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Fanning the flames.
Posted 14 years agoMy stance on the pony issue:
I don't get it, I won't ever get it. But to be fair this fandom is filled with all sorts of weird niches, so I'm not going to judge.
But if you're a grown man/woman who publicly embraces their love for a cartoon that's clearly and entirely aimed at 6 year old girls, you should expect raised brows in your direction.
I don't get it, I won't ever get it. But to be fair this fandom is filled with all sorts of weird niches, so I'm not going to judge.
But if you're a grown man/woman who publicly embraces their love for a cartoon that's clearly and entirely aimed at 6 year old girls, you should expect raised brows in your direction.
Tiny blue treats.
Posted 14 years agoIt's that time again...
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/2797422/
Wish ol'
coyotesnack a big ol' happy birthday before he gets overwhelmed with noms.
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/2797422/
Wish ol'
coyotesnack a big ol' happy birthday before he gets overwhelmed with noms.Google Plus no more
Posted 14 years agoSo you may have noticed that the Google Plus account I set up a few weeks ago doesn't exist anymore. It seems that Google Plus doesn't like the idea of non-human entities having a social network on their service, so it was suspended.
Honestly? I don't really care. It's their service and they can do whatever they want to with it -- and if that means a giant green kangaroo can't be a part of it, that's their (and their users') loss, not mine.
The other reason I don't care: my other Google services still work, including all the effort I did to migrate my art collection to Picasa:
https://picasaweb.google.com/biggreenkangaroo
Google Plus would have been a fun way to alert people when there's new stuff on my mind or in my collection, but since I cannot be a part of their circles that fun will have to wait until they figure out that not everyone wants to be human on the internet.
Honestly? I don't really care. It's their service and they can do whatever they want to with it -- and if that means a giant green kangaroo can't be a part of it, that's their (and their users') loss, not mine.
The other reason I don't care: my other Google services still work, including all the effort I did to migrate my art collection to Picasa:
https://picasaweb.google.com/biggreenkangaroo
Google Plus would have been a fun way to alert people when there's new stuff on my mind or in my collection, but since I cannot be a part of their circles that fun will have to wait until they figure out that not everyone wants to be human on the internet.
Little help?
Posted 14 years agoThis is a shout out to those who really enjoy archiving images:
I'm looking for a long lost piece. The artist has sort of left the fandom but I'm still in touch with her every so often...but I thought that maybe someone can race her and try and track down the image for me.
This is the image, drawn by Jannali.
http://d.facdn.net/art/duncan/avatars/jannalli.gif
I lost the full res picture. Anyone out there wanna do some sleuthing? Don't bug the artist, I'm already doing that.
I'm looking for a long lost piece. The artist has sort of left the fandom but I'm still in touch with her every so often...but I thought that maybe someone can race her and try and track down the image for me.
This is the image, drawn by Jannali.
http://d.facdn.net/art/duncan/avatars/jannalli.gif
I lost the full res picture. Anyone out there wanna do some sleuthing? Don't bug the artist, I'm already doing that.
Happy 4th!
Posted 14 years agoIf you're shooting off rockets, away from the head. My head. They kinda hurt.
You know what?
Posted 14 years agoSocial Networking 'Roo
Posted 14 years agoHey guys, I was one lucky roo when someone gave me an invite to join something called Google+. So I checked it out...and I like it!
https://plus.google.com/11364067524.....0/posts?tab=qX
I've made it known that I really, really don't like the idea of posting commissions and gifts on my FurAffinity account, but this Google+ thing seems like a perfect home for all things big green roo...if you're into that sort of thing.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1136.....6420801?tab=XX
And that's just 2011. I'll be adding to it and making yearly albums.
Incidentally, if you're an artist that's not happy about me putting your drawn image in this collection, please let me know.
https://plus.google.com/11364067524.....0/posts?tab=qX
I've made it known that I really, really don't like the idea of posting commissions and gifts on my FurAffinity account, but this Google+ thing seems like a perfect home for all things big green roo...if you're into that sort of thing.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1136.....6420801?tab=XX
And that's just 2011. I'll be adding to it and making yearly albums.
Incidentally, if you're an artist that's not happy about me putting your drawn image in this collection, please let me know.
Slim pickins on the 'roos.
Posted 14 years agoI've been gone a week and upon my return the submissions under the "Kangaroo" tag were unexpectedly and unfortunately light. Time to step up your game, gang!
I wanna see a flood of kangaroos by month's end. *nod*
I wanna see a flood of kangaroos by month's end. *nod*
Comments, ahoy!
Posted 14 years agoThere was a time I took pride in the fact that my "comments received" count almost evenly matched my "comments given" count. Meaning, on average, for every comment someone gave me -- be it a shout or a note in a stupid photo or a reply in a journal -- I dished out one in return.
