Long story short, since starting to transition this old username has felt really weird to me, so I finally bit the bullet and made a new account!

http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kallibrown/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kallibrown/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kallibrown/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kallibrown/

Follow me there cause this one is gonna gather dust and cobwebs.

I think it's been a few years since I've actually posted a journal with more than just a note about me streaming.

I'm curious if any of you folks check these journal posts? I know I tend not to, and only focus on the art posts. But it would be a nice way to start chatting with the folks that follow my work!

Streaming some art stuff at https://picarto.tv/String

So as you may have noticed from my most recent posts, I decided to be open to drawing more mature art. The big draw for it is the challenge in drawing body types and muscles, when I normally would have hidden bodies with baggy clothing. With that, comes the obvious. I'm going to be posting these mature pictures to this account. Duh, right? But still wanted to point it out.

But, the only things that'll ever be posted here will be those images that fall under the Mature tags according to Furaffinity's posting rules. Anything explicit, adult, or just weird, if it comes up, will be posted to a secondary account. That sort of stuff I'll probably only draw if commissioned, however, so don't expect to see much of that anyway.

I was working on a commission the other day, and kinda realized that I don't have much practice drawing female and feminine characters!

So, I was wondering if any of ya fine folks would have characters that you wouldn't mind letting me use to work on some practice sketches. Yeah I can always just use references from the net, but it's more fun when I get to draw it for someone else.

Also, to do list thingy just for me to keep track of the stuff I owe others at the moment.

To Do List:

- Raffle Prize for Angus
- Raffle Prize for Reepir
- Raffle Prize for Firestar
- Probably three or so slots for the character practice at the moment.

So this is something that has been on my mind for a while as of late, and it's probably silly that it's even been such an internal debate. But I've been thinking of moving into drawing Adult pieces, for a few reasons, but the biggest being to draw in more commission work.

Any creators or commissioners out there that have opinions on the transition from clean work into the more adult fare? Should I go ahead and start working on a variety of ratings, or stick with my clean stuff?

All opinions appreciated! Thanks :)

So I'm closing this several days late, but that's cause I was at and then subsequently recovering from Phoenix Comicon!

Anyway, the final total of people that signed up was a whopping 17! And nearly all of them actually read and followed the entry rules :) Which means that I'll be rewarding two of those that signed up with a line-art piece of their choosing.

Without further ado, the two winners of this inaugural raffle are  reepir and  firestar! Congrats you two, and I'll be sending notes out to see what they want for their prizes.

To all of those that entered and didn't win, I wish to say thank you and that there will be plenty of raffles down the line.

Hello folks!

After far too much thinking and stalling on this, I'm opening up an art raffle! It'll have tiered prizes, which get better the more people sign up, so it's a good idea to spread the word to others who might be interested.

First up, this raffle is going to be accepting new sign-ups for spots up until 11:59pm MST on Saturday, June 7th. Anyone signing up for a spot after that will sadly have to wait until my next raffle to get a chance.

Secondly, you sign up for a spot by commenting on this journal here. If you don't have a Furaffinity you can let me know yer interested by sending me an e-mail to StringTheCorgi(at)gmail.com with the title of "Art Raffle" and what name you want to be listed under. You can only sign up -once-.

Edit: You need to be watching me on FA in order to be entered into the raffle!

And finally, the different prizes that you can win! It's based of the number of people signed up in the raffle, so for each five people that sign up, the prize gets that much better.

- Full Teir List: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/13591452/

Teir 0: 0-4 Spots - Nothing
Teir 1: 5-9 Spots - 1 Sketch Image
Teir 2: 10-14 Spots - 2 Sketch Images

- (Sketch Example: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/13591346/ )

Teir 3: 15-19 Spots - 2 Lineart Images
Teir 4: 20-24 Spots - 3 Lineart Images
Teir 5: 25-29 Spots - 4 Lineart Images

- (Lineart Example: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12415237/ )

Teir 6: 30-34 Spots - 4 Flat Color Images
Teir 7: 35-39 Spots - 5 Flat Color Images
Teir 8: 40-44 Spots - 6 Flat Color Images

- (Flat Color Example: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/13546276/ )

Teir 9: 45+ Spots - 6 Full Color Images

- (Full Color Example: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12634720/ )

So good luck to everyone and let the raffle begin!

