Voting, Livestream and Free Art

It’s Springtime! I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited about warm sunshine greeting me in the morning. And there’s plenty to get excited about for Furry Experience, as well. For starters, after a long winter of writing it’s time to start drawing a new Side Story! For those not aware, Side Stories are additional, stand-alone FE stories available to purchase in print or on the website. While last year’s story (Brian’s Big Date) was kept a surprise, this year I’ll be posting in-progress artwork and notes on the FE forums as the Side Story is worked on. And what will the next Side Story be? You get to choose! A poll is up on the forums ( https://furryexperience.forumotion.com/t351-which-new-side-story-is-next ) to decide which of the Side Stories written this winter will be made first.

Speaking of voting, I owe a sincere thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate FE for the Ursa Major Awards. ( http://www.ursamajorawards.org/ ) I’m always amazed and in awe at how supportive fans of FE are. Unfortunately, FE did not get enough nominations to make the final five. But there’s always next year, and in the meantime there’s s still several great Anthro-themed works that can be reviewed and voted on-check them out!

Another great thing happening in the Spring is Free Comic Book Day, on May 4th! Don’t know what FCBD is? Basically, participating comic stores give away free comics. Awesome, right? What’s better than free comics? Free comics, AND free art! This year, my local comic/game store has invited me as a guest artist to help celebrate. Anyone who comes down to the Dragon’s Keep in Orem to pick up free comics can also pick up a free sketch by yours truly! (For as long as my supplies will last me-I’ll try to stock up. ) I’ll post updates with more details as I get them, but in the meantime here’s the main website to learn more about FCBD: http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992

As part of preparation for this event, I need practice sketching/experimenting with the materials I’ll be able to bring. To help with this, I’ll be hosting a request-oriented livestream in April. (You know, the one I’ve been promising for months ^^; ) More details about this livestream, and how to submit requests for it will be posted at the start of April.

So as you can see, there’s lots to be excited about! Thanks again to everyone to takes the time to send kind notes, share FE with their friends, and even just taking a few minutes to read the updates each week. Like I’ve said many times before, FE has the best fans! You guys are awesome, and have earned a great spring season!

Dragon's Keep is where Howard Taylor tends to hang out! That much Awesome^tm is likely to create an awesome implosion that sucks in the entire world! (and hopefully remakes it into a world of super hero(ine)s, fast cars, expensive mansions and marvelous tech)

Latrans wrote:Dragon's Keep is where Howard Taylor tends to hang out! That much Awesome^tm is likely to create an awesome implosion that sucks in the entire world! (and hopefully remakes it into a world of super hero(ine)s, fast cars, expensive mansions and marvelous tech)

Yeah, he's got a whole setup in Dragon Keep's Provo store. He's got his own corner with a drawing table-it's awesome! But I'll be at the Orem Dragon's Keep-the second store they just opened up. However, the Orem store does share space with Wiseguyz Pizza, which offers amazing garlic knots!