What a long day that was. I left my house at 445a to go to work in Arlington. From there I left to meet up with a coworker about 20 miles away in granite falls. After I visited for nearly an hour I began the trek to Anacortes. Curiously I had a dream of the area I drove through without ever having gone to Anacortes before. All a bit of a surprise on its own, I continued through then onto deception pass which has to be the best part of the trip strictly for the stunning views then the blueberry fritter and the other fur friends I met up with later on. From deception pass I began heading southeast to Coupeville where the ferry would depart minutes after I boarded. Again another stunning view of the salish sea combined with the dark orange yellow hues of sulfur on the horizon dotted with ships and marine life from birds in the sunset and the occasional seal poking up for a quick peek. A 30 minute sail from Coupeville to port Townsend, a beautiful little town with some of the best pizza I ever had and again more views and marine life than one could ever want. I pressed on to Bremerton where I would stop to see friends I haven't seen for months. After that I made my way home back in bonney lake ending my trip at about midnight.
Think of it I nearly made a 24 hour day tripper of a Friday. Got to see a huge chunk of western Washington and made a gigantic ring circuit of the Puget sound. A much needed break from life. Now if only I couldve stayed.

Markiplier has hit the 10000000 mark on YouTube. What a milestone for him and for all of is who watch his videos. Congrats and thanks for everything mark. Probably the most emotional and feely he has ever done

Disney is actually making a movie based around the idea of a world where instead of humans there are anthropomorphic animals running the place. More commonly know to us as ferries don't know about anyone else but i actually would love to see the movie. The trailer makes the movie look pretty funny and surprisingly accurate to our community and its silly ways with the obvious exclusion of the darker side. Looking forward to this movie.

Really.... cat food.. of all the posted ads that are now on FA I get cat food. I don't even have a cat nor do I have a pet to to even bother buying pet supplies for..

Idk had to have something to complain about.

For things to be good for a change
To be happy
To get a good night's sleep
To wake up feeling good
To not be in pain
To know I'm not alone
To shape shift....
.....
And so much more.

I'm greedy aren't i? Either that this is a prescription drug advert.

Nothing of mine has been stolen as far as I know....... I don't post much so that could lessen the risk therfore I don't have much to worry about.. but that doesn't mean I can't stand up for anyone that deserves their hard work to be protected.
First and foremost, I really don't care for or appreciate that kind of lowball bs. some people feel that they are welcome to hijack whatever the hell they want whenever,wherever.. first of all if consent on any term was not given by the original artist or if the character wasn't a gift then why should that give license to freely take, use or assume rights of and authority over such works? It's similar grounds for a reciprocal scenario. In that sense would it be OK for it to be done? No because it more than likely would not be anymore appreciated from either party should it happen to either.
Theft is a pointless crime. It doesn't pay in the end and is plainly uncool and hilariously unimaginative, boring, and desperate. Especially in a community chock full of artists trying to improve their own skills. If you want something you have to work for it. Otherwise there is no hope for anyone that wastes their time stealing other people's character(s)/ property then pretending it's their own. Get a life.. and get a real job.
Thanks to all the artists out there doing best at what they do for free or for whatever in return. I may not buy much but I sure as hell appreciate new content that gets posted here for everyone to see. I try my best to commission when I can and try my best when I can't commission in order to make something acceptable to my standards so I can still enjoy this community for the future.

Surprising I was able to even have one. It's been about a week since I've felt well enough to think straight and last night was probably the worse I've been in ages. Woke up with barely enough lung power to breathe through all the coughing and buildup from the previous day. I do suppose that through all this suffering I won't be sick like this for a while. hopefully tonight will be better. Perhaps another good dream will take me away to that same watery haven with even more sea dwelling friends to relax with from the night before. I've had dreams like this plenty times before, many of which I could breathe underwater and venture sea caverns full of life. Only this was the first time I was above the water with a family of otters. Like I was part of the family. Maybe it means something. I know to some people it does. To me it's like a second life, nearly to the point of confusion where I wake from a deep sleep and forget when and where I am. Even sometimes I don't wake because I'm so convinced it's real. Call me crazy but I appreciate all of my dreams like a cold treat on a hot day. I look forward to dreaming every night. even the bad ones, and occasionally down right evil ones I fear none and push on. I guess learning to deal with the bad in the way I have has somehow made the hellish nightmares something I can at times forget or use to my advantage.

