Well. I don't believe it.

On this day today, I got my first artwork ever of what has been my fursona for the past 10 years now. I've seen friendships come and go, some lasting alot longer than others. My own involvement in this fandom has ebbed and flowed. And the world outside has changed dramatically. Even the internet has changed. And yet, Andrew Leopardcoon has had very few changes to his design.

But I'm not here to talk about my fursona. I'm here to talk about myself.

I never expected to be an active member of the furry fandom for this long. Basically my entire adult life. I've questioned why I'm here many times. I've second-guessed my own involvement several times. Between 2022-2023 I flirted with the idea of possibly leaving the fandom. And yet I'm still here. Why? I've asked myself that too many times to count. I keep coming back to the community itself as a reason. The furry fandom is a community where people who don't have things in common with other people can congregate. Are all furs friends with each other? No. Hardly. But I have very much found my "place" in the fandom. I may have other hobbies or interests, but I find myself involved with the furry fandom perhaps more than any other community online. And increasingly, offline as well.

Ten years isn't a short amount of time. A decade's end marks the start of change in pop culture, in a person's life, it's a definitive "checkpoint." I look back at myself in 2015 and see someone who I barely recognize. In that period, I finished school, built a computer, went through five different jobs, owned three cars, moved to a new town with my family, rebuilt the computer I built previously, and moved out of my parent's house. I covered alot of ground in that period of my life. Alot has happened, and yet, some things have not changed. I still use this FA page. I still use telegram as my most active platform. I'm still into video games and tech. I still like fast cars and thrillseeking. My all time favorite furry artist is still...well, if you know me you know who I'm talking about. I guess even as the decades pass there's still always a few things that never change. That barely-grown-up kit from 10 years ago? Yeah, I still see some of himself in me.

If anyone in our outside of my circle of friends is reading this until the end, thank you. It does mean alot to see other furs enjoy stuff I commission or read any journals I write. I've never been one to chase "popularity" or "clout" or become famous, but any interaction I see on stuff I post does make me smile. Thank you all for watching and following this past decade.


Here's to another 10 years!

Furaffinity has finally added the ability to block tags. Hopefully this should make browsing the front page a bit easier.

Wow, this year has been something.

I’ve changed my job, my car, discarded some friend groups, doubled down on others, visited my closest irl friend for the week, somehow did not go bankrupt despite being on the verge of it at least five times, and am still alive and kicking somehow. Free from my family, I’ve explored my family, I’ve decided to increase my presence in the fandom, get more art, sign up on more art sites, even emailed a suit maker (no suit yet sorry). I’ve been exploring myself sexually more as well, something I would rather make another journal about. I’m cautiously optimistic that things in my personal life will improve despite growing tensions in my country and the world. I’ve also been tweaking my profile (again) to reflect the rapid changes with me that took place this year alone. The last thing I’d like to mention: I’m turning 27 in two days. I’m approaching the end of my 20’s fast, and I’m not sure what to make of it yet. I’ll see what my future holds for me. Hope my 2025 and yours are great!

Once again I'm thinking about revamping how my profile page here looks. Anyone know of any templates or other tips to make it pop? I wanna take advantage of how FA's profiles are a holdout from the mid 00's in a good way.

Well. Things have been eventful to say the least. Not in my personal life, I'm referring to Furaffinity being hacked. I already addressed it on my Inkbunny. The whole situation feels petty. I want to go to bed, and I'd commission new art if I wasn't in the middle of changing jobs.

Good night.

As I did not feel it was appropriate to do so on my previous journal entry, I'm listing other platforms I'm currently active on, and how much I use them. While I doubt Furaffinity would go offline in the near term, it seems like everyone else is listing platforms they use just in case FA does in fact close for good.


Active accounts, no particular order:

Furaffinity (LeopardCoon1200, joined 2015): You are here. I check this account daily. I mostly use this to look for artists to commission or to favorite other's artwork. This is also my main public gallery. I'm open to talking here, feel free to leave a shout or comment. DMs preferably for artists I'm corresponding with or people I know personally .

Bluesky (leopardcoon1200, joined 2023): Replaced my now defunct twitter. I check this account daily. I use this primarily to keep up with fandom-related news, and I have also posted threads related to retro gaming. While I rarely make original posts I do frequently reply to posts there. DMs are open, but I rarely use the feature.

