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The Tumblr Purge and where to find me
Posted 7 years agoTumblr.
A social networking and art posting party-zone that in it's hayday was a love letter to artists and creators, seems to be going the way of all good things, and following the money.
as of December 17th, no adult content will be allowed. what's worse, the algorithm seems to be so shit, that art is just getting flagged at random.
I plan to continue to post my regular stuff on it, but for the most part, I I'll be re-activating and posting to all the accounts which I've let lie fallow these past several years (mostly because tumblr was just so damn convenient!)
https://twitter.com/Hobbes_Maxwell
https://www.deviantart.com/boiler3
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/boiler3/
https://www.weasyl.com/~boiler3
https://inkbunny.net/Boiler3
And I'll still be posting to tumblr at
http://boiler3.tumblr.com/ untill the ship well and truly sinks. the biggest tradgedy of all this is how much tumblr put all the art i wanted to see on a daily basis right there in an easy to use dashboard. that will be missed. Also, to those wishing to back up their favorites or any other tumblr they adore, i tested this out last night, and it works wonders (downloaded 4 gigs worth of likes!)
https://www.jzab.de/content/tumblthree#download
To the tumblr crowd, thanks for re-posting your migration status. I think for everyone, our biggest fear is losing track of artists we admire.
I'll primarily post to twitter, deviantart and furafinity, but if postybirb seems to work for me, I may be hitting all simultaneously.
Finally, I will be setting up a patreon and ko-fi in the coming months, no big rewards or tiers to start, basically a tip jar and some fun stuff one I plan it out better.
For better or for worse, a single web-sight going down (even if it was, despite it's flaws, one of the best) isn't going to stop me or anyone else from drawing, animating or creating what we love, be it safe for work, or filthy as heck.
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Furaffinity addendum:
to those that I owe commissions/refunds to. We both know I screwed up and violated your trust pretty badly. it might have been a long time ago, but I need to refund you and apologize properly. Please contact me on the new FA account
https://www.deviantart.com/boiler3 and we can settle things there. I made that account to keep in-line with my newer screen name, not to dodge responsibility.
A social networking and art posting party-zone that in it's hayday was a love letter to artists and creators, seems to be going the way of all good things, and following the money.
as of December 17th, no adult content will be allowed. what's worse, the algorithm seems to be so shit, that art is just getting flagged at random.
I plan to continue to post my regular stuff on it, but for the most part, I I'll be re-activating and posting to all the accounts which I've let lie fallow these past several years (mostly because tumblr was just so damn convenient!)
https://twitter.com/Hobbes_Maxwell
https://www.deviantart.com/boiler3
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/boiler3/
https://www.weasyl.com/~boiler3
https://inkbunny.net/Boiler3
And I'll still be posting to tumblr at
http://boiler3.tumblr.com/ untill the ship well and truly sinks. the biggest tradgedy of all this is how much tumblr put all the art i wanted to see on a daily basis right there in an easy to use dashboard. that will be missed. Also, to those wishing to back up their favorites or any other tumblr they adore, i tested this out last night, and it works wonders (downloaded 4 gigs worth of likes!)
https://www.jzab.de/content/tumblthree#download
To the tumblr crowd, thanks for re-posting your migration status. I think for everyone, our biggest fear is losing track of artists we admire.
I'll primarily post to twitter, deviantart and furafinity, but if postybirb seems to work for me, I may be hitting all simultaneously.
Finally, I will be setting up a patreon and ko-fi in the coming months, no big rewards or tiers to start, basically a tip jar and some fun stuff one I plan it out better.
For better or for worse, a single web-sight going down (even if it was, despite it's flaws, one of the best) isn't going to stop me or anyone else from drawing, animating or creating what we love, be it safe for work, or filthy as heck.
Posted using PostyBirb
Furaffinity addendum:
to those that I owe commissions/refunds to. We both know I screwed up and violated your trust pretty badly. it might have been a long time ago, but I need to refund you and apologize properly. Please contact me on the new FA account
https://www.deviantart.com/boiler3 and we can settle things there. I made that account to keep in-line with my newer screen name, not to dodge responsibility.
The Return Trip
Posted 13 years agoBack from MFF!
I had a great time, sold some prints, did some drawing, got to chill with
SmittyG, SweetCream, GhostPepper and BlueVon. Got to meet and hang a bit with NightGaurd and MapleWhisper too, totally cool.
Sold less that the last couple of pony cons, but i made out in the green, which is good, and I had fun, which is awesome.
However, I was not able to snag a copy of hoofbeats 2, which is agonizing! oh man, it was so good..... -cries-
but no more cons for a few months at least, so plenty of time to get my backlog done, and some new projects launched. so stay tuned!
On a much more important note, Ive been able to make enough money to properly refund the folks' who had commissioned me the first time around, and and I failed to deliver to.
There are reasons and excuses that could and I'm sure would totally would make my hiatus an understandable situation, but I still made a lot of folks pretty angry, and that sucks.
but I've recovered most of my commission and contact info, so over the next few days, I'll be doing my very best to contact everyone who has a commission and offering a refund, or making proper arrangements to get things sorted out correctly.
It's my preference, if anyone actually wants to go through with the commission after all this time, to either refund you first, and then collect upon completion, or just bump the commission up to the next tier at no cost.
Life bit me in the ass. hard. but that's no excuse, and now that I'm home enough to draw again, I'm going to.
I'm fixing this.
I had a great time, sold some prints, did some drawing, got to chill with
SmittyG, SweetCream, GhostPepper and BlueVon. Got to meet and hang a bit with NightGaurd and MapleWhisper too, totally cool.
Sold less that the last couple of pony cons, but i made out in the green, which is good, and I had fun, which is awesome.
However, I was not able to snag a copy of hoofbeats 2, which is agonizing! oh man, it was so good..... -cries-
but no more cons for a few months at least, so plenty of time to get my backlog done, and some new projects launched. so stay tuned!
On a much more important note, Ive been able to make enough money to properly refund the folks' who had commissioned me the first time around, and and I failed to deliver to.
