Hi everyone! I know it's been a long time since I've really been active on here. I went real quiet after art-college & have been working really hard since. It's been a rough road & I know that's a pretty relatable feeling for allot of folks too. I'm still working on myself via therapy & have had allot of support from some amazing friends while building towards being a full time artist. My wife & I recently attended our first furry convention in nearly 10 years (FWA'24). It was a massive reminder of how beautiful this community can be & how many friends we have here. Most of the work I've done over the past while has been on other platforms, like twitter, bluesky, telegram, etc. I'll provide a link, in this journal, that will take you to a personal little website I created to share where you can access those particular handles/portfolios; as well as commission information! Infact you should be able to find the link in my bio here on FA!

Regardless, you can access it here if you're interested~ https://calligrakita.carrd.co/

I've been debating whether or not I should pick this account back up & start posting here again, or potentially make a whole new FA for future work. Honestly I've also been looking into creating a subscribestar or patreon-like system in the near future, but I still plan on doing commission work as well. I'll try to keep things updated while I work on these changes. I just want to thank you all, new & old friends alike, who continue to support what I do. This community has been so incredibly kind; I love creating art that makes so many folks happy!

In the meantime, please feel free to take a look at some of those other handles in the link. I'm allot more active on those platforms nowadays & I'd love to keep sharing my work with all of you while I continue to find new avenues of creativity.

~ Dan

For all ya babbus out there, tomorrow is National Baby Day. :P I'll be turning 27 as well cause it's also my birthday!
I actually didn't discover that until last year. XD;

Then it's Len's birthday on the 5th, and I have my graduation ceremony from Shepherd University on the 6th! ouo; It's gonna be one eventful week lol.

Gonna post a pic I've been working on for my birthday though. UuU Trying some new things with my style and whatnot.

Thanks to all you peeps who grabbed one! They'll be done this week and I'll open more next week on my Twitter: @ artistakita

Go ahead and follow me there if you wanna. :3

Hey peeps! :3

I'm open for commissions on Twitter currently so if anyone's interested: https://twitter.com/ArtistAkita/sta.....33614710607872

8 slots, first come first serve, just DM me on twitter if you wanna claim one! If you don't have a Twitter you can PM me here on FA.

Just got my final grades, and it's safe to say that I have now, as of this month, graduated Shepherd University with a Bachelor in Fine Arts!!

It's been an amazing experience learning and working through college, and I'm excited to start making art my job! <3 This also means I plan on finishing up some commissions and I plan on starting to take up more cause I need to get an income going for bills. XD

If you're curious to see what I've been doing throughout college, you can look at my work on my website: art.danriggs.net

Also, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year. We could use one after 2016!

~ Dan

Since my last journal? XD I would know cause it was my birthday yesterday! And my last journal was from that date two years ago lol.

SO my absence and miscommunication over these several long years was all my fault. I took up allot of commissions work that is so unbelievably overdue and it was right before I entered Shepherd University starting on my Bachelor of Fine Arts. Unfortunately I underestimated how much the school was expecting of my commitment. Over the past couple years I've had to dedicate all of my time for art towards my degree, and catching up with people about artwork became tougher and tougher to juggle while during school.

Thankfully I just got past my graduate courses and I get my Bachelor Degree this December after one more semester this fall! Now I feel I can not only catch up on overdue work, but use my honed art skills for my commission work as well. C:

I do very much apologize for all of the inconveniences this may have caused, but I'm starting to get back into action and I have my fire burning again!

If you'd like to check out a majority of the work I've done through school, check out my site! art.danriggs.net

Catch ya'll soon! C;

Ugh I feel old now ;u;

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13324263/

Check it out! It's so cute. <3
You guys should shoot for it!

Check em out! :3

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5479026/

Hey everyone! I actually exist!

I deeply apologize for my year long absences between chatting and commissions, I'm terribly sorry.
Life's been hellish lately, especially the past couple months.

THANKFULLY I'm now attending Shepherd University as an Art Student!! C:


ALSO!! Now that I have the last of the character info I needed I can finally finish that group pic I started years ago. ;u; I'm so sorry for the wait and I thank you all for being UNBELIEVABLY PATIENT with me.... seriously I deserve to be sued! TuT

Once I post up all these extremely overdue commissions, I can get back on track and start doing them regularly!
Me and are gonna start doing collaborative commission arts where I do the line art and she'll do the coloring. These will most likely be simple possibly non-shaded pieces but they'll be fun. :3 Quick too since I might be too busy to finish and she'll be able to color them when I'm not around.

Hope to have another update soon!