Fursuits.and lots of them. 1 otter hybrid to be finished, 1 reindeer, 2 dragons and a bird. Of course none besides the otter are in the works but that is my itinerary for this year. And possibly next. Also included are the more frequent posts of random practice sketches.

I don't know if it's just me or if it's something I'm doing. Perhaps maybe its a culmination of things that I'm doing and random events but it seems to me like the Fandom in general has been getting an even worse reputation than it has in the last three years instead of improving. In the last month I've run across ads, new TV shows, Internet videos and people all with nothing good to say about the fandom. Even from the people I would least expect it from. And it's not like the typical eew hell no furries because everyone else has heard a rumor from a friend of a friend and the stigma but more like a dissociation with the fandom because a fear of being labled and an undeniable knowledge of what the fandom is turning into and just avoiding it all together. I am aware of the sexual content that IS everywhere in the community. Artists I love and didn't suspect of making anything like that yet do it hasn't changed my view on them or who they are but added to their character. I'm not that into it, honestly i don't disagree nor do i agree with it and personally I believe in leaving certain things alone because it doesn't really matter what you're into but what matters most is how you control yourself, how you execute your actions. It matters who you are as a person whether you believe yourself to be human or whatever you make of yourself and how well you interact with the world around you. I've found some of the art to be very good sexual or not and a lot of people both tolerable and immensely intolerable within this fandom and outside it but it won't shake what I believe in. I'm a furry for myself and nobody else, I'm not in it for the sex or the parties, but for the expression through functional art and the love of animals. The endless dream of animals being more like us than we can ever think possible, and the imaginative world I've built in conjunction to what I made of furries from day one. If I could give it all up and start over I would never agree to it because furry is what I make of it, Not someone else and it is nothing to be ashamed of. So to the world who still cant get it together i say screw you!. Because I'm happy with this and I'm sticking with it because it brings out the best of me.

Been craving chocolate lately. Been going nuts all day today with icecream shakes
I've been attempting a replica of my favorite ice cream from DQ the Georgia mud fudge.
Been hit and miss with the texture but as far as taste goes I think I nailed it. If I had the proper mixer instead of a blender It would yield better results.
For the evening I may crank out a few more practice doodles before bed if I have time along with relaxing and letting all that ice cream settle.

It's been a while since I posted anything to FA.. about a year. Possibly more.. and gee whiz, who would've guessed that lovely old me forgot how to post... took me about 20 minutes of looking around and scratching my head just to realize that there is a bold white text button up in the top left corner of the page that reads "submit"... and its not like i dont visit this site.
I think there is something wrong with me..

Hallo everyone. Well anyone reading anyhow. It's the end of a not so good year for me and a day from the beginning of my week long holiday. Hope all is well and I would like to wish you all a very happy holiday.
An update from me and fursuit building.
I am literally a day away from done. Hiatus along with work, procrastination and a touch of hyper criticism have taken their toll on this project along with others, but this one I would have to say was the most affected.
Pictures will be posted for the first time but not tonight because I feel like doing it another day.
Other news.
I am now a whole year older. One of the most observable and important milestones in my life And Im so feeling it. Liking it so far minus the aches and pains. Hopefully things keep going in the direction they are.

Getting completely drunk on this wine...

Best night ever

If you make or own a fursuit keep I'm mind that heat will ruin the fur.
Found out in a 1-1000000 odds when my phone landed itself a spot under rmy fursuit and melted the fur while it charged. Lovely Samsung designed the phone so that the screen stays on once the charge cycle completes. Found my phone buzzing and making odd noises under my new fursuit overheating and untouchable because of how hot it was. Funny thing is that for some reason when I want the shit to stay on while using it it turns off ever few seconds however when it charges and I'm not using it the screen stays lit until you hit the power but it will turn back on and will stay on once the charge completes.

Homicidal balloons are adorable.
With that said I love the game to bits. Constant amusement and huge amounts of carnage that is ever so satisfying. Now I am glad to have an Xbox one.