There are reasons and excuses that could and I'm sure would totally would make my hiatus an understandable situation, but I still made a lot of folks pretty angry, and that sucks.
but I've recovered most of my commission and contact info, so over the next few days, I'll be doing my very best to contact everyone who has a commission and offering a refund, or making proper arrangements to get things sorted out correctly.
It's my preference, if anyone actually wants to go through with the commission after all this time, to either refund you first, and then collect upon completion, or just bump the commission up to the next tier at no cost.
Life bit me in the ass. hard. but that's no excuse, and now that I'm home enough to draw again, I'm going to.
I'm fixing this.
No Subject
Posted 14 years agoThis is the part of the post where I lament about my personal life, cite numerous examples of things that have been preventing me from being productive, as well as responding to peoples requests for progress. This is were I cry, whine, and reach out of support. This is where I make excuses.
Or I could just act my damn age.
Yes, I have been going through some difficulties ion my personal life that have been making it difficult for me to be as productive as I would like. But that is not just a bad excuse, it flat out doesn't count.
I want to be a better artist, not just in craft and form, but in productivity and volume of content. I am not there yet. for that, I am frustrated and sorry.
So, for all of you whom I have commissions coming to, I apologize. This is not how I envisioned this happening. I am working on them even now, and doing all i can to dismiss my anxiety and focus on the tasks at hand. I will not let you down. however if this wait has been too long, and anyone is seeking a refund for the wait, i will understand. It is my hope to not burn the bridges of potential future commissions by my lack of responsible action here. and hopefully I haven't yet.
Besides, working on your stuff? I'm enjoying every minuet of it.
More updates to follow.
Commission Status Updates:
Andreadr - drawing done, color started
hagaren3 - finished 100% done!
jediguy1490 - Sketching done, inking started.
gameslay3r - Have info, sketching started 5% doneshira - Sketched NEED CONTACT INFO! 10% DONE
jade-kun - Contacted!/ sketching to begin. 1% done
tailsdeveraux - have info 1% done
angelmacleod - sketched 15% done/rant
I'm a professional, trust me.
Posted 14 years ago"Professional artist" is code for "basket case", trust me on this.
Ok, so I blogged on my webcomic about my bout with the plague, so I'm not going to re-hash the gooey details too much, but it's good to be well again and working on art.
Christmas was good, took a few days and spent them with the family, Now I'm doing my best to avoid getting sucked in by the siren call of coming from across the hall where my roommate sits with all his new video games. How is fable 3? judging from the soundtrack, awesome.
but no fun till the work is done.
Commission Status Updates:
Andreadr - Sketched/drawing half done 60% done
hagaren3 - finished 100% done!
jediguy1490 - Sketcheing 20% done
gameslay3r - Have info 1% done
shira - Sketched NEED CONTACT INFO! 10% DONE
jade-kun - Contacted!/ sketching to begin. 1% done
tailsdeveraux - have info 1% done
angelmacleod - sketched 15% done
/rant
Ok, so I blogged on my webcomic about my bout with the plague, so I'm not going to re-hash the gooey details too much, but it's good to be well again and working on art.
Christmas was good, took a few days and spent them with the family, Now I'm doing my best to avoid getting sucked in by the siren call of coming from across the hall where my roommate sits with all his new video games. How is fable 3? judging from the soundtrack, awesome.
but no fun till the work is done.
Commission Status Updates:
Andreadr - Sketched/drawing half done 60% done hagaren3 - finished 100% done! jediguy1490 - Sketcheing 20% done gameslay3r - Have info 1% doneshira - Sketched NEED CONTACT INFO! 10% DONE
jade-kun - Contacted!/ sketching to begin. 1% done tailsdeveraux - have info 1% done angelmacleod - sketched 15% done/rant
Processing Request...
Posted 15 years ago MFF was awesome. If you were there, you know. If you weren't, you never will, and I'm so, so sorry for you...
-cough- Anyway, I'm back from a mini-vacation up north with the folks so I'll be digging into the my pile of commissions tonight. Before I do though, thanks you to everyone who got one, you are all awesome. And to all the people and artists I got to met and just talk to, you're awesome too, there was just less money involved. XP
I've still got a -ton- of prints left over, I'll be posting the art here sometime tomorrow, If you want one just note me, I'll be selling them at cost just so I can get rid of them. And feel free to wander over to we.are.purple and drop us a note there about magnets or stickers if you are after any...we still have a ton!
Commission Status Updates:
Andreadr - Sketched/drawing started 40% done
hagaren3 - Drawn/mostly colored 80% done
jediguy1490 - Sketched 15% done
gameslay3r - Have info 1% done
shira - Sketched NEED CONTACT INFO! 10% DONE
yuki/jade - getting further info/not started
tailsdeveraux - have info 1% done
angelmacleod - sketched 15% done
If you are on this list you are paid, and I am working. I still need info from shira? (four characters, you left me character info sheets but no contact info...) Beyond that I am currently still taking commissions, but it will definitely be a few weeks before i can get to it.
That's it for the moment. Don't forget to check out my new webcomic, 1000 Acre Wasteland, I'll be updating this every Thursday from now on (i hope)
that's it for the moment!
/rant
-cough- Anyway, I'm back from a mini-vacation up north with the folks so I'll be digging into the my pile of commissions tonight. Before I do though, thanks you to everyone who got one, you are all awesome. And to all the people and artists I got to met and just talk to, you're awesome too, there was just less money involved. XP
I've still got a -ton- of prints left over, I'll be posting the art here sometime tomorrow, If you want one just note me, I'll be selling them at cost just so I can get rid of them. And feel free to wander over to we.are.purple and drop us a note there about magnets or stickers if you are after any...we still have a ton!
Commission Status Updates:
Andreadr - Sketched/drawing started 40% done hagaren3 - Drawn/mostly colored 80% done jediguy1490 - Sketched 15% done gameslay3r - Have info 1% doneshira - Sketched NEED CONTACT INFO! 10% DONE
yuki/jade - getting further info/not started
tailsdeveraux - have info 1% done angelmacleod - sketched 15% doneIf you are on this list you are paid, and I am working. I still need info from shira? (four characters, you left me character info sheets but no contact info...) Beyond that I am currently still taking commissions, but it will definitely be a few weeks before i can get to it.
