crowjob <---- NSFW art, commissions, chicanery

Writing, as of now unpopulated ----> lethologica

My work has been going very well lately, but it's kept me busy. I'm back in the swing of teaching, and I'm trying to get things together to start an LLC next year. I'm notoriously bad with money, bureaucracy, and business dealings, so I have a long road ahead of me.

I've been grappling with the details of my identity as a furry as I've been feeling more and more distanced from this fandom. There's only a few furries that I regularly chat with, but I haven't been feeling much of a drive to meet more. My artistic journey is sporadic and personal, and I'm starting to get the feeling that deeper involvement in the fandom isn't meant for me. I'll be attending an NYC furry meetup in a few days. It'll be my first real "furry exposure" since Anthrocon, and I'm a little bit nervous.

I'm at a juncture in my life where I have a definite timeframe to decide what I want to do with my life. The next few months are going to be crucial for me, and I have a lot of difficult decisions starting to boil up. How I make my living, where I actually live, what hobbies to pursue, and questions of my own identity are all vying for attention, and my notorious impatience is knocking at the back of my skull. Things might change a lot for me depending on how much effort I put in.

Thanks for putting up with a wee bit of self-expression on a not oft-frequented furry site. Have a song:

1. Asking people about their characters is a great way to quickly learn about what makes them tick.

2. Art is hard, everyone is better than me, and I shall never, ever give up.

3. If you have any interaction with fursuits, you will literally cough up hairballs.

4.  stigmata is a very thoughtful artist and you should be ashamed for not following him by now.

5. Yelling at DJs to play better music is generally frowned upon by the furry community.

6. Card games are a lot more fun when you play them with strangers.

7. Greymuzzles are an absolute riot to chat up.

8. Avoid Chinese food at all costs.

9. Spending time on the con center roof during popular panels is relaxing, meditative, and Deadpool will give you jewelery after a while.

10. At some point, someone will whack you in the face will a giant tail and...you know what...that's perfectly fine.

Wow, I haven't been doing much on here at all! I haven't had much time to draw, but I've been doing a bit in my precious little spare time. I'll be going to AC this year, though. Here's how to find me!

Where are you staying?
The Westin

What day are you getting there?
Thursday Evening

Who will you be rooming with?
 wafflebark,  skratchcoyote,  punkjax, D-Ro, and other assorted people I don't know yet!

Who will you hang out with during the convention?
A little bit of everyone, interspersed with wandering around alone wondering just how the hell I found myself in a building with over 1000 people dressed as animals.

What is the best way to find you?
Tweet 2kaclockingbird
Ask in PM for my phone number

Are there any panels you might be attending?
Looney Labs demo and the Avian meetup are the only two definites!

What do you look like?
http://imgur.com/DSCLJTx
Likely with a similar drunk/disaffected expression

Will you be suiting?
Nope

Do you do free art?
Yes! I have a blank book just for AC. If you find me and want a kinda shitty animal person drawing, just ask!

Do you do trades?
Yes!

Do you do badges/commissions?
I am not good enough to charge, but I can try to do a free badge. It'll be b/w though!

What is your gender?
Male

How tall are you?
6' 1", taller than most people who aren't dressed as foxes

Are you in a relationship?
I am married to whiskey no you can't have any. (Okay, you can, but I get to watch)

Can I talk to you?
Talk, yes! I love talking! Creepy awkward come-ons, no!

Can I touch you?
I will probably give a hug if asked and you're not creeping on me

Can I visit your room?
Depends on what the roommies say.

Can I buy you drinks?
YES
PLEASE

Can I give you stuff?
DOUBLE YES PLEASE

Can I hug or snuggle with you?
See "can I touch you" above.

How long are you going?
Thurs-Sun

Do you have an artist table?
No I have hands of the weakest putty and a sense of depth that puts egyptian frescoes to shame

Will you be going to parties?
I'd like to! Invite me?

Do you have prints/CDs?
No

Will you have art in the Art Show? General or Adult sections?
No...

If I see you, how should I get your attention?
Say "Clockingbird!" or "Bird guy!" really loud.

Can I look in your sketchbook?
Sure, if you like disappointment!

Can I draw in your sketchbook?
Hell yes!

Can I come with you for food/fun/etc?
Maybe!

Can I take your picture?
Ask!

