Fixed my coloring and line-art styling
General | Posted 9 years agoJust posting this journal to let you all know that I'll finally come up with a style of colors and lines that I am personally happy with for my art. You might not notice much difference from what lines and colors I draw currently now, however this is significant to me as before my lines and color-use was fairly inconsistent and I struggled to duplicate the results between pictures. Now, I have successfully been able to duplicate the style of colors and lines between pics which means I can finally make my art consistent.
This is why I haven't been posting anything for a last week or so, due to this experimenting. However, I will be spamming this account within the next couple of days as I have a bunch of pics from the experimenting that I can't wait to finish up and post up!
Thank you all so much for volunteering! And 10,000 views!
General | Posted 9 years agoHeya guys! I just wanted to write this journal to thank everyone who signed up to volunteer for a particular type of art I'll be drawing. I honestly thought I was going to get about 8 - 12 volunteers based on thinking that the subject matter of these pics will not appeal to many people, but I was proven wrong as a total of 72 of you guys wanted to volunteer! I'm so happy that you all decided to volunteer with all your fantastic characters! I really am looking forward to drawing this particular type of art as I have been really wanting to do this for a while now, and because of that I'll be aiming to draw as many of you as I can over the course of the next few months (especially since I have a lot more time now to draw such art). Again, thank you so much for volunteering! I really do appreciate it!
In other news, I just recently hit 10,000 views on my FA page! Wahoo!
LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR SOME ART I'LL BE DRAWING - CLOSED
General | Posted 9 years agoENDS: March 17th.
Hey Guys! As the title says, I'm looking for volunteers for some type of art I'm hoping to be able to draw in the near future. I'm asking this as I wanna draw more art but I don't want to be drawing Billy all the time. Now, I could of always made-up more characters to fill these roles in my art but thought it was better to see if any of you would want to nominate your characters forward instead, that way some of you guys can get free art as well. So how this will work is that I will take all of the characters that have been nominated forward before compiling them into a list which I'll be able to refer to whenever I feel like drawing a picture that is not of Billy. Simple as that really.
So what type of art am I looking to draw? Well, the characters I'm looking for are going to be drawn in cartoonish cloth diapers so if that type of art is okay by you then feel free to comment down below with your character's ref (or a detailed description if you don't have one). I don't mind if I've drawn you recently or given you free art before, you are still more than free to take part in this as well. :) Please remember that it's not guaranteed that I will end up drawing your character as I don't know how many of these pictures I will end up drawing (It could be lots, or it could be none depending on my situation). Any pictures of your characters will be drawn SFW and be non-fetishy, unless I know for an absolute fact that you would not mind that your character being drawn in that type of content.
I think that's all I need to say, feel free to ask any questions if anything is unclear. I may do more stuff like this in the future but for other types of art, but we'll see. If you want to boost this journal then feel more than free to do so, the more the merrier.
Update 1: This is not a first come, first serve.
Update 2: I'm definitely going to be drawing a lot of you guys now (if not all of you), so you'll have a good chance of being drawn even though there is a large number of volunteers.
Hey Guys! As the title says, I'm looking for volunteers for some type of art I'm hoping to be able to draw in the near future. I'm asking this as I wanna draw more art but I don't want to be drawing Billy all the time. Now, I could of always made-up more characters to fill these roles in my art but thought it was better to see if any of you would want to nominate your characters forward instead, that way some of you guys can get free art as well. So how this will work is that I will take all of the characters that have been nominated forward before compiling them into a list which I'll be able to refer to whenever I feel like drawing a picture that is not of Billy. Simple as that really.
So what type of art am I looking to draw? Well, the characters I'm looking for are going to be drawn in cartoonish cloth diapers so if that type of art is okay by you then feel free to comment down below with your character's ref (or a detailed description if you don't have one). I don't mind if I've drawn you recently or given you free art before, you are still more than free to take part in this as well. :) Please remember that it's not guaranteed that I will end up drawing your character as I don't know how many of these pictures I will end up drawing (It could be lots, or it could be none depending on my situation). Any pictures of your characters will be drawn SFW and be non-fetishy, unless I know for an absolute fact that you would not mind that your character being drawn in that type of content.
