I'm a little late to this news, kind of been dealing with some stuff this past week (which I might talk about in another journal), but the artist MuscleWolf passed away.

He was one of the first furry artists who's work I was attracted to back when I first joined the fandom many, many years ago, the first artist I saw who drew wonderful muscular furry characters. Thinking about it now, its fair to say his work played a big part in cementing my interest in furries and my desire to be a part of this fandom.

And when I started drawing furries myself, his work was a huge influence. I tend to draw mostly muscular characters, and MuscleWolf's art is a large part of why that is, he always made muscle furs look so damn good and it made quite an impact on me.

At one point, he even gave me permission to try colouring one of his pics. I believe at the time I thought trying to colour another artists work would be an interesting experience and help develop my colouring skills. Whatever my reason at the time, he was kind enough to let me do it. My contact with him back then was pretty brief, consisting of a few emails back and forth, but I remember he was so kind, both encouraging and supportive towards me.

And for those interested, the pic I'm talking about is here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/389082/

The passing of MusleWolf is a huge loss to the furry fandom.

R.I.P. MuscleWolf