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What I learned about Fur-Cons...
10 years ago
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Well, first and foremost, I had an absolute blast...
Second off, I am irritated as all hell, over one very specific thing:
Imagine you are playing Fallout, or Zelda, or any massive adventure game with tons of side quests. Now imagine if you had a time limit... one that made it absolutely impossible to see everything there was to do. That's about how I felt.... I must have gotten to about, oh, seven percent of everything I wanted to see and do at MFF.
Heh, at least I wasn't bored.
I managed to get most of my primary goals done though. I managed to get a flammie sketch, and a wereswan transformation should be on the way. I also got plenty of cute swag, including an amigarumi (knitted) yoshi in celebration of Wooly World.
Another completed goal was to meet Shiro, and by proxy, Boog. (Nyomi)... Those two have the lucky blessing of looking a lot like their actual avatars, and were a lot of fun to hang out with, when our schedules synched up.
The panels I was able to visit were comparative anatomy, and avian anatomy, which should help with my transformation pictures... And amusingly, I got more education about avian sexual aspects then I ever got of human sex-ed in junior high. Some basic facts I learned that should help include how to turn quadruped structure into biped structure, while maintaining the characteristic shape of each beast (It is mostly in the positioning of the skull, spine, and back muscles... I will likely include details about each thing later, as I use said tricks in my art (or if people ask). other things, like carnivores commonly being more flexible than herbivores, as well as having vastly wider-opening mouths, etc. etc.... It was all very engaging and useful :D
Lets see... I only have two things that I was unable to do that I wanted to truly complete. One is to get an adult commission; Just never came across an area with adult art on sale... simple coincidence. The artist that did the avian anatomy panel might be able to do an adult were-swan transformation once his schedule clears, so I can certainly wait for that.
... also, when it comes to *cough* adult toys... I hear they only had phalli for the most part... It seems tricky to find toys for straight males.*shrugs* first world problems and all.
The other thing I wanted to do, was get involved with an art jam. I followed advice, and drew in public meeting areas, but got little attention... heh, maybe I was just intimidating, or more likely others had more than enough on their plates than to worry about art. oooooohhhh wellllll.... Just means I'll have to draw more at home, get it in here, and re-establish contacts that way;) I diddled around with a chocobo tf, and a bit of undertale art on request of typhin ( Metaton makes the dire mistake of inviting Undine and Papyrus to his cooking show, chaos ensues. )
Oh, heh, and one other gripe;) I spent waaaaay more money than I intended to on commissions and loot... Cons seem to be the most fun when you have an abundance of two things: money and friends... thank goodness I had friends there, and had saved money ;)
hmm. That is all that can think of at the moment. I will add more as it comes to mind. Toodles, and hope everyone else had a wonderful time at MFF!
Second off, I am irritated as all hell, over one very specific thing:
Imagine you are playing Fallout, or Zelda, or any massive adventure game with tons of side quests. Now imagine if you had a time limit... one that made it absolutely impossible to see everything there was to do. That's about how I felt.... I must have gotten to about, oh, seven percent of everything I wanted to see and do at MFF.
Heh, at least I wasn't bored.
I managed to get most of my primary goals done though. I managed to get a flammie sketch, and a wereswan transformation should be on the way. I also got plenty of cute swag, including an amigarumi (knitted) yoshi in celebration of Wooly World.
Another completed goal was to meet Shiro, and by proxy, Boog. (Nyomi)... Those two have the lucky blessing of looking a lot like their actual avatars, and were a lot of fun to hang out with, when our schedules synched up.
The panels I was able to visit were comparative anatomy, and avian anatomy, which should help with my transformation pictures... And amusingly, I got more education about avian sexual aspects then I ever got of human sex-ed in junior high. Some basic facts I learned that should help include how to turn quadruped structure into biped structure, while maintaining the characteristic shape of each beast (It is mostly in the positioning of the skull, spine, and back muscles... I will likely include details about each thing later, as I use said tricks in my art (or if people ask). other things, like carnivores commonly being more flexible than herbivores, as well as having vastly wider-opening mouths, etc. etc.... It was all very engaging and useful :D
Lets see... I only have two things that I was unable to do that I wanted to truly complete. One is to get an adult commission; Just never came across an area with adult art on sale... simple coincidence. The artist that did the avian anatomy panel might be able to do an adult were-swan transformation once his schedule clears, so I can certainly wait for that.
