Today is October 21st 2015, the day where “the future” is our present and tomorrow it will be our past. As a mark of respect to the “Back to the Future” movie franchise I thought I would share with you my top 10 predictions for the next 30 years, most of which comprise of the world, space and entertainment.
But before we get started I might add that Back to the Future Part 3 was my favourite movie from the franchise and that I believe in only the “Bootstrap paradox” (aka: “Casual loop”) which is a theory about time travel.

My predictions for the next 30 years:
1. Pure petroleum powered cars will be a rare sight on public roads in the first-world as Hybrid, Hydrogen and electric (unfortunately) become more affordable.
2. China’s economy and influence will fall dramatically and a new power will influence the world stage.
3. The European Union will change enough for re-nationalization of European sovereign-states but to be used as a means for trade and diplomatic negotiations.
4. A national or international law concerning online or digital impulse buys will contests with the games industry to either limit or outlaw the use of in-game purchases which will cause a global effect on the games-industry.
5. Virtual reality will become a common necessity to the video games industry.
6. Humans will have landed on the moon in a mission to inhabit it.
7. The first signs of multicellular extra-terrestrial life will be discovered.
8. Sub-orbital flights to space will begin operations but with an expensive cost.
9. Live broadcasted television will be replaced entirely with on-demand style services with the acceptation of live-events and news-coverage.
10. A successful fully functioning platform comprised of a digital world with all aspects of life and other digital/online features will come into existence giving users a “second life” away from the real world. (Something more successful then SecondLife)

Avory

NOTE: These are only my personal predictions, feel free to comment and start discussions, but in the end these are all from my own little bird brain and no one else's.

I an getting a 8 slot YCH commission based on Splatoon!
Check here for details:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7095551

I don't normally do these things but I'll make an exception.
Tagged by  Phoenixrage16

1. You started to play videogames at the age of...?
I cannot remember... My best guess would be 4-5 years old.

2. First game you ever played?
The first one I think I remember playing is "Thunderbirds International Rescue" for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance

3. First console you owned?
Nintendo Gameboy Advance

4. Consoles you own/owned?
Nintendo Gameboy Advance, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS

5. Your favourite genre(s)?
City/Empire/Tycoon builders, turn based strategy, 4X games, Sci-Fi, Historical

6. Favourite game character(s)?
Errr... Difficult Question, I'll just list some:
- Duncan Hughes (Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth Rising Tide)
- Looker (Pokémon main series)
- Natural Harmonia Gropius (Pokémon main series)
- Jet the Hawk (Sonic Riders series; I hate him and everything else in Sonic Free Riders though)
- Mii (From pretty much any modern Nintendo game)

7. Which element(s) in games is/are most important for you (story, graphic etc.)?
Progression: with city/empire/tycoon builders I like to look back on it and say "I started there and did this small thing" and then panning back to see my huge expansive empire which I created with my bare claws.
Also great multiplayer fun, whether it's races, competitions or just showing off your character customizations.

8. You don't care about ...?
In a video game? I can't say that I don't care about anything; I have an opinion on everything so I do care about everything in a game whether it's good or bad.

9. Prefer PC or Console?
PC. However in the case of Nintendo which are pretty much all exclusive to their own consoles I do still play my Wii U and New 3DS

10. Your current 3 Fav games?
Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth, Split Second Velocity and Pokémon Platinum

11. 3 Games you didn't like...
Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity, The Sims

12. One game that's totally overrated in your opinion?
Anything along the lines of Call of Duty, Battlefield, Splinter Cell... anything which is the same shooty shooty PvP or co-op in which you will be moaned at for not being an expert, also things like Dota 2 and League of Legends too come to think of it.

13. Ever played an online game, if yes which one(s)?
Grand Theft Auto V, Splatoon, Pokémon main series, Civilization, we could be here all day...

14. What do you think about ...Tomb Raider?
Haven't played it.

15. ...Tetris?
*thinks out the tetris music*

16. ...Sonic?
I love the Sonic games, I just wish they could just bring out remasters of old ones like Secret Rings, Black Knight, Heroes and so on.

17. ...Spyro?
I am sure I've played one of them on my Nintendo Gameboy Advance, I was also forced to try Skylanders... what crap that is.

18. ...The Sims?
I have the complete box set of the original series; I've only played the original series and it's only just bearable. I can't understand how people enjoy it 3 sequels on.

19. ...Legend of Zelda?
I've played Ocarina of time and loved it, but I can't say much else beyond that.