What's your goal(s) for the con this year?
To not have a guy in a lizard suit rub his dick on me at the rave, definitely

Me: Yeah, I'm a bird. Crow, specifically.
Him: Pretty cool. One question, though.
Me: Yeah?
Him: How do birds show affection? Like, how do they kiss? Seems tough to do with beaks.
Me: Heh, it's a pretty complicated process. I can draw you a diagram if you need.
Him: (Grabs my coat and pulls me in.) I'd prefer a demonstration.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the perfect way to do things. He will get a second date.

IN OTHER NEWS:
--I picked up a copy of Sabertooth Swordsman, a limited-release comic about a man turned into a tiger by a cloud god after his wife is abducted by the Mastodon Mathematician. Drawn by Aaron Conley, the comic features his distinctive detailed, psychedelic art style with lots of quirky easter eggs hidden in each beautiful panel. The story is light and humorous (though violent) and is set in a fantasy version of the Middle East. It's sort of like Aladdin meets R. Crumb. Good light read, I recommend it if you can find it.
--I'm still drawing, I just haven't finished anything to the point of posting it recently. I've been a bit distracted with other important things (anime) and haven't sunk a lot of time into drawing. I'm hoping to remedy that soon.
--You're all beautiful, hope you had a good VDay.

Hello friends! This lemming-like migration of fine furs away from the simmering cesspool of FurAffinity reminds me that I did indeed make a Weasyl account several months ago. I don't have the mental capacity to sort through hundreds of journals to follow everyone I follow on here, so please leave a comment if you'd like me to follow you!

My account is here: https://www.weasyl.com/~clockingbird

I'll try to cross-post as much as possible, as well as upload some of the older commissions I have lying around my hard drive. (Yummy!)

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Boy, this certainly has been a week for furry drama. Bungled site maintenance, pointing blame all over the place, molesters and otherwise sketchy people being exposed, yet somehow rising to positions of power, popularity and trust. If the furry fandom were a nation, CNN would be half-heartedly covering the riots in the capital before awkwardly shifting to coverage of Kim Kardashian's baby!

Through quite a bit of late-night internet trawling coupled with my own nagging sex drive, I've come to cultivate a taste for Japanese furry ero comics. I've read through quite a few over the past couple of weeks, from short "they fuck, the end" comics to long, sprawling multi-volume epics with character development, cohesive plots, and solid structure. And plenty of fucking.

I reflected on this newfound pleasure while huddled on the floor of my shower, ice-cold water beating down on my shivering form. "What is it about the 'kemono' style that's so appealing?" I asked myself between shaking sobs, clutching the loofah a bit closer to my bare chest. At its essence, there's little difference between it and Western "furry" art--it's basically just sticking animal features on a human form. The only clear difference is the influence of Japanese animation on kemono art: larger eyes, simplistic facial features, and exaggerated body types.

But wait! I thought to myself, watching the blood-streaked vomit spiral down the drain. Aren't those the hallmarks of Western furry art, as well? What really delinates kemono from furry?

I thought back to an interesting panel I attended at last year's Anthrocon about the history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese art. (Probably the most engaging thing I witnessed there aside from a mouse fursuiter being wheeled out of the rave on a stretcher.) They've been represented in the genre for quite a while, representing everything from natural phenomenon to mythical forces to caricatures of human folly. As Japanese art evolved following the "opening" of Japan to the Western world, kemono did as well. Anthropomorphic characters became less "animals on hind legs in people clothes" and more representative of humans...wait...JUST LIKE THEY DID IN WESTERN ART!

I dashed to my computer and closed the seventeen u18chan tabs on my browser, calling up a quick Google on one of my most revered historical figures, legendary animator Osamu Tezuka. He's widely credited with shaping Japanese comic art and animation into what it is today, including influencing kemono through classics like Kimba the White Lion and Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature, two of the earliest occurrences of modern kemono style. What would be his Western equivalent, popularizing the cartoon animal in roughly the same time period? Why, none other than beloved children's cartoonist and anti-semitic tyrant Walt Disney!

It's fairly obvious that Tezuka still influences the style of modern kemono artists, while Disney does the same for Western furries. Still, one burning question remains: why don't the two often mix? I see plenty of instances of kemono on this site, but they always seem to be done by Japanese, Korean, Thai, or otherwise Asian artists. The reverse is also true; a lot of Western furry art is obviously influenced by Disney, Marvel, DC, and Western animation, but is rarely drawn by Eastern artists.

