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I don't mean fursuits representing marine animals, those do get made on occasion. What I mean is costumes designed to be worn while swimming. Similar to how quad-suits allow the wearer to experience what it's like to be a quadrupedal animal, I think it'd be awesome if there was a costume that allowed you to experience what it's like to be a marine animal while at the pool or the beach by restricting your movements to a degree. I personally love to pretend I'm a whale, dolphin, or seal/sea lion when I'm in the water, but sadly unlike fursuits there doesn't seem to be much of a market for this.

I think at the most you could give a person a fluke (monofin), a dorsal fin, and pectoral fins, with the pectoral fins being the most difficult to manage. I can imagine two ways to handle the pectoral fins. One way would be to have the wearers arms pinned completely to their sides inside an elastic barrer/corset-type garment, attached to which would be the dorstal and pectoral fins. Another way might be to pin the wearers arms to their side only as far as the elbows, so that their fore-arms and hands become the pectoral flippers allowing them to be used to maneuver. Underneath all this the wearer might wear a wet-suit patterned after the animal they are impersonating.

The main difficulty I forsee in attempting a project is that it would probably involve working with rubber and other complex and unforgiving chemical compounds. I myself would have no idea where or how to start or where to look for help. I'd love even to just see it happen though. So, anyone have ideas or similar dreams they'd like to realize?

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Author: GreenReaper

Results for the Summer 2011 International Furry Survey led by Dr. Gerbasi and Nuka were released last month, and some are quite surprising. The study attracted 1940 participants (179 ‘non-furry’). 45% came from Anthrocon 2011; the rest filled out the survey online.

The same team ran an online survey last January, and a follow-up at Furry Fiesta 2011.

Becoming furry: influences, character traits and timeline

62.9% of non-furries believed furry was a choice, while only 48.9% of furries (and 39.3% of therians) thought the same. The survey found no one source acting as an influence, but therians and otherkin appeared to be more likely than furries to note a specific experience or internal feeling.

While some had suggested family breakup as a basis for joining the fandom, the survey found “no significant difference between furries [33.6%] and non-furries in terms of how frequently their parents were divorced.”

Tests on the “Big Five” personality traits found that those more involved with furry fandom reported being more extroverted, less agreeable, and more open to experience. There was no statistical difference for conscientiousness or stability/neuroticism, nor – as found previously – were there “significant differences between furries, therians and non-furries as measured by self-esteem scales and depression scales.”

While minors could not participate in the survey, approximately 70% of the sample was 25 or younger; despite this, 5-10% were 40–60+. Anthrocon participants “[had] considered themselves to be a furry for statistically longer than online participants (8.4 years versus 7.0 years)” and were older (25.8 vs. 24.0). Furs began to consider themselves furry around 17, and “became a part of the furry community 2 years later”. They estimated there were “about 1.4–2.8 million furries worldwide” (1 in 2,500–5,000); those strongly identified as furries estimated higher.

Therians, furries and otherkin

Therians were slightly more likely than furries to be female (19.7% vs. 15.5%), and three times more likely to be transgender (3.3% vs. 1.0%). They were also statistically more likely to feel less than 100% human, both physically (18% vs. 8%) and mentally (72% vs. 34%), and were far more likely to want to be completely non-human (52% vs. 35%), or to believe that they are human plus something else (44% vs. 31%).

Therians were also more likely to emulate their species than furries, less likely to believe their fursona/species could change over time, or that it could be chosen, and far more likely to identify as a member of their species. The ‘deepness’ with which they felt their species was a part of them was likewise greater (8.55 vs. 6.75 on a 10-point scale). They were more likely to engage in magical/supernatural thinking, compared to furries or non-furries (between which there was no significant difference), and were more likely to use Second Life or IMVU than non-therian furries.

Curiously, therians felt closer to furries than non-furries (5 vs. 4 on a 7-point IOS scale), while furries did not make such a distinction (both ~4.5).

Both therians and otherkin were “about twice as likely” as furries (~37% vs. 22%) to report an internal source for association with the furry community, and “about half as likely” (15% vs. 32%) to report an outside influence (vs. both or neither). Therians also had “greater connections to their species than furries, especially when it came to spiritual connections and identification with their species.” Lastly, therians were more likely than furries (31.1% vs. 22.6%) to think that furry was solely something you are, vs. solely something you do (2.5% vs. 10.1%).

Therians and otherkin were more likely to choose species which they considered predators. In addition, those who had chosen predator species were significantly more extroverted than those who had chosen prey.

Gender, sexuality and relationships in furry fandom

Researchers found a significant gap between furries’ reported physical sex, and their gender identification:

[...] more than 80% of the furry sample reported being biologically male, only about 45% of the sample identified with the male gender. Additionally, while 15% of so or of the furry sample identified as biologically female, less than 10% [...] identified with the female gender.

In both cases, this referred to solely identifying with one gender; substantial divisions (31% and 12% respectively) were one step closer to “equal male/female”. Female furs were more likely than male furs to have a fursona with a different gender (52% vs. 64% “always the same”), and were more likely to be heterosexual in real life. Overall, “there were about 1.5 times as many exclusively heterosexual furries as there were exclusively homosexual furries”, and nearly half reported a non-exclusive sexual orientation.

