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Feeling a little sketchy and a little rusty at the same time. Need some inspiration and gotta get drawing! So yep. Post them refs here, I'll pick a few to do some sketches :3
http://dogspots.deviantart.com/
*Oooooo, this blew up. I'll do what I can!

**Righto, think I'm done for a bit. May come back and do a few later, so feel free to post.
These are the ones I got:
http://imgur.com/a/OpGku

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Already an exciting year for comics, July is poised to be even more so as Emma Rios and Brandon Graham put on their curator hats for a brand new collaborative project for Image. Launching the sci-fi fantasy series 8house, Graham alongside Emma Rios will be bringing together a diverse range of artists, writers, and illustrators for their new anthology project, Island. At over a hundred pages an issue, and printed in an oversized European format, the new “comics magazine for comics” will feature a unique mixture comics work, illustrations, prose and fashion spreads.

Farrel Dalrymple

Graham has always displayed a fascinating mix of influences in his own comics from graffiti art, porn comics, and both European and Japanese styles, it’s fitting to see this approach applied to an entire anthology. Promising to be a ‘stack of comics within a comic’, it’s one of those rare projects, with a real sense of “something for everyone” about it. A generous grab-bag of ideas and concepts from, among others, Gael Bertrand, Lando, Amy Clare, Michael DeForge, Kate Craig, alongside Ludroe, Jose Domingo, Johnnie Christmas, Fil Barlow, Simon Roy, E.K. Weaver, Lin Visel, also with Malachi Ward, Matt Sheean, Will Kirkby, Helen Mair, Marian Churchland (whose work will be a part of the aforementioned 8house arclight) and previous collaborator Farel Dalrymple whose work has featured in the revived Image title Prophet. With such a large pool of creators involved it’s almost guaranteed to do just that as well as introducing fresh and interesting talent to even the most well-read comics fan.

Even from such a wide range of creators, with my particular interest in all things anthropomorphic I’m personally looking forward to seeing the story that Onta, known predominantly for his adult work within the furry fandom, has contributed to the series sixth issue. Having been a fan of Onta’s work for many years I’m eager to see his work being introduced to a wider audience. His art style is cute, sexy and strikingly playful and I anticipate his more cheeky and tender adult work will fit in perfectly with the likes of Graham’s Multiple Warheads work.

Emma Rios

Among some of the other highlights on offer is Graham himself in the much anticipated return to the world of Multiple Warheads, after a few years absence. This time in colour, it will once again feature the exploits of Sexica and her werewolf partner, Nikoli as they forge ever onwards into their strange world. Having been inspired by his work on Pendleton Ward’s Adventure Time, Graham promises to delve even deeper into the pairs’ surroundings and explore the world beyond the viewpoints of the two central characters. Fellow curator Emma Rios, already a fan favourite from her ground breaking work on Kelly Sue DeConnik’s “Pretty Deadly” (also featured, contributing a prose piece no less!) is another story, that has piqued my interest. Featuring aspects of transhumanism and exploring the themes of identity and body image, ID is set around a group of individuals undergoing full body transplants and from the artwork previewed it looks gorgeous.

I managed to rope Brandon Graham into talking to Bleeding Cool about this special new project.

Emma Rios

Jason Karlson: Where there any creators or artists you had in mind right from the start when envisioning this project and starting to bring it together?

Brandon Graham: Yeah, certainly. One of the ways I stay excited about comics is digging around to find artists whose work excites me. On the book Prophet, I had a lot of fun digging up artists to present their work in the back. This feels like a much larger scale version of that.

There’s a lot of people making comics whose work I’m amazed by and just want to show other people- look at this amazing comic! There’s a couple creators in Island whose stuff I’ve followed for years but who haven’t really done much in Print. Like Lin Visel, whose online work is some of my favourite stuff, Effort comics and her Adult work on Slipshine.

JK: Will there be returning creators between issues?

BG: Yeah, I think that’s important. The idea is for every issue to have at least one returning story and one new story. So there’s both a reason to catch up on the next chapter of something and get something entirely new.

JK: What do you see as the risks in bringing together artists and writers so different from each other in the current marketplace?

BG: A big part of the creators whose work I’m putting in the book is that they gel together, there’s a feeling I’m aiming for. I feel like readers who like what I do or what Emma Rios or Farel Dalrymple do will like the other work in the book.

