Current projects I'm actually hoping I can do something with. Some day...

~ I want to redraw various real world artwork so that the humans are replaced by anthropomorphic animals, alá The Abduction of Jill Psyche. The big problem with the types of painting which have struck my eye is that they tend to have nude people in them (usually women).

~ I want to return to my novel Winterfur and finish the reworking. Not only will I inflict editing on it, but I see where I can reshuffle stuff and add more to it. Art-wise, the only character I have actually drawn out to my satisfaction is Deidrei Leafbright, a female gray squirrel who be seen on my gallery.

~ I want to at least finish first drafts of Winterfur's sequel, "Isen's Bane"/"Doom of Twelve" and "Seal Hunt". Deidrei, formerly a secondary character introduced halfway through the first novel, gains co-star status just in time to find out she's one of Twelve doomed to die trying to stop the thing called Isen's Bane. Will she sacrifice herself heroically, perish lamely, or be rescued in the nick of time? Yes, I'd like to know too. "Seal Hunt" doesn't tell me anything about Deidrei's chances for survival since it's set between the two novels. It touches on what seal hunting and selkies might be in a furry shared world.

There are other things I'd like to do, but these are the big ones.

:The big problem with the types of painting which have struck my eye is that they :tend to have nude people in them (usually women).

And the problem with that is....? Like the ads say, "Just do it". No place better to tackle one's problems head on than art, I always say.

I'm glad to hear you're still working on Winterfur, CyberCorn. I really enjoyed reading it and hope you'll let me read more when you get to editing it. I also really enjoyed The Abduction of Jill Psyche, so I encourage everyone reading to go look!

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Quoth migucast: And the problem with that is....? Like the ads say, "Just do it". No place better to tackle one's problems head on than art, I always say.

For one thing, I don't think some of it would be allowed on Side 7. For another, I'm not comfortable with revealing an innocent interest in something that someone else might misconstrue as "sexy". Even my friends used to get mean about it.

In any case, it's a non-issue at this moment, since nothing's neither been made nor is planned in that vein.

Oh, you mean nude people ... Doing... stuff? To each other... Or themselves...? Yeah, S7 doesn't allow that sort of thing here. Pretty much anything else is okay though. Otherwise, BK would've deleted my gallery long, LONG ago! XD

They aren't doing..."stuff". Just posing and running around in the nude. Well, almost nude. I recently learned that a lot of supposedly nude women are actually anatomically incorrect or have some very blatant "strategically placed" items. Naturally, I had to read about it or I wouldn't have noticed. Remember, not that long ago, nudity in general was considered to be "bad enough". In my dad's youth, an artistic nude would be considered pornographic. In high school, I had people mock me by trying to claim I was in the gutter when I was anywhere but. For example, I try to be efficient in choosing a path to a room and they'd laugh at me for wanting to ogle artistic nudes which happened to be hanging in the hallway (we were at a college at the time). I find an interesting article in a newspaper and I'd be made fun of for looking at the women's underwear ads on the same page. So you can imagine it's difficult for me to admit an innocent interest in something others could easily claim was really perversion.

Sounds to me that you were simply surrounded by immature people who were insecure about a lack of clothing. I wouldn't really worry about it, however, I can understand where your concern comes from.

-- BK

Agreed.

I draw and paint nude models for school every week for six hours give or take. I don't think that makes me a degenerate pervert, haha.

Exactly. And besides... Side 7 isn't like Elfwood--spam and harrassment isn't tolerated. To make comments, people must be members and if it's abusive, it can be deleted and they can be disciplined. You have nothing to fear from us and our mods can protect you if need be. So, just do as you please and S7 will stand by you. ^^

May or may not be writing a comic. >_>

I've been known to talk about things then not get very far, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Also, I'm working on some giftart sketches. : B

Die Hard in a Pyramid for my Game Play and Design class with a classmate.