My New Years resolution for 2023 is to upload EVERYTHING that's been lingering in my email inbox and phone gallery for the past several weeks... months... 😅 I'm excited to share with you all! I'll be trying to work chronologically, so expect more of my updated character design eventually :3

Happy New Year, everybody! ❤️
-Ani

Hi folks!

First off, whether you’ve been watching me for years or just for a little while, let me say thank you!!! I haven’t been very active here besides posting new material every now and again, but I’m very happy that the response to it has been overwhelmingly positive!

Now, on to the point. Recently I’ve been offered the chance to have some of the cost covered on a dakimakura design by Tsaiwolf  tsaiwolf He’s a fantastic artist, so I’m tempted just on the basis of the art alone, but the price is still fairly hefty. SO, with that in mind, if you’d want a daki of my g-shep boy, drop me a comment and let me know! It’s not the sort of thing I would usually get for myself, but I’m considering it if there’s enough interest.

Cheers,
Ani <3

It's been a fun experiment, but I think I'll just get back to posting stuff here, as well as on places like FN. And possibly SoFurry in the future, if I ever get around to it. I feel like I'm not giving the artists I commission the attention and support they deserve by posting to a less popular site, and even after uploading basically my entire gallery to FN, the response was nothing close to what it's been here. So I guess, expect more smut going forward.

Best,
Ani

A vast majority of the art found on this profile can now also be found on FurryNetwork, as well as something new that just got finished, so go check it out! https://beta.furrynetwork.com/anielde/ As I mentioned before, I will not be taking anything down or unfollowing anyone here. I will simply be uploading new art to FN.

Cheers,
Ani

Yes, it's happening. Slowly but surely, most if not all of the art in this profile will be making its way over onto my new FN account under the name Anielde. I'm not deleting anything, but from here on out any new art will most likely be posted over there rather than here. Thanks everyone for watching! To see more (and there will undoubtedly be more), just poke around over there.

Here's the link! https://beta.furrynetwork.com/anielde/

Love you guys!

-Ani

I invite you guys to take a look at  nightart's YCH auction, it looks like they do good work but they only have one completed commission so far. I look forward to seeing more from them :3

-Ani

Hey all,

Just a quick shoutout to let people know I'll be at FTM until Sunday! I'll have my badges on, all of which say Ani, so feel free to say hi if you bump into me :3 Have a great weekend everybody!

Best,
Ani

For those of you who are curious, I recently dumped a large portion of my art into the site Weasyl. The site has a google chrome extension that makes the experience rather quick and easy. I'll still continue to post my art here, but I'll also be posting some of it there as well. Keep an eye out for Anielde if you're similarly inclined. I figure it's best to have my digital artwork stored in several different spots in case something happens either to my computer or to a particular site.

Cheers,
Ani

Hey there! Shaking the dust off my journals to bump a really cool auction by  furryratchet! Check it out, folks~ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/193.....#cid:106605913 Oh, and happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hey folks,

Not sure if this is the place to make such an announcement, but I figured it might be relevant to some people. I'm finally out of my parents' house! As a matter of fact, I've been living on my own for about a month. I'm about 30 minutes from center city Philadelphia~ Still getting settled in of course, but I look forward to spending at least another 11 months here. Hopefully many more!

Cheers,
Ani~

Any artist considering taking commissions as a steady source of income (a.k.a. those who keep plenty busy and always have things lined up) would, in my personal opinion, benefit greatly by taking a leaf out of  flaredra's book. What am I talking about? Trello! Or something very much like it. Maintaining an organized, regularly updated queue helps you AND your commissioners (a.k.a. me) keep up to date on what progress is being made. People who put down a considerable amount of money on the promise that you'll deliver will get antsy if they feel like they're out of the loop. It isn't a good feeling. And if it goes on long enough, they might just decide to look for somebody else the next time they have an idea. It's just as much to your benefit as it is to your clients' benefit. Think about it :)

Best wishes,
Ani

Hey guys! My good friend  -silver- is offering free anatomy sketches! Go check him out, he's awesome <3 Journal link with more details: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6467122/

Hey peeps,  ahro is in need of some money for dental surgery so she's doing some discounted work, go check it out!

Recently,  rokemi and her boyfriend were in a pretty serious car accident and are in need of help covering their medical bills. Journal link: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6290196/

Just helping to spread the word!

I'm 22! Huzzah!

It's that day of the week! Link me a pose you'd love to see Ani in, if you haven't already~ Let's see what you've got!

-Ani, dog extraordinaire.

