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Furfunding Week in Review 8-12-14
This week’s illustration is from Deer Editor by Ryan K Lindsay, now on Kickstarter
I can’t tell you how much my heart broke when I went back to Indiegogo and saw that the crowdfunding project for Dashcon 2015 was taken down, probably because it was a scam. I was going to write a rather long post about it, too.
As an exercise to the reader, how could you actually tell a real Dashcon crowdfunding page from a scam, anyway?
Reviews this week: werewolves and scientists in Bleeding Heart, and a handful of assorted bear-related projects
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For a “complete” list of furry/fur-friendly crowdfunding projects, check out the Project Page and Patreon Page! New Projects Books/Print
Mordrude’s Monster Manual: A Guide to Realistic Costumes (Ends: 9/5/2014)
Anatomy and costuming come together in this neat volumn on realistic animal costume design by Mordrude’s Monsters
Griffin Ranger (Ends: 9/6/2014)
An investigative fantasy novel by Rgibson set in a world of griffins
Sloth in the City (Ends: 9/10/2014)
A sloth goes to explore the big city in this cute illustrated book.
Bleeding Heart (Ends: 9/3/2014)
A graphic novel about an injured werewolf, an amateur mad scientist, and good intentions. Mostly.
Deer Editor (Ends: 9/10/2014)
Part noir, part procedural, part slice of life crime novel, part Bambi. Journalitic editor Bucky investigates a Jon Doe (snerk) killing, and then goes down the rabbit hole of political intrigue and….murder.
Catsville High: The Movie (Ends: 9/11/2014)
Erg :( Another anthro activism animation for all your alliterative needs. Peer pressure, bullying, and really, really bad felines.
I really don’t care for this one, but it’s too interesting to toss.
Let there be Dragons! (Ends: 10/8/2014)
Chainmail and scale jewelry, bracelets, necklaces, with a light dragon theme.
Chibi Pony Adventurers (Ends: 8/28/2014)
Tiny cute little ponies for your tabletop games. There are now more pony miniatures than elves, I think.
Over goal!
Happy Dragons! (Ends: 10/3/2014)
Ceramic dragon statues with big eyes by Nina Bolen
Woolf: The Red Hood Diaries (Ends: 9/4/2014)
A moody, cinematic fairytale platformer with drama and lots of wolves.
Umdlalo (Ends: 9/5/2014)
A beautiful indie RPG/animal sidekick game set in prehistoric Africa
This game’s concept art is BEAUTIFUL but it will never make that funding goal :(
Witanlore: Dreamtime (Ends: 9/7/2014)
Contracting artists for a fantasy RPG set in the world of ursines, humanoid bears in a highland setting
Cat Boop (Ends: 9/13/2014)
Arguably the dumbest video game app of the last two weeks. You bap pictures of kittens with your cat paw. Yay!
Dreamkeepers: Vol. 4 (Not yet launched): In a colorful world, our alter-egos protect our sleeping selves from nightmare. Vol. 4 coming soon to Kickstarter.
…Just for funBear Senpai: Date The Bear of Your Dreams (Ends: 10/9/2014): A dating sim with bears. Real bears. Not those other bears.
What’s Corbeau Backing This Week?Currently we are funding a car and our mate has taken our wallet from us. But if we were funding something this week, it would probably be Bleeding Heart, because hey, steampunk and werewolves. We would also like to scrounge $75 or so for “Bare Strength” for research purposes but there probably haven’t been that many innovations in the cutting-edge field of “men not wearing pants” so that can probably wait.
What big teeth you have…Bleeding Heart
A scientist in training finds a wounded werewolf in the woods, and does the inadvisable thing…
Kickstarter ending 9/3/14
So, this isn’t how I wanted to begin this particular post, but the crowdfunder, Sabrina Cotungo, has a history of working on and in animation (and is a storyboard artist for a Disney series…). Her animated short video, “Kagemono,” features an adorable little fox and what just might be an undead hyena, and I’m so tickled by both that I must encourage the world to see them. It’s a great animated piece, sweet and just a bit haunting, and I can only hope it speaks well for the quality of Bleeding Heart!
