16-year-old me would’ve been so happy to hear that, and even now, it feels good to hear <3

Very cool, and very cute. I would’ve definitely wanted to be friends with him in school, but I would’ve been too scared to talk with him because he looks so cool.

It’s always great to see when people express themselves creatively. I love it when I do my daily browsing and there’s new OC, so thank you for posting your art here :3

Seeing these recaps is one of my favourite things every new year. It’s a bummer August and September are empty, but you managed to come back in October and drew some really cool art <3

Wide images like this are so cool. There are so many parallel story lines, and the people on the left have no idea what’s happening on the right. There’s so much going on, but it doesn’t feel chaotic because all these small groups are in their own little universe. It’s very nice :3

Very cute. They look like they’re about to say, “Who just called me cute?!” :3c

The shadows make it look a bit like it’s made from small pieces of coloured paper stacked on top of each other, and that’s very cool!

Shading is something that I always struggle with. I really like the look of pure black along the edges, and it works very well with your style. I’ll give this technique a try next time I draw something. They’re also very cute. Look at that smile :3

Looks like they were a worthwhile investment. A real cutie :3

Technically, I’d say yes. If I had the money to buy the stuff I’d need to make the kind of porn I like, I’d do it, and I think that’d be perfectly acceptable porn. Just adults having fun and sharing it online. There’d also be genuine emotion / lust in it, which would address the issue of objectification mentioned in the video essay. But I don’t know enough about porn / gonewild subs and communities and their vetting processes. And the subs that feature my kinks don’t have any verification process at all, other than an “OC” flair that anybody can use.

This might sound silly (and it’d probably be impossible to implement), but if porn had something like vegan labels (this or this), a label that says “We looked into it and gave it this label so you don’t have to worry about it,” that’d make things a lot easier.

A very nice and interesting video essay :3

I really like the comparison of traditional and furry porn because that’s one of the reasons I prefer the latter, at least “intellectually.” What I mean is that traditional porn, as in, human porn, has some ethical issues, some of which this video highlights. There’s usually no emotional bond or even a visible lack of attraction that can lead to the objectification of the actors, the porn industry can be very shady, and while home-made porn reduces the risk of actors being defrauded, you can rarely guarantee that it’s not abuse or revenge porn (even if most of it isn’t, I can never stop thinking “but what if this clip is?”). That doesn’t mean that watching human porn doesn’t turn me on, so there’s still that primal or whatever urge that competes with the “intellectual” part that sees the ethical complications of a lot of human porn.

Of course, not all human porn is bad, though I don’t have any statistics. I know one production company that I’m, like, 95% sure is legit and treats their actors well, but you need to put in so much effort to find that out (and you need to go beyond the banner on their website saying it’s all fine and dandy). For me, finding porn I like and trying to figure out how the actors are treated is just so much work that I’d rather not watch human porn at all.

And on top of that, there are all the other reasons mentioned in this video: emotions are depicted more clearly (or at all), there are additional ways to convey how characters feel (like a wagging tail when a character is tied up), and (this brings me back to the above paragraphs) it’s obviously not real. There’s nobody who could get hurt or abused, even in the wildest, riskiest scenarios. Sure, some clients might try to avoid paying artists, maybe that’s an avenue for abuse, but afaik there are “industry standards” to prevent that from happening nowadays.

I’ll ask my next employer to add that to the contract :3

I have a small Blahaj (55 cm long, there’s a one-metre version, too) that I’d rate medium-to-good in terms of cuddlability, maybe a 7-ish out of ten. Its stuffing is soft but still offers a good amount of resistance when you squeeze it, so you actually feel its body when you hug it. The size is a bit small for full-body cuddling, but it’s great for cuddles on a chair; I like to put it on my forearm or hold it between my body and my elbow when I’m typing, but the bigger version would be better for cuddles when I’m in bed or standing up, or when you want to dance with it. It has very little fluff (like, the “fur” of a plushie), which makes it a bit “harder” than fluffier ones, but not uncomfortably hard. I often find myself holding Blahaj’s fins / hands because they’re the perfect size for that, I think. It’s also very compact and doesn’t have any long limbs (like tails, big ears, long arms) that make it more difficult to handle.

I’d say that small Blahaj is a plushie with a great form factor and a good compromise between portability and cuddlability, but this also means that it doesn’t excel at anything. For more specific purposes, there are other plushies that are more suitable than Blahaj, but it’s still a great all-rounder for the average person. If you already have plushies that suit you well, I wouldn’t say you’re missing out, but if you don’t have any, it’s a good entry-level plushie :3

That should be every day!