One half sleepy and tired carno here...

I arrived back home yesterday after a 9-day trip to my old living grounds in Colorado. The main purpose was to attend the wedding of a good friend and former coworker. Myself and  Hamakei left and arrived on the 8th after a 9-hour flight to Denver. During the first days we visited my old neighborhood, as well as a few other places I wanted to get some things from -- hello, Microcenter and Walmart, the latter for some goodies that aren't sold in the UK), closed my remaining bank account in Denver, and showed Hamakei a few places related to my life in Colorado (some of which I will reserve for personal reasons).

We picked up  Zilchwoofs two days later, and the three of us went to Casa Bonita (which I never visited under its original ownership). After the wedding the three of us headed towards Cortez, in southwest Colorado, a long drive from Denver through twisty mountain roads, passing through Fairplay (the inspiration for South Park). After a night's rest, we headed to Four Corners monument, and from there to the Grand Canyon, two places I had never visited despite living relatively nearby for over 20 years. Then another rest in Cortez before heading back to Denver. Another day in Denver before dropping Zilch at the airport early the 16th, after which Hamakei and I visited a small museum in Aurora and the Air museum near old Stapleton before it was our turn for the long flight back to London, followed by a train and bus rides to get home. We came home to find that Hamakei's parents had brought our piggies back that same day some time before our arrival.

Time for this still jet-lagged dinosaur to rest from this vacation.

So it seems like "Mass Effect" is coming to small screens -- https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain.....es/ar-AA1J7OTl

No idea if they will follow the plot of the games, although would it even be "Mass Effect" if it didn't, or didn't feature some of the species in it? Anyway, looking forward to this. And yes, I know it will be on Prime Video, but Fallout season 1 is already available on Blu-Ray, so I'm sure Mass Effect will follow suit after a while.

Smaller batch of drawings as I am nearing the point where I feel the original uploads are of a good size:

The Rescue -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35436818/
Tribal Rex -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46920018/
Pride -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47538544/
Adventurers -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47843807/
"Is This Necessary?" -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/52675467/
Sentry -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46264244/
Trike watch -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48411132/
Anniversary 2022 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48935708/

Three 3D renders as well:
Before a tour of duty -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17618550/ and https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17797315/
Proposal ⚠️-- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46225235/

First of all, why do this? Because I find it painful to look at what seem small images on a high res (4K) monitor, whether it be mine or other folks' works. Plus it allows more details to show on each image.

A batch of 12 pics this time:

Raveraptor commish⚠️ -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36933206/
Next for departure -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37184320/ and https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37184075/
Valentine 2021 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41831600/
King of the Beasts remake -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/39412288/
Jungle discovery -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41833288/
What do you mean... concealed weapon? -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43404776/
Challenge -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43419892/ and https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43419909/
Sobek Waits -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43658234/
Third anniversary -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43787344/
Kreg's donation ⚠️-- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/45449768/

Again, those marked with ⚠️ contain subject matter that may be offensive to some.

And I am still not finished with these reuploads. I plan to include some of those done with 3D programs as well. Perhaps sketches (if I still have originals) as well. You may suggest your favorites and I will take them into consideration.

Comments about any of these or previous works are welcome.

A simple warning emoji (⚠️).

That's what I will use from now on to indicate any submissions whose subject matter may not be of everyone's tastes. It probably will be more useful for stories since those don't have a thumbnail like images do, but I imagine it could be useful for any pics where the thumbnail may not show clearly what the image is about.

I already put it on the submission title of items in the main gallery; those in the scraps will follow at a later date.

I completely forgot I was doing this. This current batch was done last year, but I didn't get to reupload until now. :/

Calm Afternoon -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33681018/
Servicing the Cow -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33784173/
That's My Boy -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33862449/
Drip, drip... splat! -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34037460/

Internal Massage:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34261967/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34261992/

Suthek drinks:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34857656/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34857675/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34857692/

There are more planned in the future. Hopefully it will not take me months to do so. :P

... since the last furry drama.

Not gonna take sides as to whether it was the right or wrong decision, but I have to wonder -- if something was removed because it was supposedly a slur, what's going to keep people from using the words in the tags?

Just a kind reminder that my drawings can be found outside of FurAffinity, by going to Anthrosaur.com or at my Linktree.