I've totally let that count slip. I'm now 2000 comments behind...and I'm totally going to make that right again.
I've totally let that count slip. I'm now 2000 comments behind...and I'm totally going to make that right again.
Live it. Learn it. Eat it.
Posted 14 years agoDino Needs You!
Posted 14 years agoGuys, this big lunk of a giant T-Rex could use some assistance. You'd be doing me a solid if you went here and did something awesome for him, cuz he deserves it!
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2352945/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2352945/
Ten things about me
Posted 14 years ago
kitsunekit tagged me in his journal. I'll break the chain on my end, but I'll at least use this opportunity to peel back the curtain a bit and give you a peek behind the scenes of the 'roo.I've had a paying job since I was 12.
I've been to 4 of the 7 continents.
My likeness is on bootleg shirts in Japan.
I am a nationally published writer.
I've been on a local kid's TV show.
I once made more than a hundred bucks eating steak fat.
I've hung out with the creator of MST3K.
Wil Wheaton once called me up on the phone.
I have a criminal record.
I have a videogame character named after me.
Haters gonna hate?
Posted 14 years agoDo you hate me? I mean, really, emotionally, gut-wrenching dislike me?
When you see a picture of me sprout up on FurAffinity, do you think to yourself "Oh, it's that f@#Ker again..."
Let me have it! What'd I do to make you get all bent outta shape?
When you see a picture of me sprout up on FurAffinity, do you think to yourself "Oh, it's that f@#Ker again..."
Let me have it! What'd I do to make you get all bent outta shape?
How not to be annoying to commissioners
Posted 14 years agoI just finished watching 
greykitty's "How not to be annoying to artists" video, and she makes some pretty good points. Go over there and watch it, it's in her journal.
But it inspired me to look at it from the other side: How not to be annoying to commissioners.
Don't offer commissions if you don't have the time. I'm certainly aware that "artists have lives." But if you're going to take on a backlog of work -- and take money up front -- you are now on the hook. And if you sit on that stack for months and months (and in my case, I have a few that's going on YEARS) you deserve the bad reputation. It's not nearly as much if you take reservations without a deposit, but even still -- don't offer the work if you can't manage your time.
Don't remove commissioned art from your gallery without telling us. I'm only saying this from my experience. I don't use my FurAffinity account as my own personal gallery for Duncan artwork -- with the exception of avatars and profile images, if I didn't do it, I don't upload it. When the artist uploads it, I favorite. But for some reason, artists tend to get all emo about old work and simply decide that they don't want that commissioned piece mucking up their gallery. So now I'm left with "gray X" Image has been removed from the gallery" in my favorites. Unless I do a lot of investigating, I'll never know which of the pieces was removed, and it may be months later when I'll realize a specific image I paid for is no longer on FurAffinity...and I never saved a copy to my local computer.
Don't get bitchy if we do ask "What's up?" Especially if you ask for money up front. If I have to fork over money just to reserve a spot in your coveted list of Iron Artists or commissions, you better believe that as time goes by I'm going to wonder what happened to that cash. Again, I know how the system works: if I pester the artist beyond their comfort zone, they may not enjoy working on my piece, and I may get a less than ideal final image. I'll give you a nice cushion of time because I know that there's more going on in the world than just furry art -- but don't snap when I send off a nice little note to poke you into finding out where my pretzel money is.
Don't always expect praise. You may do the job requested, and it may end up being merely adequate. I'll certainly give thanks to work, but sometimes paid work isn't all that amazing. I'm polite and considerate, but again, I'm realistic -- if I'm not floored I'm certainly not going to shower you with energetic compliments telling you how amazing it is. I'll thank you and proudly display your art at the bear minimum. Do a fantastic job and you'll hear how I feel. But that's entirely subjective. Feel free to "wow" me to get that.
And there you go. Easy as that!
greykitty's "How not to be annoying to artists" video, and she makes some pretty good points. Go over there and watch it, it's in her journal.But it inspired me to look at it from the other side: How not to be annoying to commissioners.
Don't offer commissions if you don't have the time. I'm certainly aware that "artists have lives." But if you're going to take on a backlog of work -- and take money up front -- you are now on the hook. And if you sit on that stack for months and months (and in my case, I have a few that's going on YEARS) you deserve the bad reputation. It's not nearly as much if you take reservations without a deposit, but even still -- don't offer the work if you can't manage your time.
Don't remove commissioned art from your gallery without telling us. I'm only saying this from my experience. I don't use my FurAffinity account as my own personal gallery for Duncan artwork -- with the exception of avatars and profile images, if I didn't do it, I don't upload it. When the artist uploads it, I favorite. But for some reason, artists tend to get all emo about old work and simply decide that they don't want that commissioned piece mucking up their gallery. So now I'm left with "gray X" Image has been removed from the gallery" in my favorites. Unless I do a lot of investigating, I'll never know which of the pieces was removed, and it may be months later when I'll realize a specific image I paid for is no longer on FurAffinity...and I never saved a copy to my local computer.
