITE

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Hi, /u/slyka here. You may know me from such reddit posts as Summers, Made myself a badge, Summer Dress and all time classic 3D badge commission for /u/espurra.

Since I've had so much fun making the badge for /u/espurra and I'd love to get some more practice and exposure I've decided to make a 3D lowpoly badge giveaway. Quite a lot of people have asked me if they can get one of those badges too, so here is your chance.

I will give away 4 free* 3D lowpoly lenticular printed badges like this, this or this. The badges are 10cm by 15cm (4x6 inches) in size and come with a badge holder and lanyard. The back of the badges looks like this and has a QR code and a URL on it. (Only if you want that of course.) I can also add an NFC tag that's programmed with up 137 bytes of links and text and can be read with an NFC enabled smartphone if you touch it against the badge.

Since this is a physical item it will need to be shipped to you somehow, so I will need some sort of address. If you're uncomfortable with that (which I can totally understand) this might not be for you.
(If you happen to come to Eurofurence and I finish your badge by then I might be able to give it to you in person.)

If you want to get a badge post in the comments below or on the Journal on FA. I'm gonna need a good reference of your character and a description of how you want to appear on the badge. These badges will be SFW only.

Please understand that 3D work takes a lot of time, so I won't be able to model any super complicated backgrounds or props. They will most likely look like the ones on the badges above.

Also please keep the limitations of the medium in mind. The maximum "depth" achievable using this technique is around 5cm. Everything more than that will just be a blurry mess. This means none of the parts of the model or background can extend more than 5cm "in" or "out" of the badge. The badges are meant to be viewed straight on and have a viewing angle of around 35 degrees. Outside of that viewing angle the image will flip over to the other side and look slightly distorted. Also, since they are hand made there may be slight variations in the viewing angle and you might not get the full 35 degrees.

The better your ref and description the better your chance of getting picked. This is not a "who comments first" competition. I'm gonna allow a few days for replies to accumulate and pick the best ones. I will announce the "winners" sometimes this week on my FA and also send them a message.

If you didn't get chosen and still want one you need to have some patience. Once these badges are done and I have worked out how to get paid for doing this I will open for commissions. The starting price for a badge will probably be around 250€.

How long will it take to finish these badges? No idea. but I'll try to cram as much in my day as I can, but my paid work needs to come first.

The FA journal is here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6953961/
I'll also post updates on my Twitter: @KrisSlyka

* Yup, it's free. But if it turns out that shipping it to you costs five million Euros because you live on the south pole or something we're gonna have to work something out. Also I'll gladly accept donations if you want to cover the material costs.

EDIT: The badges ship from Germany. Shipping to the US is only a few euros, so that's no problem. ^.^

EDIT 2: Ohhh, so many replies. And so many awesome refs. I'm gonna have a hard time deciding...

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We're all back from our various adventures this week. Savrin has tales of San Japan, Shiva has tales of Furry Siesta, and we geek out a little about the next WoW expansion. We hit up as many emails as we could, given we started late, but we'll have them handy for next episode. Thanks to our patrons, we've finally started to replace our old gear. We've replaced our sketchy old mic preamp and our headphone setup. We'll be getting new headphones soon and maybe a couple chairs so the 3rd person in doesn't have to sit on a metal folding chair.. :D Support us on Patreon for as little as $4 a month! www.patreon.com/knotcast Episode 289 - Moist Places

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Although I'm sure this has been done a few times before, I'm interested to see what everyone is going for at the moment. I'd also like to see what people don't like, because, that's always interesting :3

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Dated August 8, here is an article in The Florida Times-Union:
http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/2015-08-08/story/meet-furries-people-who-identify-animal-so-much-they-dress-one

It looks at Florida's furry community, and the recent Megaplex convention.

The guys hit it off with 22-year-old Lonnie Weets, a communications and advertising major at the University of North Florida.

They invited him to hang out at their Monday night game nights, but they sent him a text to make sure he knew what he was getting into.

Of course, there would be fun, drinks and games.

But there would also be furries.

“I didn’t know what it was,” said Weets, who lives on the Southside.

He did some research and was fascinated.

Furries? People dressed as animals, but a lot more.

Weets wanted to see for himself.

And he’s glad he did.

Though Weets doesn’t identify himself as a furry, he enjoys their company.

“They are open-minded out-of-the-box thinkers and unique,” Weets said.

GAME NIGHTS

David Kanaszka, who lives on Jacksonville’s Southside, hosts the game nights. He recently returned from the Megaplex, Florida’s furry convention in Orlando held from July 31-Aug. 2. It’s been happening since 2002; this year, Megaplex attracted 1,472 attendees.

Yes, there are enough furries to have a convention. In fact, conventions are held across the United States and the world. More than 6,000 people from 34 countries attended the 2015 Anthrocon, the largest furry convention in the world. The name for Anthrocon, held in Pittsburgh since 2006, is derived from anthropomorphism, or giving human characteristics to nonhumans.

