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I am "working" to make the furry fandom a playable civ in Civilization 5. If I were to commit to this endeavor, who/what would be the "leader" and what would the unique units/buildings be? I did have the idea of the unique ability centering around happiness and tourism, however, I thought I'd ask the internet since I have no idea what I'm doing. Please help. edit: Something I forgot about when writing the post. While I did have it set in my mind that the "cities" of the civ would be conventions, I don't entirely know which conventions to use.

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So heres the thing

I have a fursuit, i hate fursuiting. Its uncomfortable and hot.

I cant paint my face for shit it always ends up looking like blackface.

What else (besides ears and a tail) can I wear to a furry convention? I love dressing up, I'm just out of ideas.

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I've been in a real art rut lately and maybe doing some art of other peoples characters will help pull me out. Just post a picture of your fursona and maybe a few personality traits and I'll see if I can make something nice for you. (I've not posted here before so I hope this is okay.)

The road so far: StormPegy Boogie FluxInfinite NorskieYoshi

EDIT: There are many of you now! Oh my! I will try to get to everyone in due time so do not fret my beautiful furry, feathered and scaled people.

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This week’s illustration is the reverse side of Pelted Primacy, now funding on Kickstarter.

This week, DJKyota’s  “Pelted Primacy” makes its return to Kickstarter. I’ve been watching this project for a few years, and it’s been an interesting exercise in adaptation. In its latest incarnation DJ has developed the artwork and is using Kickstarter for a preorder system. “Pelted Primacy” was one of the first projects I covered, in my second post. I’ve got my fingers crossed, here’s hoping this is the evolution of the project that springboards it to success!

This week saw a lot of really, really first-time projects that were a bit on the rough side. Uncertain of why–I don’t plan to bother following the astonishingly missable “Thundercats” fan film ($1mil goal, no business plan…), but some of them were so undeniably furry that I have to at least give them a nod. In particular, “Redemption” stands out for having most of a chapter in the in-line text of its Kickstarter story, as well as having only one paragraph of business content.  “Isles of Eventide,” is a nice-looking little non-anthro RPG, also suffering a bit from “first time out.” I think we may see this one again in the vague future.

For a “complete” list of furry/fur-friendly crowdfunding projects, check out the Project Page and Patreon Page! New Projects Art

Meimei and Po Calendar (Ends: 1/11/2015)
Japanese-style fantasy animal and human art–lots of foxes!–in a lovely art calendar.

Engineers with Puppies: A Swimsuit Calendar (Ends: 1/14/2015)
Images, please? Use that gallery function, guys! A largely self-explanatory project raising money for the Champaign County Humane Society and Techbridge, a campaign supporting women in engineering and science.
Argh, they’re using two different crowdfunding platforms. Dumb, dumb, dumb…

Books/Print

Redemption: A Fantasy Novel (Ends: 1/22/2015)
First-time novel project in an anthro fantasy universe.
I suspect including “noooooo” in the sample page was a mistake.

Children’s Products

Powerful Plants (Ends: 2/16/2014)
Okay, not strictly FURRY but nutrition education loaded with anthro plants and veggies!

Comics/Graphic Novels

RABBIT (Ends: 1/22/2014)
A graphic novel of a rabbit working as a bar-bouncer in a city of carnivores. Strange, rough, and abstract indie goodness.

Tabby (Ends: 2/8/2015)
It’s a sweet rom-com with a crazy cat lady as the main character! Great cats and nice art.
Lots of art and sketchwork on the artist’s process blog.

Tabletop Games

Pelted Primacy (Ends: 1/16/2015)
Anthro card deck by DJKyota, with character art for the court cards and unique paw-print suit designs.
It’s been interesting watching this deck evolve over time, it was one of the first project I covered here.

Toys

Squatting Dog (Ends: 1/30/2015)
If you really, really needed a miniature figurine of a shiba caught in mid-poop, the internet will provide.

