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New artist spotlight: Nieve
General | Posted 13 years ago
nieveIf you haven't already checked out her work, you should ^^
Nieve has a unique style of vector art and also does flash animation. Here's an animation she created of my fursona: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKfyA4OlfA
Awesome. See her gallery for more.
nieveRequests: 3 Slots CLOSED
General | Posted 14 years agoI'm ready for more fun and practice ^^. I am open to drawing all ages and only work on 'clean' art.
I have three request slots open for the first three people who reply to this journal and answer the following questions:
1) Reference sheet or colored drawing of your character
2) Age of your character
3) OPTIONAL: any special request, such as a certain pose, specific clothing, an overall feeling, or something to give the drawing a direction or theme
I have three request slots open for the first three people who reply to this journal and answer the following questions:
1) Reference sheet or colored drawing of your character
2) Age of your character
3) OPTIONAL: any special request, such as a certain pose, specific clothing, an overall feeling, or something to give the drawing a direction or theme
Three Commission Slots Open, Introductory Prices
General | Posted 14 years agoI'm new to the commissioning game and am trying to get started :)
If anyone is interested in art from a hardworking, up-and-coming artist, my commission prices and TOS are here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6970603/
I can be contacted via e-mail
If anyone is interested in art from a hardworking, up-and-coming artist, my commission prices and TOS are here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6970603/
I can be contacted via e-mail
Free Art Raffle from DaveMunk (Repost)
General | Posted 14 years agoCheck it out: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3144727/
Can I get an art crit?
General | Posted 14 years agoIf anyone has a moment, I would appreciate it. I'm just looking for feedback for improvement, beyond the usual 'looks good/cute'--which is appreciated, nonetheless--but I wanna know what you really think ^^;
It doesn't need to be a "professional" crit, just what you think.
If you are inclined, please (constructively) rip apart these two by commenting on this journal:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7206941
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7024439
The above two are of my own fursona, so feel free to be as brutal and honest as you want; I won't mind. I would also appreciate generalities (such as "you generally tend to do this well/not-so-well") about any of my other works.
It doesn't need to be a "professional" crit, just what you think.
If you are inclined, please (constructively) rip apart these two by commenting on this journal:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7206941
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7024439
The above two are of my own fursona, so feel free to be as brutal and honest as you want; I won't mind. I would also appreciate generalities (such as "you generally tend to do this well/not-so-well") about any of my other works.
Lion King Plushie Collection
General | Posted 14 years agoI know I have a lot of littlefur watchers and I noticed that several of you have The Lion King listed as a favorite movie, so... if anybody is interested, I have my TLK plush and toy collection here: http://tygoncub.deviantart.com
Since The Lion King 3D was re-released in theaters I've kinda been on a plushie spree ^^ and have been watching other people's collections on DA. I find it somehow fascinating to read about the history of all these plush which have been produced world-wide. I never knew TLK had such a wide fanbase. There were some really fantastic, high quality plush that were never released for retail in the USA, even though they were made by a US-based company (Douglas Cuddle Toys). Some of the French and German designs were outstanding, too.
It just reminds me of something a plush-maker on DA said: plush making is sort of a lost art form. Most people consider plush to be just playthings for kids, but some of the designs are really, really amazing. Of course most of the one-off, artist-made dolls are, but I'm even including some of the mass-produced plush. I imagine the design team employed to make plush and I wonder: how do they see their jobs? As just a toymaker, or how I see them: sculptors, with soft materials as their medium instead of clay or stone.
Anyways, /TLKgeekout
Since The Lion King 3D was re-released in theaters I've kinda been on a plushie spree ^^ and have been watching other people's collections on DA. I find it somehow fascinating to read about the history of all these plush which have been produced world-wide. I never knew TLK had such a wide fanbase. There were some really fantastic, high quality plush that were never released for retail in the USA, even though they were made by a US-based company (Douglas Cuddle Toys). Some of the French and German designs were outstanding, too.
It just reminds me of something a plush-maker on DA said: plush making is sort of a lost art form. Most people consider plush to be just playthings for kids, but some of the designs are really, really amazing. Of course most of the one-off, artist-made dolls are, but I'm even including some of the mass-produced plush. I imagine the design team employed to make plush and I wonder: how do they see their jobs? As just a toymaker, or how I see them: sculptors, with soft materials as their medium instead of clay or stone.
Anyways, /TLKgeekout
Raffle from Prodigious9 (Repost)
General | Posted 14 years agoAnother raffle repost, must be the time of year ^^
Prodigious9 is running an exceptionally generous raffle that involves $300 worth of commissions (paid for by him) and 5 winners. Go check it out: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/...../#cid:23482247
Prodigious9 is running an exceptionally generous raffle that involves $300 worth of commissions (paid for by him) and 5 winners. Go check it out: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/...../#cid:23482247Free Collar & Paci Holder Contest (Repost)
General | Posted 14 years ago
Pollypuma is having a contest for babyfurs, winner gets a free collar and paci holder. This is my entry ^^The collars are nice work indeed, go check it out: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2982608/
Well, I'm here *looks around in confusion*
General | Posted 14 years agoThis was sparked by another journal, by 
lucca (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2898169/).
