I made a video where I look back at the 18 years that I've spend making YouTube videos. Not at all a must-watch. It's pretty clunky and awkward, especially if someone doesn't watch my content, but I'm sharing it just in case anyone feels like giving it a watch:

https://youtu.be/qGdPN-n7Fzk

Oh yeah... September 4th 2005....

Shame I forgot about it, so nothing special for the 20th anniversary... Oh well! Maybe in 5 or 10 years, heh!!!

LittleNorwegians could use your support to continue making Combustion. Please offer my best friend some support!

https://www.patreon.com/c/lnorwegians
https://ko-fi.com/littlenorwegians

What if I declared myself as open for commissions?

Would anyone be interest?
If so, how much would you be willing to pay?
What quality would you expect?
How much patience would you be willing to give me for finishing a piece?

My best friend is going to stream FF7, and I want you all to watch it!

https://www.twitch.tv/littlenorwegians
Date: February 24th 2025
GMT: 5:00 PM
EST: Midnight

My best friend is going to stream FF7, and I want you all to watch it!

https://www.twitch.tv/littlenorwegians
Starting February 19th 2025
GMT: 2:00 PM
EST: 10:00 AM

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo4MyS6eVWQ

Recently there was some talk about a potential bill, so that when an online game dies, its creators would be obligated by law to hand over the code for it, so fans could run fan-servers for the game, preserving said work for the future.

I do like the general idea of that law, but at the same time see why companies would be very much opposed to it. Why would a company that earns money by people playing their games, let people play something with them without getting a penny from it? There’s zero profit, and gives these people less incentive to play your current and brand new titles. But there's a different context where there’s more to speak of, like when a studio decides to NOT release their movie on any DVD, streaming service or anything at all, and ensure it's not available anywhere, all because they claim they MIGHT want to release it someday and make money from it…. They just don't want to do it now, and might never do so. There, I see it as far more clearly unfair, as movies or TV shows are there to provide entertainment for a much shorter time…

But something on a much smaller scale of an issue involves Furry Art.



You follow someone, you love their own, however things become ever more frustrating, as the artist decides to get very selective with what they post and where. They do a lot of commissions and decide to never post them on their account, with only the clients (that you don't know) posting them who knows where…. Still, as much as I hate that, it's one of the more basic things.

There’s been artists where I had to follow them on several platforms… FurAffinity, Twitter, BlueSky, Weasyl, Patreon…. All because they didn’t feel like uploading everything to every place , and neither did they feel like making it clear that they are indeed so spread out. I thought I was up-to-date with one guy, but then it turned out that he also had a Telegram channel where they posted more exclusive art, with an entire 6 year long backlog. I wasn’t feeling like I found some golden treasure chest with more great art, I was just angry over how many hoops a fan has to jump through to see their work.

But then of course there’s “the thing”, when out of nowhere they decide that they feel depressed and just delete their whole gallery. One can throw out all the “It’s their art, and they have the right to do with it as they please” arguments at me as they want, and it won’t convince me to accept it. You don’t want to draw any more? That’s fine, go ahead… but why does it have to mean that all you created has to be purged??? No matter what reasons one may have for it, even if I were to feel compassion, it would never result in me just shrugging things off and going “Well, I used to love these pictures, but the artist had their reasons, so I can’t be mad for them being gone forever!”. It simply feels so disrespectful towards one’s fans, especially if they had to overcome so many obstacles to find these images in the first place!

You claim you have ownership of it? Well, the way I see it, your work means NOTHING to you! All these pictures hold no sentiment to you, when you just throw them away like that. Meanwhile to us fans, they hold a lot of meaning. We treasured them…. They mean a lot to US!


This is where I’d wish there was some safety net to prevent things like this from happening, but I know it’d be harder to deal with, especially when giving websites more control over the art that’s being posted, as it would certainly open doors for other shady practices…. So it’s not like there’s an easy solution to all this…..


In the end I just wrote all this to vent some frustrations after another artist that I followed did this very thing, and that’s that. However, with that said….. I had all of their work saved on my hard-drive. I saw them delete a picture or two before, and became skeptical of them keeping their work online in the future… I expected them deleting their whole account someday, and so I prepared myself.

This isn’t the tale of a sad and frustrated fan who got back-stabbed…. This giraffe here sits in a comfy chair, next to a warm fire-place with a wine-glass full of coca-cola, and is enjoying a bunch of lovely pictures. He loves the art, while despising the artist as a person. If he were to ever meet said artist, he’d raise his long giraffe neck, and would look at said person with a smug look on my face… “You did exactly what I predicted you would do… You are a better artist than I ever will, however despite my issues, I will remain the stronger person.”