That's it for the moment. Don't forget to check out my new webcomic, 1000 Acre Wasteland, I'll be updating this every Thursday from now on (i hope)
that's it for the moment!
/rant
Con-artist
Posted 15 years agoAt MFF no less! ok what do you want from me, I'm trying to hold a cohesive string of thought in my head after a nine-to-five day of farm work, my terrible pun sensing part of the brain is dead right now.
But that is coret, I will be at MFF, I will have a table, I will be making and selling art. WOO-HOO!
I hooked up with these guys
Some time ago, so I'll be there representing the group as well as selling my part of our efforts, my own content, (comics, prints) and taking commissions! I'll have my prices posted up by tomorrow evening, and I'll have all the info there at the con as well, but this is a good thing. i have for a long time feared the commission, but no more. after doing several days worth of them at Nakamacon (great success!) I see most, if not all fo that fear, was totally unfounded.
So look for me, my comics, stickers, buttons, magnets, bookmarks, (no t-shirts yet I'm afraid...) at MFF, grab a commission, (prices forthcomming) and checkout the amazing webcomic I'll be demoing there as well! Yeah, that's right. Webcomic. Furry. On the internet. tell your friends.
Ok, only a few days left, so Peace out ya'll, and I'll see you crazy cats (and canines) in the corporal soonish.
But that is coret, I will be at MFF, I will have a table, I will be making and selling art. WOO-HOO!
I hooked up with these guys
Some time ago, so I'll be there representing the group as well as selling my part of our efforts, my own content, (comics, prints) and taking commissions! I'll have my prices posted up by tomorrow evening, and I'll have all the info there at the con as well, but this is a good thing. i have for a long time feared the commission, but no more. after doing several days worth of them at Nakamacon (great success!) I see most, if not all fo that fear, was totally unfounded.So look for me, my comics, stickers, buttons, magnets, bookmarks, (no t-shirts yet I'm afraid...) at MFF, grab a commission, (prices forthcomming) and checkout the amazing webcomic I'll be demoing there as well! Yeah, that's right. Webcomic. Furry. On the internet. tell your friends.
Ok, only a few days left, so Peace out ya'll, and I'll see you crazy cats (and canines) in the corporal soonish.
my head is caving in
Posted 15 years agoSo i'm just recovering from getting an impacted wisdom tooth extracted ( it came in sideways....) and i use "recovered" with quotation fingers, i've got a dry socket, i can see all the way down into the bone and there's really nothing to do about it. anyway, just "recovering" from that and i bite into a @#*&($# Brownie with sprinkles this evening and i CHIP MY TOOTH ON A SPRINKLE.
seriously. a sprinkle.
and by "chip" i men blow the side of it right off. not one of those quaint little nicks, i'm thinking root canal time here.
But nothing really to do about it till after nakamacon, which i have totally awesome news about. my compatriot and comic co-conspirator, maria (she has a name! gasp! the mystery begins to unravel...) got her hands on a button maker! So we'll both be doing colored art buttons there right at our table for about 8-10 bucks a pop.
So if you going, look for the us, we'll be the ones making you awesome buttons. and if you happen to ask to see the hole in my head, now you'll know why i'll iask "which one?"
seriously. a sprinkle.
and by "chip" i men blow the side of it right off. not one of those quaint little nicks, i'm thinking root canal time here.
But nothing really to do about it till after nakamacon, which i have totally awesome news about. my compatriot and comic co-conspirator, maria (she has a name! gasp! the mystery begins to unravel...) got her hands on a button maker! So we'll both be doing colored art buttons there right at our table for about 8-10 bucks a pop.
So if you going, look for the us, we'll be the ones making you awesome buttons. and if you happen to ask to see the hole in my head, now you'll know why i'll iask "which one?"
going to Nakamacon! (even if it kills me)
Posted 15 years agoOr kills someone else, I'm not too choosy. Nakamacon is a five-day furry/steampunk/anime con going on in Madison this weekend, and it's cheap. And god willing, I'll have my comic done in time to present print and present by D-day. I'll be posting the progress to my scraps and main gallery over the next few days as i ink it so any critique before press time will be well appreciated.
Not that used to drawing porn so advice would be handy.
It'll also be my first Fur-con so that should be interesting too, hope to see some people there...
Not that used to drawing porn so advice would be handy.
It'll also be my first Fur-con so that should be interesting too, hope to see some people there...
well that was random...
Posted 15 years agoI should be posting to this much neglected journal a lot more often and of course, with actual content, but this was too odd not to make known.
i work at a cleaning company, we do specialty carpet cleaning all across the minnesota and into parts of wisconson and iowa. while out on assignment tonight, we came across this
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&.....&ev=zi&;hq=bar&hnear=&ll=43.652565,-94.72734&spn=0.009657,0.054932&z=15&cbll=43.65258,-94.727348&panoid=7k3i0B7IfDOdQEYDM4FYWA&cbp=11,92.59,,0,-4.25
on the way to the job. I have no idea what it is. it doesn't look like a bar, all the windows are blacked out and there are no signs to tell what it is. Anyone out in or near Sherburn Iowa who can tell me why a quiet little town has a bust of a cartoon furry on the side of a local building downtown? my curiosity is killing me!
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i work at a cleaning company, we do specialty carpet cleaning all across the minnesota and into parts of wisconson and iowa. while out on assignment tonight, we came across this
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&.....&ev=zi&;
on the way to the job. I have no idea what it is. it doesn't look like a bar, all the windows are blacked out and there are no signs to tell what it is. Anyone out in or near Sherburn Iowa who can tell me why a quiet little town has a bust of a cartoon furry on the side of a local building downtown? my curiosity is killing me!
[/confused?]
Back in Black (and blue)
Posted 16 years agoBeen a while since my last post (as usual) Finally back in town from my summer working road trip. spent the last month and a half doing caricatures at state and county fairs from South Dakota to Wisconsin. business was terrible the entire time, rain, hail, freezing temperatures, and top it off with the boss (the guy who organized the trip) actually passing away at the end. no joke! august sucked.
anyway back in town, trying to drum up new work, pick up where i left off and get ready for the fall comic convention here in Minneapolis, all while trying to figure out my next move (now that the guy who was generating jobs for us is no longer with us!).