But that’s not why we’re here. Although it is a good excuse.
Bleeding Heart is the story of a young scientist-in-training–we’ll call him Henry because that’s his name. He’s got a soft heart and a dreamer’s head, and when he goes into the woods–the possibly haunted, fairy-infested woods–he finds an injured werewolf in the dark forest.
And brings the beast home.
What follows in the short graphic novel is a story of identity, brass goggles (oh, I hope), self-understanding, and possibly a lot of angst about not becoming a monster. The magic of the forest has its own sort of spell, and the further Henry involves himself in the woods and its people, the more his own spirit becomes at risk. Bleeding Heart is the first part of a webcomic of scientists, experiments, and awesome hair–more information on the series “Glass Scientists” on artist Sabrina Cotugno’s art blog tumblr. It’s the solid, hold-in-your-hand book that will kick off the webcomic and introduce readers to the world. After that, we’ll see where Cotugno’s muse takes her.
Wherever it goes, she’s got an impressive head start–after a week, the project reached $10,000, schottischeing past most of the critical stretch goals Cotungo laid out. Unfortunately, she also burned through all her work-intensive, customized pledge points, which is a pity, but the trade-off is that the project’s a winner early in the run, so that’s a good thing. And there’s still lots of nice swag–bookmarks and stickers and all that fun stuff.
So if you like your werewolves huge, salivating, and engimatic, and your scientists gentle and doe-eyed–I’m flashing back to Carlos from “Welcome to Night Vale” over this guy–then Henry and Bleeding Heart has a lot to offer. Although the plot is highly reminiscent of a werewolf yaoi I stumbled across at our local comic store–at least the first couple of pages, at some point in the middle the content went down a different road entirely. Probably.
Note: Images used above are included to promote the work of crowdfunding artists, and are owned by the original creator.
My girlfriend is an artist who loves painting pokemon/other furry stuff. Thought you guys might like her work!
…Da bears
I was pretty sure that this week’s main post was going to be about bears.
In fact, I kind of thought it would be about “Bear Senpai” (Kickstarter ending 10/9/14), which has the potential to be a really good joke–a bear dating sim, where you flirt with, say, polar bears. But it looks like it isn’t going to lift itself above “pretty good joke” into actual fundraising territory.
And then, “Witanlore.”
Witanlore
Kickstarter ending 9/7/14
Witanlore has the potential to be one of the prettiest games I’ve seen on Kickstarter in a long time. It’s driven by Unreal4, so unlike a lot of the recent “develop this entire video game from the ground up” crowdfunders, this one’s got a firm starting position, working with a well-supported platform instead of building from scratch. Hopefully Witanlore can emerge from development looking fresh instead of derivative–the concept art looks pretty exceptional, anthropomorphic bears with tribal markings and costumes, rich backgrounds, stoic polar bears, mystic-warrior grizzlies, pandas so zen they may have smoked something illegal, and what looks like a steampunk zombie wolf.
All video games released past 2015 are required to use steampunk zombie wolves in some capacity, for proper meme compliance.
Plot in brief: You are a young Ursine, just on the brink of adulthood. Traditionally, all Ursines go on their visionquest, a fairly cut-and-dried operation–fast for a few days, if you’re a panda smoke more of whatever you’ve been smoking, and then go off into the Dreamtime spirit world, meet your god–not GOD, but your tribal house god–get a few useful pieces of helpful life advice, come back, everybody has a big seafood dinner. This time, however–you ARE the lead character in a video game–your divine program guide is interrupted by visions of a shadowy, malevolent figure (hint: steampunk zombie wolf), an ancient mcguffin, threats to clan and home…all that good stuff. After that, journey of exploration, deep dives into tribal history, fighting against prophecy, and possibly looking beyond the little island the Ursines call home.