I think that's all I need to say, feel free to ask any questions if anything is unclear. I may do more stuff like this in the future but for other types of art, but we'll see. If you want to boost this journal then feel more than free to do so, the more the merrier.
Update 1: This is not a first come, first serve.
Update 2: I'm definitely going to be drawing a lot of you guys now (if not all of you), so you'll have a good chance of being drawn even though there is a large number of volunteers.
Changing one thing about my future art
General | Posted 9 years agoSo I'm changing the way I draw disposable diapers in my future pics. Why? Because of two reasons: 1. the way I draw disposable diapers now seem bland and boring, 2. A couple of weeks I was just doing some random doodles and unintentionally came up with a new design for disposable diapers that I actually really liked. So because of these reasons, I've elected to change the way I will draw disposable diapers from this point on. Cloth diapers will more or less stay the same as I think the design of them are fine just the way they are.
Disposable diapers will look a bit more detail and have better shape than my previous design, so if you're a fan of a the most 'realistic' presentation of disposable diapers then you'll probably like the new changes. I'll have some new pics showing these new designs off in the next couple of days. So if you happen to like/hate these new changes then I'd love for you to let me know so I see about whether or not I should keep the new design. :)
Merry Christmas All!
General | Posted 9 years agoHey guys! Just writing this journal to wish everyone a Merry Christmas or what ever holiday you plan to celebrate at this wonderful time of this year. I hope you have an awesome time and hopefully you didn't your Christmas shopping until the very last moment.
And I'm done.
General | Posted 9 years agoAs of today, I've finished my last exam. Ever. For my bachelors. 8 semesters, two universities and countless essays later, I have now finished all work required to earn my degree. And I'm so happy for it. It's not been an easy journey, especially in the beginning as it was a struggle for me to cope with what it required to be a college student. However, I'm glad I managed to push through and that I learned from my mistakes so that I could accomplish this awesome achievement.
So what to do now? Well... I don't entirely know, I've just got offered a job for the holiday season so that'll keep me busy for a little while. But for 2017 in general? Who knows, but it won't be college that's for sure!
Just Stuff
General | Posted 9 years agoHey guys, just wanna give a quick update on what has been going on so far in my life.
RL Life:
Finishing up my final semester of college/university. Yay! After which I'll have my degree in my hands. After this I'll be heading back to my family's home for a little while just to plan out my next step in life and to also get a summer-time job to earn a little cash.
As for Art:
Art has been a bit slow due to my final days of wrapping up college, but this will speed once it's over and done with.
I will be releasing a new animated icon at the beginning of November, something that will be suitable for the holiday season.
And If you're wanting some free art by me, then be on the look out for a future journal of mine as I'll probably be looking for people to volunteer their characters for some little thing of mine. I will give more information about exactly what it is and post a volunteer sign-up for that in about a week or so, so just something you might be interested in.
Thank you for reading my little update. It's also October 18th today, so I'm now officially 22. So yeah. XD
Self Reflection and Self Improvement
General | Posted 9 years agoIt won't be long until we near the end of 2016, a year of good and bad for many people including myself. One of the biggest changes I've noticed this year was about myself, and all I can about that is this....
I don't like him.
It feels as though I had lost track of who I am, becoming overly aggressive or defensive at the slightest sign of trouble. This also applies to my interactions with individuals in the community whom I had strong disagreements with, where I act or responded to them in such a way that may of been considered to be inappropriate or immature, chances are you may have seen this in some of the journals I wrote earlier this year. Another thing that bother me is how I have been treating some of my friends and fur-family in this community. I don't believe that I've treated them very kindly this year which saddens me, I've felt as that I haven't showed my appreciation for them when they are there for me and there have been times where I have I acted in a way that I am not proud of towards them, this in itself must change.
Now to be clear, is not some kind of self-hating journal. I know I can improve from this as I have been a better person before. But I can't improve as a person unless I know what I've done wrong and that is the purpose of this journal, to compile everything I need to improve on so I can form goals to aim for in the future. From the time this journal is submitted, I will aim to improve myself as a person by acting in a manner that is more mature and not let little things get to me in the same way they have been previously. And most importantly I want to show my appreciation more, especially to my friends and fur-family who have shown me a lot of love over the last year. The last thing I'd ever want is to lose them, so I have to show them that I do care about them deeply and not allow myself in act in a way that would suggest otherwise or take them for granted.
