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I've finally made myself an avatar
7 years ago
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I've often thought about signing into the furry community, but today I finally did so. Frankly, I didn't know what to expect really. I didn't even know what kind of creature best suited me; a wolf? A dragon? A fox? I thought a bear would be an interesting fit. I've often seen myself as a big bear... Anyway, over the years I've done a lot less thinking about what animal I, myself, am and a lot more thinking about characters that I could create, write stories, profiles, and adventures for. I'm not without some skills in drawing and creating computer art, but I'm not nearly as practiced or honed at it as most of the artists I've seen. I have, however, been told by a number of classmates at college that I'm a very good writer. One thing you should know about me is that I'm not a fan of Disney. Not now anyway. That could change, but now I see Disney as an incredible sellout that used to be a charming little idealistic movie-making company. The degree to which it has sold out its own classics with things like "Once upon a time", and "Descendants" is troubling enough, but now Disney has bought up Marvel and Star Wars. That just doesn't seem right to me. Anyway, I've researched plenty of cartoons that Disney DIDN'T make, but are at least as good as Disney movies of the times. Don Bluth, for example, made some powerfully emotional animated movies back in the day, including "The secret of NIMH", and "The land before time", and let's not forget what Hannah Barbara studios contributed. They made a lot more than Scooby Doo and The Smurfs! Anyway, like I said, I haven't done a lot of thinking as far as what I, myself, would be, but I've created seven well-developed characters and conceived more lesser-developed characters, with plans to develop them and to create even more. The characters I HAVE developed are (In order): An arctic fox named Jewel, a raccoon named Trick, a purple skunk named Star, a pink rabbit named Jack, a black cat named Cowl, a brown bear named Fuzz, and a red squirrel named Ruby. More on these characters and their information later. I've got to start posting my pictures on the site! I'd also like to commission some pictures, or even one or more comics. I need to do some work on creating a picture of my own fursona, but hopefully I can get an artist to give me a good profile picture. Anyway, I'm just curious on how this is going to turn out.
So, I've been more-or-less posting my creations on Furaffinity more-or-less everyday for the last 19 days, but I didn't have any avatar other than the generic one with the art supplies in a mug. I thought about commissioning someone else to make me a bear avatar, but since I'm kind of between jobs right now, and I'm pretty sure whoever I commissioned is going to want more than just a thank-you. Anyway, I figured I'm an artist, I'll just make one myself. Of course, making something to fit in that 100/100 frame was a little difficult, but nothing I couldn't figure out. Anyway, I decided to make myself an avatar with a blue polar bear with brown hair, and a yellow star over the right eye. Anyway, maybe later I'll change my species or outfit, or color or something. It DOES look kinda gaudy... But it's better than just a generic. Anyway, as usual, I've got some more ideas, like the villain of team number 2 and/or a possible poster made for the team like I made for Planesquest. I also had some more ideas for monsters, specifically demons. What I was thinking was a seven-headed creature with each head representing the seven deadly sins, and then pictures of each of the seven deadly sins that the heads represent. It won't be easy coming up with manifestations for abstractions such as Pride, Gluttony, Wrath, Sloth, Envy, Avarice, and Lust. Also, what if Judy Hopps met my Jack character? Or possibly Jewel? I had an idea a long time ago where I tried to get all of my characters to visit Zootopia, but the height thing is just too offsetting. After all, I've got a midget bear and a squirrel the size of the average adult woman. Anyway, it's just that part of the crossover idea involved a dramatic rescue and battle by Jack against a huge ape similar to the giganto-pithicus Disney turned King Louie into in the new Jungle Book. Anyway, I'd like to pay others for commission work, but I figure it's best to wait until I get another steady job first. Until then, I'll just do more posts and journal entries.