I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! I hope for good things in the coming year!

What do Danny DeVito,  Hasani and me, have in common?

.... it's our birthday today!

I guess it's been 18 years since I began drawing.... Or something

Perhaps this isn't anything that I need to really say, but I feel compelled to do so.

The furry fandom is full of people that grow up with big dreams. Perhaps that's natural, especially for the millennial generation (that I object to being qualified as), but I feel like back in the day furry art made me expect certain things from the future… images of a more sexual nature to be precise…

I saw them and my mind sort of started to believe that this had to be somewhat reflective of reality…. Of course I'm not talking about scenarios like vore , transformation or anything that cannot realistically happen! I mean just the act of "doing it". Back in the day, it did make me see the fandom as a group who to a large extent consisted of people who:
- Are attractive (depending on their idea of what attractive means), which I wasn't
- Have a ton of friends everywhere, which I didn't beyond my online buddies
- Are having a lot of sex every single day, which I wasn't

I admired them, and strived to one day be just like that , even if I was almost 30 years old at that point. I felt bad about not being quite there yet, but I believed that I'd make it at some point.

Some time has passed since those days, and I had to think about how some younger people might be doing right now. Perhaps they are feeling down, just like I was back in the day and could use some words of wisdom…. So here we go:

- Do not go into worshiping other artists or Furries. The amount of effort that it takes to LOOK attractive is infinitely bigger, than the effort of drawing or commissioning an image of your fursona looking how you wish. Add to that the natural passage of time, getting older, and this only becomes more true. When I go to a furry convention, I mostly see a bunch of nerds, with nobody being a true reflection of their fursona. You don't need to feel bad for not feeling beautiful. Of course with that said, you are free to work on yourself. I myself try to go to the gym regularly. I still don't have a six pack… I'm definitely weak, but that's already more than what certain Furries do…. So I do wish to say that you do not need to feel bad about how you look. Of course this isn't meant to discourage you from working on yourself, because that's always good, but you should not feel like you don't belong in the fandom, because you're not some physically buff giant.
- Don't get into a parasocial friendship with these online people. Sure, it's easy to see w picture of someone who's smiling, being friendly, and imagining that you two could get along, but people are so much more complicated than what they show of themselves online. They could be wild party Animals. They could be huge shut-ins. Or they could be complete assholes who just portray themselves all nice and sweet… You don't really know who's behind the image. When you're all alone, you might be wishing you could have fun like all the people in the pictures , but in all honesty, that might not work at all . You don't know their true self, so it's kind of naive to assume things. The recent years have shown me how messy things can get in the fandom…. One small bit of drama could get you kicked out of a group. People get into fights over really stupid things… And even if people get along and are buddies, they still might only see each other every few months on furry conventions or furwalks. This isn't meant to say that this makes these friendships worthless, but I am trying to make a point that this fandom isn't just a bunch of people who are always surrounded by huge social circles and are never alone. It's far from the truth… and while I still encourage people to be more outgoing, I do want to make a point of how there's nothing wrong with you, if you can't make friends as easily. There's others like you in the fandom, so don't feel bad for struggling
- Sex… well I could do a similar spiel here about how images are just images, and it doesn't mean that everyone has sex , etc. etc. Which is true, however I do feel like I should admit that…. I only became truly sexually active in my 30s. All of the people that I've done things with range from very close friends to loved ones. I have no regrets about that, because what I had/have is meaningful.


I dreamed of big things, which did not come to be, but I do in the end see how it was all for the better in the end. Being surrounded by a bunch of friendly faces who could "satisfy your needs" sounds all well and good, but who are these people? All these years made me aware of how badly these scenarios can go… Catching STDs from some irresponsible idiot is an obvious example… but what about just doing things with someone you barely know? Doing things with someone who just leaves you, because they only cared about being pleasured? Someone who just abandons you because of a small disagreement ? It feels nice to think that I have what I do. I'm not the wild party animal that I dreamed of turning into, but that's because in all honesty, it wasn't what would have brought me happiness in the end anyway.

I basically want to say : sometimes you are not where you wish to be, and while it can be a motivation to work on yourself and get better, it should not be a reason to feel depressed or do some really reckless things … You might regret them very soon, and later even realize that you didn't really want what you were aiming for to begin with…. Just because being 18 can make you an adult in the eyes of the law, doesn't mean that you are fully mature. I'll turn 36 this year, and only recently did I come to realize how the story of my life isn't a series of wasted opportunities, but a real path to maturity.