... also, when it comes to *cough* adult toys... I hear they only had phalli for the most part... It seems tricky to find toys for straight males.*shrugs* first world problems and all.
The other thing I wanted to do, was get involved with an art jam. I followed advice, and drew in public meeting areas, but got little attention... heh, maybe I was just intimidating, or more likely others had more than enough on their plates than to worry about art. oooooohhhh wellllll.... Just means I'll have to draw more at home, get it in here, and re-establish contacts that way;) I diddled around with a chocobo tf, and a bit of undertale art on request of typhin ( Metaton makes the dire mistake of inviting Undine and Papyrus to his cooking show, chaos ensues. )
Oh, heh, and one other gripe;) I spent waaaaay more money than I intended to on commissions and loot... Cons seem to be the most fun when you have an abundance of two things: money and friends... thank goodness I had friends there, and had saved money ;)
hmm. That is all that can think of at the moment. I will add more as it comes to mind. Toodles, and hope everyone else had a wonderful time at MFF!
On the plus side, we live in Madison, Wisconsin, which is just about three and a half hours away, so it shouldn't be much of a strain to make it back next year... I feel like my bird-brained self will forget to contact you for a visit after a year has passed, but I will try to remember (and thus, write down plans early).
As for having money... Honestly, I have no idea if *I* will even have money for the con next year... Not that I think disaster will strike, but life seldom seems predictable enough to know what'll happen. Honestly though, I hope so, because if all fur-cons are like this one (Addictably Fun), then its more than worth the effort to head back. I will certainly wish you good luck in your future fiscal endeavors as well :)
The other factor for me is how to get there. I'm in Australia, so that adds another level of complexity to things. Just need to tell the boss I won't be in for a few weeks, which is quite tempting :)
Absolutely beautiful fursuit by the way; I would be happy in such a form I think (horse was an earlier form for me).
If I were to be able to make a suit, I'd like to try something more realistic, like yours. I'd also want something that could pass as being half transformed, or just a fully transformed half-breed, if I could. such prosthetics are a bit beyond my budget though, as well as my suit-making skills. Eh, nothing wrong with having plans for the best possible thing that could happen though.
If I had to be a horse... I'd pick either a black Arabian, one of the sleekest, most graceful breeds I've seen, or I would be a Clydesdale: I love the fluffy feet, and all that size and strength could be fun too.;)
....I didn't think it was going to be one of the best vacations I've ever had.
It was. XD
It also reawakened my flagging anthropomoprhic side, which is wonderful news. It also stimulated my libido quite a bit ... so many sexy bits of art, and some sexy fursuiters besides! Meh, I'll just do some adult art, and maybe a few adult tf stories to vent.
Just a liiiiiiittle at a time with reconnecting with the furry community, mostly because I don't want my time ate up by chatting constantly, and I don't want anyone to feel left out. I suppose.... If I get stupendously good at typing quickly, I might be able to increase my... I dunno, what would you call it, social output? Efficiency? (talking to more people in a shorter amount of time)
Also.... you were high on my priority list at the con once we met, and damn it, spending time with you is one of those things that I wish I could have done, but was not able to; ya could have come to the avian anatomy panel with me (though other then learning fascinating bird facts, the content was pretty dry and classroom-like), but you had things to do, and hell, I was only able to get in half of that panel. There might have also been a higher priority with spending time with Shiro than with you, for two big reasons: He did a very convincing job of acting like a squealing fanboy when he saw me, and it apparently had nothing to do with my art; My friendship and advice with him online apparently were part of what made him a popular artist and con-traveler, and I think emotional support might have been present as well. The OTHER reason I followed him and boog around was because they were both Canadian, much further away, so odds that I would see him again soon were very low... I am thrilled to learn that you live so close by to me in Wisconsin.
One thing that is particularly annoying is that I got to see exactly one page of the art portfolio you were showing me before we got swept up again... and that one was the boring ol' first part of a transformation sequence, were the only thing present was a confused looking human (Come on, you know people are more interested in the in-between frames for most folks, with some exceptions). Christ, did I even get a chance to show you the art I was scribbling on at the con?... a snow griffoness and a chocobo tf in particular might have interested you.
So yeah, Not getting to hang out more was definitely one of my regrets :P