I've made a discovery by messing around with Gimp that has resulted in an amazingly easy way to render fur with careful use of a blur tool. The result is extremely fuzzy looking characters for only a bit of extra work beyond what I normally do. I will likely be going back and reworking this picture using said technique since it will probably look even more amazing!

Here is a sample of something I just finished on which I discovered the technique. I will be coloring a select few commissions got a long time back involving our characters and posting them up within a few days depending how my hands hold out coloring with a mouse.