In this era of the flat world and boundless globalization where I can call up my favorite kemono smut with a few clicks, why does such a schism still exist? I'd like to hear your input on the subject!

(As an aside, my favorite kemono comic is Tooboe Bookmark, a riotously adorable gay romance that follows quite a few conventions of anime writing, but still feels original and engaging. If you're into gay furry comics and don't mind subjecting yourself to the whirlwind of awful that is u18chan, you can read it in its current translated entirety here.)

I broke down and joined the rest of modern society in getting a smartphone...the impetus of getting mugged certainly helped. thanks, doucheweeds.

naturally, I got FA mobile, as well as some nifty skypes and instagrams!
cayman.went on Skype
clockingbird on Instagram.

Come social media with me, I won't peck too hard.

I know it's 2013 and I'm ten years behind the curve, but I finally got myself a Skype account! My username is cayman.went, so feel free to shoot me a message! I'm still trying to work this newfangled program into my archaic system, but I'm 90% sure I have it working. Despite my busy life, I'll certainly make time to get back to everyone who messages me. Hit me up!

Again, cayman.went

I decided that after more than a year away from the giant lifepit that is Tumblr, it's time to dip my toes back in.

CAW: Art, furries, reblogs.
The Curdbird: Professional cheese/food blog. Nothing there yet!
La Langue Verte: Super hip and cool music blog, now back in action!

Follow me on whatever ones you'd like, I'd like to follow some new people back. Have at!

Between the constant stimulus that is My Real Life™ and putting forth a daily effort to learn to draw, I've let slip one of my great passions: roleplay and collaborative storytelling. I'd like to get back into it casually, but there seem to be fewer and fewer parties interested in the activity with each passing day. It's really not that bad, I tell you!

I have a few ideas in mind, but I'd rather facilitate a game for a few other interested parties. If you've ever had interest in trying it out, or have in the past and would like to try roleplaying again, let me know! I'd love to hear what sort of ideas you have, any characters you'd like to develop, and the like. I'd probably run a play through a Google doc (because we live in the future), with the option for players to post at their convenience.

Don't be afraid to ask any questions or assuage any doubts you might have. I'm actually pretty good at running games fairly.

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In other news, I've been focusing on anatomy in my drawing recently. Subtlety doesn't seem to be my strong suit, currently. I understand how basic shapes fit together over a skeleton to form the natural contours of the body, but I can't seem to make them look like anything other than curvy robot limbs. Practice, practice, I guess!

I drew some hands today, but if I squint, it kind of looks like I drew a bunch of squids.

If you guys know of any good, simple tutorials for basic anatomy, link me!

I'm a big fan of comics, especially ones that are self-published by talented artists. I also have an unhealthy obsession with anthropomorphic birds, especially ones portrayed as living around the tern (heh) of the 20th century.

Occasionally these two interests collide.

BIRDLAND seems to be the answer to my prayers--a musically-linked murder mystery set in Jazz Age Manhattan populated by birds. On top of that, the art is cross-hatched by hand and looks beautiful.

The world needs more bird comics. Check it out if you agree.

I roomed with  skratchcoyote,  the,  punkjax, and D-Ro, who has an FA I can't find. You guys were all pretty great, thanks for being awesome and splitting with me!  LC_patch thanks for hanging out with me basically the whole time and building a truly astounding list of furry puns. I'm glad I had the honor of getting my first fursuit hug from you!

I learned that the con ACTUALLY starts on Friday and ACTUALLY ends on Sunday, so I missed a good chunk of stuff and people. Whoops. Meeting the folks I did was awesome, though!  paintid you look kawaii as fuck as an angry dog.  reaux and  kitsunefoxman are adorbz and sweet and have the perfect taste in t-shirts.  icefoxIX thanks for the rye and the conversation, come visit NY!  alejandroferrito and  joxthalonewolf it was good running into you and seeing you again!  krowy meeting you was super and your words of encouragement mean more to me than you know. Keep on being a badass bespectacled bird!

Whoo. Haa. Deep breaths. That was the most intense weekend of my life. I'm still hallucinating tails on people even two days later. Now I need to get some sleep to purge myself of the inevitable con crud.

This new banner on this site is cool, but fender's expression kind of freaks me out for some reason. I think it's the weird eyes.

Also, the video for the new Goldfish single is great. Awesome animation and commentary on the state of EDM. Catchy, too! (p.s. I'm surprised no one's drawn porn of Dog is a DJ yet. Where's your consistency, furries?!)