Outside of here, I'm mostly active on BlueSky, with SoFurry right afterwards.

Some pages need to be updated, however. And pretty much ignore Twitter for the time being -- I am not posting to that hellhole unless (for some very unlikely miracle) it goes back to its pre-nazi Muskrat days.

For those who may have not noticed, my FA account shows "Bakensobek" as the display name. I chose to do so since I am now applying that as the sig in my latest drawings, and "Kaa" is what I would go by in RL as a nickname (and a pseudonym for RL privacy reasons).

Given that FA display names are not unique, anyone using the same display name but whose account is *NOT* "kaa" would not be the real me, so please be on the lookout for scammers.

As always, thanks everyone for your interest in my work, and specially to my little Patreon followers for their support.

It was my own choice. I was not using the site much, as it was a bit hard to gain any traction in there before it became a bastion of AI pics after the owners decided to embrace it, so I figured it was time to call it quits.

I didn't think it was worth leaving any of my pics there, so the whole thing has been removed.

Lately I've been struggling a bit trying to get drawings done. It seems like I can't seem to get anatomy right, and every drawing takes far longer than usual as I keep redrawing limbs and other parts, trying to get everything to look right.

I'm not sure if age could have something to do with it. I don't want to think it could be affecting my work, but I am wondering if it is a possibility. I realize I have never been a stellar artist, but it seems like my drawing is going backwards with the struggles I've been encountering.

Have you or anyone you know has been through similar situation? I don't expect a solution, but maybe some insight on why I feel that drawing is a struggle as of late.

I meant to upload this to YouTube shortly after my trip to Tenerife, and as it is about usual for me, completely forgot to do so.

https://youtu.be/x1tOh1XkQ9w

(Not embedding this here because YouTube has lately stopping some from playing embedded videos with a "Sign in to confirm you are not a bot" BS.)

Made it back home earlier today. It was a rather interesting trip; the weather turned to be rather annoying at times -- Scotland in winter is not like, say, Colorado in the same time period when it comes to snow, but enough fell at times to be a bit of a bother.

I may post a few more photos in my  Photoscale account at some point.

As everyone has probably noticed, tag filters have been finally added to FA. The filtering of images with no tags shows me how many of my old pics I need to tag for those who choose to hide such submissions. 😆

I had debated for some time whether to create a separate account for my more extreme ideas, as I often lose followers every time I post some of it. I know those ideas are not everyone's cup of tea, so hopefully the filtering will help people who may not want to see the thumbnails as well. So if you are one of those, these are the tags I will add to those submissions that could be questionable to some folks--

non_con
non_consensual
dub_con
rape
torture
sex_torture
sexual_torture
bestial
feral_on_anthro
forced_extraction

If I can think of more, I'll post them here. And feel free to suggest any if you can think of them. Hopefully this will help some of you.

As always, thanks for your support, and for being a fan.

As the title says, I was approved for an extension to my visa. So that's another thing off me and Hamakei's back until 2027 when it will be time to apply for an "indefinite leave to remain". Once that is done I will be able to stay in the UK without having to apply for another visa or becoming a UK citizen. The latter is another bridge that I may or not cross, depending on what may get to happen both here and in the USA.

That's it. Just something for those who may be interested in how this old Carnotaur is doing.

Still going about life, as usual. It has been a bit over two years since I made the final move to the UK, so I figured I would let people know how I'm doing.

-- It was time to renew my UK resident visa, so  Hamakei and myself went to see a lawyer who specializes on immigration, to which we provided with a lot of paperwork, and details on all trips I made out of the country (to where and for how long). Basically, providing evidence that I am actually living here and am not gaming the system. We hope to get an answer within a couple months or earlier, although the lawyer does not anticipate there will be problems to get the approval. After that, another long period until we can apply for "indefinite leave to stay". I've been asked by a few fans if I want to apply for citizenship, which I may or not do. Not much incentive, other than having the right to vote here. And maybe make sure that I can stay if some future government decide to do some fishy maneuvers to get some people out.

-- One of my former coworkers from a job I had in Denver is getting married next year, and she invited me and my hubby to her wedding. So I'll be visiting my old neighborhood of Denver this September, and afterwards a short road trip to a couple places I have not been. All this provided that the US is still a sane country come September.