20. ... Assassin's Creed?
I've only played AC4 Black Flag and loved it! It was so much fun being a pirate, the story wasn't half bad too. I've also played Unity and enjoyed it, it's a shame about the micro-transactions though. On a side note, I bought AC3 twice but could never played it, it was then that I learned that you had to upgrade your PC every once and a while.

21. GAME OVER!!!
but did I win?

22. Game(s) you'd love to see?
Remakes of the sonic games Heroes onwards, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes and Split Second sequel (or "spiritual successor")

23. Game(s) you're waiting for at the moment?
Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth Rising Tide, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

24. Tag some gamers here, if you want to.
I'm not going to force it upon them but the only ones I can suggest are:
 espio16  dexfurr  shalon  regdeh

I know the chances of an artist willing to do a comic series at a rate of $70 per page (which is extremely cheap after looking around today) to produce a page each week for at least 100 weeks with great quality is hardly likely to stumble upon this journal but it's worth a shot.

Some of you may already know and some may already be in the upcoming "A game of Civilization V" comic due to start within a month or so. However the artist I had talked to and had agreed to do the illustrations has recently bailed out of the project claiming that there was a miscommunication and that she needs to focus more on the two other comics she illustrates and her backlog of commissions.

I understand these issues and unfortunately had to accepted her uninvolment.

So as it stands I need a new artist as soon as possible as I don't want to let down the other people participating.

Apologies for all those interested or participating in the comic for this temporary inconvenience.

Avory

Well here I am, I am now officially 18. An age that I never thought I would get to four months ago but here I am: Alive for some reason on 7/7/2015.

Now in my past two relationships this day was going to be the best day ever as today is the day that I can finally leave this country on my own to fly out and be with the one I love. But that's collapsed two-fold, and now that I am finally here on this pinnacle day I am just wondering why I even bothered letting my body age for 18 years of lies and pain.

But on the plus side at least I know some people do care, It was only last night that I was speaking to a friend of mine and his mate and they talked about their story together and help me with my story of how I got here.
One of the things they told me is that they both encountered many Americans who also did the same thing to them by dicking around with multiple relationships at the same time not caring for how the people they hurt feel before tossing them aside. (Not saying all Americans are like that, you do kinda have a reputation for it but there are obviously some clear exceptions)

I'm still waiting on Firaxis Games' announcements before continuing with my comic, people are already saying that "insulting the French" has gone on for too long so I am putting it on hold before I incorporate the new Rising Tide sponsor into my comic.

Otherwise nothing else has been going on. This bird has and will continue to be bored and lonely for the foreseeable future...

Just as a warning, this Journal is another depressing Journal about my last relationship. I can only guess there will be more to follow...


So, as many of you know, I have been suffering from depression since January of this year, peaked in March where I "broke up" with my boyfriend who I discovered was cheating with me on his own boyfriend without either of us knowing until he was away on holiday (which I restrained myself from interrogation because I didn't want to ruin his holiday, while his other boyfriend thought otherwise).

And since then I've been trying to pull myself away but my heart won't let go. I know that I can't be with him, but I still love him.
This is what I don't understand, I've been cheated on 7 times and each time I've gotten over it within 2 weeks, my one prior to my last ended when I found out that I was "competing" with two other people in which my last boyfriend insisted that I break up to be with them.
In which I did. And they knew that we would never be together, especially when I just found out that his other boyfriend literately lives on his doorstep.

So, I am stuck in a position with no one to take my mind of my last "encounter", Instead I turned down a rich banker's son because I've given up with love. (In which if you are reading this you know why I turned you down)

In all honesty, given the opportunity, I could stab his boyfriend endlessly until he "went". But this won't ever happen as there is an ocean between us, I am sure I could never go through with it and even then my "ex" won't ever have me back whether I did commit murder or his boyfriend simply left him any other way. (If you, his boyfriend, are reading this then I am sure you understand why I say I could do this, but we both know it would never happen)

He was perfect. In every way possible; but he had only two flaws:
1, he already had a boyfriend which he would never choose to leave.
2, he hardly spoke to me near the end of our relationship (presumably to his actual boyfriend); it's because of this I speculated that he still had another boyfriend; I just never thought it was still the one he claimed to have left before coming to me.

So would I ever have him back as my lover? Yes
Would he ever have me back as his lover? No
Will he ever break up with his boyfriend? Not for the foreseeable future
What do I think of their relationship? I wish for them the best of luck, I just hate the fact I was caught in the middle of it and I am still trying to recover from it.

If I have learnt anything from this is that [if he didn't already have a boyfriend] he is prefect.
And I will never encounter perfection again...

There are two sides to how people react to this new Disney movie and both revolve on the opposite sides of one subculture: our furry fandom.