I've been super busy lately, haven't done much drawing or furrystuff. I have been dredging up some new tunes to usher in the warm weather. Enjoy;;;>

Beacon ~ Feeling's Gone
Ethereal dream pop, chill and soft.

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down ~ We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)
Energetic SanFran folk pop to get your steps springin'

Daft Punk ~ Motherboard
IMO the best track off of the new album. Less soul, more ambient + strings. Like BGM for a video game that takes place nowhere.

Michna ~ Believe In It (Eliot Lipp rmx)
Future-funk street music, dark and dank.

THE OTHER STUFF
How're you all doing? Staying furry/feather/scaled/whatnot? Good! I've been very busy with work recently. I've been teaching classes on beer, whiskey, cheese, and science, all the cool things that you can put in your mouth. (Yes, you can with the latter. I know.) I've been doodling and dicking around with my fancy new pencils recently, but haven't produced much other than slightly more linear shapes and some weird looking bodies. But hey! It's a start.

Friends and roommates have come and gone, as is the nature of the season. I'm taking a trip this weekend to hang out in a cabin with some of my closest--a much needed vacation after a long haul of hard work. Hurrah!

I'm super looking forward to my first anthrocon this year. I've got four in my room thus far...if you or anyone you know needs a place to stay, let me know!

Peace all, keep on being beautiful.

The guy who did text-based smutty adventure game Corruption of Champions did an AMA thread on Reddit, talking about the popularity of his game, future prospects, and what it's like making a living off of programming porn games. It was an interesting thread, so I ended up actually trying out the game.

Four hours later, I realize that my fair-skinned human male character had morphed into a hermaphroditic, six breasted abomination with cat ears, four arms, a snake tail, and a canine penis. The poor guy had undergone such adventures as being mauled and impregnated by a two-cocked hellhound, laid a clutch of eggs implanted by an antlion, and copulated with a satyr with his dick caught in a "vagina flower."

Needless to say, it stops being arousing by the fifth or six description of anal violation by fantasy monster, but I was amazed by the sheer variety of off-the-wall fetish that you can achieve in a single game. The sex aside, the game was actually sort of...fun. Stat balancing while avoiding attack by the random overleveled creature kept me engaged, and the weird characters that I encountered actually had some semblance of personality, reacting accordingly to my actions. Come on too rough and get the shit kicked out of you by a minotaur. Too slow, and the horse-dicked foxgirl town guard simply tells you to fuck off.

It was a bizarre trip, like Skyrim for the hopelessly perverse, but sort of rewarding in its own right. Now as I sit here typing this at 3:30 in the morning, trying to process how I got so drawn in trying to find a way to relieve my six lactating dogtits without getting knocked up by a bee queen, I've entered a sort of fugue state. No longer do I find the prospect of hermaphroditic furries strange, I only worry if fucking one will harm my intelligence stat that I need to master a fireball spell. Not to mention the money I'd have to spend winning one over when I should really be saving for plate armor so that I can take on the tentacle monster in the deep woods.

Good show, Fenoxo. You've taken weird furry erotic fiction and crafted it into a game that's detailed enough to keep me engaged for hours. I'd commend you, but I have an urgent need to huddle under a blanket, shivering and wondering what the hell I just witnessed.

I finally fulfilled my years-long dream of getting a tattoo. Naturally, it's a bird.

I've also started to practice drawing again, this time with more of an emphasis on cartooniness instead of realism. I have the eventual goal of starting to do a daily journal comic. We'll see if that ever happens.

Very soon, we'll be gaining another hour of daylight, bringing with it a change in seasons, new life, and all that poetic shit. I've been digging around for new music to suit the mood, and I've come across three gems that have wormed their way into my brain and become my current favorites.

Lusine ~ February (The Waiting Room, Ghostly International)

A driving beat, swells and falls, and side-chain compression. Delicious and bouncy.

Dan Deacon ~ True Thrush (America, Domino Records)

Melody driven, overlaid beats, choral vocals, and call to sprint into the sunset.

Anamanaguchi ~ Mess (Single, 8bitpeoples)

Bouncing, 8-bit power pop. Makes you want to strike some weak points.

I've booked a two-bed room at a hotel that involves two trees for Wednesday, July 3rd through Sunday, July 7. Four nights. Thus far, it's me,  skratchcoyote, and possibly  paintid staying there. I'm looking to split costs with anyone interested!

