to my fur friends, I implore, if you are able to offer even the smallest amount if financial assistance, my two kitties Nathan and Teagan and myself are currently at risk of losing the roof over our heads. Medical bills imposed an intrusion upon routine rent payment and I'm now 520 short of what they're demanding! There is a definite threat of eviction. If you can help in any fashion, please contact me to discuss, also please boost this if you can? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated!

Quill

Offering 10 slots for AC-delivered bust portrait badges for only $15!!

Badge is bust only, ink and color, character and name done in Runes. Will be laminated pre-delivery.

Please send a Note if you're interested.

Hey there folks, I recently got inspired to attempt modifying my old Pomeranian fursuit head in hopes to create a more long-haired norwegian forest cat in orange tabby colors. I'm pretty confident with most modifications I have planned, but the tricky part is going to be getting Orange striping on there that will stay and will match the tail I have decently enough.

Is there anyone local to the pittsburgh area who would be willing to lend a paw in air brushing, or modifications in general to get this as close to decent as possible? I'd really appreciate it.

I'm going to be marching at Pride with some furs and I'd love to be able to wear it for that, but if not, i'm aiming for AC.

Any help you can offer would be great, thanks!

Joshy <3

Hey folks,

I've gone and made a GoFundMe with the hopes of saving up some money towards paying off medical bills and helping to take care of general financial obstacles in the way of transitioning. If you can give a little, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

http://www.gofundme.com/upc4mxc

I'd like to get a commission done of my new fursona as a Viking as this is the direction a lot of things are going in my life, and also the theme of the upcoming AC! Any recommendations of artists?

So it seems I'm going through another shift. UGH... can we just settle on one, please?

Anyway, this one is a little more simplistic... I guess... sorta... It's a cat.

Black cat with grey toes, tail, and ears, and a milky-way sort of star-dust pattern winding around the body... I have a doll-divine made feral version I can use for a starter reference but I can't freakin' get the bipedal form drawn out myself. I'm having some serious art block. So... if anyone wants to talk to me about taking a crack at it, I might even be able to spot some cash for it to be a commission or something...but I'd like to discuss prices because my money game be weak.

Hit me up?

I need help.

Meow. x.x

I'm -86 in my bank account after making payments against medical bills.

Offering $5 pencil and ink linearts with single characters.

$8 for 2 chars

Please message for further details or orders.

Please help if you can, I've over drafted paying my medical bills, I need to bring my account back and I also need parking money for work.

Single character lineart $5

Two characters $8

Please and thank you.

Hey folks, I've started up a Redbubble shop. I can't say anything in it is fantastic as of yet, but I've got a few prose shirts and a couple designs, I'm gradually going to be adding more things.

Have a look and maybe pick up something to lend a paw?

Thanks.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/rea.....oboldlygo/shop

• What is the name of your fursona?
Yi Golddust, Yi, (Temporarily: Bones)

• Where did the name of your fursona come from?
Yi is Chinese for Lucky, and being he's half luck dragon and half Kirin, it felt appropriate. Golddust comes from the awesome song sporting that name.


• What species is your fursona and why did you choose that species?
Stated previously: Luck dragon and Kirin hybrid, because I wanted something more original than the "plain" animals I had previously looked to. Creativity, ya know?


• What color is your fursona and why?
Burgundy with gold accents, and why not?


• What is your fursona's personality and how does this compare to your RL personality?
It's my fursona... it's kinda pretty much me... perhaps a little more bold/outgoing... less anxiety anyway.

• What is one item your fursona owns that is significant to you in RL?
Plush Enterprise :3


• What is one thing your fursona would say to you if you could meet?
"Sup?" gawed ionno.

• What is one thing you would say to your fursona?
"Fuzzy!"

• How has your fursona changed over the years?
Variety of animals and names, but this one is the first where I really kind of DESIGNED them.

• How long have you had this fursona?
A year, not even maybe?

• Would you like to be more like your fursona?
Isn't that why we make them?

• Now tag people.
Uh... peopple. Tag. You're it.

I really want gay porn of my fursona... which i need to draw a male version of now... like I seriously need porn of Yi bent over by a male and just molested... -sigh- but i can't really afford to commission someone. :<

So yesterday was a very big and scary day. I came out to my mother as being Transgender Female to Male. She didn't react too much, she asked questions and I'm not sure if she's fully on board... I don't think she quite understands the depth of my feeling this way.

My father is fully supportive, as are many friends. I'm very lucky and grateful for their care and support.

So as my personal feelings stand, My body is female, but I am a gay man. A submissive gay man. I alternate in being pretty standard boyish and wanting to be a pretty boy in pretty girls clothing. Depends on the day.

So... yes. Brave new world, scary big place, learning myself a lot... but there it is.