There is a great divide and an argument that has arisen as furries are over joyed by the new seemingly furry movie whilst others not in the fandom (and always seem to have a negative view on anything they don't really have an opinion on) are taking this opportunity to call us all sexual-predators, bestiality-practitioners and any other disrespectful insult.
Now I understand that many of us furries do enjoy the sexual side of our "subculture" but not everyone does. People on either side of the argument claim that 70% of furriers are furry because of the sex and the other side oppose that saying 70% do not.
The truth is, we will never know the truth.

But that does mean one thing: the only reason why we can't find out how many of us prefer sexual or sober is because our "subculture" is so large that I is found all over the Earth, bringing people together and in almost every case making people happier unlike those who love to hate and hate those they do not know anything about.

-Avory


PS. If Disney did "tailor make" Zootopia for furries (as all of the haters are criticizing), then they probably would of made all of the characters more of the same height and more humanoid then just feral animals on their hind legs with clothes on.

I am...
Male
British, English
Pansexual; mainly gay
Young
A furry
A PC gamer
A Nintendo gamer
Paranoid
Anxious
Lonely
Unfit
An artist
Shy
Lazy
Quite

I have...
A "posh" accent
A stagnant low bank account
Been to at least 15 different countries across 4 continents
Been cheeted on 7 times
Done 16 GCSEs
Failed college (presuming)

I...
Hate myself
Hate my life
Hate my real name
Hate things taking too long
Almost ended my life, twice
Always try to offer help even though most of the time it is never accepted, taken advantage of or others hurt me for no reason after helping them sort out thier most precious things in life.
Cannot be left alone for 5 minutes without becoming paranoid and thinking that who ever I was talking to actually hates me but either is too scared to admit it or is ignoring all my messages.
Have been asked out by: my childhood friend, my childhood friend's Best friend, the son of a famous musician and the son of a millionaire banker to describe a few (in which the 2nd and 4th were turned down and the third was very much perfect with only one flaw)
Hate writing and posting these messages in hope to be noticed and cared about for once in my life with no malicious intent.

So with one more examination before I finish college, my Hatchday just around the corner and my last summer family holiday abroad following just after I suppose things are looks up and I am finally going to be lost in the large open world finally.

My paranoia keeps kicking in, turns our I am anxious too, which meant that I almost lost a very close friend of mine twice in the space of a week. I am being ignored by another friend as they are always too busy and other people won't stop annoying me.
So all in all it's been the same as the usual, unfortunately...
I hate my life, but this is the hand I have drawn and I must play it the best I can and try not to worry about what is the next card I draw from the deck of life.

In other news I still haven't received any requests for commission work; the reference sheet I did for :FoxHound1710:/Spire was a birthday gifts as well as a thank you for putting up with this paranoid bird. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16723363/
He also got me addicted to an awesome free to play game, Warframe, which it turns out to be where one of my raffle prize pictures comes from. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16273858/

In gaming I didn't see anything of interest at E3:
I never played Fallout but I may try Fallout 4.
Microsoft's most applauded announcement is that you can now play old games on the Xbox One and I doubt that the Holo-lens demonstration was anything but a scripted stunt.
Electronic Ar'se announced Zzzzball 2016, Snoreccor 2016 and Formula Zzz 2016.
I really want to play Assassin's Creed Syndicate, for obvious reasons.
Didn't pay any attention to Sony.
Nintendo was a huge let down as there is no reason for Starfox Zero to have such poor graphics and the other games were unfortunate rubbish.
And Square Enix I have no idea what they do.

Otherwise I saw the demo for Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth Rising Tide and I really want to see more. I am trying to delay my comic until I find out the inevitable British fraction in the expansion which I will incorporate into my "Royal Britannia Company".
The expansion is suppose to bring us four new fractions, two of which are sea/naval based which implies Britain heavily, whether that is with Northern Europe, Canada or the Atlantic (as I have created the RBC to contain) is currently unknown. I presume Japan or Caribbean to be the other naval fraction in the expansion to accompany the Middle East's Al Falah and the other unannounced fraction.

So, so far I don't feel any better or worse of in life compared to before: Just bored, paranoid and regretful...

Speak to you soon,
Avory

Good day,

So after two months of offering my commission service to people I have not had any one commission me yet. So I wouldnlike some feedback if possible:
- Do you not like my art style?
- Are my prices too high for the quality of my artwork?
- Are you unintrested in commisions?
- Are you interested but cannot find the money?

Any feedback would be a great help to me so if you have something to say plese say it!

Thank you,
Avory

Good day all,
So this week the UK's fate has been decided;
- The country will continue to recover.
- A referendum on the EU or a better agreement seem likely.
- And Scotland will continue to rinse the UK of power and wealth.
Otherwise this has been a fairly normal week.

