Memoirs of a Furry

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Memoirs of a Furry

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It had been a week since eighth grader Wendy Kennedy had set up her second account on Twitter. In that time, she had seen some magnificent pieces of artwork from the community she looked into. While she admired these artists and her work, she couldn’t help but feel inadequate in comparison. That’s why, when she decided to upload her first art piece to this new account, she became nervous.

What if they don’t like it?

What if they make fun of it?

Maybe this was a bad idea.

Wendy shook her head. If she didn’t upload this artwork, then what was the point of creating it? Otherwise, it’d be taking up storage data in her computer. What a waste that would be.

Still, she wasn’t sure if anyone would even notice it. Arguably, having your art go unnoticed is an even worse fate than having it trashed by trolls. You’d might as well have thrown a tiny stone into the ocean. She could always try again, but there wasn’t any guarantee. But, she’d never know unless she tried.

She typed out the post on her piece.
The first artwork on my account.

Momo is enjoying a nice sundae on the beach. #beach #anthro #bunny
The artwork featured a pink, anthropomorphic bunny girl, who Wendy named Momo, sitting on a beach, with a cup of ice cream in her left hand, and a spoon in the other hand. The ocean behind her was calm and a deep blue, while the sky was a brighter blue. The horizon that connected the sky and ocean blended together almost seamlessly. The sundae Momo held was decorated with chocolate fudge covering the swirled shaped vanilla confection, with a cherry on top. Momo was wearing a purple one piece bathing suit, with a large sun hat that had holes where her ears stuck out.

Her mouse cursor hovering over the the post button, she gulped and clicked.



—1 Hour Later—



Wendy had gone to get a snack. When she came back to her computer, she noticed she had notifications on the bell icon by her Twitter profile. Wendy was a bit excited and a bit nervous. She clicked on the notification as soon as she sat down at the computer.

It was a single like, retweet, and follow from one of the artists she followed.

While it was a small accomplishment, Wendy felt elated. Especially because she liked just about everything this artist put out. Wendy clicked the artist’s icon, and clicked their DM icon.
Thanks for the follow! 😁
About a few seconds later, they replied.
No problem. 👍
“Best. Day. Ever.”, Wendy said to herself, giddy.
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Over the past few months, Wendy’s follower count had increased a bit. She was up to 50 followers, which wasn’t very big, but it was much appreciated to Wendy. Enjoy the little things as they say. Wendy figured it was time to grow her number of followers even further. Taking inspiration from the artists she follows, Wendy decided to host an art raffle.
Hi everyone!

Thank you so much for 50 followers! To celebrate, I’m hosting an art raffle. The winner will receive fully colored art of their OC. Just follow me, like and retweet this post, and reply below with a ref of your OC.

Raffle ends in 1 week.
Attached to this post is art of Momo, her pink bunny character, winking and giving the peace symbol with her hand. Against a pale pink background are the words “50 Follower Raffle!” in bold purple letters. The style Momo is drawn in is a cutesy, chibi style.

Upon posting, a few of her followers began liking and retweeting, spreading word of her raffle. They even left references of their original characters in the reply section.

Wendy felt a sense of anticipation, excited over the potential amount of followers she’ll accumulate by the end of this.
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Wendy was hard at work on her next art piece. It was the prize for the raffle she held. The raffle was an overall success. She managed to increase her follower count to about 83. Plus, other artists were starting to notice her artwork. Maybe she’ll get more followers and hold another raffle soon.

The raffle winner’s character was a muscular blue dragon with red eyes and a white underbelly. Every time Wendy looked at them, she got a bit flustered, finding them attractive. She’d stop drawing from time to time just to admire the design.

Wendy had finished the flat colors, now it was time to move onto shading. She drew the dragon smiling, flexing their right bicep, and his left hand on his hip. He was wearing red swim trunks, standing in front of a beach shore. She hoped the raffle winner enjoyed this.

After she finished shading, she saved the artwork and converted it into a PNG. She then DM’d the art to the winner.
Here’s your prize! What do you think?
A second later, they replied.
Wow! This looks awesome. Thanks so much.
Wendy felt a sense of pride. She hoped she’d get to work on more art for more people.
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Wendy stared at the image on her Twitter feed, completely in awe. The slender purple dragon with a pink underbelly, bright blue eyes, and an hourglass figure had her under her spell. The art was well rendered, the highlights and shading on the dragon’s scales giving her a cell-shaded appearance.

Wendy gave the post a like and quickly types her reply:
Wow! She’s so beautiful! I luv luv luv this! 🤩
She posted and waited for any possible response. After a brief period, she received a single notification. The artist had liked her response.

