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Posted 15 years agoAnybody going? What kind of con is it?
http://www.furryconnectionnorth.com/
http://www.furryconnectionnorth.com/
Confirmed!
Posted 15 years agoI have a dealer's table at Anthrocon this year! Rejoice!
AC Hotel booking /discussion
Posted 15 years agoHas anyone started booking hotels for Anthrocon next year? I'd like to get a good room with some friends squared away soonish. I would have booked my own, but I just plain don't have the money to put down on the deposit.
Ideally I'd like to glomb onto a friend with a room that isn't mega mega crowded. I'm always thrift-concerned but last year my room had l-gosh- like thirteen people in it at one point. Eight might be the limit.
Let's discuss!
Ideally I'd like to glomb onto a friend with a room that isn't mega mega crowded. I'm always thrift-concerned but last year my room had l-gosh- like thirteen people in it at one point. Eight might be the limit.
Let's discuss!
Commission update
Posted 15 years agoList
Now that I'm inking GYD as well as the series of illustrations I'm easing off taking new commissions until I finish these!
Now that I'm inking GYD as well as the series of illustrations I'm easing off taking new commissions until I finish these!
HUGE bummer update
Posted 15 years agoI'm most likely not going to be able to make it to Furry Weekend Atlanta this year. I'm not at all happy about this outcome. I have a professional opportunity going on the same weekend and I would be crazy not to go for it. Full disclosure: I will be tabling at C2E2 in Chicago with my friend 
. This has everything to do with my conflict between embracing "furry" and being a professional cartoonist. Becky and Frank are absolute professionals and incredible friends and I don't ever want to miss a chance to learn from (and let's be real, party with) them. I wouldn't be the artist I am today without their help and I just had to say "yes" to their offer. This should not be seen as a repudiation of the scene and the friends that I like so much. I am seriously torn up about this. I wanted very badly to go back to Atlanta (in a small way my stomping grounds) especially in a year when a lot of my "furry" friends are deciding to try the con out and show them the ropes. FWA was my first and favorite furcon last year and I was absolutely looking forward to going. Like a whole lot. But business is business and I have to regretfully bow out this year.
I WILL be attending Anthrocon next year and will continue expanding my furry con circuit in the future.
. This has everything to do with my conflict between embracing "furry" and being a professional cartoonist. Becky and Frank are absolute professionals and incredible friends and I don't ever want to miss a chance to learn from (and let's be real, party with) them. I wouldn't be the artist I am today without their help and I just had to say "yes" to their offer. This should not be seen as a repudiation of the scene and the friends that I like so much. I am seriously torn up about this. I wanted very badly to go back to Atlanta (in a small way my stomping grounds) especially in a year when a lot of my "furry" friends are deciding to try the con out and show them the ropes. FWA was my first and favorite furcon last year and I was absolutely looking forward to going. Like a whole lot. But business is business and I have to regretfully bow out this year.I WILL be attending Anthrocon next year and will continue expanding my furry con circuit in the future.
IRON ARTIST NEXT ROUND
Posted 15 years ago11.
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I kind of want to draw some porn.
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I kind of want to draw some porn.
NEW YEARS MESSAGE FROM BEYOND THE FURTHEST REACHES OF SPACE
Posted 15 years agoPEACE, EARTH FURS.
IRON ARTIST CHALLENGE OPEN
Posted 15 years agoI'm doing it. 50 slots.
Black ink drawing with simple colors on a plain background.
1 Character is $10 eg;http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4038668/
2 Characters $15 eg:http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4203033/
+$10 for each additional character
Clean or adult work (M/F, M/M, F/F or groups). No heavy fetish. No dog dicks. Consensual adult activity only.
For examples of adult work, please visit my other account
here.
1.
paid - completed
2.
paid - completed
3. paid - completed
4.
paid - completed
5. paid - completed
6.
paid - completed
7.
paid - completed
8.
paid - completed
9.
paid - coloring
10.
paid
...and so on and so forth. Spots will be refreshed after 10. Status will be posted and updated on individual commissions in this journal!
THE DETAILS
PM to request your spot. For this challenge, I'm asking payments to be made in advance via Paypal to parsnipart (at) gmail (dot) com. Pieces should be expected to be complete and posted witin 3 days maximum barring technical problems. If any commissioner feels unsatisfied after this three day period, they may request a full refund.