In playing GTA V on PC I have decided to set up a crew for the 'Royal Britannia Company'
http://socialclub.rockstargames.com.....l_britannia_co
The Tag is TRBC (It needs to be 4 character {-v-})
...and the name is 'Royal Britannia Co' (It can't be any longer then 20 characters {-v-})
Feel free to join the crew and support the RBC in our endeavours in Los Santos what ever they may be.

I am still open to commissions! I still have not had any yet.

-Avory



COMMISSION LIST:
-nothing-

Hi all!
Today is the day of the big and probably most involved British General Election to date. Thanks to Cameron complaining about UKIP being a major party now and not the others in a bid to get out of Election Debates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will wake up tomorrow morning with a coalition of multiple parties.

However the more important election is that of Britain's National Bird!
Today there is also an online vote to elect Britain's National Bird which includes many of my favourite birds so it is very hard for me to choose! But my heart did lye with the Barn Owl because of my character Owlfred Von Barnstaple!
For those of you in the UK you can still vote until midnight on this website: http://www.votenationalbird.com/

Otherwise also don't forget to vote in the General Election too! Your vote may tip the balance of Power! (Vote for me please!!!)

-Avory


PS. I have opened up commissions and have not had any as of yet so please don't hesitate to commission me!

Here are the top 10 results for the free art raffle!

There were 63 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. 55555tex
2. Regdeh
3. ThatOneGuy15
4. Simbaxp
5. 55555tex
6. Regdeh
7. Someonne
8. Someone_epic
9. Regdeh
10. Simbaxp
(The list was created using Randomize.Org)o

So the four winners and their prizes are:
 55555tex wins the free coloured commission with simple background.
 Regdeh wins the free coloured commission with optional 'wash' background
 ThatOneGuy15 wins the free lineart with simple background
 Simbaxp wins the free lineart

Each picture will only feature a single character and if you would like to have a reward lesser then what you have won then please let me know so I can give the other runner ups in the top 4 the next best art slot.
Please would the winners contact me via PM their commission information so I can start your artwork as soon as possible.

To all those who didn't win a prize in this raffle I hope to do another free art raffle soon but in the mean time thank you for participating!

-Avory

To start up my own commissions I am hosting a free art raffle with four winners or increasing reward!
Each of the four winning pieces of art will feature on my first commissions price sheet!

Prizes:

4th: Line-art
3rd: Line-art with simple background
2nd: Full Colour (with optional wash background)
1st: Full Colour with simple background

Artwork will be safe for work! (No NSFW or mature requests!)
Each piece of art will only consist of one character. (An available reference sheet will be preferred but I will do my best if you are unable to provide one.)
Both coloured pieces will come with free simple shading but I may make shading a small additional free when I start taking paid commissions.
Please look at my gallery for examples of my work - I will be completing these digitally so each peice of art will look similar everything after and including Avory's New Table (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15571480/)
The art work will be made public (no negotiating private artwork in this raffle) as it will feature on my first and upcoming price sheet for my future commissions.


How to enter:
To enter the raffle all you need to do is comment on this Journal and Watch my profile. This will give you two "tickets" in the raffle.
You will also receive one "ticket" for each picture you have favourited from my gallery and/or scraps.
You can also receive an additional "ticket" by spreading the word about my profile and this raffle and sending me the link as proof.

Try and earn as many "tickets" as possible for a better chance to win one of the four prizes in the raffle (you will not win multiple. Only your highest ranking ticket counts)


The raffle closes on Thursday the 26th of March at 23:00 (GMT) and the winners will be announced within the following two days.
Further details for the winners will be announced on the same day and the artwork will be completed within the following week (possible 2 weeks, I am unsure how long as this will be my first time commissioning for people)


If you will like more information please comment bellow or inbox me.
Otherwise, good luck!
-Avory

The first of which is by  Raventhan who I watch (follow this link: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6583573/), the second is my own one with multiple winners which I may be doing this Easter depending on college workload.

Remember that my raffle will be to stockpile images to use on a price sheet for when I start to open up for commissions (super cheap ones at that) and that you will have to be "Watching" my profile and you will have a greater chance of winning the more content to comment on, favourite and share my artwork and profile with others.