Hey guys,

So AC 2014 changed my perspective on the fandom in many ways, significantly for the better. I met a ton of fantastic people, local and otherwise, and got to try out a suit for the first time! Honestly, I loved it. I didn't know if I would, but it was so much fun that I'm actually considering getting my own at some point down the road. Which brings me to the point of this journal! Does anybody know artists that offer good quality fursuit concept art? Before I even start looking for makers, I want to have something I can give to them that will be like a reference sheet, but specifically tailored for a suit design.

Thanks for your help, fuzzies!
-Ani

Hey guys, Lexin is holding a raffle for some free art, you all should check out her profile or sign up for the raffle yourselves here:

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4927502/

Good luck!

Hey fuzzies!

A buddy of mine, WhyredFox, is doing a pretty neat collaborative story contest! Learn more here:

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4843536/

-Ani

Since this past 4-day weekend marks my first convention ever (Anthrocon), I figured I would jot down a couple of thoughts about the whole thing on the way home, a few memories I wanted to keep and things I wanted to share about the experience.

I went into it not knowing what to expect, besides of course an interminable, 9-hour train ride from New York City all the way to Pittsburgh. So, after 9 hours of sitting on my thumbs and staring at various stretches of farmland and hills, I arrived at 8 PM in a strange city having met exactly two people out of seven thousand. To date, I had only met a single fursuiter in NYC. But that didn't last for very long at all. In the span of that first evening, and perhaps the next, I met and made more friends than in the entirety of my sophomore year of college, and probably consumed a comparable amount of alcohol, not counting initiations (Certo makes this amazing concoction he calls a razzmatazz, it's deliciously deadly). I saw furries of all shapes and sizes, in various degrees of costume, and it was probably almost as overwhelming to me as it was to the residents of Pittsburgh, who seemed curious, perhaps even a little bit perturbed, but not openly hostile. Still, getting lost by myself while walking to the con alone at night from the Omni William Penn hotel was made a little more frightening by a) my size and b) my badge, which, though I love it dearly (Thanks Adren <3) was a clear sign to anyone I walked past that I wasn't familiar with my surroundings. Another con-goer thankfully came to my rescue, and there was much rejoicing when I finally reached the Westin.

The absolute best thing about my first experience at Anthrocon was, hands down, the people I finally got to meet after all those years of skype, of YIM, of baring my soul and sharing my experiences with people I never imagined I'd eventually see face-to-face. You guys, and you know who you are, are the number one reason why I left this con feeling sorry that it had ended, and wishing that I could stay just one more day longer to squeeze in a little more time with each and every one of you. At Anthrocon, more than anywhere else in the world, I felt like I was surrounded not just by friends, but by people who understood me, people I could be honest and open with in a way that I could never have been before. I keep this part of my life hidden, but for about two and a half days, I could finally let it out, and it felt absolutely amazing.

At the con itself, I was blown away for a second time by the sheer number of people I saw, and the considerable variety in their characters. Mostly, I kept out of the way of suiters, though as a huge cuddle slut I had to sternly suppress the desire to leap at several of them. I'm one hundred percent sure that for the first day, I stared at almost every single one that passed by. The dealer's den was the same way - I saw things I wanted but couldn't afford, I saw things I could afford that I still wouldn't buy because it'd be a shame to have to hide them. In any case, I did my best to look at every single thing I could, which resulted in a number of occasions where I wandered off for hours at a time as the group passed on and I was left staring at something that caught my-SHINY! :D Ahem, anyhow. As for art, of course I found out that -gasp- artists, even 'famous' ones, are real people! And they do some truly amazing things. I was utterly blown away by the talent I saw at the art gallery, to the extent that I made sure to visit every single piece on display at least once.

I feel like the two things I missed out on at my first con were the panels and the dance parties. I should have at least gone to the NE Furs Panel, but I spent all of my time hanging around instead of digging through the con book for potentially interesting events. Not that I regret the time I spent bonding with friends I'd had for years but never seen face to face, but for next time, it would be something to think about. And as far as the dancing goes, I like to dance, but I can't do it by myself. Somehow, it turned out that I never made it to the dance floor with a big enough group to feel comfortable letting loose. Again, something to think about for next time.

To bring this memento of sorts to a close, it feels like this is another one of those defining moments in my relationship to the furry fandom. Those moments where, instead of letting myself hide behind a screen of anonymity and secrecy, I take a bit of a chance, a bit of a risk, poke my nose into something else and see how my perspective changes. I like this change, and I hope to see many of you at future cons further down the road.