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That's right! I'm taking requests. I've been in a HUGE drawing slump lately, and I took a request today. After I started going, I went "Oh wow, I'm really getting into this" and even noticed that I had gotten better! So, here's your chance /r/furry. I need full ref sheets, not written, and I will most likely only do a headshot, or a very easy pose. Here's my FA, so you can take a gander at my skills http://www.furaffinity.net/user/admiralcheesecake/ FIRST COME FIRST SERVE! Might take more requests later, so just dump your refs, and what expressions you want. If you want a surprise, say surprise me!

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Hello, everyone. I've been working on a webcomic called The Drifter for almost two years now (still in progress), and I was wondering if anyone here would be interested in reading it.

It's not the average furry webcomic; this story is dark, the characters suffer, and a very 80s action vibe is prevalent, including scenes of nudity and ultraviolence. Think Hotline Miami or Drive with anthro characters.

I only have a devart and Smackjeeves for now. Here are the two links:

http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=137597

http://davidfern.deviantart.com/

I appreciate anyone taking interest in my work, and I hope to hear some feedback!

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The reason people "come out" as a furry is because it is not widely accepted it is a thing that you could be hated for or something you can be bullied for that is why. I just needed to say that.

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Not often there’s a video that should interest the inflated subculture but here’s one and it’s funny. A compilation of clips from Rollin’ Wild.

Created by Rollin' Wild: http://www.facebook.com/RollinWild

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It's the sexiest episode so far...by number alone. If you can get past Roo's attempts at sexy voice without throwing up in your mouth a little bit there's some AMAZING music this week made by furs. Also, Roo chats about Canadian Music Week, the Digital Media Summit he attended, and offers some advice for furry musicians regarding attending music conferences and performing at festivals! This week's show features returning artists Flipp The Bunny, EmCee Jeffy, Drumming Raccoon and Asid Rayne as well as newcomers DJ Shasta (remixed by Kova), DipperDraper and Lesli! Oh...and he plays one of his own songs too...what a lameass! THE MUSIC: Bunnies (for real!) (aka. Flipp The Bunny) - Ganja Tune * Track: http://bunniesforreal.bandcamp.com/track/ganja-tune * Bandcamp: http://bunniesforreal.bandcamp.com * Twitter: http://twitter.com/FlippTheBunny DJ Shasta - Fallen Rain (Kova Remix) * Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dj-shasta-1 * Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandon_random EmCee Jeffy & DJ $TANK A$$ - Alligator (Album Version) * Mixtape: https://soundcloud.com/jeffy-5/sets/emcee-jeffy-dj-tank-amixtape2014 * Twitter: http://twitter.com/BloobFoxJeffy * Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeffy-5 DipperDraper - Without You * Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3668024/ * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dipperdraper/ Drumming Raccoon (Live) - Amphetamine Psychosis Blues (Live at Wild Nights) * Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoLUvC6ee-4 * Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_LZOxWFzuM * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/drummingraccoon/ Lesli - Fashionista (Paleowriter) * Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13161097/ * FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/leslichu/ Roo - Sometimes a Boat is as Good as a Plane * Track: http://https://soundcloud.com/roogoyle/roo-nbn11-sometimes-a-boat-is-as-good-as-a-plane-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-adaptation * FA: http://furaffinity.net/user/Potoroo * Twitter: http://twitter.com/Potoroo Asid Rayne - Malicious Intentions * Bandcamp: http://asidrayne.bandcamp.com * Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tun_Dra_Gon --- HOUSEKEEPING: FUZZY NOTES ARTIST CHALLENGE: A semi-regular musical challenge sent out to all furry songwriters, producers and musicians to try something different! All the information is in the episode, but the low down is: * You are given a basic concept - a theme, a single lyric, maybe a musical restriction - and I CHALLENGE you to write a song based on that concept. * Songs can be any genre…the only rule to be considered is it must somehow convey the concept * All songs submitted will be featured on a special episode of Fuzzy Notes * All songs are winners, but one will be chosen out of the group by a panel consisting of Potoroo, a furry musician, and someone involved in the music industry outside of furry (a recording artist, a producer, a manager, a radio promoter or personality, etc.) based on three factors: the relevance to the theme, creativity, and what can best be described as ‘How excited we are about the song!’ * The artist selected will have their own CODA interview episode focusing on their music and the song they created, bragging rights, and some kind of cool prize The goal is to challenge furry musicians to try something a bit different, and to get more furry music into the world...which benefits us all! The first Fuzzy Notes Challenge concept: RADIO SILENCE Use this as inspiration: maybe a lyric, maybe a mood, maybe you'll use radio static in your song...who knows! It's up to you! Deadline for entry is June 1st. Submit your songs to Roo via email (it can be a Dropbox or Soundcloud link) at fuzzynotespodcast@gmail.com. FUZZY NOTES FAN CHALLENGE: This one's easy, a way to show support to furry musicians without spending a penny. * Go to the Fur Affinity account of a(continued) Fuzzy Notes 69 - Seduce Yourself - It's the sexiest episode so far...by number alone. If you can get past Roo's attempts at sexy voi...

