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Not trying to seem pessimistic here...
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.
I can't believe it's been a whole week since my last journal entry, and almost two weeks since I posted anything, and that was a photoshop of a platypus character. I haven't been pulling my weight as far as being an artist or writer, but things keep coming up that throw off any routine I could come up with. My aunt was visiting from out of town, and then I went to visit my brother and HIS family. I really don't have a job that I could use as an excuse, but I haven't been totally out of it either. I've been trying to work on a crossover adventure where Jewel, Trick, Star, Jack, Cowl, Fuzz, and Ruby meet He-Man and Skeletor. I'm having trouble putting the ending together, but there will be a number of jokes in the first installment of the adventure (there will be multiple episode-like parts), such as Ruby developing a huge crush on He-Man (The self-proclaimed most powerful man in the universe.), and Jewel not only being able to tell that Prince Adam is He-Man without hesitation, but also surprised that nobody in Eternia can put two and two together (Though she still doesn't spill the beans). Star, of course, can't tell though. Also, Trick hits on Teela, but regrets doing so after he finds out her father (Man at arms) was listening. I'm also almost done working on one age regression story, but I won't be posting it until I get a bunch of short stories. I've also got a number of photoshopped images that I could make into illustrations for magic the gathering cards. I just can't go wild with it like I did before, and I'll have to put the six other characters in backgrounds. However, it'll be cool adding in all of the different powers and some personality traits of my characters, including Jack's super speed, Faith's crusader abilities, and Hugo's comical invulnerability. I'm also keeping in mind some ideas for video games that I could illustrate, including one involving a guy who can control time to a certain extent, and must do so in order to return to his home dimension. I just don't know exactly what the guy is supposed to look like, or his enemies, or his allies, but I was thinking I'd make all the characters anthropomorphic animals, unlike the case with the three other pictures. I guess I should set my sights low, like at least one submission this week. Better than nothing. Anyway, watchers, thank you for not dropping me. I'm a hobby artist, not an expert, but hopefully, I'll make it worth your watching someday.