Video Games

Second Chance: The Game (Ends: 1/25/2015)
Eliana-Asato‘s furry dating sim project.
Language in project page is kind of off (artist speaks Russian natively). Think that’s hurting her business case.

Isles of Eventide (Ends: 1/30/2015)
A fascinating fantasy world MMORPG with non-anthro characters and monsters.
More at the Bloodstream Studios DA page.

A couple of screenshots from a custom 3D engine I've been working on for rendering furry characters in VR. This actually does run at the requisite 75 FPS to drive a Rift DK2 with a couple of characters in the scene, though only on a fairly new video card. Characters are animated with skeletal deformation and the long fur is dynamically simulated -- bounces and moves in response to motion and scene physics. All lighting and shadowing is dynamic, with the fur both casting and receiving shadows.

I'm a developer, not an artist, so I apologize for the quality of the sculpt; it's more of a tech demo than an art showcase. (oh god don't look at the paws)

Variant 1: front back Variant 2: front back

Detail: chest neck

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Edit 2: Server down due to some issues regarding the host and Windows deciding it needed to restart for some pointless update. I'll try again tomorrow with something hosted from home. Sorry everyone and have a good evening ;~;

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So I've been in the fandom for at least 6 years now but I've never been to an actual event and I suppose I'd like to.

I'm in Minnesota though, and from what I've gathered most events are on the east coast or at least 500+ miles away.

Anyone know of any good conventions in general or who had a schedule of events so I could plan to attend one? : 3

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Here's a rundown I gave to another commentor:

Basically, the furry fandom is a group of people who like anthropomorphic animals, animals with human characteristics. Kinda like, for example, Bugs Bunny.

The furry fandom is similar to most other fandoms: we have art, we write, we cosplay (more on that in a sec), we have cons, etc. the primary difference between the furry fandom and, say, the anime fandom, is that we don't have a central show or book the fandom revolves around. We make what we enjoy.

Now, the cosplay is a bit complicated. Most furries (I saw a survey somewhere that quoted 98%, but I'm not sure of reliability) have 'fursonas'. Fursonas are representations of these people in the community as anthropomorphic animals. Generally, they're used as a basis for art, in role play, and to create the costumes, called fursuits.

As with any other fandom, there's a sexual side to it. It's called 'yiff'. One survey I found online stated that, of the furry fandom:

About 33% are majorly interested in the sexual aspect of the fandom

38% are minorly sexually interested

The remainder has no sexual interest in the fandom

So, the furry fandom is a lot more sexualized than other fandoms are. Tends to make us easier to pick on and harder to defend. Public media perception used to be (talking 90's and early 00's) extremely negative. Shows like CSI showed furries as basically sex-crazed animal-fuckers. No, that's not us. That's not us at all. MTV also had a show that had an episode featuring furries. Same result. I think the first major good media coverage of furries was in 2006, when a reporter snuck into a convention (they weren't handing out media passes at that point because of the negative press) and wrote an overwhelmingly positive report. Since then, it's been a slow, steady uphill battle, particularly fought on the Internet.

The history of the furry fandom is claimed by some to go all the way back to early human history, with specific cave paintings cited as the source. I don't believe his myself. The modern furry fandom sprung off of a group of sci fi fans. The fact that it timed into the creation and spread of the Internet (90's) allowed it to grow.

If I missed anything, or you're wondering anything, don't be afraid to ask. Also, I feel I should mention the 19 people who were hospitalized in a chemical attack on a furry convention a short while ago. You can easily Google it. It was pretty big news.

Anyways, any questions?

Links on reddit:

/r/furry

/r/yiff

wikipedia

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I used to play a good bit, but now that the guys I played with got uninterested and whatnot, I'm pugging. And don't get me wrong, pugging isn't bad, but waiting 15 - 30 minutes for some missions sucks, and soloing stuff is a drag. Besides, making new friends is always awesome! I'm not too far into the game, but I have most planets unlocked and I kinda know what I'm doing. Sorta.

Anyway, anyone wanna team up and do crap sometime?

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