So ! expect more work to (hopefully) start rolling in soonish, and this to get updated more.
as a side not on a more positive side, found this: http://naviechance.deviantart.com/g.....Star-Fox-Sagas
my roomate moved out and took all his games with him, left me only my old gamecube, so i've ben on a bit of a starfox binge lately. we need more games in this series!
anyway back in town, trying to drum up new work, pick up where i left off and get ready for the fall comic convention here in Minneapolis, all while trying to figure out my next move (now that the guy who was generating jobs for us is no longer with us!).
So ! expect more work to (hopefully) start rolling in soonish, and this to get updated more.
as a side not on a more positive side, found this: http://naviechance.deviantart.com/g.....Star-Fox-Sagas
my roomate moved out and took all his games with him, left me only my old gamecube, so i've ben on a bit of a starfox binge lately. we need more games in this series!
once more with failing
Posted 16 years agoHa ha, I double failed. i usually don't use the note function much, so i didn't realize the word limit. The response to the hacked note below is supposed to read:
"Got my account Back! And check it out the mysterious stranger left me a message! What a cool dude. Yup, you totally got me, congrats on the badass hacking skills that totally allowed you to accidentally be given admin status after you jacked some moron's password. Totally got me. Oh wait, no you didn't, fail.
but good try bro! hang in there!"
ah well, whatever. anyway, still working. halfway through coloring a bunch of stuff and about five pages into another comic project, which will hopefull get far enough to start posting as a webcomic soon. of course i still have to finish that other one i posted a while back!
anyway, aside from this working, trying to get more art projects not only started but also completed, (my biggest fault) but either way, know that i'm always working, just loath to post until i actually have the thing finished.
more to follow.
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"Got my account Back! And check it out the mysterious stranger left me a message! What a cool dude. Yup, you totally got me, congrats on the badass hacking skills that totally allowed you to accidentally be given admin status after you jacked some moron's password. Totally got me. Oh wait, no you didn't, fail.
but good try bro! hang in there!"
ah well, whatever. anyway, still working. halfway through coloring a bunch of stuff and about five pages into another comic project, which will hopefull get far enough to start posting as a webcomic soon. of course i still have to finish that other one i posted a while back!
anyway, aside from this working, trying to get more art projects not only started but also completed, (my biggest fault) but either way, know that i'm always working, just loath to post until i actually have the thing finished.
more to follow.
[/rant]
Back to school
Posted 17 years agoBut not for me!
It's a strange feeling, for so long now, this would have been the time i'd be knee-deep in classes, lectures, homework, etc, but being done, it's kind of a shock that the only responsibilities i have now are to myself (and my friends).
Anyway, i was putting off making another journal entry until i started drawing again, but as you see, there is nothing new in the recent additions box, so we know that hasn't happened yet. I just noticed how nauseatingly emo my last entry was so i thought i'd throw a few words up to let anyone who might venture to poke their noses in that i'm fine, i was just being a whiner last time. So no worries!
Aside from this, job is good, life is so-so, and as to art? I am staring at an open sketchbook. I have gotten as far as to pick up the pen and scribble character poses, but that is about it, but it's a start! tomorrow, God willing, i may lose my mind completely and try a sketch...
Hobbes out.
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It's a strange feeling, for so long now, this would have been the time i'd be knee-deep in classes, lectures, homework, etc, but being done, it's kind of a shock that the only responsibilities i have now are to myself (and my friends).
Anyway, i was putting off making another journal entry until i started drawing again, but as you see, there is nothing new in the recent additions box, so we know that hasn't happened yet. I just noticed how nauseatingly emo my last entry was so i thought i'd throw a few words up to let anyone who might venture to poke their noses in that i'm fine, i was just being a whiner last time. So no worries!
Aside from this, job is good, life is so-so, and as to art? I am staring at an open sketchbook. I have gotten as far as to pick up the pen and scribble character poses, but that is about it, but it's a start! tomorrow, God willing, i may lose my mind completely and try a sketch...
Hobbes out.
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WHEN I WAS
Posted 17 years agoWhen i was young (though to think now that i am old or even very grown up is slightly absurd) I protested against confinement. how wonderful to be an adult! you can do whatever you want.
As i became older i chose what i wanted to do, where i wanted to go with my life. collage, jobs, all that. Now, after having spent almost seven years in schools of my choosing, i'm faced with paying back all of my student loans, a situation i'm sure most of you can sympathize with.
it occurs to me, and this isn't pessimism talking, just a thought that takes a while to wrap words around, that that act of becoming an adult can be described as choosing that which we are slaves to. For the next twenty to forty years i will be working for the bank which paid for my school. not slavery in the traditional sense, but it is a sort for bondage that i can't escape from unless i die (that stipulation is clearly marked down in the contract the school gave me upon leaving)
and going further than that, we can easily become slaves to our own routines, our lives, the convinces of familiarity, even when that familiarity is harmful or painful, emotionally or physically.
I know what my vices are, my routines and my addictions. I think graduating, and trading the rut of being in school for so long for the routine of working to re-pay my student loans has, for the moment, given me a perspective on things i wouldn't normally considered.
Of course i could be drastically WRONG, and whining because i don't happen to fancy paying back the 100,000 in loans i took out to get through collage, but either way, wrong or not, it's and interesting perspective to consider.
Enough.
Well here's what it got me anyway
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1318286/
so shiny and new. now what? well, even if my mood is affected by my looming debt, i do have the benefit of options. I'm working with a buddy of mine to set up a screen printing studio here in Minneapolis, i'll be starting up my webcomic soon, as well as finishing and printing my senior project, picking my sculpture back up, taking COMMISSIONS ( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/info/hobbesmaxwell ) again and doing art for the fun of it. something i haven't done in...i honestly cannot remember.
So I'm honestly thrilled, don't get me wrong, the above ranting was not a statment of the depressed, just where my mind has been this past week. graduating, whew what a trip.