Telegram (Leopardcoon1200, joined 2016, rejoined 2023): I check this account every few hours, unless I'm at work or asleep. This is where I am most active. I'm in numerous groups, and I prefer using this platform over my others for directly communicating, in groups or otherwise. No, I do not have a sticker set (yet). I do however have two channels I use as my primary art archives. I'm open to DMs on Telegram, but please be respectful.

Discord (ask me for my username, joined 2016): I check this account daily. Mostly for non-furry use and my primary username is my non-furry one. I am involved in several furry servers, mostly run by creators I follow. I do not typically use Discord for direct messages, though I do have exceptions. Probably my least open platform.

Inkbunny (LC1200, joined 2024): I don't check this account too frequently. I use this as a secondary public gallery just in case FA has another outage or otherwise something happens to it. I prefer to not be DMed there, again unless you're an artist or I know you personally.

Itaku (LC1200, Joined 2024) Under construction

I never thought I'd actually say this, not this year at least.


Dargoneer, the owner of Furaffinity and an important figure within the furry community, has passed away.


The news came as a surprise to myself; I was not aware he was facing serious health problems until the time of his passing. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and closest friends. No one deserves to die the way he did. The mood here on furaffinity and other platforms is somber, in mourning, angry at the US healthcare system for for its pursuit of unfathomable financial gain. I never knew him personally, only replied once maybe twice to a few tweets he made back when I was on Twitter. For myself and many others where furry makes up a large portion of our non-working lives, it's a time for us to stop what we are doing and pay respect to one of our own who's now gone.

Rest in Peace, Sean. Myself and the rest of the furry fandom thank you for keeping this space open so we could share art and form lasting bonds.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention. I'm using my free time today to upload a bunch of stuff on pretty much every platform I actively use. So if you happen to meet me solely because I'm unusually active...hi I guess?

It has been three years since I left the place where I established myself on the internet. The website in question is www.Deviantart.com.

In mid to late 2014, Probably around September but idk for sure, I made an account for Deviantart. I used my primary username at the time, and was not really a public figure on the internet back then. I was only 16 at the time, coming out of what was probably the darkest period in my entire lifetime. I joined the website after being introduced to the then-new franchise Five Nights at Freddy's. While I was furry-adjacent back then, I preferred sticking to FNAF and related fandoms then; I was still kind of wary about actually calling myself a "furry" at the time I guess. Back then I got into all kinds of mischief, drama, and trouble. Flame wars, trolling ask accounts, arguing about fan theories, weird FNAF roleplays on google plus that eventually had nothing to do with the games, I was a little shit for sure. I'm surprised anyone then wanted to talk to me let alone draw me as a blue foxy recolor. As time went on and as I grew closer towards coming of age, I became exhausted with the FNAF community. Between that and the fact I was beginning to drift more towards "proper" furrydom anyway, I switched accounts In early June. By the middle of the month I had artwork of my current fursona, Andrew Leopardcoon, also the first account I owned to use the username Leopardcoon1200. Until 2017, Deviantart was my primary platform. At that point the website for all its flaws was still a vibrant community, still an excellent platform to use for furs who don't put smut first. It was not until I dusted off my then-underutilised FA page and new Twitter account early in 2017 when I phased deviantart out. My original account was deactivated in the late 2010's and my second account was deactivated in 2021. At that point I had not used either page in ages. For now, this is where my personal involvement with Deviantart ends.

Now, onto why I made this journal: as I have been sifting through old material in perperation for the upcoming 10th anniversary of Andrew Leopardcoon, I decided to go back to DA and see if any of the old stuff made for me was still on the site, so I could make a timeline of dates, etc. What I saw broke my heart.

Yes, I know DA has been criticized for a very long time now. But what I saw stopped me in my tracks. They made the search feature harder to use, allowed AI content on the platform, loosened policies relating to IRL nudes, and even implement AI art generating software. I'm at a loss for words. Almost nothing on the website now was even made by a sentient being, just generated by a machine. The fact they expect you to pay for Core is pretty scummy too. Many accounts I used to follow are also gone or inactive. One account, the very first person to ever draw artwork for me, left behind only some troubling journals and little else. The last activity was dated 6 years ago. I feel like I have returned to my own planet, only to find that the Death Star destroyed it. It's not the greatest loss in the world I suppose. Bluesky, Telegram, E6, and even FA are all better sites for either hosting art nowadays, seems like everyone's left Deviantart in the past. Nevertheless it feels like the end of an era, a sobering reminder about how things change with time. I do not miss that era of my life, trying and failing to get jobs and make money, being under supervision all the time, I don't think I'd go back to it. Nor do I miss Deviantart as a platform. It's been past its prime for ages and more interested in making money for a couple of site admins rather than being a fulfilling community space.