For those of you who question when Easter is, it is in about 2 weeks time so make sure to do all you can to get the best chance of winning my raffle! {^v^}

-Avory

Just a quick journal today. (he says knowing that his last few journals were ment to be 'quick' but endup being paragraphs long)

As soon as I finish up with college I want to focus more time on my artwork and I would like to open up commissions for very reasonable prices. But I want to kick start this with a free art give away in the near future to those who activity respond to my artwork in one form and another. Selected people (most likely chosen through a bias raffle) will be able to have commissioned a free peice of artwork that I could use on a price sheet. (The type of artwork will vary from line art to coloured to shaded and so on)

As I said, this will be in the near future but I am mentioning this idea now so those who do Watch me but don't activity parcipate as much as the rest have time to participate more in order for the possible raffle to be more in their favour.

Thank you and have a good day,
-Avory

Here is a list of countries and places I would would recommend seeing or I would like to visit myself.
(Places in Italics are places I have been to)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England
• Elizabeth Tower and Westminster (More commonly know by the bell 'Big Ben' inside it)
• Tower Bridge
• Tower of London
• The British Museum
• The Shard
• Luton Hoo
• Bletchley Park (in Bletchley; not in bloody Milton Keynes!)
• Silverstone
• Oxford
• Bath
• Hadrian’s wall
• Stone Henge
• The Globe Theatre
• The Seven Sisters
• Tintagel Castle (A contender for Camelot Castle)
• The Channel Tunnel
Scotland
• Edinburgh
Wales
• Snowdon
Northern Ireland
• Giant’s Causeway

France
• The Varenne river
• Notre Dame
• Louvre
• Eiffel Tower

Monaco
• Monaco

Germany
• Freising & Weihenstephan
• Neuschwanstein Castle
• Brandenburg Gate
• Prora

Poland
• Auschwitz

Russia
• Kremlin

Spain
• Calat Alhambra
• Sagrada Família
• Parc Güell
• Las Ramblas

Gibraltar
• Rock of Gibraltar

Portugal
• Madeira

Italy
• Venice (my favourite City on Earth!)
• Uffizi
• The Duomo
• Mt. Vesuvius
• Pompeii (the scale of it city is extraordinary)
• The Herculaneum (much more well preserved then Pompeii)
• Naples (there is no traffic in Naples, just one big car park)
• Ravello & The Amalfi Coast
• Sardinia & The Emerald Coast
• The Roman Coliseum
• Leaning tower of Pisa

Vatican City
• Sistine Chapel

Greece
• Parthenon
• Delphi
• Phidias' workshop

Croatia
• Krka
• Trogir

Cyprus
• Tomb of the Kings

Turkey
• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
• Temple of Artemis
• Hagia Sophia

Jordan
• Dead Sea
• Petra

Egypt
• The Great Library
• Lighthouse of Alexandria
• The Great Pyramids (Right in the middle of a housing estate with flying nappies and a MacDonald just around the corner)
• Mt. Sinai

Ethiopia
• Danakil Depression

United Arab Emirates
• Burj Khalifa
• Burj Al Arab
• Bur Dubai
• Wild Wadi

Morocco
• Marrakesh

Mali
• Great Mosque of Djenne

Senegal
• Lake Rebta

Tanzania
• Lake Victoria
• Mount Kilimanjaro

Madagascar
• Forest of Knives

India
• Taj Mahal
• The Red Fort

Sri Lanka
• Adam’s Peak

Tibet
• Mount Kailash

China
• Emei Mountain
• The Great Wall
• The Forbidden Palace
• The Terracotta Warriors

Hong Kong
• Avenue of Stars
• Victoria
• The Big Buddha (Do you like stairs? Great fun though!)
• Macau

Japan
• Himeji Castle
• Tokyo Tower
• Mt. Fuji

Cambodia
• Angkor Wat

Indonesia
• Borobudur Temple
• Krakatoa

Singapore
• Singapore

Australia
• Sydney Opera House
• The Great Barrier Reef
• Pink Lake
• Uluru (Ayer’s Rock)

Canada
• Big Tub Harbour
• Bay of Fundy
• CN Tower
• Niagara Falls

The United States of America
• Broadway, New York
• Statue of Liberty
• The Empire State Building
• Central Park
• Ground Zero/The Freedom tower
• Pentagon
• Old Faithful & Yellowstone National Park
• Grand Mesa
• Barringer Crater
• Miami
• Disneyland Florida & Universal Studios Orlando
• The Grand Canyon
• The Hoover Dam & Lake Mead
• Painted Desert
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Aircraft Boneyard
• San Andreas Fault
• Las Vegas (my first ever upside down roller-coaster was the one at New York New York hotel!)
• Hollywood
• Alcatraz
• The Golden Gate Bridge
• Route 66