I'm going to start selling $5 HD speedsketches, but to test the market, I'm going to give the first 2 away for free... just to see if people think the price is fair.

Any one character and/or object may be requested.

The first 2 replies will have their requests fulfilled.

Free Sketches:

Demear http://i.imgur.com/xAxnKtP.jpg

Crookedear

-PowerRaptor (AKA Scritt on FA)

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I'm seeking to maybe make some friends, I'm new. Just moved from my folks in Abilene after graduating @ South Plains.

I don't bite.

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I'm looking for a furry background for my ps3 / ps4. Does anyone know any good places to download a good furry theme?

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Author: Papabear, My question is very hard for me to phrase and hard to ask as well. I want to preface this by saying that I don’t want to offend you Papabear, or anyone else who may read this. I don’t know if I am a furry or not. I don’t have any desire to […]

I need a couple of badges, though one of them is a bit more complicated than normal. Anyone know of folks who are currently taking badge commissions?

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Me and the people at /r/poundland have now made up so if your one of the people downviting their stuff can you stop please! Thanks!

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Talk about a well-rounded Artist! Zoe Moss is a graduate of CalArts in Southern California who now works as an artist, experimental animator, character designer, storyboard artist, puppet fabricator, and voice actor.  (Oh is THAT all??) Her humor is on display regularly at Pizza Day Comics, which has also recently been gathered into a comic book. Then there’s her main web site, with the unlikely title of Brainfarto. Yes really.

image c. 2014 by Zoe Moss

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Papabear,

My question is very hard for me to phrase and hard to ask as well. I want to preface this by saying that I don't want to offend you Papabear, or anyone else who may read this. I don't know if I am a furry or not. I don't have any desire to dress like an animal, but there is a very definite part of me that wishes I was anything but human. I want to be something else. I'm drawn to certain animals as well. Does that make me a furry?

Anonymous (age 19)

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Dear Anonymous,

I am not at all offended and not really sure why you think I would be, but I’m not, and I doubt anyone else is.

You do not have to “dress like an animal” to be a furry. That’s just fursuiting, and only 1 in 5 furries does it. The center of your question, then, is really “what is a furry and am I one?” Well, furry is a lot of things, but essentially it is someone who enjoys anthropomorphized animals in fiction, movies, comics, and sometimes performance arts. 

What you are describing is the feeling that you don’t really belong among humans and are, inside, perhaps another animal. This falls more under the description of “Therian,” or “Therianthrope,” than furry. Now, a lot of Therians participate in the furry fandom, but being a Therian is different from being strictly a furry.

There is some debate at times as to the strict definition of Therian. Some take it to the extent of the belief in things like lycanthropy in which the body can actually physically change into an animal, but most Therians I’ve come across simply believe that they harbor the spirit of an animal of some kind within them. Many Therians, therefore, believe they can experience either an astral-shift in form (their astral bodies become their inner animal spirit; this might also be called a dream-shift) or an aural-shift in which their auras become those of an animal (you’d have to be able to perceive auras to see this shift). There is also what is known as a phantom-shift. This is when you feel like part of you or all of you is an animal but you can see that physically there is no shift (sort of analogous to the phantom pain that some amputees feel in which they feel like they still have a limb that has been removed.)

Note that Therians should be distinguished from Otherkin, who are people that feel they are in some way associated with beings we would consider mythical but that might be from parallel worlds, such as dragons, faeries, elves, demons, and the like.