And you look pretty damn awesome doing it.
Looking at the kickstarter itself, one major point going in its favor: instead of bankrolling the entire game, Druid Gameworks is focusing their campaign on: art, specifically freelance artists for character and concept art (which I guess is most of the art besides landscape…) With a limited scope to the campaign they can have an attainable goal of $9000–it doesn’t preclude higher goals, but it gives a smaller number that supporters can feel confident in backing. (On the other hand, the rewards lack a certain special sparkle–mostly standard swag and game access. The tee at the highest possible level of support seems just a bit “an hour in the ball pit” to this dog….unless it’s a really good tee.)
Now, if we’re done BEING bears, maybe we can read about them.
Bear Book
Kickstarter ending 10/9/14
I don’t really have a whole lot to say about Bear Book except the screamingly, “read the Kickstarter” obvious. Written by Gloria Bowen and illustrated by Kris Lewis (AKA “Mythmeoi“), a Disney-esque illustrator with a great sense for motion, wildlife, and disgusting cuteness, Bear Book is a children’s rhyming book loaded with bears from around the world. If you want cute, and if you love bears, there is no shortage of either in Bowen’s project.
This should be illegal.
The kickstarter’s standard for a children’s book launch–though it does something that I think you couldn’t do until Kickstarter2.0, which is giving product away to a good cause–the highest pledge levels ($100, $350) are more about giving the book away rather than cool swag, sending copies to libraries, community centers, and so on. It’s nice to see a little bit of outreach in crowdfundingland!
Overall this project is short, simple, and self-explanatory, but the video’s worth a view for the absolute, unadulturated cuteness of the thing. Unfortunately there’s not a lot about the language of the book on the project page, but the artwork has a lot of heart.
Note: Images used above are included to promote the work of crowdfunding artists, and are owned by the original creator.
:D i made a sub-reddit for latex furries.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Latex_Furs/ :3 post whatever you can and please subscribe. and if you have experience with how to styalize subreddits some help would be appreciated
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I've created a new subreddit: FurryMates
Hey all. It's been a long time coming and well, I wanted to fill a niche that I believe existed on reddit.
I myself, among others I am very sure, do not currently have a mate. Some (like me) are introverts and don't really get out much to get ourselves out there. Others are too shy, or too nervous. Others are just bad at meeting people!
I created this subreddit to hopefully provide others with a place to meet other furs. Whether you go to the subreddit to meet a mate, or just a friend, it does not matter!
I JUST created this subreddit. I need a few mods, and more importantly someone that can design the subreddit's style, as of right now it is rather bland. Also, I need someone that has generally better design ideas and knows how to do flairs, etc . Please PM me if you are interested in any of the above.
Please head on over to r/FurryMates and help yourselves to what hopefully will be a decent subreddit.
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Like Rocket Raccoon? Want to get into the comics? Here's where to start!
I don't know about you guys, but as soon as I saw Guardians of the Galaxy in theaters, I wanted to know more about the team - and especially Rocket! But most of the advice out there has you buying $300+ worth of comics to get all manner of back story, and most of it doesn't even include Rocket.
I've pieced together which issues to read to get the most Rocket for your buck. Now I'm sharing it with all of you.
The links below go to the digital versions of the comics. If you have a local comic book store, I think it would be great if you supported that local business by getting the paper versions from them. Otherwise, I've linked to Comixology, who runs Marvel's online store. You can buy individual issues, or trades / collections (generally 5-8 issues in one book), or bundle deals. Check pricing to see what the best deal is.
The best way to save money is with Marvel Unlimited. For $10/month, or $70/year, you get access to pretty much everything Marvel makes that's more than 6 months old. So you won't get the 2014 Rocket Raccoon series listed below, but they should have everything else. There's $87 worth of comics listed below, so it's a deal. The only caveat is the mobile app is really bad. Not unusable, but a bit frustrating.