We’re even got work that influenced what I do into it. I managed to get a series from 1986 called Zooniverse that I first read when I was a kid. Fil Barlow, who made it is fixing up the pages for a new edition to run in Island. It’s one of my favourite comics ever made and a think it’ll be new to a vast majority of comic readers. As far as the current marketplace. I get this feeling that readers now are up for anything. Especially at Image. I keep joking that if I’m gonna try something stupid that right now at Image is the best place and time to do it.

Brandon Graham

JK: What drew you to the anthology format? They seem to be having somewhat of a renascence on kickstarter, but do you feel there is a lack of them on the shelves otherwise?

BG: It sounds dumb, but a lot of it for me is not thinking of it as an anthology. That invokes the idea of a bunch of 5 page stories, and that’s cool, but I want this to read more like a reader is getting a stack of full comics that are under one cover.

JK: Do you think anthologies like this play and important part in introducing readers to new creators, themes and artists they wouldn’t have previously known about or considered?

BG: Oh yeah, I think that’s a big part of my job here, to dig up interesting creators and see what they have to say. My high hopes are that it will help in the conversation about where comics can go. In the first issue I started a series of comics talking about how I think about comic storytelling. I like thinking about what you can do past basic storytelling. Also I’m really interested in seeing what happens when an Image book publishes a guy like Michael Deforge whose work is huge in the indie scene might not be known by a lot of Image readers.

JK: Island is billed as a mix of comics, illustrations and text pieces, do you think there is too much of a divide between the three, or an issue of what people commonly accept as “comics”.

BG: I think a lot of the divide might be the intent of the creators. I like the idea of letting some things not be comics. Not every great illustrator is going to do great panel to panel, and that’s ok. I still wanna see what they can do.There’s still storytelling in that. So far almost everything we’ve got in Island is made by a single creator. So when we bring in writers who don’t draw– like Kelly Sue in #1. I like seeing their prose work where there’s none of it being passed through another creator drawing it.

JK: You’re including the work of Onta, a furry artist whose work I love by the way, did it worry you at all about people’s possible knee-jerk reaction to “furry”? What drew you in particular to his work and are there any others you’d like to include in future issues of Islands?

BG: I’ve joked with Onta about how he’s done most of his work not only in furry comics but a lot of it gay furry porn, he’s not trying to get a job on X-men.

I think there’s a huge value in that. He’s doing the work about he’s most excited about -I have faith that readers will connect with that honestly and past that he’s just an amazing storyteller and illustrator. Yeah, there’s a lot of great work being done in that scene that you don’t often see on comic shelves.

Simon Low

JK: You’ve spoken previously about issues opening with pages of illustrations and about creators “doing what they like”, do you think too many comics are too rigid or structured in terms of themes and art currently?

BG: I think it’s a pretty great time for comics here in North America. That said, I think things could always be pushed farther or in different directions. I think a lot of great publishers and creators are moving in cool new directions. I love seeing what Image and Koyama and Nobrow and the like are putting out. It’s a vast art form with vast potential.

JK: What are you your feelings about returning to the world of multiple warheads after a few years of being away from it?

BG: Warheads is weird for me in that it started as a porn comic a million years ago. Returning to it feels like a way of rethinking how I feel about where I’m at with my work now as opposed to where I was when I started it. I got to work on the cartoon Adventure time this year (I co-wrote/boarded Jermaine with Jesse Moynihan), and it got me thinking differently about storytelling. They do a cool trick in that series where they often go off the main story to build on the outside world. I like the idea of allowing myself that same freedom in Warheads. But yeah, I also have a lot of other comics I wanna make for Island. Much to do.

There's something that's been bothering me for a few days now, and I was hoping some of you would listen.

So, I've been thinking. I knew next to nothing about my used-to-be best friend. I knew he liked Pokemon, dinosaurs, video games. That's about the extent of my knowledge of his interests. The other day I looked him up on Facebook and discovered that he's in college to be a physicist. Never would've guessed.

It's sort of the same story for the rest of the people I've called friends. I only knew them in school, only knew what they liked because of classes they were in or things I was told during lunch.

And to top it all off, the people I know the most about, I'll probably never meet in my lifetime. Youtubers, Redditors, gaming friends. All through the internet, and all too distant or famous.

I don't know a thing more than surface-level knowledge of the friends I've had, and the people nearest to my heart I'll never truly know. So make of my rant what you will, I just had to get it out of my system.

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How would you guys feel about a thread posted regularly, once a week, that suggested a theme or idea for people to draw?

I've been doing it with a few friends over the past day or two - The current theme is "Your sona in a jar." As you can see, there have already been a couple of great posts about it today. (Don't worry about the spam, though. If this became a regular thing, submissions would be encouraged as comments within the thread.)

