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Had to deal with an asshole, got rejected, nearly passed out at the store, got called a whore and was blamed for something I was wrongly accused of... I'm very drained. I need cuddles, guys.. :c send care packages.

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Me: seeing family, and they're talking about a new puppy!

And a cheesy one: Only been here a little over a month, and I have so many friends here! I was always so scared to join reddit, but you guys made me have no regrets about joining.

How about you guys?

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They loved it so did my aunt and my little cousin's they hugged me immediately and loved the character. Cept one he cried when I reached out and wouldn't hug me. we sang happy birthday to my aunt and then till I got down really low and everyone had a hug and got pictures he got pushed close I acted shy till he finally he came an hugged me and kissed my nose and then it was all fine.

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Asurium’s Art Tutorial 101!

Welcome! If you’re looking to pick up drawing as a hobby or something more, these are a few tips that can get you started!

So to begin, the way I learned was to draw characters from the pictures that I saw and comic strips that I read (Mostly housepets). This way of learning is called mimicry. We’ve all done it, whether it was with pokemon or you’re favourite video game/tv show character. This is a very efficient way to learn quickly. However, when you attempt to draw characters from other people’s work, you tend to pick up their style as well. So I recommend that if you learn this way, try drawing characters from a variety of others as well as your own original characters so that you develop your own unique style. In addition to that, you should only mimic until you have a good foundation going. Once that’s established, experimenting by yourself is the next step.

Next tip! DRAW ALL YOUR STUFF IN PENCIL CRAYON OR PEN SO YOU CAN’T ERASE WHAT YOU DRAW! If you make a mistake, leave it, then you won’t make it again after more practice. If you keep erasing lines until they're perfect, you'll never learn anything new (hence you should draw with pencil crayons or pen until you resist the urge to erase). Alright! The meant and potatoes: Drawing anthro heads (feline and canid) Here's a tutorial I found extremely helpful to me: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/230/d/d/housepets__style_tutorial_by_watsupyal-d5bl6pv.png I think this tutorial helped me the most. :D

As for facial expression, it’s very useful to look at yourself in the mirror and closely look at the details of your expressions. (Don’t worry, there’s no judgement if no one see’s you xD). Another way: look at other people, closely! Like, all up in their grill! (Jk). But it is beneficial! Here’s a link: http://tracyjb.deviantart.com/art/Lackadaisy-Expressions-193978013

As for the body, I don’t really have any tips other than to study proportions and anatomy (Though I never really have). Closely observe the form of your body makes in different positions. Be observant, and record (draw :3)! It’s also beneficial to draw from photographs. Mimicry helps in this case too.

AND FINALLY: THE KEY TO LEARNING HOW TO DRAW IS PRACTICE. (When I say practice, I did about 17 quick housepets character sketches a day to get better, and found I had improved dramatically after 40 ish drawings). Oh, another good point: Don’t spend hours on one drawing; do a LOT of quick sketches instead! Practice is the most effective way you can learn.

Edit: Before, and after a tonne of practice. (Time span of 4 months)

I REALLY hope this tutorial helped you out, good luck guys! :3

-Asurium

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So what's the general consensus on honesty regarding one's intent for an as-of-yet unconstructed fursuit? I suppose a bit of backgroud is in order.

Back while my wife and I were just dating, the furry fandom came up in our conversations. She had some very negative ideas about "those kinds of people," so I let it be... but she loves Halloween (the irony of one group wearing costumes while bashing another group that does the same is not lost on me, I assure you), and I may have found my path to a new (well, my first ever) fursuit.

Opinions?

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Hey! So it's summer, lots of new people are coming on board and lots of people are thinking about becoming "creatives"! I thought I'd share some tips that I'd like to have heard early on. Don't get me wrong though... I don't think I'm qualified to give advice because I'm a good artist. I think I'm qualified to give advice because I'm not a good artist, and because I'm still struggling with these things that are holding me back. I still need to apply these tips to myself... lol. Anyway, here it is.

1. Anxiety, and self esteem issues. This is one of the biggest barriers to success in any creative journey. It manifests in many ways. Some people are scared to start, for fear of being terrible [been there] and some people start but have difficulty asking for or accepting criticism [still there]. Some people do ask for criticism, but then try to save face when they receive it by giving excuses. The best thing you can do for yourself, is be [or at least act] fearless. Post your stuff, even if you think it is terrible. Accept criticism gracefully, and don't make excuses. If you want to start on this journey, you can't look for gratification now. You won't find it. There is no real instant gratification. This, I feel, is why tutorials are such a huge phenomenon. You can see a bite sized little thing, consume it, and then feel better because you made a step forward. But you haven't. Tutorials aren't a shortcut. You need to do the boring, repetitive stuff if you want to get anywhere. Above all else, you have to accept that you won't be gratified today, or tomorrow, or in a month. You will only ever find gratification looking back, at how far you've come... not looking at where you are right now.

2. The tools and the know-how. There are two parts to any creative journey. The tools [technical skill] and the know-how [knowledge]. Artists, when starting out, generally focus far too much on the know-how. This goes back to tutorials. People are more comfortable learning than doing. You need to give equal attention to the development of your technical skill [the fundamentals of drawing] as you do to the know-how. A lot of people "know" how to draw a person, or a muzzle or whatever... but they can't. They've internalized a million tutorials and little pieces of information, but when they put pencil to paper they find that they can't do it. They can't draw smooth, confident lines and archs and ellipses. They can't get the proportions right, or two sides of a face symmetrical. They know how it is supposed to look, but they can't put it on paper. That is because the technical skill is not there. The actual mechanics of the thing are lacking. The interface of brain, to hand, to pencil to paper is underdeveloped.