I'm not worried too much about pronouns, call me what you want. If you want my human name to call me, call me Jesse. You want my furry name, call me Yi... or Bones. That'll be revealed at AC.

Hey, so I've started a tumblr for my Star Trek OC Chief Psychiatric Officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Jesse Brown.

SEND ME ASKS!

http://ask-usscpo-brown.tumblr.com/

It's a photo-response blog, I'm so eager to do more, PLEASE send me things!

It doesn't feel like it.

I have to work Christmas Eve.

I'm kinda depressed that I don't even feel like it's happening...

So it's been a while since I really put anything on here, art or otherwise. I've suffered from some pretty strong anxiety of late to the point that I've been terrified to create art of any kind, and barely write anything. I have plenty of ideas, but I've just been convinced they'll be shit and hated if I put them out anywhere. But that and work at the new BNY job are a big part of why I've not been on here a lot. Anyway, didn't mean to come on here and whine.

I'm actually writing this because I have some really exciting news. As of January, I'm going to Scotland for two weeks to finally meet my girlfriend of one year, friend of over 3. I'm so excited I've been sobbing all day on and off going "It's really happening!" because I have my vacation scheduled and I just booked my flight today. I'm just so excited. Anyway... that's pretty much it.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Yi

Hey folks, I'm offering 5 dollar drawings, content negotiable, just trying to earn a little parking money for work until I get my first paycheck from the new job. Message me if you're interested.

Thanks

I know that my art is not of the highest quality on this site, but it's something I am proud of and am gradually increasing in skill at. I have a lot of debt, student loan and credit card, that I wish to pay off, and it would mean the world to me if I could come to afford a roundtrip ticket to Edinbourgh to meet my girlfriend over Late October to early November... this period would mark our one year anniversary of being a couple, long distance. We're very in love and doing what we can to try and make life work out that we can eventually be together for good. The first step would be to be able to meet her in person.

I'm not going to flat out beg for money, as I don't like to just panhandle without offering something in return for donations and tips. So I'm offering commissions again, and I feel like to many times before I have sold myself short. Artists charge a certain rate because they put time, effort, and years of learning their craft into what they put down on paper or digital canvas. So please, take into consideration that I have been learning for almost twenty five years now, and while I may not be as quality as some, I am proud of the progress I've made and ask that if you like my art, please support it, and me... the happier I am, the better my art is, also... imagine the art I could make with the overwhelming joy of finally meeting the love of my life face to face?

So, without further ado:

Commissions:

Fully-body Full-color, Digital upload ~ $20
Full-body inks, Digital upload ~ $10
Bust - Full-color, Digital upload ~ $10
Bust - inks, Digital upload ~ $5
Badge - Full-color, Digital upload ~ $10
Badge - Full-color, Laminated and shipped ~ $12 + shipping to your location.
Corgified Badge - Full-color, Digital upload ~ $5
Corgified Badge - Full-color, Laminated and shipped ~ $7 + shipping to your location.

If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to message me. Please Note me with inquiries, payment questions, or if you just wish to help out.

Thank you for your time, everyone, and if you can boost this, I'd be most grateful.

Taken from Shujin Tribble, I intend to at least go to the femme shoot, hopefully with 2 different partial fursuits :3



this journal will cover my PERSONAL events for AC2013. If you have an interest in ANY of these events, PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE... Re-blog / re-post / tweet / Facebook / G+ / Tumblr the hell out of this journal. (Normally I do not ask for attention - but this is one of those times I would ask it.)

FURRY FEMME SHOOT
Continuing the tradition of getting the female character suits away from the general populous, I will be bringing all my photography equipment again this year.

When: Friday July 5th from 9.30pm - ???
Where: Convention Center Third Floor - Opposite end of the hallway from "Spirit of Pittsburgh" Ballroom. (Same as previous years)
Who: All Female-Character Fursuits are welcome to participate in the shoot, along with their assistants / handlers, of course.

The shoot will begin with individual shoots for the early participants. Naturally pairings or triples are fine too. Once we have all the participants together I will get several group shots as well. Plan now for what you would like to wear for this event.

As always I will be burning CD's of the shoot for all the participants later that night. Your CD will be with me in the ZOO Saturday Night as I am recording my show. Just come up and I'll get you your copy. (The better shots will go online at my personal web-space after the shoot also.)

(*NOTE*)

Additional photographers / videographers ARE WELCOME to take photos / video. HOWEVER, this is an unsanctioned event - meaning "My Shoot, My Rules" for everyone. Even though I do not charge in any way for this shoot, I still treat it with the highest of professionalism regarding the people and equipment involved. With that in mind, please be sure you understand the following conditions.