Furries “tended to have fursonas that were slightly more homosexual than they were” (the average number of fursonas was 2.12). This spilled into the real world, with non-furries reporting “slightly more” attraction to, physical intimacy and love with the opposite sex than furries, while furries were “more physically intimate with and had been in love with more same sex partners than non-furries.” As for relationships:

[...] male furries are more than twice as likely as female furries [56% vs. 22%] to be single, and female furries are three times more likely [13% vs. ~3.5%] to be married than male furries.

The average furry reported 1.7 siblings; of the ~85% with at least one, more “reported being the oldest child (47.5%) rather than the youngest child (34.5%), while 18.0% of furries reported that they were a middle child.”

Furry education, interests, community feelings and culture

Approximately 75% of furries said they had or were attaining post-secondary education. Of those who had attained it, 27.9% chose a field “directly involving computers”, 24.2% had picked an “art” (including writing), 11.9% picked a “science”, and 11.9% (again) studied “engineering”.

While both furries and non-furries had a variety of non-work interests, non-furries appeared less interested in MUCKs and roleplay, by about one point on a seven-point scale. Furries were across the board when considering whether they were artists or writers, though they appeared to have a firmer view as to whether they were completely (16% vs. 11%) or absolutely not (21% vs. 17%) artists, as compared to writers.

When asked to rank elements of “furry culture”, participants favoured art, community, acceptance, internet groups and conventions, each scoring six or more on a seven point scale. Drama (3.0), sex (3.5), gaming (4.0) and music (4.1) all scored relatively low. Most surveyed thought there was a difference between a ‘furry’ and a ‘furry fan’, typically focusing on the degree of time/monetary involvement, or “creators” vs. “consumers”.

While only about 13% of furries and therians owned a full fursuit, over 45% of furries and otherkin and almost 60% of therians indicated a wish to do so. Similarly, ~25% of all three groups owned a partial fursuit, but 40% of furries, 30% of otherkin and 47% of therians planned to get one. 70% owned paraphernalia such as ears or tails, with almost none ruling it out for later (compared to ~10% for partials, 10-20% for full fursuits).

Furries, therians and otherkin all had generally positive feelings about artists, writers, musicians, fursuiters and gamers. But furries were only marginally positive towards therians and otherkin, were slightly negative towards fetishists when other groups were slightly positive, and appeared more negative towards vampires and babyfurs. All groups felt strongly negative with respect to Nazi furs.

Means of furry interaction

Most furry interactions are online; 35% have never attended a local furmeet, and another 35% only do so once or a few times a year, while 25% have never attended a convention and most of the rest either do so infrequently or make it a yearly occurrence. ~20% go to several cons a year. (Note that 45% of participants were at a convention.)

Online, 45% of furries interact with other furs over instant messengers several times a day, with 70% doing so at least once a week. Use of forums and message boards appeared slightly less regular, though over 80% used them at least monthly. About 40% used virtual environments such as IMVU or Second Life, although for 10% their use was only a few times a year, and for another 6-8% it was less frequent than weekly.

‘Non-furries’ included in the survey were present at Anthrocon 2011, or chose to fill out a furry-oriented survey, so may not be a perfect control group.

It's the Chinese New Year, so what's the best way to bring in Year of the Dragon? Talk about the My Little Pony in Skyrim mod, of course. Yes, our Gaming News section covers everything. As well as a little more on SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. With added Salamander3 (aka Bum Face) in the background for extra value for money. For Done and Dusted TK reviews Tekken Tag Tournament HD on the PS3, and the film Tekken: Blood Vengeance - both part of the Tekken Hybrid release. Xavier gives us what he enjoyed about Kindoms of Amalur Demo on the PSN as well as more on the TV series Castle. Eeve3 reviews a book! Remember them? It's called The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton. There was no review from Felis this week. Starring TK, Xavier, Eeve3 and Bum Face. TigerTails Radio - Season 6 - Episode 22 - Happy New Year... Again?

MLP fandom has r/MLPDrawingSchool, would anybody be interested in r/FurryDrawingSchool?

Lately I've seen a lot of new artists submitting drawings only to be immediately hit with downvote storm. I'd like to see a sub for beginning and experienced furry artists to display and receive helpful critiques to improve their art.

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submitted by evilsibe
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The adult comedy puppet series Mongrels has been cancelled by the BBC due to low viewing figures.

The series, described as “Avenue Q meets Family Guy” looks at the lives of five animals that hang around the back of a pub called The Lord Nelson in Millwall, on the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London. The animals being Nelson, a metrosexual fox; Destiny, a self-absorbed Afghan hound; Marion, a dim-witted cat; Kali, a sadistic pigeon; and Vince, a foul-mouthed fox.

There is no over-riding story arc between episodes, but each episode does contain recurring elements. During each episode there are cutaways from the main plot to create extra gags. Most episodes also feature at least one celebrity appearance and every episode features a comic song.