So the summary is this. It's okay that you're bad. Look forward, to the time when you'll be looking back at yourself. If that makes any sense. You will almost certainly never be truly satisfied with where you are unless you keep in sight where you've come from. And don't put too much weight on knowledge. You need to practice drawing. Putting marks on paper. Don't waste time with tutorials when you can't even apply them. Your time is better spent filling a notebook with lines and planes and ellipses and sketches than reading tutorials. Tutorials are best used when you have a sound foundation in the fundamentals of drawing. You will move much quicker if you invest time in the fundamentals early on instead of just doodling whatever it is you're interested in.

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The crew gets together to talk about what inspires them and what fears they have with their writing. Developing thoughts and ideas into plots, researching new story ideas, or finding inspiration around you, there’s many ways to find new story ideas. Reflect that against the insecurities one can have with writing. How do we over come thoughts of not being good enough, afraid of easily quitting, and other fears?

 

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Ep 44 – Inspiration and Insecurities - The crew gets together to talk about what inspires them and what fears they have with their writing. Developing thoughts and ideas into plots, researching new story ideas, or finding inspiration around you, there’s many ways to find new story [...]

Something that I've been planning to organise for a while now as something to do every couple of weeks to try to involve as many people on /r/furry as possible:

The plan, put simply, is for as many people as possible to request some art and get some.

How we're going to do that in a way that's simple for everyone (except me), is for artists and requesters to sign up using a couple of Google forms (you won't need to sign up for a Google account if you don't have one) I'll put up later at the end of this post. All a requester needs to do is submit their reddit username into the request form - that's it. Artists submit an artist form for each request they want to commit to fulfilling within the next fortnight, with their username and how much detail and colour to expect. The forms will be pretty self-explanatory and can be found at the bottom of the post.

In a couple of weeks' time, once everyone has had a good chance to sign up, I'll take all the submissions and randomly pair off artists and requesters. Feel free to ask me any questions you have about this. (Apologies for not putting enough time into this post, but I had planned to do it for almost 2 hours ago, then a meeting ran longer than expected and I tried to type it on the train and I had a whole document prepped and everything. I'll be adding any answers to questions into this post just below.)

[Q&A]

Will this be a regular thing in the future?

Hopefully, yes.

Free art?

Yes!

Why does it matter if the piece will be sketched, inked, coloured and so on if everyone only gets 1 piece of art max?

It's to let the requester know what they can expect. It also means an artist can register to fulfil multiple requests, but do them in different styles or levels of detail (e.g.: if they want to do 2 b/w sketches and one fully inked and coloured).

What happens if an artist gets a request they feel no inspiration for(artist a gets a fox character but is tired of drawing nothing but foxes) or is uncomfortable with the subject matter(artist gets a anthro arachnid but is terrified of bugs)?

That's the luck of the draw, unfortunately. Any issues like this should be discussed between the artist and the requester and hopefully they can work together to come up with some sort of compromise - no need to only limit the options to just the requester's fursona.

Update (5th July): We've got 68 requests and 31 artist registrations so far in just over 2 days!

Finally, the forms themselves. One for requests, one for artists.

Request form --- Artist form

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Dear Papabear,

First of all, I'd just like to say that this whole thing you're doing here is fantastic. You've helped tons of people both in and out of the furry community. So, kudos to you.

Second of all, I am really confused. Ever since I first went on the internet at 7 years old, I have been interested in the furry community. I'd never really considered myself one...until now. Like, I was looking at these cool fursuits on Tumblr, and it just kind of hit me: "Oh, sh*t, I'm a furry." And, to be quite honest, I am totally okay with this, and I'm not going to lie to myself about it. In fact, I'm choosing to embrace it! So, that's where my question comes in: how do I immerse myself fully in the furry community? 

I would appreciate it a lot if you could include some websites for me to check out in your answer!

Thank you so much!

Furry Noob (Oregon, age 13)

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Hi, Furiend,

Welcome to the furry fandom :-3 First off, if “Furry Noob” is really your furry name, get another. “Noob” will only apply for a short time, after all, and soon you won’t be one.

Immersing oneself in the fandom is easy because furries are now omnipresent in the virtual and real worlds. There are furcons in 32 of the 50 states, as well as in England, Canada, Sweden, Russia, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, Poland, Brazil, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, South Africa, and the Czech Republic. Whew!

You say you’re in Oregon, so Furlandia (traditional con) and Campfire Tails (as the name implies, a furry camping event) are nearest to you. If you live near or in Portland, there is the Rose City Fur meetup group, too, you can join. Attending furcons and meets is a great way to get involved—even better, volunteer to help them!

As for general furry stuff. My gosh, where do I begin? Well, you can start by taking a look at Wikifur (online furry encyclopedia modeled after Wikipedia) and the news site Flayrah. Both are run by the talented GreenReaper (all hail). I would also recommend checking out FurryToday, which posts all kinds of furry-related videos, and Fursday, a web portal with all kinds of interesting furry-related stuff.

I could go on and on, really, but that’s enough to start. Oh, and I am writing a book about the fandom, but that won’t be ready for nearly a year, so you’ll have to wait on that one.

Other than that, go on social media sites such as Furry4Life and various Facebook pages and just start making friends and chatting. The best way to learn about the fandom is to make lots of friends. I’ve been involved for some time now, and I’m still learning!

Hope this helps! Stay Furry!

Hugs,

Papabear

So over the past few days for no particular reason I have been really upset with my art. It may just be me seeing so much art that looks better than my current stuff or the other day when I mentioned exploring different styles and one of my friends said "Thank god" (pretty sure he said it as a joke but it really messed with me). Regardless, I would love some input on what I could do to improve my current style. I have always been very insecure and judging of my art so I never can tell what looks good. I just really want to find a style that both I and the people I show it to like. Thanks in advance!

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