I REALLY love this picture!

The human hand reaching to the fur and making it seem like there is a universe for furs and humans to be in the same generation.

I adore this picture a lot! :D

Gorgeous shading to :)

Thank you very much. I'm glad you like how the two work together.

Nice muscletone.

Thanks. Spent a lot of time fiddling with the upper and mid-back. Was never really happy with it.

Sounds freaky.. but looks awesome!

Was freaky! Weird story...Not quite so creepy as Watts Martin's story, 'How George Miles Almost Saved the World'. Glad you like how it looks.

You do a lovely job with fur shading, so I can't help it! :)

Can I please see the story??

I finally found it online. And was reminded of mistake I made.

The vixen was supposed to be golden-furred.

D'oh!

Costume: Vixen, Golden by Kim Liu
http://tsa.transform.to/furry/costu.....xengolden.html

Kim purchased the original of this pic, which I found flattering especially as I flubbed the fur-color.

I remember this story. ^.^

Hullo fellow ratness. Yup. Creepy stuff. I always seemed to get picked to do creepy stuff. At one point back in the early nineties, Eric Blumrich (I believe it was) dubbed me the H.P. Lovecraft of furry art...Not entirely sure I agree. Lovecraft was a writer and poet. I do like his work, but I never felt my art itself was that dark...Well, possibly some of the Revar pictures.

I can't think of anything that creepy or even horror-themed in your art, no.

I'd say some of the Revar artwork (particularly the bloodletting one, and the one with her sitting with the corpse of the boy across her lap, crying) would qualify as horror-themed to some folks.

Okay -- I've not seen THAT one.

I've always loved this picture. I do wish you could have done a second, of the original vixen suit lying on the ground at the wearer's feet -- and beneath, they're still a vixen.

Very great piece of artwork.

Unfortunately I have never turned out a great volume of art. I only had time to do one piece for the story, and while I think your idea would make a GREAT piece of art it would have 'given away the ending'.

Thanks for the compliment, Heck, I'd commission something like that from you if I knew how to contact you & if you were interested.

best!

Sorry, but I'm not taking commissions at this time. I am in a state where I draw rarely, and am very, very, very out of practice.

We'll see what the future brings.

Creepy but good.

It's what makes it unique.

*Bow*

Glad you liked it.

Thank you.

I remember seeing this picture so long ago. I loved it so much =)

I'm glad to see it here!

I'm always very flattered when people remember seeing my work from so many years ago. Thank you. :)

Hey most welcome =) It's inspiring to see works like this around. Gives me hope that all the old artists that I love still take pride in what they do and haven't let the petty assholes get them down =) I'm glad you posted this. It prooves that art is timeless even to those just now discovering a lot of art in the fandom =)

sounds like an interesting idea .

I am pretty sure you can find the story if you do a search for 'Costume golden vixen', if you'd like to read it.

This beautiful image was the first piece of furry artwork I ever saw (Disney characters notwithstanding). Barely a teenager, it opened my eyes to a whole community, one that I'm very thankful to be a part of. Thank you, Zjonni.

I'm very glad you enjoyed it so much. Stories like this always boggle me a little bit. I know I was active in the fandom very early on but it's still always strange and wonderful to hear 'I found out about this because of your art.'

At the time, I had no indication that it was an illustration to a story. It came up in an Alta Vista search with no connection to anything else. All I had was the e-mail address in the image and when I wrote to it, my message was bounced back. As I met other furs, they all believed you had disappeared. I couldn't help but feel a little sad that I might not ever be able to thank the artist. It feels pretty good to finally get the chance.

I agree with Thaily - the muscletone is most excellent. I really love what you've done with making her an expressive being as well...

I just checked that link you posted to the story and agree it is quite creepy, but very well written - I thoroughly enjoyed it (:

Thank you! I had a lot of trouble with the expression at that angle. Glad you enjoyed it. :)

You're welcome! Any trouble you may have had is clearly not evident... the hard work really paid off! (:

Aah, I'd seen this years ago, and wondered if there was some sort of story behind it...now I know!

Sure was! Nice to be remembered, thanks. :)

Faving because I remember seeing this when I discovered the fandom online a long time ago

Oh wow! I remember this story!

Fabulous, really nice work.

Isn't the moral of that story that one should face the world as yourself instead of retreating into an escapist fursona? Over the course of several chapters we watch this nebbish man become more and more dependent on the woman he became, until there is literally nothing left of him. His life crashes and burns as he forgets his job and blows his money on things for his vixen. In the end, he becomes exactly what he chose to become; a pretty, hollow object with no will of its own.

Or you could have escapist fantasies about owning one of those suits for yourself. The author probably does not care either way, as long as he gets pageviews.

The fantastic realist art is pretty good, though. It shows some real effort was put into it. Lots of artists these days just click the fill bucket tool once and move on.

I remember reading this story during the time I was still getting to know the fandom. It was actually one of the stories that helped me introduce one of my friends to furries and she saw the important lesson in it. I remember the picture and how you got even the detail of the rings on the hand right. Yes, the fur color is different, but when you see the image, you forget all about it. It's an excellent piece of work. =^.^=

-Vaperfox