1) The point is to have FUN and to give the Furry Femmes a little something SPECIAL to remember the con with.
2) The safety and well being of the suiters is PARAMOUNT at all times. If a suiter needs a break or a drink or air and asks you to help with that, by being at the shoot you WILL help that person. (No one likes calling 911 to a FurCon.)
3) There will be some fairly expensive photography equipment in use. Be mindful of where those items are at all times. Gravity is a bad way to turn off a photo lamp.
4) A certain manner of decorum will be expected of everyone. Meaning, don't be a creep! If the ladies don't feel comfortable with a pose or for you specifically, for ANY reason, let it go and just enjoy taking other shots.
And, most importantly....
5) I am the primary photographer - so I will be making the most suggestions on poses or positioning equipment. As I get my shots, you will be welcome to get some as well yourselves. AND feel free to make suggestions as we go along. Who knows? I might like what you think of.

Some past photos have been:
FFS '11 thank You - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6169812/
FFS '10 Recap - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4171638/
FFS '10 Full Shoot - http://www.practicallyimpractical.com/AC2010FFS/
FFS '09 Collage - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2488167/

SEMI-PRIVATE PHOTO SHOOT

I was contacted by Bramble Bunny aka Pocy Fox aka pocy pocy who is bringing a Porsche 911 convertible to A.C. due to this year's theme. For those that might be interested, I will make myself available (weather permitting) in the afternoons for G - Cheese-cake-naughty photos with the car for those that would like to do so. Please post below if you have even a passing interest in this possibility.


PRIVATE PHOTO SHOOTS
Since I will be bringing ALL my photo equipment, I will be available for 'Personal' photo shoots Saturday and Sunday afternoons. As with my past offerings, the only people who will have copies of those shoots will be Myself (naturally) and You, burned onto CD Rom. I will not post / release ANY photos without specific word from the suiter(s) involved. EVER.

Trust is my most valuable trait - and I will NOT compromise it. Period.

BREAKFAST WITH FRED (ROGERS)

Some of us still fondly remember Fred "Mister" Rogers growing up. Well, it turns out there was a statue erected ( PICTURE HERE ) across the river from AnthroCon several years ago ( WALKING DIRECTIONS ) in his honour.

What I am proposing is getting a bunch of us together to either walk or take local mass transit to the site of Fred's statue for 8.30am on Saturday Morning. I'll bring single-serve cereal boxes, milk and spoons and we can start our day with the man who taught us that we're all special, just by being ourselves.

I've kicked around this idea for the last few years and I would REALLY love to make this a worthwhile tradition to celebrate a kind, gentle soul who many of us admired or were taught by. So please consider this one? I know this makes it a little early on Saturday, but at least it puts the event before the official start of events at 10am.


THE FELINE CONSPIRACY'S WED-NIGHT 80'S BASH
Again, this year, I will be recording my show from The Zoo on Saturday evening. This year the show will be running from 7.30pm and end at 11.30pm, local time. If you know someone that you'd like me to interview, please let them know I will be there. I'm, of course, hoping that kagemushi kagemushi will be able to show up again.... maybe jibba jibba... we'll see.

The show will be broadcast the following Wednesday night starting at 9.30pm Eastern time at http://LiveDJ.TFCsl.com .

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

And now, I've posted tips and tricks about attending AnthroCon before - so I'm going to do so again. Read these first and then come back here:

* How to survive a furry con - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/145324/
* Convention survival guide part II - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/151467/

Now, for MY two cents....
1) When you go to a con (doesn't matter which one), remember that the vendors and artists there are operating a business first and foremost. Yes, it's GREAT to be able to meet them (trust me, I was rather overwhelmed getting to meet a LOT of these folks first-hand), but they are there as business people first.

2) If they're working / selling things / talking with someone already about a commission or a product or speaking with ConStaff, give them time to do it. Be patient. They aren't going anywhere and they know you're there. If they try to interrupt someone they're already talking to to tend to you, tell them to finish up first.

Seriously... Good manners go a LONG way to making people WANT to give you an extra minute of their time after.

3) Once you have your chance with them, put out your hand and give a firm handshake and, before anything else, THANK them for sharing their time and talents with you.

Again, its not just good manners, but you have to remember - these people (artist and non-so-artistic alike) share a part of themselves, even if it's just comments and insights posted on a comment board.

They don't HAVE to... they CHOOSE to! That deserves some gratitude - a simple handshake and a 'Thank You' mean a hell of a lot to folks. Seriously.

4) If you DO buy something from an artist, consider paying an extra dollar; JUST a dollar. Why? Simple! Consider a waiter/waitress' tip - the 'double the tax' rule here for me puts a BASELINE tip at 16%. If you get a $10 sketch, $1 is a 10% tip.