[/rant]
As i became older i chose what i wanted to do, where i wanted to go with my life. collage, jobs, all that. Now, after having spent almost seven years in schools of my choosing, i'm faced with paying back all of my student loans, a situation i'm sure most of you can sympathize with.
it occurs to me, and this isn't pessimism talking, just a thought that takes a while to wrap words around, that that act of becoming an adult can be described as choosing that which we are slaves to. For the next twenty to forty years i will be working for the bank which paid for my school. not slavery in the traditional sense, but it is a sort for bondage that i can't escape from unless i die (that stipulation is clearly marked down in the contract the school gave me upon leaving)
and going further than that, we can easily become slaves to our own routines, our lives, the convinces of familiarity, even when that familiarity is harmful or painful, emotionally or physically.
I know what my vices are, my routines and my addictions. I think graduating, and trading the rut of being in school for so long for the routine of working to re-pay my student loans has, for the moment, given me a perspective on things i wouldn't normally considered.
Of course i could be drastically WRONG, and whining because i don't happen to fancy paying back the 100,000 in loans i took out to get through collage, but either way, wrong or not, it's and interesting perspective to consider.
Enough.
Well here's what it got me anyway
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1318286/
so shiny and new. now what? well, even if my mood is affected by my looming debt, i do have the benefit of options. I'm working with a buddy of mine to set up a screen printing studio here in Minneapolis, i'll be starting up my webcomic soon, as well as finishing and printing my senior project, picking my sculpture back up, taking COMMISSIONS ( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/info/hobbesmaxwell ) again and doing art for the fun of it. something i haven't done in...i honestly cannot remember.
So I'm honestly thrilled, don't get me wrong, the above ranting was not a statment of the depressed, just where my mind has been this past week. graduating, whew what a trip.
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FA: now with ocasinal furry art!
Posted 17 years agomaybe that's a tad harsh, but tell me i'm wrong.
Really, I LIKE this place, it's awsome that there's a place that, free of charge, i can post art! how sweet is that? a community of artists of all styles and calibers with one common factor: they all like to work in a simmilar genre.
pretty frikkin' sweet eh?
but this has been bothering me: (notice a pattern? he only writes in his journal when he's being pissy.) people making accounts and posting art that has 100% nothing at all to do with anthropomorphics, funny animals, furries, furfag, or whatever the fuck you want to call it. just poeple going "hey a art sight! i make arts! i will post naow. (hurr~)"
This is not a dig on people posting pictures from life, or poeple posting their other non-furry art alongside their furry art. thats fine. i mean as long as your not dumping you entire vacation photolibrary here or anything. or posting neked pic of yourself for attention (you know who you are) personally, i post all my non-furry shit on DA or my blog, this place has enough bandwith problems as it is without the extra load, especially when you consider that it's paid for almost exclusivly by donations from within the community.
So i just wanted to get that out. all you braniacs who aren't fans and who don't draw, write, or create or contribute to the furry art community in any way?
GTFO.
thank you.
Now, after a bitch like that how can i not upoload something? I'm uploading some stuff to my scraps gallery, some pages i've done for my senior project, they're pretty raw right now, but you can get a general sense of where i'm going with it, thy'er uninked and there's a bunch of changes forthcomming soon (i got some really got critiques from the teacher and the TA the other day so i've got changes to make.) but for now i've got 8 pages out of 16 of my final. when it's FINALLY DONE, i'l be printing it through either KA-BLAM or COMIXPRESS and selling them online and at cons.
Though i had an idea, i'm going to pitch this more as i get the comic closer to the deadline, but would anyone be interested in bying adspace? cheap of course, but it would help me meet the cost of printing, and since this will hopfully be an ongoing series I plan on doing, your one-time purchase will be continuously re-printed whenever i need more copies.
anyway, just a thought.
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Really, I LIKE this place, it's awsome that there's a place that, free of charge, i can post art! how sweet is that? a community of artists of all styles and calibers with one common factor: they all like to work in a simmilar genre.
pretty frikkin' sweet eh?
but this has been bothering me: (notice a pattern? he only writes in his journal when he's being pissy.) people making accounts and posting art that has 100% nothing at all to do with anthropomorphics, funny animals, furries, furfag, or whatever the fuck you want to call it. just poeple going "hey a art sight! i make arts! i will post naow. (hurr~)"
This is not a dig on people posting pictures from life, or poeple posting their other non-furry art alongside their furry art. thats fine. i mean as long as your not dumping you entire vacation photolibrary here or anything. or posting neked pic of yourself for attention (you know who you are) personally, i post all my non-furry shit on DA or my blog, this place has enough bandwith problems as it is without the extra load, especially when you consider that it's paid for almost exclusivly by donations from within the community.
So i just wanted to get that out. all you braniacs who aren't fans and who don't draw, write, or create or contribute to the furry art community in any way?
GTFO.
thank you.
Now, after a bitch like that how can i not upoload something? I'm uploading some stuff to my scraps gallery, some pages i've done for my senior project, they're pretty raw right now, but you can get a general sense of where i'm going with it, thy'er uninked and there's a bunch of changes forthcomming soon (i got some really got critiques from the teacher and the TA the other day so i've got changes to make.) but for now i've got 8 pages out of 16 of my final. when it's FINALLY DONE, i'l be printing it through either KA-BLAM or COMIXPRESS and selling them online and at cons.
Though i had an idea, i'm going to pitch this more as i get the comic closer to the deadline, but would anyone be interested in bying adspace? cheap of course, but it would help me meet the cost of printing, and since this will hopfully be an ongoing series I plan on doing, your one-time purchase will be continuously re-printed whenever i need more copies.
anyway, just a thought.
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the participation award
Posted 18 years agoOK, so, here a steamy rant for all yall'.
I really do LIKE websights like this. Deviantart was my place to be before this, and now FA is my home because it's the art Genre i like to do so, the choise was obvious.
I like the fact that aside from seeing awesome artwork, i can favorite to let the artists know i liked it, and comment on the things i liked about it, tell them why i care.
however, if i don't have anything constructive to say, even if i like piece, i'll just favorite it or save it to my art folder. that's how i am, that's the way I like behaving.