Graduated from college a week ago, so I don't have to think about classes anytime soon. And been in the midst of moving to a bigger city ever since. Drawing bit more as well!

Gonna start posting these things when I settle down, so expect more drawins!

I've recently finished with a whole bunch of busy stressful stuff (School, work, etc) and now that I have time, I want to get back into drawing more.

That's where ya'll come in. Most of the things I've drawn as of late tend to be sketches and half finished pictures. I'm wondering if I should post these up as I get 'em done, so then I actually get to be more active. Or if I should wait for fully finished pieces to post, which will be much slower (hopefully not as slow as I have been)

Let me know which ya'll would prefer!

Arrival and Departure:

Arrival: Thursday Evening
Departure: Monday Morning

Staying at:
The Hilton

Mode of Transportation:
Tumble's Yaris! We'll be taking turns driving.

Room Share:
Tumble

Major Plans at the Con:
Meeting old friends, making new awesome ones, going to panels, and generally running around like a kid in a candy store.

Who Will I be with:
Tumble and probably others throughout the weekend.

What do you look like?
Well, I'm six foot tall, have short brown hair, blue eyes and glasses. Probably going to be wearing a trilby most of the time. And my String badge.

What is your gender?
Male

How old are you?
24

Are you in a relationship?
Nupe!

Can I talk to you?
Of course! I love meeting new people!

Fursuit(s):
Not as of yet, but hopefully by comic con!

Attending Parties:
Perhaps! I've had fun with room parties and such in the past, so depends on who's there, really.

How best to find me:
Well, look for the tall fella with the trilby that will probably be with a large red panda (or rodent) for most of the time. But baring that, you can message me through my Facebook profile (best way to reach me), or messages through Furaffinity.

Stage Performance:
Not until I get a suit and more confidence!

Drink:
Uhm, yeah, I enjoy drinking on occasion. And I suppose FC is a decent enough occasion for a drink or two.

Smoke:
Nupe

Can I touch you?
Odd question! But sure, hugs are always fine.

Can I buy you lots of drinks?
If ya want!

Can I give you lots of money?
If you want to buy a drawing from me, sure! Otherwise, I'll have to pass.

Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Like I said, hugs are always fine.

Are you nice?
Indeed I am!

Are you cliquey?
Nupe!

Can I stalk you?
I'd... rather you didn't! Just come up and say hi.

If I see you, how should i get your attention?
I suppose just yelling "String" would be best.

Can I take a picture of ya?
Dun see why you would want to.

Would ya like to get a commission done of ya?
Possibly, but I dun buy commissions usually.

Do you take commissions?
Of course! I'll even be carrying around some fancy new tech for drawing, so I'd love to do a few commissions while I'm there.

Can I draw in your sketchbook?
Guess I ought to bring my sketch book, cause that's fine with me.

Can I ask ya to dance with me during the dances?
Of course, but I can't dance to save my life.

What's your goal(s) for the con this year?
Making new friends, drawing some awesome pictures, and just generally having a grand ole time.

Hey all!

Been a while since I've really posted much on these sites, journals and artwork alike. But I figure since tomorrow is a pretty important day, for me at least, that I'd give a little update about what's been going on and what the future might hold.

Tomorrow marks the 24th anniversary of my birth, and to be honest, this whole being 23 thing didn't go all that well. The year has been filled with ups and downs, and both started and ended with some pretty big downs, but that's all in the past. Well, still kinda dealing with the whole messed up head issue, but hopefully that'll be on it's way to getting better soon. This new year is going to be a good one, I just know it.