Mexico
• Chichén Itzá
• San Juan Parangaricutiro Church

The Bahamas
• Grand Bahama
• Nassau

Venezuela
• Angel Falls

Colombia
• Caño Cristales

Ecuador
• Galápagos

Peru
• Machu Picchu
• Lake Titicaca (Underwater Ruins)

Bolivia
• Cerro Rico & Potosí
• Uyuni Salt Flat

Brazil
• The Amazon Rainforest
• Cristo Redentor
• Iguazu Falls
• Pantanal

Antartica
• Blood Falls

...and typically my two most view pictures are NSFW, lol

With 100 views: Me showering - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12659575/
With 99 views: My Reference Sheet (NSFW Version) - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13211547/
With 98 views: Me on my 3DS - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13868916/

I think that people are hinting that they want to see more pictures of a specific 'genera' in my Gallery.

-Avory

My comic is currently up on Taptastic! {^v^}
This comic is based upon Firaxis Games' Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth who very very kindly gave me permission to go ahead with the project and have honestly turned from being one of my favourite game developers to my Favourite game developers in my mind because of their amazing support and approach to their fans and their always cheerful and family-like appearance in front of the public.
Go check them out and of course their amazing games!

Avory's Expedition Beyond Earth should be coming out monthly on Taptastic until further notice (http://tapastic.com/episode/95095) but this could be subject to change as I am the one drawing the comic so if I find time I might be able to increase the rate which I wouldn't be able to if I didn't as the rate of which the pages are published would of been down to finance and however busy the amazing and in high demand artist  theKC is.

There will be a one page delay on FurAffinity as I would like to divert more attention to the comic there and keep other art more focused on here.

I would like to hear what everyone thinks about!
Avory

Two days ago page 1 of my comic, Avory's Expedition Beyond Earth, was starting to be sketched despite my friend asking me to reconsider my decisions. But after the initial sketch of the first page came back he convinced me to stop.
He didn't tell me directly why he wanted me to wait on the comic. He only said that I should draw it myself to make it more special than if another, more skilful, artist drew it. But it was what he told the artist who told me why he wanted me to stop: because he was worried that I would feel bad when I find out that I do not have a fan base.

I know that I do not have a fan base. I don't care that my artwork or my character isn't the star in anybodies eyes.
But I do want some attention...
Fan-base or not, I don't really have anyone I can talk to. Most of the time I feel alone and isolated, unneeded, unwanted, worthless.

That equipped with the amount of work I have been doing and all of the other pressures on me. I just don't know what to do any more. What's the point of me trying when no one will ever notice?

-Anon

Borrowed from  espio16 (...with no intention of giving it back)

1. Had sex? Nope.
2. Bought Condoms? Nope.
3. Gotten somebody Pregnant? Nope, and I don't intend to do so.
4. Failed A Class? I failed two GCSEs if that helps? French and PE.
5. Kissed A Boy? Not yet but I intend to.

6. Kissed A Girl? Romantically? Only once.
7. Used A Little Paper Bag for Lunch? Nope; plastic Lunch boxes.
8. Had A Job? Yes, two. One of them use to be a paper round.
9. Slipped On Ice? Slipped: yes. Fell: not that I recall.
10. Missed The School Bus? I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike.
11. Fucked a girl? Nope.

12. Bullied Someone On The Internet? Nope.
13. Sexted? Does that mean via texting on my Phone or by any other means of talking via text? My mobile phone is never on but I don't do sexy rp's enough on skype. { ' L ' }
14. Sex In Public? Nope.
15. Played On A Sports Team? I was a driver and then the team principal for a race car team for my college, does that count?

16. Smoked Weed? I never did and never will do drugs.
17. Smoked Cigarettes? That counts as a drug.
18. Smoked A Cigar? That counts as as cigarette.
19. Drank Alcohol? Only once a year: Champagne on New Years eve but I prefer my pressé or spritzer.
20. Watched porn? Human porn? Almost never.

21. Skipped class? Nope.
22. Gotten Arrested? Nope.
23. Done meth? That is a drug. I thought we went over this already... {-v-}
24. Been To A Wedding? I was the page boy!
25. Fell in love with a best friend? Yes...

26. Been On The Computer For 5 Hours Straight? ...doesn't everyone do that these days?
27. Watched TV For 5 Hours Straight? Not since I discovered YouTube a decade back.
28. Been Late For Work? Nope.
29. Been Late For School? I have my excuses.
30. Kissed In The Rain? Romantically? Well... romantically or not I don't ever think so.