I think it would be a great way to get to know more artists, a nice opportunity for beginners to draw something and look at multiple similar images for tips or guidelines, and just a great bit of fun in general. I can provide a couple of months' worth of ideas, though of course I'm sure we'll be able to think of more as time goes on.

Let's hear your opinion!

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Well, as recently announced, not only will we get more ads, but we'll get 'mature' ads. I had a look at these ads and honestly, they nearly made me violently sick. Seriously, what are they playing at? That site is slowly taking turns for the worst imo. When I joined it in 2009, it was like a completely different place. With the nature of the ads, they have also made it dangerous because of malware.

Is this a popular opinion or are these changes liked by some people?

Would love to hear what others think of these recent changes

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Hi! Very new to reddit!! Anyway, here goes: So, I'm here to talk about my experiences with coming very close to getting a fursuit, and maybe leaving the fandom after doing so... I'm not writing this to get attention, I'm curious if you guys have had any similar experiences , advice, or whatevers. This is gonna get kinda long but I appreciate anyone who reads through the full thing!! Hopefully this will help someone out!

So, I should start by saying I'm still 17, am in school, and live at home. About 2 months back, I had been wanting a fursuit, like, pretty badly. I had a lot saved up in my savings, slightly over $700, from a part-time job I had worked for a few months. I don't work there any more, but have had the money in my account for a long time. This was a lot of money for me, and my parents had never really mentioned how I should spend my money. I mean, I earned it, I'm a pretty finally responsible person, plus I had never been told what I was or was not allowed to spend this money on. Now, I hadn't saved up specifically for the purposes of a fursuit, but it had been on my mind a little bit. I've always been quite a fan of costuming and cosplay, and I'd seen fursuits online and whatnot, and was absolutely amazed and intrigued. Those of you who enjoy fursuiting may understand my feelings here. I've been to a few comic-con style conventions (including Comic-con) but have never been to a furry convention. At said comic convetions, I'd cosplay as characters from movies and video games, etc. and absolutely loved it! So, naturally, I figured a fursuit would be a seriously fun way to cosplay, right? I had also wanted to attend furry conventions with it, do some furmeets, etc.

Now, initially, I was seriously turned off to the idea of suits being so ridiculously expensive, (I mean, there are people who are spending like, north of $5,000, that's seriously a large inventment). I knew that if I did spend money, I'd want to get something nice for pretty cheap, which is next to impossible. I told myself I wouldn't ever go higher than $300 because I needed to have fun, yet still make financially responsible decisions with the rest of my money. So, after about 3 weeks of scanning all kind of furry selling sites and ebay, I had finally found one. At about $250, this was a partial suit that looked damn good for the price. Everything seemed to be super nice! I had discussed it with a few friends (who aren't furry) and had been sorta neutral about the whole thing, but didn't really care. One night, I had actually accidentally left the ebay link open on my computer, and my parents came downstairs and saw it. The next morning, I could tell they were a little bit weird-ed out, but not extremely opposed in any way. My dad had made a little remark like "so, that's what you're gonna get with your money huh? Alright, I mean, whatever man". Not directly opposing but sort of an, "Eh, I mean, I find that weird, but I mean it's your interests" kind of thing. My parents had never stated that I shouldn't in any way. Neither of them seemed to be to opposed, which is what really struck me odd about what happened next. Let me continue by saying my parents are really great people, and are almost always on-board and supportive with my interests and hobbies. They're really supportive people and actually sheltered me a tad too much in my really early years, and now they've kinda let me more independent. They themselves are fairly nerdy and know that I've been a furry for a little while, to which they've shown no opposition whatsoever. They actually said it was kind of cool. (I'm telling you this so you can get a little perspective as to what happens next, not to boast or brag...)

So, after that, I had actually placed an ebay bid for the fursuit around midday. I mean, it's my own personal money, I had worked hard and given it my all to obtain this money, I felt that I could use a portion of it to buy a fun eccentric costume. I mean, I earned it, and had already saved and purchased any necessities, I had a really good plan for college and my future, so I figured, why not? But that's when all hell broke loose.