They have a pool. Drinks are included. I don't bite unless paid to do so.

It's gonna be a good time. Who's in?

So I've decided to bury my misgivings deep in the fuck it bucket and try to make it to Anthrocon this year. Hurray! Now I have to book a room and fill it with you delightful fuzzballs. Boo.

I'm going to book one on Tuesday. I'm not sure where, apparently the Westin is all booked up already. (!!!) I'm staying with  skratchcoyote already, and I'd like to get at least 3 more people to split cost with. I'm okay staying with strangers, and I'm not a thief or rapist. Help me out here!

I recently swapped my copy of Skyrim for Assassin's Creed 3, hoping to trade the life of a catman ninja for that of a revolutionary. I played through the tutorial (conveniently placed Animus and cool glitchy graphics, check) and hopped into the main quest. After a bit of dicking around on a big boat, I arrived in Boston.

Now, when the Assassins' Guild says "nothing is forbidden, everything is permitted," I take their words fucking seriously. Rather than follow the guy who's supposed to lead me to wherever I need to go, I decide to take history into my own hands and go apeshit on the early American populace.

Now, since I'm at the beginning of my quest and unarmed, an assassination attack merely chokes an enemy, rather than killing them. Since NPCs don't die when choked, it doesn't count against me. Oh, heavens, what an oversight for a sociopathic assassin such as myself.

Within minutes, half the populace of Boston is scattered around my feet like the countless petals of a corpse-flower, writhing in pain and moaning for help. A brave few had the balls to confront me with a feeble "oh my god, help!" only to experience the wrong end of a three-point chokehold. I didn't realize American settlers were such pussies.

Eventually, I roused the suspicions of a few Redcoat guards, who rushed over to ventilate my chest with a few jabs of a bayonet. Little did they realize they were up against a bloodless, American GOD who could take at least a dozen shankings without a flinch. I amused myself for a short while by stealing the guards' muskets, using my Revolutionary Ninja Skills (?!) to twirl about, forcing bayonets into eye sockets and amputating legs just below the knee.

I was unaware of the firing squad forming several yards away from me--twelve guards with muskets drawn, primed, and aimed. BAM! With a cacophony of black powder, I went down like a rock, staggering from the dozen bullet wounds in my chest. But wait! A sliver of health still remained! Eager to escape my fate as a swiss cheese impersonator, I scrambled up the side of a building, sprinting away from my attackers.

Alas, I missed my jump and plunged two stories onto a horse, instantly desynchronizing. Huh. I suppose revolutionaries are impervious to grievous bullet wounds, but can be done in by a simple fall onto the back of a pack animal. And here I thought I understood history.

It's been a while since I've done one of these. I had a few minor obligations these past few weeks (holidays, visits, my apartment almost catching fire) that distracted me from rambling about comic books on a furry website. The anthro comics train keeps chugging along, though, with nary a holiday feast or barely-averted disaster to slow it.

My sister came to visit me this week, and insisted on spending a day out in the frigid Manhattan wind, sipping coffee and sucking cigarettes just to make sure our throats didn't freeze shut. We ducked into a Barnes & Noble to warm ourselves, and I wasted no time dropping nearly a hundred bucks on comics. Addiction is a powerful thing.

Several anthro-related titles caught my eye. I snapped them up and read them all in one night to ensure that you, the Furries, can avoid the crap and check out the best.

Iron, or The War After is a hardbound graphic novel by NYC-based artist S.M. Vidaurri that tells the tale of a group of post-war rebels, a terroristic plot, and their shifting faiths and alliances. A rabbit, Hardin, steals sensitive documents to put a bombing plan into action, setting off a series of events that affect everyone from high-ranking Regime officials to orphaned children. It's a tale of alliances, determination, and the effects of political belief on those involved. The story is set in a bleak, wintry countryside, reflected beautifully in the muted, limited-palette watercolors that comprise the comic's style. The characters are animal people drawn with realistic, inexpressive features that force the reader to get into the characters' heads to determine their emotions. All in all, this is one of the best works of anthropomorphic literature that I've encountered in a while. Anyone with an interest in historical fiction and watercolor comics should check it out.

Ralph Azham Vol. 1: Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love? by Lewis Trondheim is a very unique and distinctly French comic about a sarcastic young man who finds himself the unwilling center of a fantasy epic. The titular character's sarcasm and tendency to find himself in trouble spectacularly deconstruct the fantasy trope of the Reluctant Hero while providing a humorous, engaging story. The art style is cartoonish, but the themes presented certainly speak to an older audience. Definitely fun, definitely worth a look.