Yet I met some amazing furries and non-furs alike there. Even had a couple of real life friends who used it. For those of you who met me all those years ago, thank you for putting up with me and sticking with me till the present. For those who I am no longer in contact with, I still remember you.

In lighter news, Jun 17, 2015 is what the earliest surviving posts by myself as Leopardcoon1200 are dated. I have decided this will be the day I officially became a furry.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56214900/

 ~RIZONIK~ is celebrating 1900 watchers. Raffle ends May 8. Good luck, have fun!

Ladies and gentlefurs, today I'm writing an open diary entry of sorts. It's targeted mostly at mutual furs, but even if you don't know me purrsonally, feel free to talk with me about it.



It's been about 6 months since I moved out. It's taken an emotional toll on me. While finances are okay, I can't exactly save the kind of money aside I want for the full suit in a reasonable amount of time. I feel lonely and sad on days when I really shouldn't be. Work/life balance feels very poor, just one of many consequences of the economic/political discourse happening worldwide. My lease ends October 1. Before then, I'm going to start downsizing hard so I can pack my stuff up and find a roommate to live with.

As for who I'd choose to live with? Most likely another furry. Within my state, too, just for the sake of logistics. I'm already speaking with someone on telegram right now about it. Financial benefits of rooming with someone aside, I also need the companionship. I just want someone who I can talk furry stuff with irl with after a day of work. Someone who I can build up, and they could build me up.

Dare I say it, but could I be looking for a mate rather than a roommate? I'm really not sure what to think. Even though I'm iffy about being touched, I also feel touch-starved some days. Not, like, the adult, kind of touching, more like being hugged, you know? Despite me being female-focused, I'm even open to allowing some boys approach me. I have hard boundaries though; I fear that I might be too restrictive and repressed for most furries' tastes.

October 1 is still a ways away. I need time to think about it more as I downsize. I know this open diary entry has been alot more personal than what I typically like to post online, I feel like it's the best way for me to open up.

I thank you all for your time, meow.

This one's being hosted by my latest watcher, no less!

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55931418/

In the past year, since about January, I started keeping a sketch diary. I've bought some art books to use as references and at this point, something that I always wanted to finally clicked with me. I'm actually getting sort of comfortable with drawing stuff. I've posted a few pokemon related sketches here before, but I've never really thought about learning to draw arts seriously until now. I've already shared some stuff from my sketch diary with close friends on discord and telegram. When I was just a kitten, 11 to 14 years old, I used to keep diaries where I'd write and draw stuff. Obviously inspired by my favorite graphic novels and flash animations from the late 2000's. They weren't good, obviously just stick figure doodles. IDK if any of them even survived after a decade or more. But lately, as I've been dealing with stressors in adulthood and trying to cope with the direction my country is going in, I am finding myself turning to pencil and paper to calm my nerves. I never thought I'd actually say this, but I'm slowly becoming a furry artist. Not merely a commissioner or a figure in the fandom.

Buckle up animals. Nine years into my time as Andrew Leopardcoon, I am actually going to post stuff that's mine.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55.....#cid:177834158


Good luck. ;3

2023 was chaotic for me.

- I finally got a full time job in may, and was promoted to assistant manager one month in.
- I had to replace my car, a bittersweet end to my first real machine.
- I also spent less time online this year to focus on my career and also my family.

But that pales in comparison to what has to be the biggest change in my life I ever had. See, when I was 16, I made this my goal in life. I wanted to do this before I turned 25, but while I did miss that deadline, I feel like a true man now that I have finally done it.