Later that evening, I had casually mentioned the bid to my parents, and they were completely freaked out and shocked. I mean, that's the best word I can use to describe it, they just looked at me like I had told them I was joining a cult. They told me to go upstairs, and I heard them talking to each other, "I'm not okay with that...what the hell?" and "Should we freeze his account?" They had then walked upstairs, and proceeded to ask me why I would do this. I told them the reasons, and they just looked at me in the same way they had before. Like I said, they're usually super supportive, which is why this came off as such a shock. I could tell my dad really was upset. "Look, that was so disrespectful to us you'd do something like that. We don't work this hard for you to spend your money on dumb sh-- like this!" He then proceeded, "YOU ARE NOT A F---ING FOX!! You are a young man! You're taking this furry thing way to freaking far! You need to get out of those dumb drawings and grow up!" My mom also nodded her head in agreement. I was visibly upset but held back tears. After this, they had then given the "you're-not-being-responsible/grow-up" parent lecture (I'm sure at least some of you guys have heard this before), and went to bed. Now, there was no physical violence or abuse in this situation, just a lot of shouting (I don't want you guys to get the wrong idea here). Regardless, that last statement really hit me emotionally in my core for some reason. I'm not a therian, and don't truly believe I'm a fox, that's not why I'm a furry (not disrespect to anyone who is a therian or otherkin, I love all of you). The fact that my dad said to "grow up" and that "My art was dumb" led me to respond how being furry, and fursuiting is really popular, lots of people own one, it's a fun outlet for freedom of expression, and so on. He didn't care whatsoever, and kinda scoffed it off. In the end, some else ended up bidding on the suit, and I didn't win, which I told them. We haven't talked about it ever since. I was partially glad and partially upset about not winning, however.

From a parental perspective, I can sort-of understand where they were coming from. I mean, I can understand that it can come off as quite strange when your son comes up and shows you a big floofy fox head he ordered. They understand that as a teen I can go through phases and didn't want me to spend money on what they felt was dumb stuff. Regardless though, I had saved up this money in my own account, with my own hard work. I was never told how, where, or on what to spend this money, and felt that I had the right to spend it, yet not excessively, on what I pleased. I mean, it would be different if I had taken money from my college account or from my parents' savings, but I didn't.

So, I just felt that they turned this genuine concern for me into blatant disrespect and anger. Screaming "YOU ARE NOT A F--KING FOX" and essentially criticizing and calling my art dumb really upset me, as both an artist and a furry. I was pretty much forced out of the fandom by my parents, and now whenever I want to draw furry art (or wear the tail I own) I have to do it in secret. This had led me to be much less active within the fandom, and overall I feel kind of ashamed or that I have to hide this part of myself around others. I don't want that, ya know? This fandom is all about being oneself and freedom of expression, not hiding away in some room trying to draw while my parents aren't home. And, I still occasionally do stuff online, but it again feels like I truly have to hide being furry, even though I'm on my phone/laptop. I mean, I love this fandom! We're all about having fun, creating, freedom to express ourselves, having fun, and sharing our creations with others! It's awesome, I don't want to leave! I don't think it's just for children, or that it's some dumb, juvenile obsession like my parents believe. Yes it's odd, and I totally respect other's opinion to think that, but at the same time, this whole event really broke this fluffy, fun part of me down...I just, don't know if I can continue being a furry with such disapproval constantly shining down upon me, ya know?

So, yeah. That's my story + thoughts. Sorry to end it on such a negative note, but yeah...What do you all think? Do you think my parents were totally justified in their response, or am I totally justified in owning a fursuit, and spending the money how I felt? I'd love to hear all your thoughts or similar stories, and how you dealt with it all. :3

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this, I know it's ridiculously long!

[EDIT: Please understand I'm not trying to ask if the decision was financially smart or not. In the end, there's probably a lot of other stuffs out there to buy, I recognize that it was a large investment. Regardless, I'm trying to raise a discussion more about the reaction, not about the initial purchase :3 Thanks!]

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Part 1

So I was added by someone with a Snivy for a pic. The next morning, it changed to a stock pic of a female lawyer. Dis Gon B Gud.

And yes, I know it's a troll.

[6/21/2015 8:36:04 PM] *** Pascal The Otter has shared contact details with Meredith Grey. ***

[6/21/2015 8:36:13 PM] Pascal The Otter: Who this?

[6:19:46 AM] Mere_: Greetings. I am Meredith Grey, the lawyer appointed to you by the Kentucky Law Administration. I've heard you've been having some copyright problems? Well don't worry. I'll take care of everything in exchange for a small fee.

Kentucky Law Administration? That doesn't exist.

[6:21:06 AM] Meredith Grey: But in all honesty, you know this could have all been avoided by simply not naming your imaginary character a name that is obviously copyrighted, right?

I did. Oh, And she changed her name.

