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Fur Squared #2: The Furry Experience
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Furries here at Castleton
Here is an article, dated November 16, in the Castleton Spartan, the student newspaper of Castleton State College in Vermont, USA:
http://www.castletonspartan.com/furries-here-at-castleton-1.3120059
It describes the furry fandom, with input from furries Scott Santamore, Amanda "Pine Cole" Green, and Meghan Hakey.
Typical hobbies for college students often include blogging, drinking or playing a sport, but for Scott Santamore, his hobby is a little furrier.
“A furry isn’t just the fur suit part of it, but it’s somebody who enjoys the furry fandom. It could be the art aspect of it or just enjoying the idea of anamorphic animals,” Santamore said.
Each fur suit is unique and represents a different personality. Santamore’s furry is a purple and orange Husky. He says he picked those colors because they’re like a yin-yang. Where one side of the husky has orange in a spot, the other side mimics with purple.
“My furry is a pygmy goat. I chose a goat because I'm stubborn, playful, vegan, and I like to head-butt my friends,” said Amanda Green, a Lyndon State student. “My character is male because I tend to relate to male characters more than females.”
Greens’ furry’s name is Pine Cole and his colors are gray, black, and white with lime green accents.
“His right ear has a white accent on it to reflect my own natural blonde patch that is on the right-back side of my head,” Green added.
However, a furry isn’t just a hobby to some; but a sexual fetish. Yes, some like to take it into the bedroom.
“I think it’s a little weird. At the same time I don’t want to judge people. They like what they like. It’s definitely nothing I’m interested in,” Santamore said.
Though, sex is just one small aspect, there are some die-hard furry fans out there. Some that will go far enough like Green, and make their fur suits.
“I’ve been making fur suits for 2 years. I’ve made 11, so far,” Green said.
Green explains that making the fur suit is quite the process and that she’s still learning.
“The first thing you need to do is to study the animal you wish to create. Draw it out and make sure you have a design. It's very necessary to have the design to look back on throughout the entire process,” Green said. “To generalize the actual construction, I start out by carving foam into the shape I want. I then make my own patterns, and fabricate the foam base. The last thing I do is add the eyes.”
Green and Santamore are just two people interested in this large fandom. Like super heroes, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter, furries, too, have a convention. Luckily for Green and Santamore, they were able to attend FurFright recently.
“I was absolutely in love with the fact that I could see in person the fur suits I had admired from pictures on the internet,” Green said.
Though, Green and Santamore are huge fans, they both don’t wear their fur suits as often as they would like.
“I’ll wear it maybe for two or three hours absolute max for a few different reasons. It’s very tiring and it also gets really hot in that suit. Your average fur suit gets about 110 degrees in about twenty minutes,” said Santamore.
Seeing a furry on campus is something new to many. Some run away with fright, while curious others stay and ask questions.
Theater major, Meghan Hakey, took it further and did her own research on the unique hobby.
“I think it’s actually good that people have an outlet like this,” Hakey said. “I mean, Comic Con is a really huge thing and people go dressed as super heroes and comic book characters, so if people want to dress like animals, that’s cool.”
http://www.castletonspartan.com/furries-here-at-castleton-1.3120059
It describes the furry fandom, with input from furries Scott Santamore, Amanda "Pine Cole" Green, and Meghan Hakey.
Typical hobbies for college students often include blogging, drinking or playing a sport, but for Scott Santamore, his hobby is a little furrier.
“A furry isn’t just the fur suit part of it, but it’s somebody who enjoys the furry fandom. It could be the art aspect of it or just enjoying the idea of anamorphic animals,” Santamore said.
Each fur suit is unique and represents a different personality. Santamore’s furry is a purple and orange Husky. He says he picked those colors because they’re like a yin-yang. Where one side of the husky has orange in a spot, the other side mimics with purple.
“My furry is a pygmy goat. I chose a goat because I'm stubborn, playful, vegan, and I like to head-butt my friends,” said Amanda Green, a Lyndon State student. “My character is male because I tend to relate to male characters more than females.”
Greens’ furry’s name is Pine Cole and his colors are gray, black, and white with lime green accents.
“His right ear has a white accent on it to reflect my own natural blonde patch that is on the right-back side of my head,” Green added.
However, a furry isn’t just a hobby to some; but a sexual fetish. Yes, some like to take it into the bedroom.
“I think it’s a little weird. At the same time I don’t want to judge people. They like what they like. It’s definitely nothing I’m interested in,” Santamore said.
Though, sex is just one small aspect, there are some die-hard furry fans out there. Some that will go far enough like Green, and make their fur suits.
“I’ve been making fur suits for 2 years. I’ve made 11, so far,” Green said.
Green explains that making the fur suit is quite the process and that she’s still learning.
“The first thing you need to do is to study the animal you wish to create. Draw it out and make sure you have a design. It's very necessary to have the design to look back on throughout the entire process,” Green said. “To generalize the actual construction, I start out by carving foam into the shape I want. I then make my own patterns, and fabricate the foam base. The last thing I do is add the eyes.”
Green and Santamore are just two people interested in this large fandom. Like super heroes, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter, furries, too, have a convention. Luckily for Green and Santamore, they were able to attend FurFright recently.
“I was absolutely in love with the fact that I could see in person the fur suits I had admired from pictures on the internet,” Green said.
Though, Green and Santamore are huge fans, they both don’t wear their fur suits as often as they would like.