First off, I'm finally graduating college in May, so that marks a hell of a big turning point in my life. And with that big mark looming up ahead, I'm going to try and get much more illustration work going. I want to be able to make a living off of my design and illustration work, and to do that, I'm really going to need to start focusing on that now. Along with that, I'm kind of being a much more social person. Which is honestly a little hard for me to do, but I do so love meeting new people, and if at all possible, drawing stuff for 'em!

Also planning on moving at some point in this next year of my life. At first it probably won't be anything major, just heading down to Phoenix to be with the big city folk for a bit, but the plan is still to head to Seattle, WA at some point after, because damn that place is amazing. And the people there are just as awesome. Might not be for another year that I head out that way, but at the very least I'll be out of this little apartment and with a new venue, I'm thinking it'll help get that new perspective thing that might help me out a bit.

All in all, ought to be a good 24th year. And I wish you all the same!

I want to be more active in both my art and on this site. You know, actually post art here instead of leaving it stagnant. And that got me thinking a little bit.

Basically, I'm curious why you fellows watching me starting watching me in the first place. If there is any specific reason. And jumping off of that point, I also wanted to know if there was anything, topic or style or media or really anything, that you would like to see more of from me.

That said, I'm thinking of starting up a comic and/or another forum adventure sometime soon. I've been saying 'soon' to myself for the better part of a year though, so my definition of soon might be a bit off.

That's about all!

So, I've had fun recently doing little doodle streams and drawing up a couple requests. I quite enjoy them when people are around, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested if I did them much more regularly. Maybe daily, or at least a couple times a week. It'd probably be around 5pm pacific time Monday through Friday, because that gives me enough time to get off work and get set up to stream. And then maybe just a random one on the weekend that goes for a good chunk of the day.

I don't know if I'll be able to stream every day at the moment, but it's probable, and I figured I'd put it out there to see what ya'll think.

So I've been doing a little bit of art streaming here and there, and I've been using join.me for all of them. I was wondering what people thought about Livestream or Join.me? Which would you prefer to see?

Personally, I feel that Join.Me has a much better visual quality, so you can see the art better, and it is less heavy on my computer. While Livestream has the ability to have more than 10 watchers (not an issue for me yet), and have voice, so I get to talk and play music and turn my stream into more of a show.

So please let me know what you think down in the comments below!

Have I actually posted pictures to my Furaffinity page? Why yes! Yes I have. Finally went through all of my school pieces that I made over the last year, and photographed and posted some of my favorites. I'm hoping to keep this going forward, and continually post what I'm doing for class, and maybe it'll help get me motivated on my various other projects that have been sitting around for ages.

Also, another semester of school has started, which is partially why I'm motivated again. It's odd how the lack of free time and all the deadlines actually help keep me in line.

As of the moment, there's a list of about a dozen projects or ideas or just creative stuff I want to do, and I don't know where to start and focus on.

So, should I attempt to post pictures / scans of the stuff I've been working on in my classes? Even if none of it is actually furry and what not. Otherwise I'm gonna keep posting nothing like I have been doing for what, six months now?

I really haven't had much time to work on fun stuff, sadly. But I've had tonnes of motivation! Oddly enough, with all the projects I've got that I -need- to do, I'm more motivated to work on fun stuff with no real deadlines or grades.

So today marks the start of another year of college courses. Hopefully only three semesters left to go. But with the start of school, I also will find myself with more free time, oddly enough, because I'll be working less hours. Retail is all well and fine, but it does start to get a little soul crushing in large doses. With that, I'm also going to be forced to get out of my stupidly long Artistic Funk, because I'm going to have to be drawing and designing things for my classes.

I'm pretty hopeful that I'll be able to start working on the dozen or so personal projects I wanted to start over the summer. Kinda eager to try starting one this moment, but I only have a little more time between classes.

So hopefully there will be more arts posted soon!