So it used to drive me insane back on DA getting the "OMG ROFFLES I ARE LUV YOUR PIC BEST NUMBER ONE!!!1!" comments. I mean, i'm really pleased you liked it, but you don't get a participation award. you don't get a prize for "FIRST COMMENT!!!!" you get nothing. I do Art because i enjoy making art, not because i want to win a popularity contest, i don't do it to make myself feel better, i do it because i enjoy it. and it show that even now i have a shit ton of stuff i haven't scanned or color or posted even now because i enjoy the act of making the art and building my own skill more than that of showing it off.
And I know I'm not that greatest of artists, and i'm probably stepping on more than a few toes by saying this, but i really don't care. or rather i DO care, and that's why I'm saying it. art is important to me, so I can't let even the little shit go.
So yeah, that's just my take on things. and i know there are a few people who watch my art: and to them Thank you! that's pretty awsome you care enough to watch! and also there are people who also care enough to comment, and to them thank you! it's sweet you take the time to do that.
So even though i disagree with some of the way people do things here and don't really understand it myself, i still respect your take on things and thank you, even if it does confuse me.
...
As a parting shot, if anyone disagrees with what i've said here, go ahead and tell me. i LIKE criticism, good bad, or otherwise. if you agree say so. Feel free. If you DON'T agree, than say so too! I'd love to discuss. if you think i'm a fuckin' asshole and wanna tell me so, than for god's sake DO IT. i respect anyone with an opinion loud enough to be heard, even if that opinion is a big fat fuck you. that rocks, that's awesome, lets go, let's have some meaning and value and content and fucking passion about things people. maybe that's really at the core of all this ranting, as and artist, whatever caliber i may be, I'm fucking passionate about what i do. i care goddamnit, and i want other people to care to! So if you care let me know! get good and fired up and tell me why. that's awesome.
So yeah. that's all i have to say about that.
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I really do LIKE websights like this. Deviantart was my place to be before this, and now FA is my home because it's the art Genre i like to do so, the choise was obvious.
I like the fact that aside from seeing awesome artwork, i can favorite to let the artists know i liked it, and comment on the things i liked about it, tell them why i care.
however, if i don't have anything constructive to say, even if i like piece, i'll just favorite it or save it to my art folder. that's how i am, that's the way I like behaving.
So it used to drive me insane back on DA getting the "OMG ROFFLES I ARE LUV YOUR PIC BEST NUMBER ONE!!!1!" comments. I mean, i'm really pleased you liked it, but you don't get a participation award. you don't get a prize for "FIRST COMMENT!!!!" you get nothing. I do Art because i enjoy making art, not because i want to win a popularity contest, i don't do it to make myself feel better, i do it because i enjoy it. and it show that even now i have a shit ton of stuff i haven't scanned or color or posted even now because i enjoy the act of making the art and building my own skill more than that of showing it off.
And I know I'm not that greatest of artists, and i'm probably stepping on more than a few toes by saying this, but i really don't care. or rather i DO care, and that's why I'm saying it. art is important to me, so I can't let even the little shit go.
So yeah, that's just my take on things. and i know there are a few people who watch my art: and to them Thank you! that's pretty awsome you care enough to watch! and also there are people who also care enough to comment, and to them thank you! it's sweet you take the time to do that.
So even though i disagree with some of the way people do things here and don't really understand it myself, i still respect your take on things and thank you, even if it does confuse me.
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As a parting shot, if anyone disagrees with what i've said here, go ahead and tell me. i LIKE criticism, good bad, or otherwise. if you agree say so. Feel free. If you DON'T agree, than say so too! I'd love to discuss. if you think i'm a fuckin' asshole and wanna tell me so, than for god's sake DO IT. i respect anyone with an opinion loud enough to be heard, even if that opinion is a big fat fuck you. that rocks, that's awesome, lets go, let's have some meaning and value and content and fucking passion about things people. maybe that's really at the core of all this ranting, as and artist, whatever caliber i may be, I'm fucking passionate about what i do. i care goddamnit, and i want other people to care to! So if you care let me know! get good and fired up and tell me why. that's awesome.
So yeah. that's all i have to say about that.
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transform and roll out! (not as exciting IRL...)
Posted 18 years agoJust Got back in from an overnight trip up north... spent the night at my old man's place while my car got fixed.
I love the thing, really i do, it's not just something i say to fight the criticism i get for owning a "piece of crap". does your car get 20 miles per gallon, turn on a dime and park in the space of a postage stamp?
I think not. Hatchbacks = Win.
Anyway, still scrubbing through my folder looking for art that has been completed but never uploaded. i feel like i'm cheating kindof, your only supposed to post "new " art right? old posts don't count becasue you didn't do it yesterday.
well, most of this stuff just never got posted in these last few years cause I'm a lurker and a shut in. For the longest time i was perfectly content to observe and not to interact, disgusted with the drama, tantrum and headache the internet caused. I guess i was just trying to be mature about it by avoiding it altogether, not trying to be "above" anything, just avoiding a potential mess and focus instead on just making the art, learning my craft as well as i could.
but really, if i had been mature, i would have acted so by being part of the thing i was avoiding, and actually be the grown up. all this has really gotten me by dropping off the face of teh interwebs has been zero exposure, and anyone who used to be interested in my work forgetting i ever existed. a death sentence for an artist.
Also though, i think i was avoiding trying to have any sort of online presence, was because not just me being busy with school or my avoiding the connectivity of being online, but that being in an art school, i really got to connect with so many people who shared my hopes and dreams, i for once actually had a real social life.
Not that i didn't have one before, but the friends i have here in Minneapolis were always just so much more -present- i suppose living, working, and interacting in such a niched little art community tends to kind of suck you in. but i guess collage is like that.
Though re-reading what i just wrote is more or less my thoughts and feeling on the whole return to online, i TOTALLY did not mean to say "i had a life so i will ignore you internets losers, but oh! i want people to look at my art again so HI I'M BACK!!!!1!" That's totally not it really. i do yearn for that re-connection with all my old online friends, and that creative feedback and collaborative working environment that being online provided. i miss it. other things in my life acted as stand-ins and replacements for that, but those things are not as present as they used to be. school is winding down, many of my friends have graduated, so we see each other now weekly rather than every day in class. So while my real life is actually finally pretty satisfying, I'm searching for a new balance, and searching through my past might provide that.
