PuppehKat is offering free arts for those who comment as indicated on this journal: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6594005

"These will be Wing-its that could include any level from sketch, lines, flats, or basic shading. Or some combination thereof. Any bitching, whining, moaning, groaning, or negativity will be removed and have you disqualified."

Citylab, part of The Atlantic, is the new media agency reporting on the furry fandom. Someone on Reddit took data from a map of furries to create his own map illustrating the population density of furry communities around the world.

Now, the name used is accurate, because that's what the technology is called. At the same time, it was an unfortunate choice.

"The Heat Map of Furries World-Wide"

http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/.....es-are/387160/

Your spirit animal is the Deer

Characteristics: Gentleness, grace, innocence, being sensitive and intuitive, vigilance

Spirit Animal Profile: When you have the deer as spirit animal, you are highly sensitive and have a strong intuition. By affinity with this animal, you have the power to deal with challenges with grace. You master the art of being both determined and gentle in your approach. The deer totem wisdom imparts those with a special connection with this animal with the ability to be vigilant, move quickly, and trust their instincts to get out the trickiest situations.

http://www.spiritanimal.info/spirit-animal-quiz/

Interesting choice. I don't know about the grace part. I'm more like a cat that meant to do that after walking into a table leg.

The very talented  kittmouri is taking Name Your Price commissions for Valentine's Day. I can personally vouch for her skills, but don't take my word for it; have a look for yourself:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10454531/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10454594/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10454673/ (suggestive)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12629140/ (suggestive)

Further details here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6482667/

[Been seeing this around and thought I'd fill it out for Krista. Anyone want to see my other characters answer it?]

RULES :
1. Pick one of your OCs.
2. Fill in the interview as if you were your OC.
3. Tag four people to do this meme!
4. Tell people that they been tagged with a link from your journal

OC picked:

1. What is your name?
Krista Johanna van Hoorn

2. Do you know why you were named that?
Nothing special; they just liked the names.

3. Single or taken?
Taken! *hugs her tabbycat* Now if I can only get him to stop calling me Snoopy...

4. Have any abilities or powers?
Just my academic ability. Not a bad swimmer, but not competitive.

5. Stop being a Mary Sue!
Is it that bad?

6. What's your eye color?
Brown

7. How about hair color?
A darker brown than my eyes.

8. Have you any family members?
Older brother and sister and my parents.

9. Oh? How about pets?
Nope, no pets.

10. That's cool, I guess. Now tell me something you don't like.
Broccoli!

11. Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?
Reading, walking, listening to jazz music. Swimming at the university pool - I love the water!

12. Have you ever hurt anyone in any way before?
Aside from the bloody nose I gave my first bf when I caught him cheating?

13. Ever… killed anyone before?
HUH?! NO!

14. What kind of animal are you?
Beagle!

15. Name your worst habits.
Staying up too late, putting off my laundry, letting my mind wander in class, especially towards thoughts of a certain tomcat and his...*ahem*

16. Do you look up to anyone at all?
Canada's 'Famous Five' women's rights activists, though not all of their views were palatable by today's standards.

17. Are you gay, straight, or bisexual?
About 90 percent straight. Okay, 80. Well...

18. Do you go to school?
Undergrad trying to get a BA in history. Hoping to get my master's one I'm done. After that, who knows?

19. Ever want to marry and have kids one day?
Marry, definitely. Never really been a maternal type, but it might be fun to have a little one.

20. Do you have fangirls/fanboys?
Both!

21. What are you most afraid of?
Failure.

22. What do you usually wear?
Blouses and skirts during the summer, but I generally wear pants or jeans in winter. You'd have to be nuts to wear a skirt in the kind of winters we get.

23. What's one food that tempts you?
Pizza. Typical university student!

24. Am I annoying you?
Not particularly, no.

25. Well, it's still not over!
Let's get on with it, then!

26. What class are you (low class, middle class, high class)?
Spoiled upper middle class.

27. How many friends do you have?
Not including my brother or sister, four or five.

28. What are your thoughts on pie?
No particular preference one way or the other.

30. Favorite drink?
Tea, though no particular favourite blend. I like to sample them all.

31. What's your favorite place?
Either my room or the coffee shop across the road from campus.

32. Are you interested in anyone~?
My boyfriend, for sure! Anyone else, well...I have an openly bisexual roommate, and you saw my answer to question 17...

33. That was a stupid question.
A bit redundant since you asked if I was taken, but not necessarily stupid.

34. Would you rather swim in a lake or the ocean?
A lake, preferably in the company of a certain someone and wearing only what the good Lord gave us...

35. What's your type?
Intelligent, good sense of humour, romantic. Physical fitness is optional. I'm not the most slender of females. *gestures to her belly*

36. Any fetishes?
*cough* Ummm, I don't think I know you quite that well...

37. Seme or uke?
*Googles* Depends on the situation.

38. Camping or indoors?
Indoors. My idea of camping involves a cottage at the very least.

39. Tag People!
Hmm...well, I'd have to go with  rhari,  jeevestheroo,  panthras, and  ozfoxaroo

Two artists on FA are using my characters in their FA advertising Be sure to pay them a visit.

 rhari  soryane

Avenue Q: The Internet is for Porn

I Can Has Cheezburger: The Internet is a series of tubes and it's full of cats

The furry fandom: The Internet is a series of tubes full of porn, cats, and porn of cats

 Silia needs to raise money due to a death in the family and is taking commissions as a result. She's very quick and talented and has my endorsement. Examples of her work (first one NSFW):

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12541134/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12571156/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12571446/

This video has made the rounds a few times, but it's always worth re-sharing. The former future King Edward VIII once said that Canada builds railway stations the way the British build cathedrals; looks like Wuppertal wasn't much different.

Never got to see him in person, but his Just for Laughs performances will live on.

*sends a 'Nay nay' to the heavens*

I'll probably stay here until FA finally gives up the ghost, but if anyone's on Weasyl feel free to follow me HERE. I'll probably be slow to upload commissions I've received there, but I'll get them up eventually.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nelson.....t-95-1.2417872

Rest in peace, Madiba!

 gara is holding a free art raffle for her followers. If you're interested, click below and follow the instructions. NOTE: you only have another 12 hours or so to enter.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5233677/

 kiakollie wants to practice head/bust shots, so throw her a ref and you may luck out :)

See here for details: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5046131/

EDIT: My characters here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11575569/

I will be starting a new job tomorrow, at long last! I will be tagging and creating product descriptions for e-stores that have hired my employer. Doesn't pay much, but it's all web-based so I can work anywhere. I won't have as much time to write (not that I've done much while out of work) but once I'm out of debt I'll be able to spend a bit more on commissions.

I just switched over to Google Chrome a couple days ago and noticed something odd about the way FA renders hyperlinks and user icons in paragraphs. For some reason they all go to subscript if they're in the middle of a sentence. Anyone else have this problem?

 acidrica is offering free head shot sketches (a second for tips) to those who repost the link to her journal. Only just discovered her through this offer, but I like her style.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4613118/

I have exhausted my backlog of commissions, so it may be some time before I add drawings to this page. If I'm bold enough, I may add a few samples of my writing here. At least one of those stories will contain Ponies, so be forewarned!

Thanks for all the faves, watches, and comments. I'm glad you enjoy my taste in art!

Hello all :)

I've finally decided to start uploading the various commissions/requests I've received over the years. I'll try to break them up into blocks so I don't flood anyone's messages.

Stand by!