I started typing a comment and it morphed into an off-the-cuff... something. At any rate, this stuff has been on my mind a lot lately. So here it is:
In real life, I feel like I'm play-acting being an adult. And sometimes I fail at it. Sure I can do all of the responsible adult things (serious voice)--hold down a job, pay bills on time, cook, clean, drive, blah, blah--but there is just something in my personality that isn't 100% grown-up and I wouldn't want it to be. A balance between the two is what I'm looking for.
I've tried to stifle my childlike side when around others, but I've slowly stopped caring. I'll grin like an idiot when I see the beauty of the world; I'll stare in wonder at simple things; I'll let my imagination run wild with my pencil in hand. My excited words might sometimes jumble, my bouncy demeanor may gather sidelong glances and wry grins. (A few weeks ago, the Disney Store "cast member" seemed very amused with me as I happily trounced around the store picking out Lion King plushies--it really had been far too long since I'd been to a Disney store.)
But I fail to comprehend what is so bad about having these qualities, about having an enthusiasm for life that seems to run counter to the world-weary attitudes that so many adults carry. I am reminded of a comedy skit by Ellen Degeneres, and I'm majorly paraphrasing here, but the gist of it is that when we are very young (and you need only observe a small child for a short while to confirm this) we have so much joy in the world around us. Even the simplest things, like learning to walk, elicit huge grins of joy on the faces of young ones. But adults? For adults, the response is "ungh, now I've gotta get up and walk *heavy sigh*."
It is the rare adult that I meet who still has that spark and energetic love of life (and they're often artists or the creative types). Why does that light have to go out of us as our physical bodies age? I posit that it is possible to retain a childlike enthusiasm for life and balance that with the acquired knowledge, skills, and life experience of an adult.
And here is where the littlefur thing comes in. Because this is personality-driven for me, it took a long time to realize that this baby/little-fur thing is a fetish for some, apparently. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around that concept. My mental categorization of being a littlefur is something which is 'simple, playful, innocent.' That being where my mind is at, perhaps you can understand my surprise when I learned of the disdain with which other furs view baby/little-furs. How could something so harmless be held in such contempt?
I guess I'll stop this right here, because I have no resolution. I'm still a bit flummoxed, to be honest. I will always leave others to their own opinions, I'm just a little (lot) disheartened that being a littlefur is apparently anathema. And I am very uncomfortable with the thought that a random fur crossing my page is likely to class my art as something libido-driven, when it simply is not and never can be.
lucca (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2898169/). I started typing a comment and it morphed into an off-the-cuff... something. At any rate, this stuff has been on my mind a lot lately. So here it is:
In real life, I feel like I'm play-acting being an adult. And sometimes I fail at it. Sure I can do all of the responsible adult things (serious voice)--hold down a job, pay bills on time, cook, clean, drive, blah, blah--but there is just something in my personality that isn't 100% grown-up and I wouldn't want it to be. A balance between the two is what I'm looking for.
I've tried to stifle my childlike side when around others, but I've slowly stopped caring. I'll grin like an idiot when I see the beauty of the world; I'll stare in wonder at simple things; I'll let my imagination run wild with my pencil in hand. My excited words might sometimes jumble, my bouncy demeanor may gather sidelong glances and wry grins. (A few weeks ago, the Disney Store "cast member" seemed very amused with me as I happily trounced around the store picking out Lion King plushies--it really had been far too long since I'd been to a Disney store.)
But I fail to comprehend what is so bad about having these qualities, about having an enthusiasm for life that seems to run counter to the world-weary attitudes that so many adults carry. I am reminded of a comedy skit by Ellen Degeneres, and I'm majorly paraphrasing here, but the gist of it is that when we are very young (and you need only observe a small child for a short while to confirm this) we have so much joy in the world around us. Even the simplest things, like learning to walk, elicit huge grins of joy on the faces of young ones. But adults? For adults, the response is "ungh, now I've gotta get up and walk *heavy sigh*."
It is the rare adult that I meet who still has that spark and energetic love of life (and they're often artists or the creative types). Why does that light have to go out of us as our physical bodies age? I posit that it is possible to retain a childlike enthusiasm for life and balance that with the acquired knowledge, skills, and life experience of an adult.
And here is where the littlefur thing comes in. Because this is personality-driven for me, it took a long time to realize that this baby/little-fur thing is a fetish for some, apparently. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around that concept. My mental categorization of being a littlefur is something which is 'simple, playful, innocent.' That being where my mind is at, perhaps you can understand my surprise when I learned of the disdain with which other furs view baby/little-furs. How could something so harmless be held in such contempt?
I guess I'll stop this right here, because I have no resolution. I'm still a bit flummoxed, to be honest. I will always leave others to their own opinions, I'm just a little (lot) disheartened that being a littlefur is apparently anathema. And I am very uncomfortable with the thought that a random fur crossing my page is likely to class my art as something libido-driven, when it simply is not and never can be.