Keep your chin up, walk your path towards your future, and don't let silly images twist your perception of reality.

The well respected artist  Gideon has had an accident and needs to pay a hefty bill. I already donated 150$, and now I'm spreading the word:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/gravity-.....va-boss-battle

I remember back in 2003, when I was first discovering the furry fandom, I looked at all the other people, and thought to myself "What very happy people... I wish I could be friends with them". 20 years later, and instead I think about how "These people would hate me... They must think the world would be better without me...."

I'd talk about a difference in generations, but in some cases, it's the same people.....

I'm currently attending another furry convention and heard stuff that did make me reflect on some things…

In the western world, a traditional relationship is between 2 individuals, who are married and their romantic/emotional and sexual needs are met by their respective partner. Monogamy basically.

(Yes, gender is a big element in all this too, but I don't feel like it is that important in this discussion)

There's others kinds of relationships, and instinctively some would say that it's either monogamy or polygamy, however I see many things that in my perspective do not make it such a simple binary matter.

I've seen people expand beyond one partner, and view things differently:
- I have sex with many, but I only LOVE my partner
- I have sex with a few good friends, but my heart truly belongs to my love
- I sleep around, but I only do certain things with my partner
- I sleep with whoever I want, I love whoever I want
- I have no interest in love, I just want sex

It'd be impossible for me to list all variants, especially if I were to add aspects like being open about things with your partner, asking them for permission to do things, if things are symmetrical or not…

In any case I have no objections to any of this. We're different people with different needs and if something works for them , then that's fine by me. Many people establish rules in their relationship that both partners agree on and hopefully follow.

However I noticed a particular type of attitude in the furry fandom recently where some people who are only interested in sex, get upset at those who are pursue anything with any commitment, who don't want sex with strangers, who deny approaches because they already have a partner….

These people call such individuals prudeish, old fashioned, or even outright selfish… Which to me shows a high degree of entitlement ….. I realize that calling someone "entitled" has been run into the ground in recent years, but I truly can't find a word that'd be more fitting!

Certain people just want to mess around with little commitment or rules, and that's their choice, but I'm genuinely bothered that some of them would take the fact that others wouldn't follow the same way of life as an offense.

I heard a guy who was mad that a girl wouldn't sleep with him, because she had a boyfriend, and he called it a "first world problem".

I know that it's all too easy to criticize complete prudes, but at least when they complain about others, they do it for the decency of society as a whole… Someone who complains about others not responding to their advances, and getting mad that other people want something more out of life? They only care about their own needs being satisfied.That feels so disgusting to me…


How can they call others selfish, when no other word could better describe their own behavior???

I know that whatever I write here is pretty pointless, but I truly felt the need to say that this behavior disgusts me… Again: people are free to live their own lives, but if you're mad that others aim to have something more in their existence , and thus won't play along with you, then you truly deserve to live alone and unfulfilled….

I'd like to wish everyone all the best in 2023!
May it bring some positive things to all of us!!!

Perhaps I don't need to do this, but I stopped doing it a long while ago, and realized how much its biting me in the butt right now. In 2018, after several years of using laptops, I decided to move over to a desktop computer, given how it was clear that I wouldn't travel as much. However it became clear that for traveling, it'd be handy to have a laptop, so I bought one. To have a track record of everything, here's the specs:

Desktop from 2020:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor 3.2 GHz
RAM: 16 GB
GraphicsCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
OS: Windows 10, pre-installed

Laptop from October 2022:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six-Core Processor 3.3 GHz
RAM: 16 GB
GraphicsCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
OS: Had to install Windows 10 myself. Need to still buy the license. The laptop originally came with Windows 11, which was expensive, hence why I bought it without any.

So, despite not making an effort to have something stronger, it is certain surpassing my current desktop. Most curious!

There's a trailer for the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIkAkHpMdZ4

And Combustion now has a Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/.....90/Combustion/

17 years ago, I sat down and re-drew images from some Magic the Gathering cards that I owned.... And that gave me the idea that I could become an artist, with a long-running comic series.

Who knows how much less cringe I'd be, if that never happened!

I lose track of all the Furry websites that exist, and recently I stumbled about "FurryNetwork", and I figured I'd ask: Does anyone know this website and what it's like? Is it worth it to join?
https://furrynetwork.com/

A friend of mine,  dasinbun is in need of some money, and would appreciate if he could find some clients for NSFW commissions. Give him some love and appreciation!

https://dasinbun.carrd.co/
https://twitter.com/DaSinBun

Hello everyone,

one of my old ideas for Seven Pack was the daimon:
https://www.deviantart.com/farel13/.....tten-139903074

They were tied with the idea of eventually fusing with their respective owners (the main cast) and becoming Gods. This of course never happened, because even in the final chapter, it felt like it'd be a big giant thing to introduce that would just distract from what should be the center of attention.