So yeah, just some self-reflection and ways for self-improvement for myself. It's always good for me to create one of this things so I can figure out where I am going wrong and what I need to do to fix that. With these goals written, I will be able to implement them from now on so I can improve myself future. :)
About my New Art Style, and One change you may not like...
General | Posted 9 years agoSo I will hopefully have the new pics up by tomorrow, and I have made some changes to how they are drawn. Characters look more like their age so toddlers like more puppyish/kittenish/etc while adults look distinctly different and older from younger characters.
However I have made one change that some of my watchers may not like, and that is the way I'm gonna be drawing diapers from now on. I've noticed that most other babyfur styles tend to draw cartoonish babyfurs in realistic-ish diapers, and I noticed that this is what the community seems to like the most. I mean I have nothing against this style as a whole and I personally do enjoy it from time to time, but it's just not the style I enjoy most as I personally prefer seeing cartoonish babyfurs being drawn in cartoonish diapers. Now I know that the word 'cartoonish' is quite overused in the community, so it can be hard to tell what I am meaning by saying it, so I guess a better word to describe it is "animated-like," or similar to what you'd see in older cartoons. I'll still be drawing both disposables and cloth diapers, but it'll just be both be drawn in a way that is heavily inspired by older cartoons. In fact I actually experiment with a draft version of this diaper style with my recent pic ( https://www.furaffinity.net/view/20099392/ ), hence why I called it an experiment pic at the time.
So why did I make this change? Well the first and main reason is because I like it more. And secondly, I believe it will make it so the diaper doesn't come off as the main feature of the picture anymore, and instead become just another feature of the picture while the character itself is the main focus. I think this will also help to make my pictures less fetishy and more innocent as the diaper will be more subtle. Because of this, any used diapers I do draw as well will most likely just be represented with just stink lines coming out of the diaper rather than any discolouring or bulges on the diaper itself.
My lil'bro put it best when he said that I want the aesthetic or feel of a diaper rather than an accurate depiction of it, and that is true. I don't need an accurate depiction of a diaper for my pictures as long as the intention or feeling of the picture as a whole gets across to my watchers, but just remember I ain't an art expert. I am just giving some kind of explanation why I wanted to make these changes to my art style. Some people with way more knowledge about this stuff than I do may think I am wrong with my design justification for my new style and that's fine, I probably am. But even if I'm wrong, I still want to draw these types of pictures as I do get the most enjoyment out of them, and that's the only reason I need.
However, if this change disappoints you, then I am sorry. *hugs*
Thank you all so much for 500 watches! :)
General | Posted 9 years agoI'd like to thank you all so much for taking the time to watch me and helping me reach this milestone, it really does means a lot to me and I really do appreciate it from the bottom of my heart . As I have I said before, this community is made up of a lot of amazing and caring people so I feel very fortunate that you've all decided that I'm worth watching. :)
Art Update
General | Posted 9 years agoSo yeah, I haven't posted any of my own art for a fair while now. One of the reasons for that is I had to perform a windows factory reset on my laptop a few days back due to a graphics driver update failing to install properly and screwing up my whole computer.
Fortunately I was able to keep my files on my hard drive after the reset, and I had back-up copies of my software so my computer is good to go. Unfortunately though, I don't have the installation CD to install my drawing tablet to my laptop with me on campus as I left it at parent's home so I have to return back there next week to get the CD for my drawing tablet so I can start using it again. So unless you wanna see some sketches, you're just gonna have to wait a couple more weeks until I finish off the pics. XD
Speaking of which, I have just been re-fining my style a bit more over the past month or so (prior to the reset) to make my art looks marginally better than before (And for the first time, I've established a style for any adult characters. XD). I have even made a guide for myself so that my style stays reasonably consistent between my future pics. However, it's necessary to note my art is still far from perfect and lacks any sense of skillfulness, but I'm quite happy with it so that's all that matters to me. :P
And to all those who like my art and managed to read this whole thing, keep an eye out in the next couple of weeks or so for any future submissions by me, they just might contain a few free YCHs or something like that.