Thanks, everyone for participating!
Black ink drawing with simple colors on a plain background.
1 Character is $10 eg;http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4038668/
2 Characters $15 eg:http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4203033/
+$10 for each additional character
Clean or adult work (M/F, M/M, F/F or groups). No heavy fetish. No dog dicks. Consensual adult activity only.
For examples of adult work, please visit my other account
here.1.
paid - completed2.
paid - completed3.
paid - completed4.
paid - completed5.
paid - completed6.
paid - completed7.
paid - completed8.
paid - completed9.
paid - coloring10.
paid...and so on and so forth. Spots will be refreshed after 10. Status will be posted and updated on individual commissions in this journal!
THE DETAILS
PM to request your spot. For this challenge, I'm asking payments to be made in advance via Paypal to parsnipart (at) gmail (dot) com. Pieces should be expected to be complete and posted witin 3 days maximum barring technical problems. If any commissioner feels unsatisfied after this three day period, they may request a full refund.
Thanks, everyone for participating!
GO BERNIE GO!
Posted 15 years agoQuestions about commissions/Iron Artist
Posted 15 years agoSince yesterday, my queue for commissions is exactly zero. I've actually been really bad at soliciting more than one or two people at a time in the past. Maybe it's my style or my not engaging the social aspect of FA very broadly. Whatever my shortcomings, I need to pay the darned rent.
I'm wondering how one sets up an iron artist challenge. I'm up to the task, but I'm almost certain I would only generate interest from two or three people, not the whole 100. Has anyone out there completed a challenge? How did you attract participants? I'm willing to lower my prices, streamline my process and maybe take out a frontpage ad. What else could I do to reel people in?
I'm wondering how one sets up an iron artist challenge. I'm up to the task, but I'm almost certain I would only generate interest from two or three people, not the whole 100. Has anyone out there completed a challenge? How did you attract participants? I'm willing to lower my prices, streamline my process and maybe take out a frontpage ad. What else could I do to reel people in?
HEY GUYS!
Posted 15 years agoI GOT LAID OFF!
So commissions are OPEN!
Inked drawings (with simple bakground and fill-color vaccuum)
eg: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4203033/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4333093 (ADULT)
1-3 characters $20
Puddin' head painting
eg:http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4903465
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4332617/
4x4 acrylic on canvass $25
Full-color watercolor or acrylic painting
eg: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4115306/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3541472/
Depends on size and level of detail $40-60
Comics
eg: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1909489/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4244931 (ADULT)
Per page $30
I am taking all commissions, including adult (nude, pornographic) work. I finally have time to get stuff done!
So commissions are OPEN!
Inked drawings (with simple bakground and fill-color vaccuum)
eg: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4203033/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4333093 (ADULT)
1-3 characters $20
Puddin' head painting
eg:http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4903465
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4332617/
4x4 acrylic on canvass $25
Full-color watercolor or acrylic painting
eg: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4115306/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3541472/
Depends on size and level of detail $40-60
Comics
eg: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1909489/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4244931 (ADULT)
Per page $30
I am taking all commissions, including adult (nude, pornographic) work. I finally have time to get stuff done!
MFF
Posted 15 years agoWas hoping for a reinvigoration of my furry spirit and was a little let down. Got to see 
and 
again, which is always lovely and I met some neat people (
) etc.
This being my hometown con was a disadvantage, seeing as how Rosemont is in the middle of nowhere. It was hard to party when I had a reasonable expectation of sleeping in my own bed. Responsibilities complicated things anyway.
Now I'm just looking double-forward to FWA next year. 'Ta!
and 
again, which is always lovely and I met some neat people (
) etc. This being my hometown con was a disadvantage, seeing as how Rosemont is in the middle of nowhere. It was hard to party when I had a reasonable expectation of sleeping in my own bed. Responsibilities complicated things anyway.
Now I'm just looking double-forward to FWA next year. 'Ta!
Pornography for geography nerds...
Posted 15 years agoMy boyfriend and I like to watch this together.
"There go the Napoleonic wars."
"Look, Finnish independence!"
"Who, shit! Lithuania!"
My local watering hole has geography trivia on tuesday nights. I take an enthusiastic interest, but he's really, really good.
