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Amazing artists of the furry fandom
9 years ago
Hello people !
This is gonna be quite a long journal, so take your glasses and a cup of coffee ;D
So, a few days ago a kind of a drama exploded in the French furry fandom. A girl who wanted to know a little bit more about our fandom went to FA and get active here, posting art, and looking at art. She recently wrote an article in DeviantART talking about her experience in the furry fandom. She wrote a lot about all the "weird fetishes" we can find here, as well as the "gross porn". She was quite shocked and grossed out by a lot of things.
nb : my point of view on this, is that I'm glad I'm in an open minded fandom. It taught me a lot about sex in general. Also porn can be beautiful art as well.
I'm not blaming her, I'm not flaming her neither. I'm here to talk about what this journal made me feel. I'm an artist in the furry fandom, and even more, a professionnal one. I've choosed to stay and work in this fandom because it inspires me. Because it's full of amazing and creative people, friends, clients. I felt really disapointed when I read her article, as her summary and experience is, in my point of view, the same as a majority of big newspapers who write about the fandom.
To me, we are worth a shitload more than this. In the past few years, I've discover AMAZING artists that are worth watching, following, and supporting. I believe they can be in exhibitions. I believe their art can speak to everybody as well as furries. I sincerely would like the newspapers to talk about this part of the fandom instead.
So, I'm gonna write a bit about some artists that are inspiring me everyday, and that I'm proud to say : evolve around this fandom, and get support from furries !
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yowulf : this is the first person I thought of while getting the idea of writing this journal. Their work around shapes and anatomy is incredible. So lively !
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ghostmeat another one of my favourite artists ever.. I'm so glad they keeps working with us sometimes ! Big, big work on details and overall shapes as well.
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seyorrol in a very different style, Seyorrol's work on realistic anatomy and body shapes is fantastic. Pay attention to the overall feeling of their pieces as well, it's often breath taking.
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birds another absolutely gorgeous work here, in traditionnal art this time. A thought about freedom in painting, and colors behaviour. Very impressive.
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kikidoodle back in the "children books" style with Kiki, whose talent for composition and pictures construction is always amazing me !
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coconutmilkyway i can't close this journal without talking at least a little bit about my main inspiration considering force, shapes, anatomy, and overall gesture. A great application of using force in drawings.
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ophryon and this is someone I'm sure you already know, but in case you don't.. Here we go. Absolutely gorgeous work on color picking, each painting from them is something to learn from me.
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taefaros a recent discovery I made ! Impressive traditionnal art and use of brushes and ink. It's all about gesture and movement.
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stigmata you know him, but hey, I just can't not talk about him. I talked about gesture, and here we go again, on digital art this time. An impressive work, absolutely lively.. He's also a super nice guy who give a lot of his time talking about art processing, how to learn, as well as giving away art tips. Really someone I'm very, very pleased to have around the fandom as well.
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klaufir very nice work about something we should all give some thought: environments, and how it interferes with the overall atmosphere of a drawing.
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phantominus Phantominus work is very delicate. They have an eye for character design that I personally find very impressive.
I could go on and on for hours, but here we go for now. I'll probably make a second journal. I talked a lot about well known artists this time as I couldn't think of presenting anthropomorphic art without them.. But next time, I'll try to focus on not so well known artists that are absolutely amazing as well. I only did illustrations this time, but I've a lot of sculptures and craft skills to show you around !
I wish people would talk about them instead of how "gross" they find pictures here on FA. The fandom is full of amazing, creative persons, and that's it !
This is gonna be quite a long journal, so take your glasses and a cup of coffee ;D
So, a few days ago a kind of a drama exploded in the French furry fandom. A girl who wanted to know a little bit more about our fandom went to FA and get active here, posting art, and looking at art. She recently wrote an article in DeviantART talking about her experience in the furry fandom. She wrote a lot about all the "weird fetishes" we can find here, as well as the "gross porn". She was quite shocked and grossed out by a lot of things.
nb : my point of view on this, is that I'm glad I'm in an open minded fandom. It taught me a lot about sex in general. Also porn can be beautiful art as well.