Fortunately I was able to keep my files on my hard drive after the reset, and I had back-up copies of my software so my computer is good to go. Unfortunately though, I don't have the installation CD to install my drawing tablet to my laptop with me on campus as I left it at parent's home so I have to return back there next week to get the CD for my drawing tablet so I can start using it again. So unless you wanna see some sketches, you're just gonna have to wait a couple more weeks until I finish off the pics. XD
Speaking of which, I have just been re-fining my style a bit more over the past month or so (prior to the reset) to make my art looks marginally better than before (And for the first time, I've established a style for any adult characters. XD). I have even made a guide for myself so that my style stays reasonably consistent between my future pics. However, it's necessary to note my art is still far from perfect and lacks any sense of skillfulness, but I'm quite happy with it so that's all that matters to me. :P
And to all those who like my art and managed to read this whole thing, keep an eye out in the next couple of weeks or so for any future submissions by me, they just might contain a few free YCHs or something like that.
Sorry for that...
General | Posted 9 years agoAs the title says, I apologize for my sudden disappearance without any warning. However I still believe it was necessary as I was not doing okay and I knew if I stayed that there would be a chance I would say something to someone that I would deeply regret.
Regardless, I'm back now and I have made some changes to myself and how I will interact with this community so that we can hopefully move forward.
Taking Time Off
General | Posted 9 years agoSo I am going offline for an unknown length of time, I need to seriously re-think some things about my life and my role in his community. I do apologize for the suddenness of this, but I feel it is necessary.
See ya whenever I get back I guess.
- Billy
Opening for CrinkleWag Icons (Again. XD )
General | Posted 9 years agoSo due to receiving some unexpected interest and getting hold of some software that won't crash, I have decided to open up again for more Crinklewag icons (temporary).
Characters will be accepted on a case-by-case basis due to the small size of the animation, the character will only be denied if I feel that the character's design is too hard to incorporate into the icon. However, I may be able to modify a character's design to fit the icon, but only if it's to owner's liking.
Some examples things I can't do is:
MLP & Sonic
Wings
Non-diaper Versions
Non-Bipedal characters
I can do wet/stinky versions, however FA does seem to have an issue with them so I will be providing a clean version as well for you to use on FA.
Price: $5USD
If you're interested in one, then note me and we can work something out.
AB/DL/BF question - What Came First?
General | Posted 9 years agoFor me, I was a DL long before being a babyfur.
I have been a DL for pretty much as long as I can remember, I did all sort of DL related things as I grew up such as trying to sneak diapers, create makeshift diapers out of things around the house and reading DL stories online. It wasn't until about 4/5 years ago that I discovered and adopted the BF side of me. Funny enough, It was through that BF side that I got more curious about the AB side of the community as before then I had virtually no interest in it. But despite this change, I haven't experimented with any AB stuff and I am not sure if I ever will so technically I'm still just BF/DL.
So my question is, were you an AB or a DL first? Are just one or the other? Let me know!
Got an Furry Network account? You might want to reconsider..
General | Posted 10 years agoFurry Network, I had really hoped that this site would be a great alternative to FA. But with in an instant, these hopes were quickly dashed. It's be confirmed that Furry Network will allow cub porn on their site (link below from FN's twitter account), which means I'm staying hell of way from there. It doesn't matter if it's correct tagged or not, the fact that type of art exists on there and the fact that I'd could possibly be interacting with a few people on there who takes pleasure in that sort of stuff freaks me out. The fact that FN also said they allow 'legal content' including 'cub' has also raised red flags since many people whom have already replied to this tweet have stated that it's still a legal grey area and that it is widely believed by many people (including myself) to be pedophilla which I shouldn't need to explain to you just how severely illegal that is.
Now, I'm not gonna say that you must all stop using FN. If you want to use it then so be it, I am not going to change my views about you. But I just thought to let you guys know about this situation.
LINK: https://twitter.com/FurryNetwork/st.....15464625643524
No more icons! XD
General | Posted 10 years agoI do apologize for annoying you all by spamming my icons into your submissions box over the last month or so, I know you all must be tried of looking at them. XD
But have no worries, I have now finished drawing and submitting any more crinkle wag icons! So the next submissions you'll be seeing from me from now on will be just good o'regular pictures,
Wish my little brother a happy birthday!