Hope everyone else is having a good end of summer.

Just wanted to give anyone that cares a heads up! I'm currently down in Phoenix this weekend to attend the Comic Con here. I already wandered around a bit on Friday, only a couple of hours because of the long drive down, but today and tomorrow I'm planning on being around all day long.

So if any of you fine fellows is also at the con and would like to meet up or something, let me know. Quickest way to get a hold of me, would be messaging me through my twitter, which is https://twitter.com/#!/StringCheeze

Yeah, 'tis a little silly posting something like this as an artist, without having a booth or panel or something to let people know about, but that may happen someday. Ya never know! Just not this time.

So, as you may or may not be aware, my whole gun-ho motivation to try and improve myself hasn't really paid off yet. Mostly because I've been stressed with school and not actively trying to do all the stuff I laid out.

Anyway, I do believe that this summer my two major goals are going to be kinda vague, but there will be some specific things I want to do to achieve them

Basically, I came to the conclusion that I have no personal style. I'm all t-shirts and jeans and what not. I present myself in a very boring and plain manner. So I want to work on improving my confidence, and finding a style that fits me properly.

That, along with some projects I wish to get started this summer, are what I'm hoping to get done.

We shall see, but I really can't focus on much else until school is out in about two and a half weeks.

Have you ever had one of those days that you just wanted to give the world a big middle finger?

That's how my day is going.

Just working on a comic update that I'll hopefully get up tonight. Come on and hang out if you would like to ^_^

https://join.me/639-761-716

EDIT: Sorry about that, my computer flipped the fuck out, and now I have to use a crappy old keyboard I had laying around.

Anyway, the stream is starting back up if anyone wants to join!

https://join.me/812-755-020

A crux/corgi hybrid would be bizarre.... Anyway, onto the journal proper!

I've been thinking about trying to improve myself recently, and change a few unhealthy practices I've been doing lately. Most of it won't concern you fine fellows, but I'm going to include it here so that ya'll can help hold me accountable in my new ways. There -is- one part that will concern you, and I'll get to it in a moment, so just bare with me.

First off, I'm going to be making a few changes to improve my health. That includes no more driving to my Tuesday/Thursday classes, no more fast food or ice cream or Starbucks or anything like that, and on top of that, I'm going to start jogging/other exercises for at least 30 minutes each day. Yeah, they aren't major changes, but I feel that they'll all help.

One last thing I'm going to attempt to do, and have been trying for a few weeks, is to draw at least one hour each day. The change I'm doing with this to try and make it happen more often, is actually have a stream schedule, up here and posted, so that I'll have to stick to it each day, and that means that you will be able to expect exactly when I'm streaming and hang out if you would like to. The times might seem a bit random, but they will work around my classes.

STREAMING SCHEDULE:
Mon: Noon
Tue: 8pm
Wed: Noon
Thur: 8pm
Fri: TBA
Sat: TBA
Sun: TBA

These times are only when I will start the stream. They'll end differently each time, depending on my classwork, but they will go for at least one hour. And on the weekend, I'll post on that day with my stream time, because my work schedule is constantly changing, so I can't give a set time for every week. All times are Arizona based, so it's GMT -7. The time at posting this journal is 1pm, just for reference

Going to be doing some live stream doodling and things on join.me in a little bit. Going to open it up so ya'll can have the link, but I'm not going to be doing anything til about 5pm (15ish minutes from now).

https://join.me/241-735-495

Also, obligatory downtime journal, because practically everyone I watch has done one, saying something along the lines of "If you need to chat with me during the whole three hours that this site is going to be down, here's my skype." Because, you know, three hours without FA is really scary or something. Anyway, think I'm working during that time, so meh.

Pretty much just what's in the title there. I'm feeling like slacking off on my mountain of homework tonight, but I only think I'd feel okay about it if I was drawing something for fun.

So, would anyone be interested in watching me stream some art and stuff? If anyone actually wants to, I'll start it up.