[6:50:10 AM] Meredith Grey: I also want to note that my current service rate is 49.99 per half an hour and you've wasted 50 bucks already bub

[7:23:36 AM] Meredith Grey: Up to 100 bucks now bub. I would suggest you change your sona's name already but it's too late for that. You've already accepted a life of crime and there's no going back! Fear the law.

[7:44:22 AM] Meredith Grey: it's... yawn been another 30 minutes... 150 you owe now bub... fear the law and stuff

I didn't even sign a contract.

[9:41:48 AM] Pascal The Otter: 10/10 troll

[9:47:18 AM] Pascal The Otter: It even says your male in your profile

[11:33:56 AM] Meredith Grey: I'm trans you genderist bastard

[11:34:07 AM] Meredith Grey: and I'm not a troll >:c

Yeah, cause layers use Skype to contact clients. And use emoticons.

[11:34:26 AM] Meredith Grey: I just want to protect Pascal from creepos trying to steal his name

[11:34:45 AM] Pascal The Otter: I'm not trying to impersonate him.

[11:35:22 AM] Meredith Grey: tell that to the judge bub

[11:35:31 AM] Meredith Grey: let's see how much money you owe me now

[11:35:57 AM | Edited 11:36:05 AM] Pascal The Otter: The Kentucky Law Administration isn't even a thing

[11:36:09 AM] Meredith Grey: 7:19... 12:35.... 5 hours... 10 x 50... 5000 bucks?

[11:36:23 AM] Meredith Grey: yes it Is and I'm part of it >:c

[11:36:30 AM] Pascal The Otter: Show me proof of you being a lawyer

[11:36:34 AM] Meredith Grey: why does no one take us seriously anymore D,:

[11:36:44 AM] Pascal The Otter: BECAUSE YOUR NOT REAL

[11:37:04 AM] Meredith Grey: ok

[11:37:09 AM] Meredith Grey: here is another picture of me

[11:37:16 AM] Meredith Grey: aren't I a sexy beast? http://robersonlawdayton.com/sites/default/files/Choosing%20a%20Lawyer%20for%20Estate%20Administration%20and%20Probate.jpg

[11:37:39 AM] Pascal The Otter: THATS A FUCKING STOCK PHOTO

[11:37:52 AM | Edited 11:38:01 AM] Pascal The Otter: LAWERS DONT EVEN TALK LIKE THAT

[11:38:52 AM] Meredith Grey: you should know that because of all the lawyers you've talked to after all that copyright infringement, huh? You know otters have copyright too you sick fuck >:c

[11:39:05 AM] Pascal The Otter: oh ffs

[11:39:18 AM] Meredith Grey: and yes I'm just that beautiful, people want to use pictures of me as stock photos

[11:39:26 AM] Pascal The Otter: If you were a lawyer you would contact me via email

[11:40:19 AM] Meredith Grey: I couldn't find your email through Skype, mmk? I'm not a tech savvy person

[11:40:29 AM] Meredith Grey: stop making fun of me for my disabilities!

[11:40:36 AM] Meredith Grey: you can get sued for that you know.

I have a feeling she has a tumblr.

[11:41:30 AM] Pascal The Otter: Will you stop the bullshit? I'm not changing my fursona's name

[11:42:41 AM] Pascal The Otter: That's final

[11:42:46 AM] Meredith Grey: all right, that's what I hoped for ^^ Now can we get down to business and discuss the tactics you are looking for me to impose as a lawyer?

[11:42:52 AM] Meredith Grey: Pascal is a very aggressive man

[11:43:20 AM] Meredith Grey: I know him, we used to work together! anyway he's not going to take your stubbornness very well.

[11:43:30 AM] Pascal The Otter: You said he has a copyright, Can I see the document?

[11:43:40 AM] Pascal The Otter: Proof of his copyright?

[11:44:21 AM] Meredith Grey: yeah ok

[11:44:26 AM] Meredith Grey: it's here in my system files

[11:44:34 AM] Meredith Grey: hold on for a moment please sir?

[11:46:21 AM] Meredith Grey: okay I have it

[11:46:29 AM] Meredith Grey: I will fax it over to you shortly

Image: http://i.imgur.com/LJQYhOm.png

[11:47:29 AM] Meredith Grey: I hope I have proven my point.

[11:47:48 AM] Pascal The Otter: Oh ffs, i'm done talking to you

[11:47:51 AM] Meredith Grey: Are you willing to work with me now sir? Our tactic is of great importance.

[11:48:00 AM] *** Pascal The Otter blocked Meredith Grey ***

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