“I’ll wear it maybe for two or three hours absolute max for a few different reasons. It’s very tiring and it also gets really hot in that suit. Your average fur suit gets about 110 degrees in about twenty minutes,” said Santamore.
Seeing a furry on campus is something new to many. Some run away with fright, while curious others stay and ask questions.
Theater major, Meghan Hakey, took it further and did her own research on the unique hobby.
“I think it’s actually good that people have an outlet like this,” Hakey said. “I mean, Comic Con is a really huge thing and people go dressed as super heroes and comic book characters, so if people want to dress like animals, that’s cool.”
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Furthia High download?
Just wondering if anyone knows where I could download the entire Furthia High so far?
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I've really gotta wonder about this...
Everywhere I've looked points to yes: 1] I am the only fur who positively despises pornography, both yiff and r/l. (This separates me for obvious reasons.) 2] It is quite unusual to have no artistic abilities and NOT buy a commission. (I can't afford it!) 3] Most people who consider themselves furs are 30+ years old. (17) 4] Furs are the only group where those who are gay will tell you so for no clear reason. (I really just don't care.)
And No: 1] It is not common to tell nobody in real life about being a fur. (They'd kill me. Or at least quiz me on it. I hate when that happens.) 2] It is not common to love furfights. (Before you say anything, violent images don't make me any more violent in real life.) 3] It is not common to not go to any conventions. (See Yes2) Please tell me if I've got any of this wrong! Sorry for wasting your time like this!
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I suppose you could say this one's in poor... taste? (Creature Feature #33: Polite Parasite)
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You Can Use Theater Techniques to Ease Social Anxiety
Author: Dear Papa Bear, I believe you recently answered a letter from my boyfriend, Sorsolier, and I want to say thank you for your words. What you said was almost the exact same thing we had agreed upon a few days before you posted it, so the confirmation of our mutual realization was great to have […]
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Due to some unfortunate events, I lost my old fursona... I've been working on a new one. Furry, meet Rose.
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Here is my fur suit head. The suit itself if a half suit (feet and legs up toabout my belly button, a tail, and paws ) however j don't want to put it ALL on right now.
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Dogs wagging their tongues
Ty’s idea for the project formed back in March of 2012 when he was shooting a project for a client. “While running through all the images that were shot I would find myself laughing out loud at how great the expressions were that some of the dogs had while licking in studio. The best way to describe it would be an ‘a-ha’ moment, I just kept thinking to myself, ‘this would be a great book!’”
Unlike most of us, dogs don’t have too much tongue licking their own noses.
Ty Foster's Lick Gallery
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FnF Ep 9 – Character Development - Last week we talked about character development! Sorry to the delay in posting the episode, everyone. My laptop exploded. Hopefully Ocean buys me coffee for riding my ass so much.
Last week we talked about character development!
Sorry to the delay in posting the episode, everyone. My laptop exploded. Hopefully Ocean buys me coffee for riding my ass so much.
Fangs and Fonts
Click below to Listen http://www.fangsandfonts.com/FnF/Episodes/FnF_-_Episode9_-_Character_Development.mp3Download here | Open Player in New Window
FnF Ep 9 – Character Development - Last week we talked about character development! Sorry to the delay in posting the episode, everyone. My laptop exploded. Hopefully Ocean buys me coffee for riding my ass so much.
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CODA5.1 - Rrowdybeast aka. Fenrir - **This is Episode 46 of the entire Fuzzy Notes catalogue! CRAZY!** THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLI...
**This is Episode 46 of the entire Fuzzy Notes catalogue! CRAZY!**
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!
'Coda' is a the super-smart and talkative member of the Fuzzy Notes family of podcasts about the music made by furries. Where Fuzzy Notes features music, and B-Sides showcases additional tracks by previously featured artists, Coda is an interview show where Roo chats with furry songwriters, producers and musicians about their recent projects, their musical life, and everything in between!
In 'Coda5.1' Roo talks to the Rrowdybeast, a furry artist and producer who continues the tradition of looking at music in a unique way by blending visual art and music. This is part of a FOUR HOUR conversation we had awhile back, and will be split into multiple episodes.
In this episode he talks about confidence, the connection between art and music in the furry universe, and building musical skill.
Rrowdybeast is passionate about art, music and has some strong opinions about how it all fits in the furry fandom. This is definitely an inspiring conversation...and there's more to come.
RROWDYBEAST ONLINE:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rrowdybeast
FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rrowdybeast/
MUSIC:
Opening Coda Theme: The Grass Is Soothing (R.D.L.G. Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/redd-sound/roo-the-grass-is-soothing-r-d
DMAshura - Diamond Dust
Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1399067/
FA: http://furaffinity.net/user/DMashura
Demiloup - Zero One Theme
Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11160238/
FA: http://furaffinity.net/user/demiloup
Ghar - draigun feat. kid whatever - crazy fire
Track: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2798745/
FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ghar/
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CODA5.1 - Rrowdybeast aka. Fenrir - **This is Episode 46 of the entire Fuzzy Notes catalogue! CRAZY!**
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLI...
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After introducing myself, i decided to upload something I doodled today. Here's a toon version of my fursona!
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Villains vs. Turtles
Author: rodney Among the many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles projects coming out of IDW Publishing this year was a mini-series simply called Villains. Now, they’ve collected the first four stories from this full-color series into a new trade paperback, wordily titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Micro-Series Volume 1. Here’s their summary: “Krang, Baxter Stockman, […]
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