"There go the Napoleonic wars."
"Look, Finnish independence!"
"Who, shit! Lithuania!"
My local watering hole has geography trivia on tuesday nights. I take an enthusiastic interest, but he's really, really good.
Attention Everyone!
Posted 15 years agoMy friend
is in a bit of a pickle and is able to draw in exchange for a little monetary relief. She is sweet and talented and she'll doodle something so CUTE for you. It would make my day, even more than hearing Kate Bush laughing with a little bird, if some of y'all commissioned her. It'll be worth it!MFF Chicago outing Saturday night!
Posted 15 years agoSo I'm planning an outing to the city Saturday night, and I'd love for some fursuiter friends to come along!
It will involve riding the blue-line from the con hotel into my west Chicago stomping grounds (specifically, Bucktown and Logan Square), starting at a candy/milkshake/sundae place and ending at a 24 hour Mexican restaurant with two or three dingy hipster dive bars in between. It will probably be invite-only for practical reasons, but I'm keeping an open mind. Would anyone be willing to give up their Saturday night at the con to get plastered in fursuit with me in Chicago?
The probable itinerary includes:
Margie's Candies (late-night candy and milkshake shack)
Gallery Cabaret (Quiet, small eccentric neighborhood bar)
The Map Room (Beer bar)
Cole's (Crowded, spacious and cheap hipster joint)
Restaurante El Charro (24 hour Mexican)
All of these places will be walking distances from one another and near El stops (Western and California Blue, specifically) for anyone who needs to get back to the con at any hour, and there's a small possibility that one or two trusted people might be able to crash at my place if the half-hour or so back to the hotel on the train is just too much for your drunken self. Who's into this idea?
PS I love my under 21 furry friends, but all these bars check ID and it may be a wasted trip for y'all who ain't grown yet. Keep this in mind.
It will involve riding the blue-line from the con hotel into my west Chicago stomping grounds (specifically, Bucktown and Logan Square), starting at a candy/milkshake/sundae place and ending at a 24 hour Mexican restaurant with two or three dingy hipster dive bars in between. It will probably be invite-only for practical reasons, but I'm keeping an open mind. Would anyone be willing to give up their Saturday night at the con to get plastered in fursuit with me in Chicago?
The probable itinerary includes:
Margie's Candies (late-night candy and milkshake shack)
Gallery Cabaret (Quiet, small eccentric neighborhood bar)
The Map Room (Beer bar)
Cole's (Crowded, spacious and cheap hipster joint)
Restaurante El Charro (24 hour Mexican)
All of these places will be walking distances from one another and near El stops (Western and California Blue, specifically) for anyone who needs to get back to the con at any hour, and there's a small possibility that one or two trusted people might be able to crash at my place if the half-hour or so back to the hotel on the train is just too much for your drunken self. Who's into this idea?
PS I love my under 21 furry friends, but all these bars check ID and it may be a wasted trip for y'all who ain't grown yet. Keep this in mind.
All Saint's Day
Posted 15 years agoSORRY Y'ALL
Posted 15 years agoGYD has to take another break for a little while. I'm depressed and going through a really nasty art block. Don't know when it's really going to let up. I can't even pick up a pencil without wanting to fling it across the room in disgust.
I am writing a new short story though. Trying to tie together a cogent metaphor between lycanthropy, hydrophobia and the menstrual cycle. I'll start drawing again once it's done.
Wish me luck.
I am writing a new short story though. Trying to tie together a cogent metaphor between lycanthropy, hydrophobia and the menstrual cycle. I'll start drawing again once it's done.
Wish me luck.
THANK YOU BIG FREEDIA
Posted 15 years agoLast night I went to a bounce show and it was one of the best things I have ever seen! Absolutely slutty and uninhibited and fucking loud and insane. This is Big Freedia:
And my favorite song of the night:
And my favorite song of the night:
Furfest!
Posted 15 years agoMidwest Furfest is now my hometown con. Just as a preliminary note I'd like to know who might be coming to this one. I'm thinking about taking a couple of select cool people out on the town, in fursuit if possible, to my favorite bars. SO WHO WILL IT BE?
And now, a flim
Posted 15 years ago30 movies
I'll try not to double-dip directors/production houses,auteurs, etc.