Finally, there are (as with anything else digital) a torrent of other ways to obtain these comics. If you want to send a message to Marvel that we want more Rocket, please obtain them legitimately.
Now on with the reading list!
Single Issues: Rocket Raccoon
These are self contained, single-issue stories about Rocket. Two are being given away for free. You can read these independent of anything else.
- FREE! FCBD: Rocket Raccoon
- FREE! Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite #2
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted #1
Rocket Raccoon and Groot Ultimate Collection
Chronologically, this is where to start. This contains a bunch of different comics, including Groot's first appearance in Tales to Astonish from 1959, and Rocket's cameo in an Incredible Hulk issue in 1968. There's also his first dedicated Rocket Raccoon comic run from 1985, and his appearances in Annihilators (which takes place after the 2008 GotG above).
Stop reading this when you get to Annihilators, if you plan on reading the 2008 GotG run. Pick it back up afterwards.
Annihilation: Conquest (Optional)
These two story lines add some very useful back story for the Guardians. You'll have a better idea of what's happening at the start of the 2008 GotG run if you read these first, but they aren't essential for understanding the story. Rocket is in both of the series below.
Besides these two, there is also a prologue issue, and character series for Quasar and Wraith which you can read before the plain A:C, if you want.
- Annihilation: Conquest - Star Lord - 4 issues
- Annihilation: Conquest - 6 issues
Guardians of the Galaxy 2008
This series is generally regarded as the best Guardians run. It's written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning who are a well-respected team (though unfortunately they've just split up).
After reading this, go back to the Ultimate Collection and read the Annihilators stories.
Annihilators and Annihilators: Earthfall
If you're going to read these, just buy the Rocket and Groot Ultimate Collection. These will cost you about $16, the Ultimate Collection includes way more stuff and costs $15.
Rocket Raccoon (2014)
This series just started. If you like Rocket in the movie, you'll probably like this comic. Currently on issue #2, next one is due beginning of September.
You can probably save money by waiting for a trade, but I wouldn't expect a trade to come out for another 4-5 months.
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Me Sleeping! (my pokesona, by Cheeki)
Furry minecraft servers?
Anyone have some good furry minecraft servers that I could join?
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Review: “The Mysterious Affair of Giles”, by Kyell Gold.
Captain Donald
Mickey and friends horse Donald out sailing and Daisy is somewhat kinky!
![[link]](http://puu.sh/aOOtY/4ce8365163.png){kind=link}
Review: ‘Spies in Their Midst’, by Alflor Aalto
>TFW-no-computer-requests
Reddit exclusive!
I promised I'd do requests as soon as I'd get my laptop fixed new laptop (not paying 600$ for laptop life support, nice try Staples). Turns out it takes longer than expected to deliver so fukkit...
Might as well try traditional in the meantime.
Boredom-inspired enthusiasm! :D
I promise to do at least 4 (No first come first serve, literally Hitler), but consider this thread dead in 2 weeks. When I receive my computer I'll upload scans instead of pictures if not already done and start a digital request thread unless uni is actually time consuming.
Must be SFW.
Clothed unless asked otherwise. Loony toons nudity to be expected.
No funny business unless it's funny.
No ref needed. Any relevant image/description is appreciated.
Will not do refs (grab your lunch money and commission a real artist bro, cuz these are hard as rock-hard tits to do) and pls have low expectations so I can make you happier more easily.
I DESPISE YOUR "CONSTRUCTIVE" FEEDBACK! /S
Here's the mostish recent traditional stuff I did. Also, leftover free adopts WYSIWYG Will upload latest (chibi) later today. EDIT: Link to chibi
I may: Cartoon, Chibi-toon, Grayscale, Color, Shade, whathaveyou, try, fuck up (I rarely go pen and paper, but I'll do my best!).
Don't be vague, I'll seize my artistic freedom myself whether you like it or not. MWHAHAHA. (Will provide concept thingy or sketch and ask for a go via PM).
Ask away.
Current thread List of Done:
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