I was thinking of drawing the God-forms, so my readers could find out what I was thinking of, but I'm very busy at the moment, and the more I think about it, the less confident I feel about the idea, so I'll cover the topic in text form instead.


Keiran's green daimon: Vertumnus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertumnus )
The Greek God of seasons, change and growth. I actually had drawn him before, so this was sort of covered:
https://www.deviantart.com/farel13/.....cana-121857280
If I were to redo this, I'd probably give him a lengthy neck, with the excuse of it resembling a palm tree (yes, I confess, the idea came to me upon seeing an "Alolan Exeggutor" from Pokemon). Also, he's the only one without a true defined species, but I guess it could have been a plant.

Steve's red daimon: Sun Wukong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_King )
A legendary figure from "Journey to the West", which I also drew before:
https://www.deviantart.com/farel13/.....Arc-1334717183
This was never shown, but my idea was that all God-forms would be larger/taller than the normal body size of the characters, and I found the idea funny to make this be smaller than Steve, despite Steve being the shortest member of the cast. Monkey, cause monkey.

Raphael's blue daimon: Rep-un-kamuy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep-un-kamuy )
The Ainu people God of the Seas. His carefree attitude was fitting to Raphael. I had thought of giving him a surfer-dude look. Felt like it'd fit Raphael's character, given what I had thought of for him. An eventual story arc of him showing gratitude for all that his friends have done for him, cause he's just been pushing everyone around. He's depicted as an orca, so making him an anthro orca is simple enough.

Joseph's yellow daimon: Horus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus )
Voren's purple daimon: Seth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(deity) )
That's right, the 2 characters who ended up living together, were planned to become rival deities from the same pantheon. I had the idea of having Horus look a bit like an American biker, while Horus would be a black leather wearing street punk. The idea being that Joseph would man up a bit, while Voren would be less worried about what others think of him. The animals associated with the deities are straight forward (although "Seth animal" is based on the idea that it's difficult to tell what animal he was meant to be).


Allistair's gray daimon: Shango (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shango )
The Yoruba God of Thunder. Likely the most obscure one of the bunch. I liked axes being his weapon of choice, and I felt like some association with dance and drums was also good for what I planned with him (becoming a drummer in a band). However having considered drawing these deities, I started by looking at him, and I realized how much I had forgotten:
- he tends to be depicted as an angry and vengeful deity, which doesn't suit Allistair's random chill personality
- the drums were considered a means of worshiping him, but it wasn't said that he played drums himself
- goats are not truly associated with him. They're just used as sacrificial animals, and using a goat for that purpose isn't exactly something unique to him

It felt like I really missed the mark with Shango, and it wasn't a good choice. Still, I could just change the deity, right? Oh shoot, I used so much of the goat visual for the daimon... Are there other thunder deities that are actually associated with goats? Actually yeah.... Thor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor )
His chariot was pulled by 2 goats: Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. It would make sense to go with this idea..... but it feels weird....


These images were meant to represent unused ideas, but in the case of Shango, the idea was way off, so I'd draw something original, but it wouldn't really fit the theme done by the rest. So because of how weird this would be, and how I'm busy at the time to begin with, I won't be drawing these deities (at least not now), but I felt like sharing these ideas on their own, as some readers might have been wondering about this.


Thanks for reading!

I notice how certain artists do the opposite of what tends to happen with things. Instead of a story being filled with fanservice more and more, these artists start out with pornographic comics where the plot is hardly there, but then over time to have a continuous narrative. There's more characters, relationships between them of all sort of forms are established, and real story arcs can happen.

It's perhaps easier to pull off these days with crowd-founding sites, which lets people not rely on commissions of individual clients, but rather have 1 major project that a mass of people would love to see continue.

I must confess, that while a few artists have created projects that impress me with their storytelling, I do end up often skipping over the sex scenes, because "reading for the story" and "reading for you know what" are completely different experiences for me. I focus on one of the 2 at the time, with the latter probably not entirely qualifying as "reading".

This made me wonder how other people tend to feel about this stuff.
Am I the only one mostly reading pornographic comics for the story?
Are most furries able to enjoy these comics "in both ways" at the same time?
Do many read them only for the "hot stuff"?

The final page has been uploaded. Next week, you'll be able to watch a video on the history of the comic.

Please look forward to it.