I'm not blaming her, I'm not flaming her neither. I'm here to talk about what this journal made me feel. I'm an artist in the furry fandom, and even more, a professionnal one. I've choosed to stay and work in this fandom because it inspires me. Because it's full of amazing and creative people, friends, clients. I felt really disapointed when I read her article, as her summary and experience is, in my point of view, the same as a majority of big newspapers who write about the fandom.
To me, we are worth a shitload more than this. In the past few years, I've discover AMAZING artists that are worth watching, following, and supporting. I believe they can be in exhibitions. I believe their art can speak to everybody as well as furries. I sincerely would like the newspapers to talk about this part of the fandom instead.
So, I'm gonna write a bit about some artists that are inspiring me everyday, and that I'm proud to say : evolve around this fandom, and get support from furries !
>
yowulf : this is the first person I thought of while getting the idea of writing this journal. Their work around shapes and anatomy is incredible. So lively ! >
ghostmeat another one of my favourite artists ever.. I'm so glad they keeps working with us sometimes ! Big, big work on details and overall shapes as well.>
seyorrol in a very different style, Seyorrol's work on realistic anatomy and body shapes is fantastic. Pay attention to the overall feeling of their pieces as well, it's often breath taking.>
birds another absolutely gorgeous work here, in traditionnal art this time. A thought about freedom in painting, and colors behaviour. Very impressive.>
kikidoodle back in the "children books" style with Kiki, whose talent for composition and pictures construction is always amazing me ! >
coconutmilkyway i can't close this journal without talking at least a little bit about my main inspiration considering force, shapes, anatomy, and overall gesture. A great application of using force in drawings. >
ophryon and this is someone I'm sure you already know, but in case you don't.. Here we go. Absolutely gorgeous work on color picking, each painting from them is something to learn from me. >
taefaros a recent discovery I made ! Impressive traditionnal art and use of brushes and ink. It's all about gesture and movement.>
stigmata you know him, but hey, I just can't not talk about him. I talked about gesture, and here we go again, on digital art this time. An impressive work, absolutely lively.. He's also a super nice guy who give a lot of his time talking about art processing, how to learn, as well as giving away art tips. Really someone I'm very, very pleased to have around the fandom as well. >
klaufir very nice work about something we should all give some thought: environments, and how it interferes with the overall atmosphere of a drawing.>
phantominus Phantominus work is very delicate. They have an eye for character design that I personally find very impressive.I could go on and on for hours, but here we go for now. I'll probably make a second journal. I talked a lot about well known artists this time as I couldn't think of presenting anthropomorphic art without them.. But next time, I'll try to focus on not so well known artists that are absolutely amazing as well. I only did illustrations this time, but I've a lot of sculptures and craft skills to show you around !
I wish people would talk about them instead of how "gross" they find pictures here on FA. The fandom is full of amazing, creative persons, and that's it !
merci pour ces paroles et tous ces artistes riches (je n'en connaissais quasiment aucun) que tu nous fais découvrir!
watching them all now >w>
(Perso, je m'en fous un peu des dessin de porn que les gens dessines.)
And as great as the fandom is, there is a huge difference in approachability for Newbies compared to fandoms of movies/shows or anime fandom.
It mainly has to do with storytelling and emotions.
I don't blame anyone that comes from such a community of fandom and doesn't quite get Furry.
There is a lot of potential in Furry Fandom that isn't used, and on the other side there are trends in the community that activley make the art LESS approachable to outsiders (obscure headworlds f.e., lack of approachable storytelling or famous web-comics). But that's more of a philosophical and metta debate ;).
Also if you have never seen it, absolutley WATCH Uncle Kage's pannel on Furries in the media.
He excellently explains how to deal with media and negative images as a Furry:
https://youtu.be/KHZX0IvavE
Sexuality is also a part of being human, and kinks a part of human sexuality. And I say this as someone who doesn't draw much porn.
Sure, for many furry it's escapism, but how is this a worse than reading a book or watching a TV-series? Daydreaming?
I agree on your points, however, but you know what, fuck the prudes.
(And thanks for the feature, I am deepy honoured, my friend!)