31. Showered With Someone Else? When I was very young I had to shower with mummy bird.
32. Failed My Drivers Test? I am just starting to learn to drive so no: I haven't failed... yet. {'y'}
33. Cheated on a ex? I won't ever do such a thing.
34. Been Outside My Home Country? Every year since birth I have left my nest of the United Kingdom. Always for places that are warmer unfortunately...
35. Been On A Road Trip Longer Than 5 Hours? If you try to go anywhere via road in the UK it is a 5hr road trip.

36. Had Lice? Nope.
37. Gotten My Heart Broken? Too many times... I am currently taking one more chance before I give up for good...
38. Had A Credit Card? Do people still use those red number generators?
39. Been To A Professional Sports Game? I hail from Luton Town. If you don't watch at least one of their Football games (you know, the sport in which you use your foot to kick a ball) then you can't call your self a Lutonian.
40. Broken A Bone? Not that I know of.

41. Am I BI/Gay/Lesbian? I was straight, became Bisexual and now I am gay.
42. Won A Trophy? 1st place medals, yes. Trophies, no.
43. Cut Myself Unintentionally? Who hasn't. I think you mean 'intentionally' in which I also have not.
44. Had An STD? I hope not. I doubt I have but I intend to make sure and if so make sure I don't.
45. Got Engaged? If he lets me or wants me to.

46. Done ecstasy? Isn't that a music band?
47. Tried Out To Be On A TV Show? Tried? yes.
48. Rode In A Taxi? Infrequently.
49. Been To Prom? Cool guys don't go to prom. I didn't go either.
50. Played A Drinking Game? Innuendo Bingo with water? yes.

51. Stayed Up For 24 Hours Or More? To watch a National election a few years ago? Yes. It was fun! It was like a big game of Monopoly!
52. Been To A Concert? Nope.
53. Had A Three-Some? Nope.
54. Had A Crush On Someone Of The Same Sex? Does it count as a crush if you are in a confirmed relationship with them? Otherwise no.
55. Been In A Car Accident? Mummy bird had her wing mirror clipped by a couple of teenage joy riders if that counts.

56. Had Braces? Nope. My teeth arn't the best in the world but apparently are not as bad to qualify for free treatment. And I, nor my parents, wanted to fork out £5000.
57. Learned Another Language? Oui, mais mon français est très petite. Mein Deutsch ist ScheiBe. Il mio italiano era buono. B(u)t my 'merican is crazy good, yo'all.
58. Killed An Animal? Do Blue's Rattata count? I hadn't even played that game.
59. Been At A Yard Sale? presuming that that is the American equivalent to a Car-boot Sale then yes.
60. Been To A Japanese Steakhouse? Errr... not that I recall. I might have in Hong Kong (which I do know is Chinese and not Japanese; I know my Geography) but I know it was definitely Japanese themed.

61. Wore Make Up? My first love use to love to plaster me in make up.
63. Lost My Virginity Before I Was 16? Long story but I don't think so.
62. Talked To Someone Via Webcam? I have but I wish I can do it again and more often.
64. Had My Wisdom Teeth Taken Out? Either they haven't emerged yet or they like me.
65. Kissed Someone A Different Race Than Myself? Nope.

66. Snuck Out Of The House? Nope. No reason to do so.
67. Bought Porn? Does commissioning Yiff count?
68. Had A Virus On My Computer? Tonnes. But they are no bother to me.
69. Had Oral Sex? Yes.
70. Dyed My Hair? Nope.

71. Gone Skinny Dipping? Nope.
72. Graduated From College? I'm in my last year.
73. Wore Someone Else’s Clothes? Yes. Half of my clothes are 2nd hand.
74. Voted In A Presidential Election? The UK has a Priminister, not a President but no.
75. Rode In An Ambulance? Nope.

76. Rode In A Helicopter? Nope.
77. Caught The Stove On Fire? Don't you mean an oven? No one uses a stove these days. But no.
78. Got In A Verbal Fight? That's when one of the cracks in my damaged heart appeared.
79. Met Someone Famous? A few people. Yes.
80. Been On Vacation? Either once or twice every year.

81. Been On A Boat? Too many... *shivers*
82. Been On An Airplane? That's how I like to travel!
83. Broken Something Expensive? Very most definitely likely.
84. Had Surgery? No. *shivers again*
85. Beat A Video Game? I think the question: "Are you a video-gamer" is more suitable. In both cases: Yes.

86. Found Something Valuable On The Ground? Many things. Including two £50 notes.
87. Made A Survey? For coursework, yes.
88. Stalked Someone On A Social Network? I hardly use social networks.
89. Prank Called Someone? Am I immature?
90. Been To A Library Outside Of School? About a decade ago.