General | Posted 10 years agoGo wish my little stinky brother
Fuzzymcfuzz a happy birthday before he wakes up, and remind him how much a babybutt he is! Calm down Billy. XD
General | Posted 10 years agoI really need to stop working myself up about certain issues, it can't be good for my mental wellbeing. XD
So I'll stop posting these icky journals and stick to just posting things that are more appropriate for this big boy collie *coughs* and like maybe ordering something puppy related *end coughs*.
I've also noticed that I have hit over 400 watchers so thank you guys for that, I may possibly do a couple of free YCHs in the future when I get the time as a reward. XD
Please can you all do this simple thing for me?
General | Posted 10 years agoSo because this little sylveon
Zelia Hyposelenia won't stop lying by calling me cute, I'd like anyone who is reading to please go shout on her userpage and say that she is an adorable, stinky baby cub! I'm sure you'll agree. Thank you all so much for the watches (And I ain't cute!)
General | Posted 10 years agoSo I just got 16 Watchers in the last 24 hours, which is absolutely amazing! I don't think I've ever gotten that many watchers in that short of a time-span, so thank you all so much for deciding to put this little collie onto your watch-list. However, I would like to clarify that any rumours you heard of me being 'cute' or 'adorable' is a huge misunderstanding, and you'll find that in fact the opposite is true.
But regardless, thank you all again! And I hope I am able to continue being worthy of your watch for the near future.
A Change of Thought.
General | Posted 10 years agoI'll try keeping this as short and "to the point" as possible.
(though there is a TL;DR at the bottom of this journal nonetheless.)
Truth be told this journal has been coming for a long while now, and since there is no point in beating around the bush any longer I'm just gonna come out and say it... I've decided from this point onward that I'll keep my IRL cub life just to myself.
The reasoning behind this decision was that 2015 was a crap year for me, a lot of bad stuff happened but one of things that occurred to me was my change in perception of this community. I think it was April of last year that kinda open my eyes and revealed how much I've overestimated pretty much all of my friendships on here due to couple of particular unpleasant incidents(which I won't discuss here). Because of this, it has taught me to keep a lot of personal stuff to myself as I learned that basically all my 'friends' have a lack of trust towards me, have no real interest in pursuing a real friendship with and/or they simply don't care about me as I do about them. Again it's not really their fault for doing that as they never said they were trying to pursue these things in the first place, it's just my fault for thinking otherwise.
Even when I did talk about my personal babyfur life, it didn't feel relieving or gratifying to explain my interests, it's just nerve-whacking as if I was walking across a minefield as I knew that if I say something that they wouldn't like then I knew I would be facing a shit-storm. And despite the fact that I have told a few people some things that were quite personal, I've still honestly regret saying them and if I had the opportunity to take it back, I would in less than a heartbeat.
I also did once have a meet-up with a couple of other DLs back in August to try and make some friends, which to sum up was essentially third-wheel syndrome pushed to nth degree. And as a result, it has put me off the idea of meeting up and hanging out with other babyfurs altogether. Well... For the most part, I wouldn't mind seeing other babyfurs, I just wouldn't take part in their babyfur activities.
Similar reasons could be stated about Billy as well. He means a lot to me as he represents a vulnerable side of me and considering these past experiences I've became much more protective of him. This is reflected in my gallery as I haven't posted any art since April where Billy is situation where I would consider him defenseless (such as being either being dressed like a baby or in dirty diapers, etc) as it feels too personal and the idea of humiliating him in front of bunch of strangers just made me feel uneasy. Because of this, any art that I do produce with him in those situation has been kept private and this isn't going to change (with perhaps one or two exceptions, but those were gifts from other artists and I wanted to show my respect to them). This applies to RPing as well to a degree, which is why I actively avoid placing Billy into any situation that might make him feel vulnerable during role-plays. I may change Billy's characteristics in the future to reflect this change, whether it will involve making them older, potty trained, etc. I am not sure, and really that's a journal for another time.
In all, I'm not looking for pity or anything like that, I'm an emotionally stable person and can manage just fine. I just wanted to explain these things as clearly as I can. Hopefully this doesn't change much as I still want to contribute to the community in ways that I can, and I will hopefully be able to do so in the near future.