Wow. my life is satisfying? when did that happen...
anyway, apologies for the long rant. i don't usually keep a journal, either online or off, so when i do rant it tends to come out in bursts and sum up great spans of time with huge rambling ideas.
Heh, or this entire entry in brief:
Me: INTERNETS! I HAVE RETURNED FROM AFK
internets: LOL WUT?
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I love the thing, really i do, it's not just something i say to fight the criticism i get for owning a "piece of crap". does your car get 20 miles per gallon, turn on a dime and park in the space of a postage stamp?
I think not. Hatchbacks = Win.
Anyway, still scrubbing through my folder looking for art that has been completed but never uploaded. i feel like i'm cheating kindof, your only supposed to post "new " art right? old posts don't count becasue you didn't do it yesterday.
well, most of this stuff just never got posted in these last few years cause I'm a lurker and a shut in. For the longest time i was perfectly content to observe and not to interact, disgusted with the drama, tantrum and headache the internet caused. I guess i was just trying to be mature about it by avoiding it altogether, not trying to be "above" anything, just avoiding a potential mess and focus instead on just making the art, learning my craft as well as i could.
but really, if i had been mature, i would have acted so by being part of the thing i was avoiding, and actually be the grown up. all this has really gotten me by dropping off the face of teh interwebs has been zero exposure, and anyone who used to be interested in my work forgetting i ever existed. a death sentence for an artist.
Also though, i think i was avoiding trying to have any sort of online presence, was because not just me being busy with school or my avoiding the connectivity of being online, but that being in an art school, i really got to connect with so many people who shared my hopes and dreams, i for once actually had a real social life.
Not that i didn't have one before, but the friends i have here in Minneapolis were always just so much more -present- i suppose living, working, and interacting in such a niched little art community tends to kind of suck you in. but i guess collage is like that.
Though re-reading what i just wrote is more or less my thoughts and feeling on the whole return to online, i TOTALLY did not mean to say "i had a life so i will ignore you internets losers, but oh! i want people to look at my art again so HI I'M BACK!!!!1!" That's totally not it really. i do yearn for that re-connection with all my old online friends, and that creative feedback and collaborative working environment that being online provided. i miss it. other things in my life acted as stand-ins and replacements for that, but those things are not as present as they used to be. school is winding down, many of my friends have graduated, so we see each other now weekly rather than every day in class. So while my real life is actually finally pretty satisfying, I'm searching for a new balance, and searching through my past might provide that.
Wow. my life is satisfying? when did that happen...
anyway, apologies for the long rant. i don't usually keep a journal, either online or off, so when i do rant it tends to come out in bursts and sum up great spans of time with huge rambling ideas.
Heh, or this entire entry in brief:
Me: INTERNETS! I HAVE RETURNED FROM AFK
internets: LOL WUT?
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HOLY CRAP I AM TIRED NOW
Posted 18 years ago THIS MUST BE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE OF IT'S AWESOMENESS.
Or not. that's just irritating. No! I fucking saw DETHKOLK tonight! I can swear on FA right? whatever, i can post porn, i better be allowed to bu surly. anyway, yes, dethklok, the band that does the music for the cartoon on cartoon network is on tour and did a FREE SHOW tonight at the university of Minnesota. any of my fellow fuzz heads rocking out there with me? well it was sweet, trust me. if you like the cartoon or like metal, and they hit your town, check it out, it's a pretty good show. did i mention it was free? it was free. but yeah, just check out the cartoon network web sight or just Google dethklok or whatever, see if they're coming your way.
and now...sleep.
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Or not. that's just irritating. No! I fucking saw DETHKOLK tonight! I can swear on FA right? whatever, i can post porn, i better be allowed to bu surly. anyway, yes, dethklok, the band that does the music for the cartoon on cartoon network is on tour and did a FREE SHOW tonight at the university of Minnesota. any of my fellow fuzz heads rocking out there with me? well it was sweet, trust me. if you like the cartoon or like metal, and they hit your town, check it out, it's a pretty good show. did i mention it was free? it was free. but yeah, just check out the cartoon network web sight or just Google dethklok or whatever, see if they're coming your way.
and now...sleep.
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preparing fo the final journey
Posted 18 years agoI always knew it was coming, but to have it so close isn't nearly as frightening as i imagined it. it's comforting and exciting, but mostly, satisfying.
What the hell am i rambling about? Collage, senior year, second semester. I'm still only about halfway through first semester, but we had to register today for next semester, so it brought it into focus. It's not some far off dream that might happen someday, it's within striking distance.
Fuck yes.
Though i do wish a few of the people iv'e lost over the years and those that had to leave school behind were here to enjoy it along with me.
hmmm.
Alright anyway, i thought i'd make a journal not only to wax nostalgic about the future (wait...what?) but to open up commission. I'm trying to start reaching out to the community that has provided so much art for me over the years by giving something back...at a price of course... wait...that came out wrong...
Anyway, check out my commission info located right above, and to the right of this entry or if you really are that lazy, here:http://www.furaffinity.net/user/inf.....hobbesmaxwell/
also, i am going top be posting all the stuff i just do and leave sitting around in the stack on my desk... bad habit.
so yeah. i'm surprised people are already starting to watch me again, thats really cool, thanks guys, and....yeah, i'll be around from now on.
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http://www.furaffinity.net/user/inf.....hobbesmaxwell/
What the hell am i rambling about? Collage, senior year, second semester. I'm still only about halfway through first semester, but we had to register today for next semester, so it brought it into focus. It's not some far off dream that might happen someday, it's within striking distance.
Fuck yes.
Though i do wish a few of the people iv'e lost over the years and those that had to leave school behind were here to enjoy it along with me.
hmmm.
Alright anyway, i thought i'd make a journal not only to wax nostalgic about the future (wait...what?) but to open up commission. I'm trying to start reaching out to the community that has provided so much art for me over the years by giving something back...at a price of course... wait...that came out wrong...
