Well, Here I am, the BIG 50. What a heck of a ride. This also marks 27 years in the furry community. Over half my life, kind of amazing.

I've seen so many wonderful artiests go above and beyond there skills this year and it's been amazing to see how talented they are. Some of them i've seen from almost the very start. People in this community have such skills. I love you all and love your work.

To everyone who watchs me, Thank you and I hope for you all to have a wonderful holiday season. And if you are having a bad time now, Know that it will get better. So many are willing to come to each other's aid when there is a need. And I hope to anyone who is having problems that they soon clear up and you find yourself having a great rest of the year.

For now, It's this old Fox/Dragon's bed time. So get off my lawn, Turn down that crap you call music and I'll see you in the next journal. :)

Todd

Some time ago at MFF I commissioned a wonderful artiest by the name of Reimori who made this image https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38165042/ and another one. Recently I have been looking to see if I can find this artiest to commission them again for a piece. But there account here is gone and I haven't been able to find anything after 2012 from them. I don't know if they left the fandom, passed away or changed there name.

So I thought as a last ditch effort to find them that I would post this and ask if anyone who watches me or anyone they might know would have some kind of information that might lead me to get in contact with them or let me know what has happened.

If anyone has any information, Please message or reply here. Any thing would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all for reading this. And sorry I haven't been posting lately.

Todd.

If Apple hasn't pissed you off in the past, here you go.

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Won't Air on Broadcast TV But Will Stream on AppleTV+ for Free.

It seems one of the most beloved classics for Halloween has been taken from normal TV and chained up on a streaming service. Now yes it's FREE to stream it but F U, it was FREE already to watch. Not everyone has Apple TV or even access to it. Some people don't have access to good internet or even a decent computer at all. But they had perfectly good TV's and could have watched it. But not anymore. And it's not just Halloween, no we can't do this half ass can we? Nope, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas is also being kidnapped (I know, I know, Hijacked would be a better term but Screw that, my journal :) ).

I know I shouldn't be this pissed off but WHY would someone decide to take something like this completely off of broadcast TV? If this what the future holds? All our classics going to streaming only services? Yes, I'm old but still I have nothing against streaming TV. Hell, I like the fact in many cases. But to pull this crap is just one step too far. What's next, Macy's Thanksgiving parade being locked to a streaming service only with no more TV presence?

Sorry, I had to rant at that one. If you want to read the article, it's here https://people.com/tv/its-the-great.....letv-for-free/

So last week I was going to do some more scanning when the cheap scanner I have deiced 'No, screw you, I quit' and then stopped working on me. So I'm going to need to get a new one. Was hoping to get one last week but wasn't feeling well. So it might be another week before I can pick up with the uploads of the old commissions. Sorry for the delay but hope to get back on track soon.

I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone in recent weeks who has decided to watch me. I wish I was an artiest so I could provide more content for all of you. But I promise to try to provide my old commissions that others seem to like. I enjoy seeing people favoring them and enjoying there content as much as I do. And as I get more in the future, I'll be making sure to put them up here for all to enjoy.

If you guys ever have questions, my DM is always open to all. For now, this week's 5 images are up. I might be putting more up sooner then next week but we will see.

Take care all and happy watching. :)

Life can suck sometimes. And sometimes it can just be busy. But here we are. I plan to begin uploading at least 3 tomorrow and Friday and then again try to keep up the Friday uploads until I finish uploading all the old commissions. At least the water themed ones.

Thanks for all the watches, favs and comments. I'm so happy to be able to share these with others.

I hope everyone enjoyed the uploads. I will be trying to upload at least 5 commissions every week (Or sooner if I can manage to find the time and find everything).

Thank you for all the favs. I'm glad I can share some art that, for the most part at least, has never been seen before so others can enjoy it.

Over the years (since 95') I've gotten many, MANY commissions. Many of which never made it to the internet or have gotten lost in the vast expanse of the internet. I've been thinking about it and I think it's time to share some of them with others. So starting this week (most likely closer to the end of the week) i'll be scanning some of it in. Much of which is water themed and since that seems to be my thing more these days I will start with that.

So keep your eyes out for some of it. And if people like it, I'll bring more here. Also, I have a commission being worked on I think some people will like. I'll post it when it's finished. So stay tuned.

So after a few weeks of trying, I finally was able to pick up a Nintendo Switch lite with Animal crossing. And so far it's helping get though all this 'Stay-at-home' stuff.

It's pretty fun. Need to find others who play it though in time. But it's been a lot of fun so far. I can see why people like it so much.

Hopefully this week i'll be uploading some more commissions i've gotten over the years. It's amazing when I look back and what i've had commissioned in the last 15 years that i've been part of the fandom.

Anyway, I hope everyone is staying safe and sane (Or whatever your version of 'sane' is of course).

Todd.

There's an artiest that I use to LOVE there work but they seem to have disappered.

The artiest's name is dinrael. Does anyone know what happenes or if they are using a new name or on a different site? Any information would be great.

Todd.

So this is my first Journal that's I've written here. And it's to ask for some advice.

You see, I desided to play around with a 3D program called "LightWave 9.6" (Kind of like 3DS max, but not). I'm hoping someone out there knows someone or what not that might be able to point me in some right directions for learning how to do a few things in it. Mainly I need to learn how to build sets in Layout and ask a few compatibility questions (Do books written for Lightwave 8 still contain information that can be used in Lightwave 9.6?)

I'm sure most people won't have a clue what i'm talking about, Or use other programs (Lightwave seemed to be the easiest to learn pretty much but i'm open to programs that might work better for first time users of such programs).

Any help would be great. Someday i'ed like to actually build a fox model and learn how to texture and rig it to play with it. I learn so much quicker by getting my hands dirty, so to speak then reading a book (though I do have a lightwave book to learn some from).

Thanks in advance.

Todd.