I'm certain that most of us furs know what it's like to be called something we're not. For example people (my immediate family) frequently like to refer to me as a wolf..... WTF! I am not a damn wolf nor do I even look like one.... not that I don't like them or anything but.. really? Wolf...come on people.. if I were to make a bird or reindeer fursuit they would still call me a wolf.. or Scooby-Doo like my aunt commonly resorts to... from this I deduce that they still don't quite understand what i do or grasp the basis of furry fandom.. people who love cartoon animals. Some of which create their own characters, costumes, stories, art or other media or performance of the like. My aunt is probably the closest to understanding what it is we're into. I'm not Scooby-Doo though and I sure as hell don't resemble anything like him. I'm not even canid... so why is it people refer to some of us as something were not? Put it simply if you're into fursuits you will begin to or have noticed that many of the suits out there look almost identical. Dogs look like dogs and cats look like dogs and otters look like dogs. And I don't mean that in a bad way, nobody is ripping off anyone else... I hope... and consistency is a good thing.. if builders weren't consistent it would be terrible. One day a magnificent piece of "useable" art then the next a completely horrid piece worthy of the dumpster, a suit so bad the person wearing it should be embarrassed. (That was mean) honestly I know there are people who try their best and I can only applaud the fact that they tried and went with it while others will sit around and troll on people who "are popufur because of their fancy suit that they can dump that sands of dollars or euros into"..
Me I'm a bitter piece of shit. I won't openly say to someone that their fursuit would peel the chrome off a bumper but in my head I'm being overly critical.. even to myself.. in fact, I haven't worn a single one of the fursuits that I've made for myself because something about it made me think to myself... why would I wander around in public wearing this? Well come this next week i will hopefully go out in the newest addition to my collection. And no it isn't a wolf or Scooby-Doo. In fact nobody knows of the new character I made and I kinda want to keep it that way. Kinda like mystery otter... but not, because I would burn I'm my personal hell for ripping someone off. Which nobody's hold ever do even if they are out of ideas or that thing they are looking at could be tweaked just so and made their own.
Overall I'm happy with the way my newest creation is turning out. Even the bad things somehow are ironing themselves out as I finish what's left. My new approach to building fursuit heads has exploded with positive results. So my confidence is way up and I am stoked to go out in this fursuit... except for the weather.. that shit will keep me inside.. unless there are pets.... then I would rather be rained on... unless their a kids in the rain throwing mud..then it's the rv for me.. or my room...but then that's no fun....decisions..decisions...

NEVER rush anything. Art, work, driving, food... anything. Can't mention how many times I've started over on a fursuit head because I felt rushed, or have been electricuted by my journeyman because he's in too big of a rush to get out of a job to even bother about safety. Naturally I'm a slow individual, and prefer a slow pace. Call me old, I don't care, I enjoy things better when I pace myself and I'm sure it would be same with anyone else.

Missed rainfurrest this year because I was too busy working on projects... Remodeling a house, an rv, building a motorcycle, and working on a newer fursuit... Maybe next year.

Definitely not me at this particular time but The people who bought one of my fursuits off eBay, they are are ecstatic. They've blown up my email with many good words. And honestly I needed the pick me up especially after what I've been through the last few days. A very dark two days and still very dark...So whoever they are and if they are on FA and somehow find this, do enjoy the suit and many thanks and if I do pull through the next couple months perhaps we will meet one day should I last long enough.

New job, new boss that strangely sounds like Barack Obama, soon I will be in my own place, and for some damn reason I'm making fursuit stuff again.. Spent the entire evening yesterday drafting a decent yet basic four fingered hand paw pattern, then sewing the bits together with my for some strange reason fussy sewing machine. Never had a problem with it till yesterday, must be the shit weather.. I hate hot. Fuk'n clown shoes. Will be going to the local renfaire as well. Maybe I will see some distant friends? Or just enjoy another year of pickles n beer, faeries, ogres, giants, maidens wenches and knights with my family.

Whatever..

Job is excellent though. I have never known such eagerness, comfort and curiosity.

I think I hate it.... What I hate more are the people that buy and resell on eBay. So I sold one of my older fursuits; via eBay, and someone bought it.. First off I was dumb enough to not put a reserve price on it and to only list it for $100. Secondly the person that bought it only bid the minimum which was $100 and won with that price, so really there was no reason for the auction. Third she is one of those buy and resell people from what I found out. Knows absolutely nothing about fursuits, and didn't even bother asking about sizing... Fourth, she has completely bombed my email with how much is shipping and when will I send info... I've been out of town for the last few days working.. She appears to be someone that lives off of eBay income..
Sum it all up someone who won't even care to enjoy a brand new fursuit because she is just going to resell it, just got one hell of a deal..