-- My Patreon is paused at the moment, and given my slow throughput this month, I will likely pause it next month as well. Come January I can start the talk with Uncle Sam about getting an early retirement, so at that point I will decide whether to continue the Patreon or not. Frankly, having to still pay taxes to Uncle Sam even while living in another country is a bit annoying. :/

-- I am having an itching to do several pics of a *VERY* mature nature, the likes I will not be able to share in my Patreon, so I have been thinking of having some of them open for folks if they are so inclined. More details to follow.

The next set includes:

Dragon Porn -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3089550/
Drayygon -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3432450/
Grief -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3559062/
Spring Visit -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5001388/
Not This Time! -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5590253/
Devotion -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12725190/
Dragon macro -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21849262/
YCH 1 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28038039/
YCH 2 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28038550/
YCH 3 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28038597/
YCH 4 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28038631/
Surprise Snugs -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28317659/
Look at the size of that thing! -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/30387491/

And a requested sketch and B&W image --

Spread Open -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/127171/
Stable -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/474377/

I skipped one Grell and Darkthunder image ("Ket nah'kk aatriak. t'kre'k'k?") because the Photoshop file I have is lacking the background. I will look around to see if the complete version is stored someplace else.

Still more to do. Again, if there are any sketches or other images that you would like to see in a larger size, let me know and I will reupload if possible.

Another batch of old images for you folks to enjoy:

"See Anything You'd Like?" -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1627640/
Lessons -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1657560/
Alley Lizard -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1675657/
Dragon Gladiator -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1972022/
Battlemage -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2030061/
Passing Glance -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2124047/
Pwned Ninja -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2127939/
Prelude -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2426778/
Meat Eaters -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2457641/
EF commissions -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2841844/ and https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2927755/

And three older ones that I missed because I failed to move them from the scraps section:

Fish Fillet -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85745/
Going to Bed -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85753/
Bounty Huntress -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86047/

Again, comments encouraged and appreciated. I will get to other color pics later this month and year, but if there is any sketch (or even 3D renders and photographs) that you would like to see, let me know in the comments and I'll include them in a future batch, provided I still have the original sketch or a scan of it. In the case of photographs, it is possible the original may already be rather small, given the low resolution of earlier digital cameras.

Thanks again for following, and liking my drawings.

Another group of pics reuploaded in higher resolution:

Hold on Together -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/264084/
Fincrest Dancer 2 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/628041/
Pump It Up -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/636557/
Honeymoons -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/638227/
Bowser and Flamedramon -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/711618/
Softwind's Aerie -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/876991/
"Al...most... There!" -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/900541/
Pakesh Lizard -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1112646/
"Will You Look At That?!" -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1152570/
"Errr... Wait a Minute!" -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1162791/
Pornosaur -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1189338/
Scale -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1354139/

Bonus sketch:
Domination -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/877031/

This time I added the "(Resized 9/2024)" part at the top of each image's description, as the titles in the thumbnails page started looking crowded. (I will change the previous reuploads at a later date). I know it makes it hard to notice at a glance, so unless I have not mentioned a pic in a journal, it is 100% sure a newer version has not been uploaded.

As for "Domination", it is a fav of many folks so I made an exception for it. I had to do 3 scans in order to capture everything without scanning effects because of the size of the original drawing, and my scanner is currently in a location that makes it a bit tricky to handle very large documents. I cannot promise other sketches will receive the same treatment for now, but I could consider it for a future reupload if there is demand for some of them.

Again, enjoy, and comments/favs are always welcomed and appreciated.

