If it's real. Your artistic life isn't easy.

Imagine being the only scifi anime anthro weirdo in a small country town (2-count-em-two traffic lights, one on either side of the bridge). Now imagine it's the 1980's & there's no internets. I used to describe myself as a lone fan-girl adrift in the sargasso sea of mundane life.

It's so true.
I had no clue you were 43. You have the beautiful youth fullness of a teenager. <3 And don't ever forget it. : }

Cool! Now that I'm 43 my rampant immaturity is now seen as 'the beautiful youth fullness of a teenager!'

May you never ever become mature. It's far more fun to be a teenager your entire life. ^_~

thank you Kwan. : D <3
<3<3 I will try my best.

It's oh so true.....

I recall vivid stories of your atistic past ... we misses you lots.

I miss you tooo!

::plays with your bon-bon::

wow so true

"Now leave me alone & go back to making your MLP prons."
lol, so you noticed that too.

But yah, there are many contradictions that our parents teach us when we are young :p

I totally ship Glitter Garters with Rootie Tooty (or whatever their names are--I'm almost completely ignorant of the show).

*snicker* Well, I'm kind of been addicted to the show. It's actually quite amusing, I do suggest you watch an episode and have an open mind. :p

I did watch the 1st episode for 10 minutes & didn't see anything funnier than the usual cartoon hijinx of things falling down. :/

At what point does the show get super-special awesome? I really don't mean to be rude, I'm into some shows that other people think are stupid in the extreme (Iron Chef) -- but if MLP is like Enterprise (2-3 seasons of suck followed by a season of attempts to redeem itself) I'll pass.

Well, the first two intro epidsodes do suck, but after that it's the first real wholesome children show that I've seen in a long time.

BUt yah, I like Iron Chef too. :p

So get past the 1st 2 eps & it's gold? I can deal with that. I'll see if I can't find it online somewhere (I have no internets at home & my TV is analog, no cable)

Heh, well, I'm not gonna force you to watch it. All I can say is that, it's cute.

5 year old Devon asks 6 year old Karen, "Can we play house? I'll be the dog."

6 year old Karen says "Only if i can be the horse!" (I had a massive case of major-league horse-crazy when I was a kid, & never recovered)

I was already at panel 4 by the time I was 16.

I was a stubborn slow learner, convinced that if I only explained things the mundanes would get it.

Thank goodness I was born in the late 80's, so that by the time I had become a furry, there was at least the internet where you could easily find others... But until I did find the fandom. I was in a similar boat, really, but I used the excuse "I'm a cartoonist, Cartoon animals are used more than humans" or "This is an abstract representation of my inner self, portrayed as an animal"

A MUCH better response than trying to explain everything like I was determined to do. 9_9 Live & learn.

Ok, at least I wasn't the only one getting comments like that. In my mid teens, I had someone asking me why I was watching a cartoon (Talespin) that had talking animal people in it. Followed up by, 'isn't that a show for children?'

Seems these days, look at how many movies and the likes have anthros in it.

Talespin was a thoroughly enjoyable series, and had some really good episodes that seemed directly targeted to adults.

At the time, I only half understood how it related to things for older people. That wasn't till I got older. Now, for some reason I seem a tad too shy (don't know why) to even watch it.

Dooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Meep? Maybe if I could find the time and money to buy the DVDs of the series. I used to be so shy around fursuits as a kid and I got over that with age.... well sort of. c.c

Oh, how I know this. I grew up in a relatively small town and experienced a lot of the "you're too old to be drawing that sort of stuff". They'd get all excited about seeing my sketchbook when they caught me drawing, but then seemed disgusted by pretty animal people T_T; Especially when some of them involved boobs. But... I was just trying to do anatomy

Yep. I got tired of all the people saying "Why draw that? If I could draw, I'd draw flowers & people & that barn over there and..."

I would respond, "So, you'd draw what you'd want to draw, right? Well, *I'm* drawing what *I* want to draw."

They would say, "But that's not what I would draw."

Me: ::facepalm::

I remember doodling tiny anime faces in highschool on the sides of my notes in class and there was always the loud mouth prick who would yell, "Isn't that that anime pokemon stuff for kids?!" I don't draw as much as I use to, but I certainly don't regret what I drew. :)

Good for you!

One of the first lessons we doodlers need to learn (and probably have to re-learn throughout our lives) is that the minute you start drawing something where people can see it, you're gonna get criticism. You could drawing a freakin' flower or a rainbow, and somebody is going to find fault with it. Which makes drawing to please yourself all the more important.

Aw, six year old you is so cute! And older you is funny. Hey, several years of being mocked and questioned will make you give others that response! This kind of helps put it into perspective. :)

^_^ Thank you!