I'm sufficiently pissed...

First off, I would like to give thanks to the many firefighters out there putting their lives on the line in order to keep the fires under control. I also give my condolences to those who have lost their homes and or possessions in the fire. I had just returned from the epicenter of the fire never fully grasping the amount of damage that can be done. A lot of places like potero, methow valley and Brewster are still without safe potable water, electricity, and basic amenities and may continue to go weeks without. I drove by places that were still burning and entire cities were filled with smoke ash and embers that were either abandoned or being reclaimed by property owners it was surreal and quite eerie. While I was in methow valley I had talked to one home owner I had an arranged meeting with. He had mentioned that the fire had taken 20+ of his most prized possessions one of which were one of three automotive museum pieces that had been completely destroyed. He also worried that the winds that were still high had shifted back and was pushing the fire back towards that area again, which will more than likely force him out of his home. The weather forecast for the next week isn't promising either with predicted thunderstorms that may spark more fires and a possibility of of rain. Hopefully Washington state will live up to its reputation and let up on some of this dry spell, then at least the rain will prevent more fires from starting.
It will also give some of the fire fighters a break and property owners relief.

Ugh.. It's too damn hot to even think around here so I didn't work on any of my projects like I had planned. It's bad enough to be in Washington where the weather is supposed to be temperate. it's even worse to be near the water where the humidity is stupid high in addition to stale the wind conditions I'm living in a house with no air con and has full exposure to the sun dawn til dusk... So literally I found some "yard" work to do at the bottom of the lake bed burying anchors and playing with my nosy fish friends. Who knew they were that inquisitive. Hopefully it won't be too hot during the renfaire next month. I really don't feel like being burnt like I was last year.. Or the year before...

So.. Yeah... 4 years into the fandom and almost a year or 2 possibly more of removing oneself from the fandom, and now I believe I have finally created a character that quite potentially reflects with absolute perfection the ideal traits I seek within the parameters of my teeny tiny furry world. I have narrowed everything down to a combination of animals, name, physique, personality, voice, accent, gender, colors, markings, lifestyle, likes, dislikes, talents, hobbies, and even an environment in which this character lives in. I have also tossed around ideas for a story about my character. Call me crazy but I am quite satisfied with what has manifested and it damn near plays out like a feature cartoon in my head. So I feel safe to say that this one is perfect and that I think I have done it.

Now the fun begins with bringing the suit to life.

Brilliant day.. Managed to get all of my work done in the first quarter of the shift with the prime example of teamwork. Some of the best I have ever encountered. Finished my day and drove home and worked with my uncle doing some home maintenance. I fixed his leaf blower and created a new tool for him to use while roofing so he can save his back. Finished up with some routine shoe polishing then headed to Wendy's for dinner. Now this is the best part, some lady and her husband are "eating" their meals. They are the the pinnacle of the worst type of people out there.. First off the wife couldn't stop complaining about stupid things about the food like "crispy chicken not being crispy enough" or the meat being too soft, over and over again after being served a multitude of fresh made wraps and sandwiches. Secondly, Wendy's has a position for the "front of house" things like cleaning, bussing and frontline service. This young girl, who is doing an excellent job gets bitched at for cleaning... Really!? The wife kept spouting on and on about how the girl sprayed cleaner into her food and was over spraying all over the place into her face and how she should be just spritzing into a terry cloth and trying to get the cleaner into the air.. I felt so bad for her.. She was almost going to cry because of some loathe some self consumed old clot who has no appreciation for the people who are actually trying to do their job and are doing a fantastic job. I could tell that over heated drama got to both me and my uncle because he basically yelled at the girl who was cleaning, telling her how good of a job she was doing and what having a clean establishment really means to someone especially when they have seen what it is like to live in poverty and too see people struggle day in and day out to feed their families or to enjoy a simple luxury of a hot meal. Some people don't like this lady don't realize is that there are people less fortunate, and to them something like Wendy's or anywhere else that is cleaned and maintained is a rare treat. You truly never know what you had until you lost it. I hope people will someday grasp the simple things in life and learn to share the world as it should be with all inhabiting life because honestly it's people like that that make me hate the world more and more.