Wendy decided to save the image in her “special” file.
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Wendy sat at her computer, pen in hand, bringing it to her tablet, gliding it across it’s surface. In Photoshop, a black, curved line appeared over a sketch of her bunny character, Momo.

The sketch depicted Momo in a scarf, fluffy overcoat, skirt, leggings, and boots. She was walking down a sidewalk, with a cup of coffee in her hand (probably pumpkin spice), and in the background, leaves fell from the trees, depicting an autumn vibe. Wendy intended to color these trees in warm reds, yellows, oranges, and browns. Currently, the sketch she had scanned was grey like the pencil lead she had used to create it.

It had been about thirty minutes since Wendy had started, and her process to outline the drawing was near complete. Every detail, from the leaves, to Momo’s clothing had been outlined. As she went to create a new layer, she noticed she had made a terrible mistake. She had forgotten to create a separate layer for the outline. This whole time she had drawn over the sketch layer. Normally, she found it easier to make layers for each subject, background elements, colors, shadows, and highlights. But now, due to this oversight, she had to start over.

Wendy felt incredible disappointment and annoyance. She had wasted so much time outlining every detail. And all that work had to be scrapped. She put the palm of her hand to her face and groaned. Then, the drawing was closed without saving. She got up from her desk and sulked.

“Nice going Wendy,” she said to herself. She left her room to blow off some steam, and maybe get a snack.
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Wendy kept fiddling her in between her fingers. She was struggling to come up new ideas for drawings (in short, art block). It had been weeks since she drew something for her Twitter. Her follower count was up to 110. She had held a raffle not too long ago to celebrate 100 followers, so she wanted to keep the momentum going on her new found rise in popularity.

Releasing a sigh of frustration, Wendy looked at her phone, opening to YouTube. One of the videos in her feed caught her attention.

Sister Location Trailer 1.

Surprised, Wendy tapped on the video.

After the trailer ended, Wendy felt intrigued and excited. She loved the new designs for the animatronics, with Circus Baby’s standing out the most to her.

Wendy felt a spark of inspiration. She was ready to draw!
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Wendy casually scrolled through her Twitter feed on her phone. There was a lot of nice artwork of wolves, dragons, and birds. Also, there were some funny memes involving cats, Spongebob, and relatable situations.

One in particular caught her attention. It was a picture of a cat lying in bed, snuggled under the covers, with a caption that read:
Me: I'm going to do so much this weekend.
Also me:
Wendy pressed the heart shaped like button on that post, then gave her response:
So cute. That is totally me sometimes. :3
Wendy continued to scroll through her feed. She then noticed a video retweeted by one of the artists she followed. She tapped to view the video.

In the video, a short kid with dirty blonde hair and freckles was holding up a bottle of ketchup and a can of baking soda.
"Hey guys! What's up? Today, I got a quick prank to show you. When I put baking soda in this ketchup bottle, and shake it up, it explodes!"
The video cuts to the boy in the kitchen, putting in about a teaspoon of baking soda in the ketchup bottle, and shaking it up.

Then, an older man (probably his father), carrying a corn dog on a plate, goes to open the ketchup bottle. The instant he gets the bottle open, the ketchup shoots out of the bottle, like a rocket. The man's chin and shirt are now spattered in ketchup. The man is visibly shocked and angered. He then shouts:
"ZACH!"
The video cuts there.

Wendy chuckled a bit before typing her response.
I'd hate to be in that kid's shoes. <.<"
She noticed the name of the prankster's account.

Zachpranks, huh? Wendy figured she'd take a look at his account to see what other kinds of pranks he's done.
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Wendy was looking at some artwork of a muscular, blue triceratops, with a broken horn, brown shorts, and a yellow karate belt. He was holding a big pot of chili. She thought this character looked pretty awesome and sexy. It was titled "Chef Spike." She looked at the description and read that it was fan art of a character from "Extreme Dinosaurs."

"Extreme Dinosaurs?," she said to herself, "I haven't heard of that."

Curious, she decided to look up the show. Apparently it was about a group of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, including a tyrannosaur, triceratops, stegosaurus, and a pterodactyl, that battled evil velociraptors who were bent on causing global warming. It looked like it was inspired by (or ripped off from) the TMNT.

Wendy looked at the screenshots she could find for the show. Some of the angles and poses these characters were drawn in were rather... appealing to her. These dinosaurs were so ripped, they looked like they could tear the TMNT in half! She then began looking at some more fan art of these characters, and found some that were pretty cool, and some that were risqué. Wendy decided then and there that this show was meant for her, so looked where she could watch the series.

"They must have known exactly who this show would appeal to," Wendy said, "Consider me a fan now!"
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