Don't get bitchy if we do ask "What's up?" Especially if you ask for money up front. If I have to fork over money just to reserve a spot in your coveted list of Iron Artists or commissions, you better believe that as time goes by I'm going to wonder what happened to that cash. Again, I know how the system works: if I pester the artist beyond their comfort zone, they may not enjoy working on my piece, and I may get a less than ideal final image. I'll give you a nice cushion of time because I know that there's more going on in the world than just furry art -- but don't snap when I send off a nice little note to poke you into finding out where my pretzel money is.
Don't always expect praise. You may do the job requested, and it may end up being merely adequate. I'll certainly give thanks to work, but sometimes paid work isn't all that amazing. I'm polite and considerate, but again, I'm realistic -- if I'm not floored I'm certainly not going to shower you with energetic compliments telling you how amazing it is. I'll thank you and proudly display your art at the bear minimum. Do a fantastic job and you'll hear how I feel. But that's entirely subjective. Feel free to "wow" me to get that.
And there you go. Easy as that!
Who's my voice?
Posted 15 years agoWho'd you cast as a VO actor for Duncan?
Here's my pick that took all of three seconds of research:
Pixar mentality (best guy for the job, even if he's a C-list actor): Ken Howard. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397432/
Dreamworks mentality (A-list actor cast solely to pull in ticket sales): Hugh Jackman (American accent).
Who would you go with?
Here's my pick that took all of three seconds of research:
Pixar mentality (best guy for the job, even if he's a C-list actor): Ken Howard. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397432/
Dreamworks mentality (A-list actor cast solely to pull in ticket sales): Hugh Jackman (American accent).
Who would you go with?
Screw groundhogs...
Posted 15 years agoThis is FebROOary.
Artists, get crackin' on flooding FA with kangaroo art. Ready? Go!
Artists, get crackin' on flooding FA with kangaroo art. Ready? Go!
EVIDENCE! I WAS INNOCENT!
Posted 15 years agoThanks to 
woollfen I now have proof that the punch to the tenders during the FC Masquerade was completely and utterly unprovoked!
(11 minutes and 45 seconds in, if the time code doesn't already bump you there).
Busted! Just pay no attention to the other 13 minutes and you'll be on my side...
woollfen I now have proof that the punch to the tenders during the FC Masquerade was completely and utterly unprovoked!(11 minutes and 45 seconds in, if the time code doesn't already bump you there).
Busted! Just pay no attention to the other 13 minutes and you'll be on my side...
FC is over!
Posted 15 years agoI want pictures, dammit!
Further Confusion 2011: The Rules.
Posted 15 years agoYep, I'll be there!
Yep, you can say hi!
Yep, you can stop me for photos if I'm wearing my green!
Yep, you can buy me drinks. But please, only if you can afford it -- the FC bar is wicked expensive.
Yep, you can look through my con sketchbooks, and yep, you can add to them if you have free time and inspiration!
No, you can't be creepy. That's where I draw the line.
Yep, you can say hi!
Yep, you can stop me for photos if I'm wearing my green!
Yep, you can buy me drinks. But please, only if you can afford it -- the FC bar is wicked expensive.
Yep, you can look through my con sketchbooks, and yep, you can add to them if you have free time and inspiration!
No, you can't be creepy. That's where I draw the line.
I demand comments!
Posted 15 years agoDue to a wipe of comments in my last few journal entries from an FA restore, I demand a comment from each and every one of you right now. I don't care what it is.
That is all.
That is all.
Big green 'roo in the local news.
Posted 15 years agoIt's mostly about the kids, but big green 'roos get in there too!
Stuff you'd ask a kangaroo a dozen times bigger than you.
Posted 15 years agoHuh. Apparently I have a Formspring Q&A account. Dunno what I'm gonna do with it. http://formspring.me/duncanroo
Merry Christmas to you!
Posted 15 years ago*stuffs you all into his stocking*
It's a big stocking, you see. Plenty of room.
It's a big stocking, you see. Plenty of room.
Pawslut's Big Day
Posted 15 years agoYeah, that's right. Today, December 7th (a date which will live in infamy) 
teaselbone is the big Three Oh. Make sure you attack him with shouts, shove your paws right in his face, and spoil him with artwork of ginormous proportions.
I commands it.
teaselbone is the big Three Oh. Make sure you attack him with shouts, shove your paws right in his face, and spoil him with artwork of ginormous proportions.I commands it.
I got myself a...
Posted 15 years agoDinosaur!