Here's the latest batch to be reuploaded --

Fincrest Chieftain -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86387/
Dinosaur Gods #1 -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86391/
Lone Scout -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86393/
Crocodile Lord and Servant -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86394/
Dragon Lancer -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/127153/
S'thkra -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/127155/
Kamogron -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/127163/
Welcome -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/144569/
Orca Worker -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/164093/
The Protector -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/197511/
Ready Your Weapons -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/233243/
Under the Sea -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/235329/

More old pics reuploaded at larger sizes --

Fincrest Dancer -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86048/
Aliens* -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86049/
Snake Coils* -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86050/
Retribution -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86051/
Anpu -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86053/
Havoc TR -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86361/
Coldfire -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86363/
Fincrest Lizardfolk -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86365/
Circuit -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86367/
Softwind -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86372/
Guardian Snake -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86375/
Deinodragon -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86376/
Fincrest Champion -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86379/
Moondancer -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86382/
Dragoniade -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86384/

Those marked with an asterisk were changed slightly from the original uploads. "Aliens" had the glass effect removed since the file with it was not editable (my mistake), while "Snake Coils" the background was changed later on and I did not have the original for it anymore. In addition, both "Softwind" and "Moondancer" were changed to "Mature" since the lighting makes a few bits noticeable, and I already got chewed by some FA admin about "bulges" and stuff (while conveniently ignoring popufurs that do the same). 🤷‍♂️

And I noticed submissions now show submission size. So these images went from a few Kilobytes to a couple Megs. Heh.

Second round, and 12 pics this time. Again, title followed by URL:

Magazine cover -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/59336/
Winged Lover -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/59338/
Sunbathing -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85737/
Cooling the Heat -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85739/
Out on a Limb -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85740/
Foursome -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85743/
King of the Beasts (original) -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85749/
Sacrifice -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85751/
Pierced Lover -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/85752/
Her Choice is Made -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86044/
Tvrannosaurus Sex -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86045/
Ptero on a Stick -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/86046/

And I couldn't help notice the low submission numbers, where that some of the numbers are even sequential. Back then FA didn't use to get like a gazillion submissions per minute.

Enjoy, and as always, comments welcome. Just ignore mistakes and my lesser skills back then.

Hello,

Like I mentioned before, I started uploading resized versions of old pictures. I always keep the original PSD of every image I have made (I believe) so it is a simple matter of resizing and changing the original upload. I have not touched the descriptions, but I have added tags to them. Any pictures I reupload will have a "(Resized xx/202x)" added to the submission title, so if it is not present it means I have not uploaded a higher res version yet.

I will go from oldest submission to more recent ones, but to save time, here's the first three I have reuploaded so far:

Bakensobek -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/59334/
Best Part of Waking Up -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58943/
Sex Gladiator -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/59332/

And the purpose is to make higher res versions of old pics, with all their (in)glorious mistakes and shading I am not going to redraw/reshade. Not enough time in the world for that.

Feel free to comment in each submission or here. And thanks for being a follower; it is much appreciated even if I don't say it often.

Years ago I put many of my older submissions (as well as some commissions I ordered and some gift art) and moved them to the "Scraps" section. :|

They are now back on the main gallery where they should have stayed in the first place. (I wish FA had a true folder system; the current one is more like applying some sort of "tag" so that all submissions with it can be found more easily. And also made me wish it also had a way to edit multiple submissions at once.) The only exceptions are if the same image was redone with things like a different background or coloring. So if you tend to skip the scraps section of galleries, maybe you may have missed some of my old stuff.

Next thing in the agenda will be to re-upload several of these old submissions with larger versions -- they were the product of days when CRTs and SVGA resolutions were king. The current images are painful to look at in an HD monitor, and even more so in 4K. But I will do so slowly, and will announce any current re-uploads in future journals.

For those who support any creators on Patreon (furry or otherwise), you have likely received a notification. But if not, then please be aware that at some point your payments to those artists could rise by 30% if you use the Patreon app on an iPhone.

This, of course, is because of Apple wanting their cut of anything that gets sold through their walled garden. Creators have the option of absorbing the cost, or let Patreon raise their payments by said 30%. This can be avoided if you make payments through the web, or use the app through Android. (If Google decides to follow suit, I would not be surprised either.) Patreon cannot direct users of their iPhone app to do this, or else they will be banned from the Apple store. But us creators can, and thus I'm writing this.

I don't know and can't speak about other creators, but personally I am NOT letting the folks in Cupertino take a single pence of what little I make (I'm still sour after how badly they treated me as an Apple IIGS user) so I have chosen not to absorb the cost. To my subscribers, please use a web browser from now on for your payments if you own an iPhone (and hopefully not Safari in an iPhone as who knows if that could also incur the surcharge).

And a link to inform people -- https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-u.....-work-for-fans