Come on... you know what a waiter/waitress would say about you for leaving a freekin' 10% tip? And really, what's an extra dollar? You'll be spending a LOT of money at the con already just getting in and parking and gas and lodging and food and....

What does it all come down to? Its simple; Go the extra niceness mile, be considerate, use good manners, follow the 6-2-1 rule, don't over-share, don't troll and MOST of all.... DON'T BE, "THAT GUY/GAL"! If you have to preface something with a, "please don't take this the wrong way, but...." then don't say it at all.

And finally.... communication. I cannot stress this enough! Make sure you have all the contact information you need in case of an emergency or just to connect with someone you're hoping to see. To that end, for those travelling with smart devices with nearly unlimited data plans, I would suggest using "WAZE" ( http://www.waze.com/ ) for travel / traffic updates / police locations / sharing travel info with others via email/Facebook..... I started an "Anthrocon" group to help us all share data to and from A.C. freely.

So that's it. LONG journal, I know.. but good info. I can't WAIT to see you all SOON!

Sketch: $2
Black and White Bust finished lineart: $4
Colored Bust: $5
Black and White full lineart: $5
Colored Full: $10
Chibi or Corgified: $2
Add another character per drawing: $3 per additional character.
Badge - Digital only: $2
Badge - Digital and Physical: $5

Updated, yet again reduced prices, because obviously I can't sell art at a price that actually earns me anything.

Now aiming for $300, I have reduced the price of my jewelry and marked a few that sold.

I am still open for commissions, and I have lowered the price on these as well... If only in the hopes that someone will actually commision me.

Sketch: $3
Black and White Bust finished lineart: $8
Colored Bust: $10
Black and White full lineart: $10
Colored Full: $20
Chibi or Corgified: $3
Add another character per drawing: $5 per additional character.
Badge - Digital only: $3
Badge - Digital and Physical: $10

Please, folks, I need these funds.

Commission info:

Sketch: $5
Black and White Bust finished lineart: $10
Colored Bust: $15
Black and White full lineart: $15
Colored Full: $25
Chibi or Corgified: $5
Add another character per drawing: $5 per additional character.
Badge - Digital only: $5
Badge - Digital and Physical: $15

Updated

Ok, so as I said, I've got some fursuit jewelry I'm going to be putting out for sale, and I'm still making more, ontop of that I'm offering drawings, and asking donations to those who might be willing to help a pup out. I hate to beg assistance, that's why I'm trying to pull myself together to get past my paranoia about drawing to offer drawings, and I'm going to get images out asap of the jewelry I'm trying to sell, and make more too.

Commission info:

Black and White Bust lineart: $10
Colored Bust: $15
Black and White full lineart: $15
Colored Full: $25
Chibi or Corgified: $5
Add another character per drawing: $5 per additional character.
Badge - Digital only: $5
Badge - Digital and Physical: $15

Jewelry: Price will vary depending on components of pieces. Price will be listed with images of pieces.


Payments and donations send to: Poncle.issun[at]gmail.com through Paypal.

Thank you so much for your time and pleasepleaseplease be kind.

Hey there furs, I've recently expanded into making fursuit jewelry which I'll soon be posting images of my current wares, but I wanted to make note that I'm taking commission for things! Primarily good at clip on dangle earrings and chains for ears atm, but I could probably do some oversized necklaces, depending on materials and designs. Anyway, Message me for details :D

Also, to the gentle woof who I owe a finished drawing to, Ry, I swear I'll have it up soon, I've just been so busy/tired x.x

Stolen from Shujin Tribble

Where will you be?
Wandering, but I do tend to spend a lot of time shopping and at the Zoo

Where are you staying?
Marriott

Who will you be with?
Kirarussiafox and... others?

What is your gender?
Female

How old are you?
29

Can I talk to you?
I guess? Why would you want to...

Can I buy you a drink?
Water, but admittedly i'm cautious.

Are you taken? Are you looking for a 'mate'?
Taken, long distance relationship, very monogymous.

Can I touch you?
With permission and good reason.

Can I touch your friends?
I cannot speak for them....

Can I hug you?
With permission.

How tall are you?
5 foot 8

Are you nice? Or do you think so (no personal references needed)?
I.. like to think so?

Are you friendly?
I think so.

How long are you going?
Thurs-Sun evening.

Can I talk about/do drugs in front of you?
Other than alcohol, no.

Can I invite you out for food/fun/etc?
Sure

Can I come with you for food/fun/etc?
Depends on things

Can I talk to you?
Again, why would you want to...

Can I give you stuff?
By all means. I like things and stuff.

If I see you, how should I get your attention?
Tasogare is my fursona name, I go by Taso or Tas or Tasogare, pomeranian, or OPTIMUS PRIME.