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John Rios
Well, here's the last page just to wrap stuff up. :-) Man, I could have made this comic into a 20 pager, but I think I've made my point. I'm sorry for the grim little ending, but that's how it's gonna end in real life, because furries aren't going away.
AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. I just want to encourage artists out there (especially the younger ones) to not be afraid to try something new. Sure this furry thing might have it's hooks in you good, but your talents don't have to end at fur! You can use them to paint landscapes! You can use them to render still lifes! Create all kinds of characters that are not limited to furry! Expand your originality! And if you wanna slum it for a while, you can even make a few comics like yours truely. I urge you to learn the highly elusive and complicated human form, which I truely feel is the starting block for all artists. Once you got that, you can do anything, including some kick-butt furries. :-) Thanks for reading and thank you everyone who has supported this effort and thank you everyone who has givin me some critisizm and helped me understand the furry phenomenon much better.
Our love of Art is the reason all of us are here on this site, so lets make sure we're sharing our best.
-John
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God, it's so true! In real life, if I saw a furry... well, I don't know what I’d do... I'd run maybe, I don't mean to be prejudice, but I don't know what they want. Are they on the level? Not sure. They have canines, so that must mean they like meat right? Will they bite me? Not sure.
This is great; you have nice movement in your comics. I like your grays too! Oh ah!
Actually... you've kinda tempted me to try drawing a furry thing... you know, try my hand at something new...
I'm not sure if it's a good idea but it'd probably be fun.
(If you can't beat 'em with a stick, you might as well join 'em, just for the weekends mind!)
-K-
applauds Point well illustraited! I was just thinking that not too long ago... Which is ironic because I started out drawing furries... I was almost too afraid to draw humans. But thinks My first girlfriend, who was/is highly into anime, unknowingly pushed me to try my hand at it.
Now I love it :P I aggree with you whole heartedly on this one! Artists shouldn't be afraid to try something new! Art is all about self-expansion, in mentallity and emotion, you have to keep your mind open in order to improve! Limit yourself to furry art ONLY and you could just be holding yourself back from something you could be even BETTER at!
But yeah... most furry-exclusive artists are awesome, though :P
BUT STILL X_X
This was an awesome comic, john! Point very well made. I bow to thee! (just not that low because my back hurts... you get what I mean tho, yes?) You be absolutely right on how people should not limit their skills to only one faction of art. (there's a lot of anime people out there tooo!) And it really would be nice to see how they do other things. And I must say, John, for a first time at drawing furries, you've accomplished a job well done while also making a true yet humourous observation. I salute you! Wheeeee! skips off merrily before collapsing in bed