Thank you for reading. :)
TL;DR: Keeping IRL cub life to myself and Billy will be kept more personal to me from now on.
(though there is a TL;DR at the bottom of this journal nonetheless.)
Truth be told this journal has been coming for a long while now, and since there is no point in beating around the bush any longer I'm just gonna come out and say it... I've decided from this point onward that I'll keep my IRL cub life just to myself.
The reasoning behind this decision was that 2015 was a crap year for me, a lot of bad stuff happened but one of things that occurred to me was my change in perception of this community. I think it was April of last year that kinda open my eyes and revealed how much I've overestimated pretty much all of my friendships on here due to couple of particular unpleasant incidents(which I won't discuss here). Because of this, it has taught me to keep a lot of personal stuff to myself as I learned that basically all my 'friends' have a lack of trust towards me, have no real interest in pursuing a real friendship with and/or they simply don't care about me as I do about them. Again it's not really their fault for doing that as they never said they were trying to pursue these things in the first place, it's just my fault for thinking otherwise.
Even when I did talk about my personal babyfur life, it didn't feel relieving or gratifying to explain my interests, it's just nerve-whacking as if I was walking across a minefield as I knew that if I say something that they wouldn't like then I knew I would be facing a shit-storm. And despite the fact that I have told a few people some things that were quite personal, I've still honestly regret saying them and if I had the opportunity to take it back, I would in less than a heartbeat.
I also did once have a meet-up with a couple of other DLs back in August to try and make some friends, which to sum up was essentially third-wheel syndrome pushed to nth degree. And as a result, it has put me off the idea of meeting up and hanging out with other babyfurs altogether. Well... For the most part, I wouldn't mind seeing other babyfurs, I just wouldn't take part in their babyfur activities.
Similar reasons could be stated about Billy as well. He means a lot to me as he represents a vulnerable side of me and considering these past experiences I've became much more protective of him. This is reflected in my gallery as I haven't posted any art since April where Billy is situation where I would consider him defenseless (such as being either being dressed like a baby or in dirty diapers, etc) as it feels too personal and the idea of humiliating him in front of bunch of strangers just made me feel uneasy. Because of this, any art that I do produce with him in those situation has been kept private and this isn't going to change (with perhaps one or two exceptions, but those were gifts from other artists and I wanted to show my respect to them). This applies to RPing as well to a degree, which is why I actively avoid placing Billy into any situation that might make him feel vulnerable during role-plays. I may change Billy's characteristics in the future to reflect this change, whether it will involve making them older, potty trained, etc. I am not sure, and really that's a journal for another time.
In all, I'm not looking for pity or anything like that, I'm an emotionally stable person and can manage just fine. I just wanted to explain these things as clearly as I can. Hopefully this doesn't change much as I still want to contribute to the community in ways that I can, and I will hopefully be able to do so in the near future.
Thank you for reading. :)
TL;DR: Keeping IRL cub life to myself and Billy will be kept more personal to me from now on.
Merry Christmas FA!
General | Posted 10 years agoHope you all have a wonderful Christmas, or what other holiday you may be celebrating this year.
I hope you all keep safe on these busy roads, survive the rush of shoppers on Christmas Eve and above all have a jolly ol'time!
Cheers all!
TMI Tuesday XD.
General | Posted 10 years agoTitle explains it all, have any questions you'd like answers to? Then comment below and I'll respond the best I can.
Settling in.
General | Posted 10 years agoIt's been a busy and stressful 6 weeks for me, with not only having to complete final essays and exams but also the time-consuming task of changing universities in this same time period. And let me tell you, it was not a fun time having to fill out applications and essays, planning out the rest of my degree with a new university, transferring my current credits to a new university, finding a room to stay in for my new university and finally moving all my stuff from my old room and traveling to another province to take it to my new room. As well as having to apply for student loans/assistance for my next semester.
But, it's over. My routine has returned back to normal as I begin my next semester at my new university. I've have just settled in my new room which I have just decorated to my liking, along with getting some school supplies, food and di..... No, that one will remain private. XD
And now with all this time I should have, I should be more active on this site and other places from now on which will be fun for me.
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