This year’s Anthrocon will have a $5.7 million economic impact on Pittsburgh, Tom Loftus of the city’s convention and visitors bureau told NPR Pittsburgh.

Kanaszka said the furry community is centered on the idea of walking and talking animals. Megaplex’s mission, according to its website, is to “provide for our membership a celebration of interactive arts and performance, with a primary focus on anthropomorphics and fantasy.”

In other words, furries identify with animals that have human qualities. Many furries have created their own animal characters, complete with a name and a backstory.

Kanaszka created Vitai Slade (in Latin, Vita means life, so his character’s name is inspired by that). Vitai Slade is a white tiger.

Kanaszka had a costume made to fit his image of Vitai. And costumes can be expensive, usually ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, but sometimes reaching $5,000.

And they can be stifling.

“It is very hot in the costumes. It’s kind of like wrapping yourself up in a giant carpet,” Kanaszka said. “It’s hot, not very comfortable, you have limited ‘tunnel vision’ and it’s harder to hear, talk and even move around.”

He doesn’t necessarily suit up, the term used to describe putting on an animal costume, during the game nights, but he will wear his fur suit whenever he feels like it. With the help of a handler to guide him, the 6-foot-6, 25-year-old wore it in St. Augustine while hanging out on St. George Street.

“If I’m in the mood to jump around and be a giant tiger, then I’ll do it,” Kanaszka said.

MEETING PEOPLE

Bonomec (real name Jimmie Pixler) is the name another character, an Australian shepherd, wanted to use for this article. The self-described introvert, who is in the Navy, said, “Furry for me … it’s kind of a way to meet people.”

Bonomec lives on Jacksonville’s Westside and has connected with furries through game nights, conventions and online.

He said they’re all accepting and free of judgment.

Weets agrees. Though his furry friends call him by his middle name, Dakota, and gave him an animal personality of a jackal, he has no desire to get a costume. He just enjoys hanging out with the furry community.

“I enjoy meeting interesting people with interesting stories and unique perspectives on life,” Weets said.

Bonomec said he knows some people think his involvement in furry fandom is weird.

“When I first got my suit, I posted it online. All of my co-workers saw it. They said, ‘what the heck is this?’ ”

Bonomec explained that he had made a character and wanted to act it out.

His boss would jokingly bark at him from time to time.

“I’ve had significantly more good reaction than bad reaction,” he said.

Bonomec said that when he suits up, he does it with the general public in mind. He knows he’s going to cheer someone up. And seeing the smiles and the laughter makes him feel good.

Kanaszka feels the same way.

He’s a performer, he said, and this gives him a chance to do what he loves.

He said his character, Vitai, is playful and proud, giving hugs and making people smile.

When he’s in costume he said, “one of my favorite things to do is find the grumpiest people and start jumping up and down in front of them.”

He said he always knew he was different and didn’t see the world the same way as everyone else. As a teenager, he went online to figure out if there was a community that interested him.

That’s how he learned about furries.

What some people also learn when they research furries is the idea that furry fandom is a sexual fetish. Furries are a diverse group, mostly men but with an increasing female participation, from all professions, cultures, religions, races, political affiliations, etc. Some might be from a subculture, just as in the average general population, but mostly furries are just people who like to have good clean fun and make people smile.

“I could probably go on all day,” Anthrocon chairman Samuel Conway told NPR Pittsburgh. “ ‘I heard the furries this, I heard the furries that!’ The only real statement is, ‘I heard that furries are some of the most creative people on the face of the planet’ ”

Added Kanaszka: “Here’s the thing: You’re talking about a group of individuals who are mostly between the ages of 18 and 28. I’m not going to say that sex doesn’t happen, but that is not what the community is about.”

Kanaszka said doing the furry thing is no different than “Star Trek’s” Trekkies.

In his case, and for many of his friends, he loves cartoon animals.

“[I’m] basically a kid who never grew up,” Kanaszka said.

AN ESCAPE

Kanaszka attends several conventions throughout the year. Programming focuses on a variety of arts and performances, from fursuiting, costuming and puppetry, to improvisational art and music. Furries also learn how to care for their costumes and dance in costume. There aren’t only “fursuit” games; at this year’s convention, Kanaszka gave a panel discussion on finances.

And his furry life has also inspired him to start a business, Tiger Brand Clothing Co., which makes T-shirts.

Each year, Megaplex raises money to benefit The CARE Foundation of Apopka. This year’s convention raised more than $7,000 to benefit the nonprofit animal sanctuary. The foundation sends speakers to Megaplex to talk about the local wildlife and abused pets it helps rescue, and staff members usually bring along a few of their animal friends — the real ones.

Kanaszka said that being a furry is a big part of his life.

“It’s really fun,” he said. “I’ve made a lot of friends that I wouldn’t have otherwise.”

As for Weets, he’s still getting into the fur scene. He said he’s had to learn some of the jargon when he’s hanging out with his furry friends on game nights, which usually attracts between 20 to 30 people.

“Everyone has their escape from reality,” he said. “For them, [being a furry] is it. I respect that.”