1. Deconstructing Harry
1. Fargo
3. Pom Poko
4. Babe
5. Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
6. The Secret of NIMH
7. A Very Long Engagement
8. Ratatouille
9. Gosford Park
10. Shower
11. Glengarry Glenn Ross
12. Rushmore
13. Moscow on the Hudson
14. Sideways
15. Punch-drunk love
16, Rashomon
17. The Girl Who Leapt through Time
18. 28 Days Later
19. Predator
20. Arsenic and Old Lace
21. Howard's End
22. Star Trek TMP
23. The Empire Strikes Back
24. Pride & Prejudice
25. Next Friday
26. Trading Places
27. A Christmas Story
28. The Jerk
29. A Midummer Night's Dream
30. Blade Runner (Final Cut)
I'll try not to double-dip directors/production houses,auteurs, etc.
1. Deconstructing Harry
1. Fargo
3. Pom Poko
4. Babe
5. Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
6. The Secret of NIMH
7. A Very Long Engagement
8. Ratatouille
9. Gosford Park
10. Shower
11. Glengarry Glenn Ross
12. Rushmore
13. Moscow on the Hudson
14. Sideways
15. Punch-drunk love
16, Rashomon
17. The Girl Who Leapt through Time
18. 28 Days Later
19. Predator
20. Arsenic and Old Lace
21. Howard's End
22. Star Trek TMP
23. The Empire Strikes Back
24. Pride & Prejudice
25. Next Friday
26. Trading Places
27. A Christmas Story
28. The Jerk
29. A Midummer Night's Dream
30. Blade Runner (Final Cut)
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
Posted 15 years agoWindow smashed in. Car burgled. Valuables absconded with.
On top of that becoming an Illinois resident is an expensive, bureaucratic nightmare. I wish I could say that I'll never move to a broke-assed state again, but every state in the union is fucking impoverished. But when I moved to Georgia I never had problems getting mail, registering my car, finding a place to park it, etc. Here it's all about finding some secret code to pay for a special sticker before you're made to pay out the nose for not being in the know. Here it's seriously uncertain weather or not I can get even a simple letter from home or a bill or whatever in the mail.
The money never comes in fast enough. There's always something holding you back from saving up and making something of yourself. There's also nothing that can be fixed by being negative. Just keep going. Got to keep going.
On top of that becoming an Illinois resident is an expensive, bureaucratic nightmare. I wish I could say that I'll never move to a broke-assed state again, but every state in the union is fucking impoverished. But when I moved to Georgia I never had problems getting mail, registering my car, finding a place to park it, etc. Here it's all about finding some secret code to pay for a special sticker before you're made to pay out the nose for not being in the know. Here it's seriously uncertain weather or not I can get even a simple letter from home or a bill or whatever in the mail.
The money never comes in fast enough. There's always something holding you back from saving up and making something of yourself. There's also nothing that can be fixed by being negative. Just keep going. Got to keep going.
GO YE DOGS! updated
Posted 15 years agoYESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Posted 15 years agoBig Go Ye Dogs! news
Posted 15 years agoSooooo... I'm staring Go Ye Dogs! over. Like... all over. I've rushed into the strip from the beginning, otherwise I would have never even started. I've fretted so much about the characters I've shoe-horned them into a plot I hadn't thought through. I've tied one hand behind my back with an awful cramped format that doesn't allow any tension or creativity. I hadn't given myself enough time to design the costumes. I'm rushing. Plus coloring on the computer for me is a very dull, joyless exercise. So I'm starting over... from the beginning.
The layout will resemble a typical comic in portrait format. There will be more panels and more space for them to breathe. I'm not letting myself get lazy about my environments. I'm keeping the good things and tossing the unnecessary ones. I'm filling in the grays by hand. Please trust me. This is already working out for the better. Page one already has more energy and passion than the last month of the strip. I'd appreciate it if y'all came back to square one with me on this one. You will be rewarded.
The layout will resemble a typical comic in portrait format. There will be more panels and more space for them to breathe. I'm not letting myself get lazy about my environments. I'm keeping the good things and tossing the unnecessary ones. I'm filling in the grays by hand. Please trust me. This is already working out for the better. Page one already has more energy and passion than the last month of the strip. I'd appreciate it if y'all came back to square one with me on this one. You will be rewarded.