Ratfist by Earthworm Jim creator Doug TenNapel recounts the adventures of the vigilante Ratfist as he finds himself turning into a literal rat man after being bitten. A conspiracy involving beastman security guards, ancient Tiki magic, government testing, and a cast of wacky, referential characters drives the silly-yet-intense plot. However, the use of the main character as an author stand-in to espouse TenNapel's conservative views and occasionally smash the fourth wall hampers the otherwise interesting plot, breaking the suspension of disbelief and sometimes becoming just plain annoying. The scene where the main character, an actual anthropomorph, punches a bad fursuit-wearing furry in the face redeems it, though. All in all, the comic would be wonderful if not for the author's insistence on transparently pushing his opinions through it. Still good fun, though.

Enjoy and read, my friends. The realm of anthro comics is growing by the day and pushing the boundaries of the medium with each new publication. If you know of any I should check out, let me know.

I picked up the most recent issue of my second favorite anthropomorphic detective series, Grandville Bête Noire, at St. Marks Comics yesterday. Naturally, I devoured it on my trip home, slavering over the alternate-reality French empire populated by animal people. What fun!

Besides the campy story and delightfully straightforward characters (the mouse assistant Rodders has transformed into the best ever stereotype of a flouncy British pomp, spouting lines like "I say!" and "Toodle-pip!" every three panels), the references included are what really get me. A smurf gets shot in the head while Smurfette looks on. An expressionist painter who happens to be a rooster gets the name "Jackson Pollo." A rodent guy in a spotted, long-tailed fursuit getting whipped by a dominatrix dressed as Puss in Boots, all while screaming "Houba! Houba!" (And if you get that reference, you're my new best friend.)

Mr. Talbot, you've done it again. You've created a campy, predictable story about furries in an early century steampunk Paris solving an overwrought crime, and managed to delight me with each and every page. As Rodders would say, "What ho, good show!"

I've seen a lot of people on here jumping ship to this "Weasyl" site, which is apparently in a closed beta right now. I decided to check it out and see what all the hooplah is about. Upon visiting, it seemed...like a mashup of DeviantArt, FurAffinity, with a dash of Furocity thrown into the mix? I'm not quite sure why everyone was making a big deal out of it.

Then my cursor happened to hover over an icon, and the title link slid in following it. I moved my cursor to another link. Vwooop! The little slider followed it! I spent the better part of ten minutes just mousing over links to see the little sliding boxes chase it. Zhoop! Vwiip! No one told me CSS could be this much fun!

Despite the nifty design (shwiip!) I'm still not sure what sets Weasyl apart from the multitude of furry art sites out there. Rather, I wasn't sure, until just now I remembered that Weasyl is Dragoneer free, which is a definite boon, but ultimately irrelevant because I try to avoid hanging around with baby rapers anyways.

Through a series of disjointed ramblings through the internet, I stumbled across an obscure meme from the depths of the Russian equivalent of 4chan called "Welcome to Omsk." The meme is based on a painting by German surrealist painter Heiko Muller entitled Winged Doom. The painting in question revolves around a large, birdlike figure in red robes and glowing eyes.

Supposedly, this Russian *chan co-opted the character as a representation of the town of Omsk, notorious for its drug culture and seediness. The character of "Winged Doom" has taken on a life of its own, becoming representative of any sort of psychedelic drug reference on the internet. Naturally, the internet did its thing and spawned a large amount of fanart of this character, including the inevitable Advice Animal-style meme, several anthropomorphic representations, costuming videos, and an out-of-left-field-yet-somehow-not-totally-unexpected Mordecai/Winged Doom ship. Huh.

I'm finding myself intrigued by this meme, due to its combination of several of my favorite things: anthropomorphic birds, psychedelic reference, and general creepiness. The idea of a character from a surrealist painting taking on a life of its own as an internet meme is rather strange, but intriguing, as well. I'd like to know if anyone else has heard of this character and can provide any more context.

Welcome to Omsk, my friends.

Edit: A quick search on FurAffinity shows that some furry out there has already leaped on the meme and turned it into a strange, Nazi(ish?) fetish piece of softcore porn. I'm not really surprised that this sort of thing exists, but it does provide a reminder that nothing is too obscure for a furry to make porn out of.