Adam Miller, the creator of Mongrels wrote the following:

“Mongrels friends, it is my unbearably sad duty to announce that we will not be returning for a third series on BBC Three, a decision that has been made based on the fact that apparently you need more than two people watching a programme to make it successful. Crazy talk. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at BBC Comedy, BBC Three and BBC Worldwide who have supported us so strongly over the years, and helped us put our silly puppet show on the digital screens of the nation. I’d also like to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all the writers, cast, crew and support team who have made a horribly challenging show such an utter joy to make. This news could not be less of a reflection on your brilliant work. Most of all I’d like to thank those of you that loved watching Mongrels as much as we loved making it. It’s wonderfully reassuring to think that we weren’t mad after all, and that what we find funny, other people do too. I’d like to believe that there’s room on television for a little show like ours; one that’s not just another sitcom, one that tries to do things a bit differently and that tries to push a few boundaries here and there. Who knows, maybe we’ll find a that room in the future. I hope it has a minibar. Thank you for watching. Both of you.”

Fans have been petitioning for the show to be saved by the BBC. Mongrels has run on BBC Three for two series is available to buy on DVD and Blu-Ray. In 2011, series writer Jon Brown won the BAFTA Craft Award for “Break-through Talent”, while in 2010 series production designer Simon Rogers and his team won the RTS Design and Craft Award. It was also nominated for the 2010 Ursa Major Award for “Best Anthrompomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series”.

Since it's two seperate pictures, Ill pop in two links.

http://imgur.com/z1S51

http://imgur.com/kfXQY

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If you’re not busy flinging feathered folk at pig castles, you might check out these new Angry Birds tie-in books (from rovio.com, of course). How best to describe Angry Birds: Bad Piggies’ Egg Recipes? Here, we’ll let them do it: “Be a pig for a day, no worries in the world, no Angry Birds trying to knock you down. The kitchen is your pigpen and life’s good! So go ‘head, crack an egg or two and fling your awesome self to new levels of egg-cellence with these easy and fuss-free (for the most part) recipes, addictively fun activities and impressive party moves. From the classics to off the wall, these top-secret egg recipes will fill your tummy and tickle your brain!” You heard ‘em. Also available are the Angry Birds Big Red Doodle Book and Angry Birds Big Green Doodle Book, filled with fun drawing activities for Angry Birds fans of all ages.

image c. 2012 Rovio Entertainment

submitted by HappyWulf
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Author: GreenReaper

A piece of Skyrim fan-art by Blotch sold for $ 5500 at Further Confusion 2012‘s art show last weekend. [sibe/reddit]

The mixed-media piece depicts a battle between a snow-leopard-like Khajiit, and a non-morphic dragon. [dA, FA]

Videl, the winning bidder, was enthusiastic about his purchase:

“It was totally worth it! Love the work of Blotch and love Skyrim!!”

The most expensive furry art show piece sold to date is Goldenwolf‘s “Eyes of the Night“, which was auctioned for $ 10,000 at Further Confusion 2004.

 

Find the original article here: flayrah – furry food for thought

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sketch gouache painted

I hope you enjoy! (Especially you, Eclipser.) ((In a non-creepy way))

submitted by Jade_Orange
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Just recently released is Rockoons 3,  now if you say, “WHAT IS THIS?!” then you haven’t surfed in the fandom internet long enough. Check out the other Rockoons1 and Rockoons 2, also check Raiders of the Trash (my fav).  This new animation is full of furries gettn’ squished, blown up, and time traveled.

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Well, They did call him the Great Beast...

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Xander and Alkali discuss the mysteries of the world, including space herpes, backyard wrestling, lumberjacks, doomed cruises, and superpowers! 004 - Space Herpes - Xander and Alkali discuss the mysteries of the world, including space herpes, backyard wrestling,...

FULL JOURNAL HERE http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3114558/

I’ve gotten alot of traffic and met a lot of cool people from r/furry who were cool enough to allow me to use their characters so I can practice. On a monthly basis, I’m thinking of sharing a link that would alow the first 10 commenters to get free art from me. It will be limited to non-colerd sketches and safe-for-work art only, however, I will draw a large variety of different poses, and you will get to have the high quality (over 1080px by 720px at 300dpi) in a private note on FurAffinity or Reddit. All I require for you is to have a reference sheet or a picture containing your character of some sort, or I will not accept the request, and will move on to the next artist.

I will try to get these done on a a monthly basis, and I will release these sketches in a 1280p by 720 px collage on both FurAffinity and r/furry.

what do you guys think?

EDIT: I'm going to start on these Feburary 1st, and yes, people who have met my requirements in this post will be eligible to get a freebie from me.

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This week on KnotCast … we're back from the dead. It's an interesting process. We talk FC, the end of the year, conventions, and read plenty of your emails. Also, thanks to the Wolfiemann for the delicious cheese. :3 Don't forget our coupon code 'knot' at Adam & Eve for a great deal! www.adameve.com This weeks music is "Sephiroth" from the album BadAss on OCRemix http://badass.ocremix.org/ Episode 163 - Don't Call It A Comeback