There are also people like me who, while I don’t believe I shift in any physical or spiritual way, feel a strong spiritual connection to an animal (in my case, bear) and believe that this animal becomes a spirit guide and influences our lives.

Many Native Americans and other cultures that follow shamanistic beliefs feel that animals have a very important influence in our lives. My teacher, Blackbear, has introduced me to the concept of the Medicine Wheel, and how my bear spirit dominates the Western part of that wheel (I have not yet discovered the other spirit animals that may be influencing me).

You say that you are drawn toward certain animals. This is something you should try to explore in order to find your spirit animal (either guide or inner spirit) or animals. You can learn more at sites such as http://therianthropes.com/therians.htm and http://www.werespace.net/. I also found this rather good introduction to Therianthropy: http://www.tygerwolfe.com/writing/essays/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-therian-by-redfeather-falconhawk/. And this is a short introduction to power animals on the Medicine Wheel: http://www.pathofthefeather.com./index.html.

So, long answer short, I would say you are a Therian. You may certainly feel free to participate in the furry fandom as many Therians do, but it would be worth your while to find out more about Therianthropy and your spiritual connection to animals.

Good luck!

Papabear

Papabear,

My question is very hard for me to phrase and hard to ask as well. I want to preface this by saying that I don't want to offend you Papabear, or anyone else who may read this. I don't know if I am a furry or not. I don't have any desire to dress like an animal, but there is a very definite part of me that wishes I was anything but human. I want to be something else. I'm drawn to certain animals as well. Does that make me a furry?

Anonymous (age 19)

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Dear Anonymous,

I am not at all offended and not really sure why you think I would be, but I’m not, and I doubt anyone else is.

You do not have to “dress like an animal” to be a furry. That’s just fursuiting, and only 1 in 5 furries does it. The center of your question, then, is really “what is a furry and am I one?” Well, furry is a lot of things, but essentially it is someone who enjoys anthropomorphized animals in fiction, movies, comics, and sometimes performance arts. 

What you are describing is the feeling that you don’t really belong among humans and are, inside, perhaps another animal. This falls more under the description of “Therian,” or “Therianthrope,” than furry. Now, a lot of Therians participate in the furry fandom, but being a Therian is different from being strictly a furry.

There is some debate at times as to the strict definition of Therian. Some take it to the extent of the belief in things like lycanthropy in which the body can actually physically change into an animal, but most Therians I’ve come across simply believe that they harbor the spirit of an animal of some kind within them. Many Therians, therefore, believe they can experience either an astral-shift in form (their astral bodies become their inner animal spirit; this might also be called a dream-shift) or an aural-shift in which their auras become those of an animal (you’d have to be able to perceive auras to see this shift). There is also what is known as a phantom-shift. This is when you feel like part of you or all of you is an animal but you can see that physically there is no shift (sort of analogous to the phantom pain that some amputees feel in which they feel like they still have a limb that has been removed.)

Note that Therians should be distinguished from Otherkin, who are people that feel they are in some way associated with beings we would consider mythical but that might be from parallel worlds, such as dragons, faeries, elves, demons, and the like.

There are also people like me who, while I don’t believe I shift in any physical or spiritual way, feel a strong spiritual connection to an animal (in my case, bear) and believe that this animal becomes a spirit guide and influences our lives.

Many Native Americans and other cultures that follow shamanistic beliefs feel that animals have a very important influence in our lives. My teacher, Blackbear, has introduced me to the concept of the Medicine Wheel, and how my bear spirit dominates the Western part of that wheel (I have not yet discovered the other spirit animals that may be influencing me).

You say that you are drawn toward certain animals. This is something you should try to explore in order to find your spirit animal (either guide or inner spirit) or animals. You can learn more at sites such as http://therianthropes.com/therians.htm and http://www.werespace.net/. I also found this rather good introduction to Therianthropy: http://www.tygerwolfe.com/writing/essays/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-therian-by-redfeather-falconhawk/. And this is a short introduction to power animals on the Medicine Wheel: http://www.pathofthefeather.com./index.html.

So, long answer short, I would say you are a Therian. You may certainly feel free to participate in the furry fandom as many Therians do, but it would be worth your while to find out more about Therianthropy and your spiritual connection to animals.

Good luck!

Papabear