I moved into my own place

I live on my own now. I don't have to abide by my family's rules anymore. I'm established, and I can plan out the rest of my life. I don't feel bound by my old household's rules or schedule. I'm actively saving up for a full suit, and I want to attend a con in 2025. Despite everything, I've made it! I've made it! 2024, I plan on increasing my online presence again. I'm also looking to make even more money by switching jobs again. I have several suitmakers in mind, but I really like TwinkyArt's price point and style. I even bought some cheapo fursuit paws off amazon to satisfy myself until I make enough dough to commish my suit. I may also look to have furs in my general area help me make a dtd when that day comes.

To all my mutuals and followers, past and present: Thank You.

Alright, in light of a mutual of mine joining here, I've realized the fandom still uses this site. I'll still upload stuff occasionally, but if I commish a piece with lots of alt versions, most of them won't be posted here. The previous journal will thus be edited.

It is beyond the scope of my journal to address the current FA controversy itself. At this point that is well documented.

No I won't leave FA. It was never my platform of choice. I only check it for commission related news, most of my shenanigans these days are on telegram and twitter, to a lesser extent discord.

Rather, I want to instead focus on where I want to archive any commissions I get from here on out. Or other furry fandom related content I want to share for that matter.

I have opted to post most of my arts to a repository on telegram, which you can ask for either via telegram or even just noting here. It is there where I will post any alt versions of pieces I get as I see fit.

FA will still be used for commissionseeking, journals and whatnot, and anything without pokemon in it will also remain in my gallery.

I suppose it's customary for me to write one of these at the end of the year. For those who aren't mutuals, here's an update on my living situation on the whole:

- My family is moving houses
- I am looking to get into full time employment within the following year if not sooner.
- Twitter and Telegram, to a much lesser extent Discord, are still my primary hangout spots. Furaffinity is kind of outdated, I hope there's a better way of keeping tabs on commission openings
- Speaking of commissions, for once I actually want to put more towards them. I know I want a proper ref sheet for Sachi (my meowth character) and maybe an art piece to go with it. A series of refs for my main character will probably come much later down the line, as I don't feel like I need one quite yet.
- Fursuits! I've mulled in the past as to how I wish to go about that. Unfortunately, I still live with my family (who are anti-furry), so until I get my own apartment or find a roommate, that will still have to wait. I know there's supposedly stigma towards any furries above the age of 30, but eh, I don't care. Many artists I like are at that age or older.
- After I upgrade my refs, I want to get stickers from an artist I idolize. My mutuals may or may not know who this artist is, and I'd rather not make a big show of it since he used to be popular but is semi-retired. If I can't get a pack of 10 to 15 stickers from this person, I have a backup option available.

But listing out another wishlist that may again go unrealized due to financial factors is not the reason I'm writing this. See, I'm turning 25 at the end of the year. This is rather sobering for me, since it doesn't feel so long ago when I started actually getting myself involved in the fandom, when I graduated high school, etc. I've been in the workforce for five years now, I even bought my own car at the age of 21. It's just surreal to see my life progressing like this infront of my eyes, mutuals have come and gone, and the world has changed around me. Yet I still feel like mostly the same person I have been since about 2015 or 2016. Apart from maybe giving my character more defined whiskers and rosettes on his back in addition to normal spots, I see no need to drastically redesign my main character. It all feels frozen in time even as life goes on in the real world.

Ah whatever, I'm rambling! :D

I have decided to redo any and all accounts that I currently own. Any old account I can still somehow access that I don't use is to be deactivated. I think it's time to finally clean up the messes I've made and streamline everything.

Yes. It was difficult. I had to cancel alot of personal projects, family outings, car shows, etc. I do not wish to let the events this year stop me from enjoying what I love and pursuing life goals ahead of me. I just turned 23, I have so much to live for! Here's to hoping the next few years will be better.

Okay, if it wasn't a meme at this point, it is now. Can we get a better art site? One that doesn't get attacked all the time and still gets a nice large userbase?

I finally have been able to do the following things:

-Update my profile
-Come up with commission ideas
-Feel like using Furaffinity again.

No guarantees but since I have a stable income now, I may go on a little shopping spree for arts and commissions. Don't expect much porn, but I do wanna throw some adult content in there with the clean stuff. I'm also gonna declare my Deviantart dead for the time being. Not much going on there and tbh Twitter and FA do the job better these days.

So I was thinking, I want to commission art, but I am stumped as to what I want. Any ideas?

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/30460789/


These are always fun!

I actually started updating my damn profile again. Needs more work though.