91. Spent Over $100 Shopping In One Day? That is about... £60? Yes, quite easily.
92. Cut My Hair And Hated It? Every time I have my hair cut.
93. Peed Outside? Yes?
94. Went Fishing? Nope.
95. Helped With Charity? I donate frequently and sometimes join in given the opportunity.

96. Taken A Pregnancy Test? ...no?
97. Been Rejected By A Crush? ...yes
98. Been Suspended From School? I'm a teacher's pet.
99. Broken a mirror? Twice I think. Both times I think I ended up luckier then prior to breaking one.
100. Thrown up on someone? I hardly throw up but I think I almost did once.

101. Lied to your parents? We all do.

People keep telling me that there are not enough pictures, if any, of Sid Meier's Civilization. And I want to change that. In fact I want to become the one who is known for being the 'Furry Civphile' here on FA so I have already planned a comic based on my most recent game of Civilization V with  espio16 but haven't had the money to go ahead with it. And with Civilization Beyond Earth now out I think it would be more suitable to turn to Space.

So I have worked some over time and I have managed to get some extra wages to spend on my comic idea.
The comic will be written and designed by myself and then drawn and completed by  thekc, it will tell tell the story about my fursona, Avory Lo'Raven and his 'expedition Beyond Earth' as the leader of his sponsor, the Royal Britannia Company. As once King of the British Isle and her holdings on Earth he has set about an expedition to the new planet with the 8 other furry sponsors and will be faced with many 'quests' and decisions.

Currently I am only commissioning a 'test page'. This page is from the early stages of the comic's story but doesn't hold any details to the story and can be easily understood on it's own. If the comic idea is met with a great response and people ask for more then I would happily continue it but would need to look into more over time or there is the possibility or donations which I would rather not do as I think it would be unfair for all.

If you have any thoughts, good or bad then I would love to hear them!
The first 'test page' should be out as soon as  thekc gets to me commission on her list.

King Avory Lo'Raven of RBC

Welcome all my new Watchers! Thank you for watching, favouring and commenting on my stuff, it really means a lot!
I do love all of the art I get, but the do come with large costs so I try art trades instead only to shamefully give artists a picture from paint in return... :( However if my watchers continue to grow I might be more inclined to get more commissions done. Me and my 'Civilization buddy'  espio16 might be getting some combined commissions in future so that might be something to look forward to.

In other news: Its been over a week or two since a question was put forward to me, it was the first time I was the one being asked, hesitant I said yes a few days after and now I am in a closed relationship. Third time's the charm, right? I hope so at least as I can't bare to go though it all again...
You guys can guess who my partner is all you want but my beak is sealed until we are 100% certain that we want to be together. In the mean time don't expect to see any art or other hints of who they are until then. :p

That's all for now,
thank you all!

Avory Lo'Raven

Seventeenth of April 2014,

Ok, this one is going to be short;
Upon my 'ex-mates' return to his break I have decided to go ahead with the free commissions idea but limiting them to free 'art trades' instead.

Will only do one a month at the moment, this month's may be short as we are half way though or it may be 1.5 months instead (we will see how it goes {^V^})

Avory

Its the fifteenth of April 2014,

I personally don't like reading other people's journal entries on here; if I do then I just skim read it though.
So with that in mind I am going to keep this sort.

Unfortunately my 'ex-mate' is going through some tough times again: he has lost so many that he has lost trust in everyone including myself who would follow him to the end of the Earth; if it were only so easy to be together when you live either side of 'the pond'.
I'm currently waiting for him to return, each time he takes a leave of absence I always feel lonely with no one to talk to. He is the only one who really understands me and wants me by their side.
Its just awful that people build other's hope up so much and then throw them in the ditch leaving them unable to feel the same about anyone else again...

On a slightly more uplifting piece of news: I have completed my 'redesign' of me, my fursona (link to SFW Version: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13211228/ ) which I think turned out really well despite taking so long! {^V^}
Its because of this that I am now thinking about doing some commission artwork in the future to practice and improve my artwork.
However I also feel that artists charge far too much for bit maps of different coloured pixels and want to take more money out them the put love in. So its because of that that I will adopt a similar style of commission prices to  nesseggman that I saw a while ago meaning that my artwork will be free but will have a very vague and changeable time constraint. However I would prefer 'art trades' instead of a 'one-way deal'. This is all if I decide to do commissions of-course.

"If its not worth it, do it yourself!" ...and that way you get more out of it. Thats a little quote I came up with on overly priced commissions.

I said I would keep this short but it didn't turn out that way did it? {-v-}
But anyhow, thank all of the new watchers I have gained since the start of my FA account and I hope to please more with Avory and my artwork! {^V^}

And I hope my Dyè comes around soon, I'm sure it pains us both to be apart...