The game.

I might be back. I don't really know. I'm bad at the whole anthro thing now, I just like animals and working on actual human anatomy and shit.

Still.
Let's try this one again, now with better animal knowledge. No Google, no Wikipedia, no anything.



IF YOUR FURSONA WAS:

a general airborne species: Yellow-headed caracara
a general aquatic species: Blue lipped sea krait
a general invertebrate: Avicularia versicolor (Antilles pinktoe tarantula)
an amphibian: Hmm, I'm not great with amphibians. Axolotl as a cheat here.
a bird: ... yellow headed caracara? Alternatively, pennant-winged nightjar.
a canine: Blanford's fox
a caniform carnivore (excluding canines): Marbled polecat <3
a dinosaur: Graciliraptor
a feliform carnivore (excluding felines): Banded palm civet orrr ring tailed mongoose orrr brown hyena
a feline: Colocolo, caracal, sand cat, dinofelis... I dunno, I like cats too much.
an insect/arachnid: Tarantula again, or blue spotted charaxes butterfly.
a marsupial: Antipoline wallaroo
a microoganism: Oh, crap.
a mythical species: Bakeneko. Actually, I'm probably going to keep this one as it fits my "essentially feline but can't stick with any species ever for too long".
a primate: I'm bad at primates too. A tamarin or marmoset of some sort.
a reptile: If not the krait, ummm... bush viper? The red phase ones are gorgeous.
a rodent or lagomorph: Prevost's squirrel, or a Luzon cloud rat whatever they're called.
an ungulate: I'm bad at ungulates. Tufted deer? I like the fangdeer.
a mammal in a group not listed above: I dunno, you covered all of Carnivora so I'm pretty happy. Still, chiroptera? Afrotheria? Xenatheria? Monotremes? What have I missed?

What do you, as the audience, think that my art style says about me personally?

What type of feeling do you get from it, and what kind of feeling does that give you about me?

(These next two questions assume you actually know me, so you may skip these last two.)

Do you think it describes my personality well?

If not, what do you think would reflect it better?

I thought this'd be interesting, as I'm sure plain colours gives off something, I'm just not sure what.

ALL OF YOU. <3333

1. What animal is your fursona?
The love child of a cat and a rough collie (and by love child I mean a kid born in wedlock).

2. If it wasn't this animal, what would it be?
Ehh, I've been identifying with agile arboreal mammals recently - squirrels, martens, red pandas... I wonder what that's about. I nearly picked a fluffy blue dragon or a sabre-toothed cat ages ago.

3. Got any pics that you like? (Of either the animal or your fursona itself.)
HERE IS A PICTURE OF MY DADDY.
HERE IS MY MOTHER.
AND THIS IS ME. Love, Google.

4. When did you know that this animal was your fursona?
I walked from the anime fandom with my yellow catgirl alter-ego into the furry fandom pretty easily. I've always been compared to a cat (apparently I spent two weeks as a small child pretending to be one - I can clearly remember successfully getting my aunt to give me a saucer of milk), I'm not going to complain. The collie half appeared when I decided I wanted to tie in my family to my fursona, and realised my father was never going to be a cat. But it's okay, his favourite dog breed is mine too, and it has pretty close colours to my already established appearance.

5. What does this animal mean to you?
Cat is my independent streak/complex and authority issues, or something. I don't know, this is one of those cliché "the animal chose me!" moments so I'm making it up. I 'spose the collie represents when I realised I wasn't such an antisocial bastard as I thought I was and actually quite liked people. Also, I like both. They're cute fluffy animals. Isn't that enough?

6. What qualities do you feel you have in common with this animal?
Hm, I think I already answered a bit of this in the question above. Erm. I'm practically a carnivore. I like to think I'm intelligent - and you know how collies are supposed to be destructive when they're not intellectually stimulated? I wonder if the fact that they're both domesticated means something. Probably that I'm uninventive.

7. In what ways do you try to become your fursona? Do you dress up, write stories, draw pictures, etc.?
... try to become? I'm quite happy being a part of her and using her as an online face, thanks.