It's for an important cause!
And if you like League of Legends then it'll be a plus for you! :3

It'll be played by our very own babby dragon

CHECK IT OUT HERE!! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5213449/

Super cute arts and stuff. :3 Reasonable prices too! Go get 'em!

My phone got hit by some water today and got fried. <:/
I havent backed it up in forever either so all of the important stuff I had on it is most likely screwed.

Plus this also means any of you who keep in contact with me through my phone have just lost that contact so I'm sorry. :1

Of course my dad replaces my siblings' and his own phone every couple months but god forbid I ask for some help... so yeah this only makes life even tougher than it should be cause it's has absolutely sucked major s**t lately.

Oh well.

http://www.livestream.com/Lenlenart?t=151303

Go watch!! :3

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4758647/

Go try!! :3

https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4696141/

Go and try! :3 His art is the coolest!

Go get some free stuff yah!

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4615607/

Go wish a happy birthday! :3 My Sweetheart deserves it.

If you dont, you'll e missing more than just toes. Say goodbye to fingers. :D

I know you're ticklish on your feet!
So I hope you kept all of your toes. :U


Thanks again everyone. <3 Luv all yah!

And for those of you who don't know hat I'm talking about:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4591177/

The past couple months have been really rough but me and have been doing our best.

Recently my computer's harddrive got screwed and I've been trying to recover as much stuff as I can. For those of you who have been waiting all year for the group commission ( yeah I know, I'm really sorry ;^; ) I can safely say that once I get my computer up and running I can finally post it! :3 I really like how it's been coming along too. I re-drew it at one point cause I hated the first time... But I suppose that was a rough draft. XD;

But yeah, right now I'm just using my phone to post and check messages. I'll get that pic up as soon as my computer comes back from the grave. :U Thankfuly I didn't lose the group file! ouo;;

Right now I'm just enjoying a well deserve spring break before college starts back up. Me and Len celebrated our 5th anniversary last week and we're gonna have some fun this week. :3 As soon as I'm done with this semester I can finally get my degree and find something new!

Thank you all for your amazing patience. Again I apologize and will do future commissions as sketch batches only to avoid these situations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI75zyCLCG0

When I first played monster hunter, I was immediately glued. This is seriously one of the greatest games I've ever played! C: I suggest to those who haven't played yet to give it a try! You'll love it!
The demo releases on 3DS and WiiU tomorrow!

An Unextpected Journey that is!! :D
I have been waiting for The Hobbit for too long. The Lord of the Rings was one of the greatest things to have ever happened to me... and sure I've watched it SO many times for years and years! Even then I never lost touch with the inspiration it gave to me; the wondrous sense of adventure. But as the years went by, we all knew it was done. Yes it was beyond amazing but the Lord of the Rings was over and we moved on.

Now this!! My excitement and inspiration has not only been renewed, but watching an old adventure unfold in such a new way is beyond epic! The Hobbit was one of the greatest movies I've seen in a long time! <3 I can't wait to see the sequels!!

Other than that, I must say "finally" to the Internet problem. I got it back and everything should be working again. The big group commission will be done soon!! Again I apologize for this wait, this year has had too many twists ad turns for me to keep up with anything and it has been incredibly stressful. But I'm going to do this. I will have it up soon.

Thank you for your amazing patience.

First off I just want to say that my Bukido Dojo's 2nd annual King of the Ring Sword Tournament was held last week... And I got first place!!! 8D It was amazing and fun, and my competition was close! The most fun I've had in a while! <3

Ok, so me and have finished our new home and made it really nice and comfortable full of neat things. :3

Unfortunately our newest neighbor, who moved in below us, has been a complete dick. He's an extremely nit-picky germaphobe who claims that my landlord doesn't take care of the health of his renters, nor does he allow Internet strong enough for use.

Honestly I'm friends with my landlord and he's a really great guy that does everything he can to help out. This neighbor keeps trying to get him in legal trouble for the stupidest reasons and now he's gone off the deep end. He found access to the Internet and electricity and decided unless he gets free electricity, nobody can have it.

So I don't have Internet, and our lights outside have been shut off. Thankfully, my landlord is gonna sneak the router and modem and is gonna give it to me and Len to watch over and access so he can't.

I just hope it happens soon, and hopefully taking him to court will get him out. Hopefully my Internet and stuff will be back on soon!

Alright well this past week has been absolute hell for me, but for once I actually got a night off! So I decided to relax, and get some commissions done before I pass out. XD So I'll be sketching these out of the way so I can get finished with my big group commission! <3 I can't wait!

Link:

http://www.livestream.com/danwolfsart?t=822077

Streaming soon, sorry its not working. XD;