Anyway, check out my commission info located right above, and to the right of this entry or if you really are that lazy, here:http://www.furaffinity.net/user/inf.....hobbesmaxwell/
also, i am going top be posting all the stuff i just do and leave sitting around in the stack on my desk... bad habit.
so yeah. i'm surprised people are already starting to watch me again, thats really cool, thanks guys, and....yeah, i'll be around from now on.
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http://www.furaffinity.net/user/inf.....hobbesmaxwell/
No Subject
Posted 18 years agosaw this on caz's http://www.furaffinity.net/user/caz/ journal. thought i'd take a break from homework and see how i measure up...
Are you a bad influence?
If you go over 45, you're a bad influence.
If you go under 15, chances are you live under a rock and have no life... even more harsh.
Rules
*Total the number of things in each list you've done.
* No need to say which ones.
*If people really want to know they will grow the balls to ask.
1. Smoked
2. Consumed alcohol
3. Slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex
4. Slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex
5. Kissed someone of the same sex
6. Had sex
7. Had someone in your room other than family
8. Watched porn
9. Bought porn
10. Done drugs
TOTAL: 6
1. Taken painkillers
2. Taken someone else's prescription medicine
3. Lied to your parents
4. Lied to a friend
5. Snuck out of the house
6. Done something illegal
7. Cut yourself
8. Hurt someone
9. Wished someone to die
10. Seen someone die
TOTAL: 6
1. Missed curfew
2. Stayed out all night
3. Eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself
4. Been to a therapist
5. Been to rehab
6. Dyed your hair
7. Received a ticket
8. Been in an accident
9. Been to a club
10. Been to a bar
TOTAL: 6
1. Been to a wild party
2. Seen the Mardi Gras
3. Drank more than four beers in a night
4. Had a spring break in Florida
5. Sniffed anything
6. Wore black nail polish
7. Wore arm bands
8. Wore t-shirts with band names
9. Listened to rap.
10. Own(ed) a 50 Cent CD
TOTAL: 6
1. Dressed gothic
2. Dressed prep
3. Dressed punk
4. Dressed grunge
5. Stole something
6. Been too drunk to remember anything
7. Blacked out
8. Fainted
9. Had a crush on a neighbor
10. Had someone sneak into your room
TOTAL: 2
1. Snuck into someone else's room
2. Had a crush on your best friend
3. Been to a concert
4. Dry-humped someone
5. Been called a slut
6. Called someone a slut
7. Installed speakers in your car
8. Broken a mirror
9. Showered at someone of the opposites sex's house
10. Brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush
TOTAL: 6
1. Consider/considered Ludacris your favorite rapper
2. Been an R-rated movie in theater
3. Cruised the mall
4. Skipped school
5. Had surgery
6. Had an injury
7. Gone to court
8. Walked out of a restaurant without paying
9. Caught something on fire
10. Lied about your age.
TOTAL: 6
1. Owned/rented an apartment
2. Broke the law in the police's presence
3. Cheated on someone
4. Got in trouble with the police
5. Talked to a stranger
6. Hugged a stranger
7. Kissed a stranger
8. Rode in the car with a stranger
9. Been harassed
10. Been verbally harassed
TOTAL: 6
1. Met face-to-face with someone you met online
2. Stayed online for 12 hours straight
3. Talked on the phone for more than 4 hours straight
4. Watched TV for 12 hours straight
5. Been to a fair
6. Been called a bad influence
7. Drink and drive
8. Prank-called someone
9. Laid on a couch with someone of the opposite sex
10. Cheated on a test
TOTAL: 4
And over all score is : 50
big surprise considering this is the most GIMPED judge of how "bad" you can be i've ever seen.
have i ever rented an apartment?
have i ever had surgery? have i ever been to a fair? how the hell do these things make me a bad influence?
here, lets make this a little more realistic. my addendum:
Have you ever:
1. had unprotected sex?
2. vandalized public property?
3. made someone cry on purpose?
4. maliciously lied to get your way with someone? (ie sexually, financially, emotionally etc.)
5. hurt someone and enjoyed it?
6. stole something from a friend? (or borrowed and intentionally "forgot" to return it?)
7.sold something that wasn't yours? (ie. something borrowed or stolen from freind, family member or otherwise?)
8. ignored someone just to be hurt them emotionally?
9. punched a nun?
10. screwed around with a meme rather than doing you homework? (oops.)
TOTAL:5
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Just keep tellig yourself, it's NOT a blog....
Posted 18 years agoSo... i thought it was high time i started to participate in...stuff.
right. anyway, i normally hate blogs by their nature, but im finding that sitting about in my apartment, and just drawing concstantly is getting me nowhere fast. i need to make connection, talk to people, let everyone know i exist, or all this time spent trying to "be an artist" so to speak, will be wasted effort.
anyway, a thank you to all whom have watched me thus far, that's ever so kind of you. i will endevor to post art with some sort of regularity, so it's not in vain.
Anyhow, as some of those of you who parused my gallery may have gathered, I, on ocassion, draw. i am STILL in collage (goddamnit...) and will be graduating with a comic degree in the spring. so at the moment i'm so bogged down it's retarded, BUT despite the fact that, as we all know, "furry" artists are the bottom of the barrel, i will be doing furry art for my senior show, and will have some content to post soon. take that mainstream comics! i bite my thumb at thee.
anyway....yeah. i am here, making a fresh start of things. that's the idea anyway....
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right. anyway, i normally hate blogs by their nature, but im finding that sitting about in my apartment, and just drawing concstantly is getting me nowhere fast. i need to make connection, talk to people, let everyone know i exist, or all this time spent trying to "be an artist" so to speak, will be wasted effort.
anyway, a thank you to all whom have watched me thus far, that's ever so kind of you. i will endevor to post art with some sort of regularity, so it's not in vain.
Anyhow, as some of those of you who parused my gallery may have gathered, I, on ocassion, draw. i am STILL in collage (goddamnit...) and will be graduating with a comic degree in the spring. so at the moment i'm so bogged down it's retarded, BUT despite the fact that, as we all know, "furry" artists are the bottom of the barrel, i will be doing furry art for my senior show, and will have some content to post soon. take that mainstream comics! i bite my thumb at thee.
anyway....yeah. i am here, making a fresh start of things. that's the idea anyway....
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