8. Would you want to physically become your fursona in real life?
No. Well, it'd be cool if everyone suddenly became some anthro animal... and there'd be no huge fuss over shaving... but no. Think of the plugholes.

9. You're changing into your fursona! What's the first thing you're going to do?
Indulge my inner TF fetishist. Poke the fluff. Hug the tail. Freak out and wonder how I'm going to cope with being a humanoid yellow kitty monster.

Hi FA. I was starting to wonder if you were actually contained within my laptop, what with you breaking at moreorless the same time. I'm glad you're not, because I am too poor to get my laptop fixed at present, I am already wondering if I can actually pay rent this month.

The point of this: If I owe you art, you're going to have to wait a bit. Sorry.

Game.

Keep an eye out for the thousand.

...

silly Fu, enter is not tab. (Apologies to anyone who got confused by the blank journal.)

1. I'VE FINISHED  possumfox's COMMISSION
2. I CAN'T FIND THE DAMN USB PEN TO PUT IT ON THE RIGHT COMPUTER
3. I have to do 10 days worth of work/volunteering with animals by September or I do not go to college. I work full time wahey -suicude-

Now that I've actually got me a commissioner in the shape of  possumfox, I should probably get off my big yellow tush and do something about my slowly building to-do list of art.

Damn you, work/housesitting/having my own place.

(In other news, prices of commissions have been lowered, and I'm always accepting trades. Check them out on the link at the bottom there.)

I think I preferred myself when I was stoically complaining about not feeling anything.

If I keep this up I can move onto bigger things... like LiveJournal.

I preordered Pokemon Platinum, swayed by two packs of cards and a fluffy Mamoswine. I originally wasn't going to get it, but considering how much I loved the Battle Zone (or whatevs it was) in Emerald and the fact that I'm in dire need of box space, it shouldn't be a wasted investment. Besides, it's something different to distract me from endless Pokedex filling.

I'm far more excited about Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Like a ridiculous amount of others, I consider Generation II the best lot of 'em, and Silver was the first Pokemon game I owned (even if I managed to lose it after three weeks).

... fuck this, I have nothing to say. I'm going to make couscous and see if anyone wants to do anything since I got out of work stupidearly.

Anyone watching me still a Gaiafag and accepting gold for art?

Or has paid someone in gold recently?

Looking for artists and such.

Previously in my life:

I left school at 16 with enough grades to do a BND in Fine Art at college. I dropped out in the first year because I couldn't cope with the workload/found qualifications to show you can draw really stupid.

I went on to do an NVQ in Graphic Design. Had an argument with the teacher fairly late in the course (two days before it finished...) because he insisted I'd never be a good graphic designer. Left, obviously. Wanker.

Bummed around for several months. Got a part-time job. Have been there nearly a year.


Right.

I've had two years off from education, but I want to get back in. I'm thinking of doing a course in Animal Care. Three days a week, one year, equivalent to two or three A-levels, accepted by a fair few unis if I feel like going that far. The place is 15 miles away, which is doable. "19-25 year olds studying for their first full Level 3 course may be eligible for 100% reduction in tuition fees." Excellent. "Students in receipt of certain means tested benefits may be entitled fo 100% reduction on tuition fees." I have that too.

Why? I'm fucking bored. I'm not doing anything with my life. Before I started thinking about this, I noticed I had absolutely no plans. Was I genuinely thinking of having a seasonal job and living half on benefits all my life? Was I going to be leeching off my SO? No thank you.

I like animals (nuuhhh, I hate them, that's why I'm a furfag -rollseyes-). I have a fixation on animal breeding and genetics. But as proved by my previous encounters with college, I have issues with education. I'll have to fix those.

I don't like people telling me what to do.
But my superiors at work can, and I don't mind - why?
I keep work time and play time very separate. I'll work well enough in an educational building, but I never did homework/coursework.
This is mostly a practical course, so I have less to worry about there. For what I have to do... I can do little bits on the train ride there and back. I have a flatmate who works as a teacher and will beat me around the head/bribe me. My girlfriend will be doing a higher course at uni and she'll be doing work - why can't I? Guilt trip, hee.


Look guys I can write lots of things. That's practice too. I can so do this. c:

Age: 19
Where did you grow up: Essex, England

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
A stream

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Trolley. ALSO WHAT IS THIS GROCERY STORE OBJECT. SUPERMARKET.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Lunch box

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Sofa/settee

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch, though I haven't seen many of those so I probably just got the word off US programs.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Fizzy drinks

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancake

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
... a big sandwich?

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Shorts/trunks

12. Shoes worn for sports.
Trainers, I guess.

13. Putting a room in order.
Tidying up

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Firefly

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Woodlouse? Is that the only one that does that?

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
See-saw

17. How do you eat your pizza?
Shove it iiiin. Sometimes I'll eat the crust, sometimes I won't.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale

19. What's the evening meal?
Tea/dinner

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Fountain

#1. Do you and your "fursona" look alike?
Despite the obvious "wtf I am not yellow", yes. She's my height, width, measurements, hair texture (well, maybe not quite as curly... don't want to be a rex kitty), piercings... etc, etc.

#2. Do you and your "fursona" share attires?
Yes, though we wear different colours as would suit our skins/fur/hair/dinosaur better - I dress winter, she dresses autumn. Casual or corset.

#3. Do you share the same sexuality as your fursona?
Yes, presumably.

#4. If you hadn’t already made your fursona look like you, if you would to change how he/she looked like to make him/her look more like you, how would you think he/she would look like?
Make her a sphynx cat.

#5. Did you work hard to develop your fursona? What is the (brief) history of your fursona?
She developed over time from a single scribbly drawing and always had the same general appearance, though her species has been changed regularly. She's been crosses of sand cats, birmans and turkish vans at various points since I tried to give her a species/breed.

#6. Do you and your fursona share relationship status?
Yes, she's in a relationship with a mouse girl with far too many similarities to my girlfriend to be coincidental.

#7. Do you find yourself jealous or upset if you get paired with someone you don’t like or your partner does?
I've never been in this situation, sorry. But I wouldn't try it.

#8. How would you like your character not to be used?
Haha, I'm a bit of a prude, sry guys - nothing at all that needs to be put in the adult category, and I'll only be in romantic couple pics with my mate (unless it can be passed off as pisstake flirting, and I like you.)

#9. What’s your fursona’s specialty?
That's a bit vague.

#10. At a score of 1-10 how much are you and your fursona alike?
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I have internet at home again.

Logan ratty seems to be scared of the MSN badada noise. It's his own fault for being skinny.

I have two requests to do don't let me forget.

FOR THE FIRST TIME. :D

Want a little vectory art thingy? Fiver or a trade.

Oh god it looks really tempting today. I want to run around in a giant animal suit and use it for fundraising

and there's this little rat boy who's all like "dress up as mee! I have barely any character design so you won't get pissed off trying to find the exact shade of greyblue because you haven't worked that out yet! :D"

I blame Comic Relief.



Or the fact that I've just dyed my hair blueblack and feel the need to project it onto a character that isn't Fu because it just wouldn't suit her.

How does science explain these things?

Sod the sketchbook in the wrong place.

I am going to get trades done now. From scratch. Then you get one picture now and one later as compensation because I'm just slow as fuck.

(That means you, TechCat and VerminPatriot.)

Ares the ratty had his tumour removed, and despite the stitches coming undone, he's mostly all healed and back in the main cage so he'll stop bloody escaping and Logan doesn't go nuts trying to gnaw through the bars to get to him.

And something that seemed too self-pitying to whinge about last week - my mother had a lump in her breast, and we thought it was a cancer relapse what with it being in the same place and all. It was a cyst. :)

that whilst browsing species:rat I had this weird digital sound effect in my head. Turns out to be rattata's cry.

Oh uh good thoughts for a rat getting a tumor removed on monday?

Holy crap I need to draw. I hate this game.

Yeah guess who moved out and is working half the time and still doesn't have internet BUT WILL GET THINGS DONE EVENTUALLY

Ugh. Fuck digital art. I'm going back to watercolours.

Apologies to those I'm trading with, I hope now I'll be quicker with a medium I'm more comfortable with.