Revisiting My Furry Art…

[@leethax100]

She stopped being a furry when she met a real life bear and married him

[@Husain5XG]

Hunter being called a bear makes it sounds funnier

[@weasel1822]

Bear that controls fire

[@cristinasandoval8541]

@@weasel1822 Edgy material right there

[@CaptLuser]

more artists should do this. it's a way of showcasing improvement without completely disparaging your past self's creativity and growing skills.

[@Alexalicious]

I never let characters or creatures die~!

[@maddiemccarty8661]

I’d love to do something like this

[@mad_yam]

Most do, its one of the most common video formats from them lol

[@scarlet.priestess]

"i think kid me would be stoked if someone drew this for me" its so important to draw shit that'd have ur kid self stoked

[@smokenmilk]

I'd let all of these guys stay on my island in Animal Crossing

[@TheseOddTimes]

wholesome:(

[@Aven-ky5lz]

We all did cringe/sad/weird things in our youth. Especially if a child is lonely, they tend to develop more niche interests or strange behavior. Thank you for sharing your experience. Also, there is no judgment here.

[@slinkadoo6292]

I was lonely and I would blow my nose on the couch

[@Zenocius]

Doesn't she have multiple siblings?

[@Aven-ky5lz]

@@Zenocius You can have siblings and still be lonely.

[@oakeydoakie]

WE LISTEN AND WE DONT JUDGE ❤️

[@sprite-consumer7677]

No no I judge

[@johanweisheit9044]

Says YOU. Furries are awful, and I hope she's fully grown out of this mental illness.

[@theultimatejack3360]

WE LISTEN HARD AND JUDGE HARDER 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

[@Ezmacbars]

when you’re drawn as a royal antelope, but really you’re just a chill guy

[@grantandrews4826]

Very neat that she draws all physical and Hunter seems to draw all digital.

[@LustreMutt]

@grantandrews4826 and she shamed digital artists. Kinda interesting that she would be shaming Hunter too then :v

[@Moonlightgem55]

@@LustreMutthow did she shame digital artists?

[@Kornofreak]

@@LustreMutt where and when has she ever shamed digital artists? Give me the video or post

[@Mr-Lua]

@@LustreMutt chat is this ragebait?

[@CouscousEnjoyer]

​@@Mr-LuaThis community is just too wholesome for ragebait

[@marikklol]

the old art is so adorable, I think it really shows the pure heart you had as a kid, just having fun on deviantart and experimenting with different styles! The way you redrew it really kept the essence of the originals, sooo cuteee ❤️💖

[@alphawolf927]

"was a furry" BRO YOUR CHANNEL IS BEER PUP, THERE IS NO WAS.

[@antonioborobia4178]

Nah it’s a mascot

[@CaptLuser]

@@antonioborobia4178 that’s what they say about the fursuits at sports games 🤔

[@LustreMutt]

@@alphawolf927 this! She just needs to embrace herself and not let anyone hold her back 😅 she’d be so happy.

[@Alue_KittyKode]

@@antonioborobia4178 But a FURRY mascot 👀 /j

[@Minor_Migrane]

@@LustreMuttwho’s saying she’s not happy? Sounds like she was unhappy in that fandom if anything. She just grew out of a cringe faze

[@Hannahgs]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was obsessed with the big chunky necks in Brother Bear, they are so squishy and fun! I'm an animator now and I want to animate a character like that someday, I think it looks so cute on the bear dog as well! My drawing obsession as a kid was horses, not because I was a horse girl, but because I drew one once and it was like surprisingly good for me so I just kept drawing them.

[@herodaresfire4512]

I'm not a recovering furry. I am an active furry.

[@D03H03]

Represent 😭🫶

[@Zenbon111]

Therapy

[@sally1111100]

Excited to relate with someone else and their furry past. It was very encompassing in my life, spent a lot of time on Chickensmoothie.

[@chloway420]

Loved chickensmoothie i thought it was super niche and nobody else had any idea wtf it was 😂

[@Ferven7]

I still go on chickensmoothie sometimes

[@SierraPadilla-f5f]

Dude the 2010 anthro scene on deviant art was amazing. All the styles and designs were totally unique and a lot of the community was built on trad art. It was so cool seeing all the different techniques people used. It’s not the same, but I’m glad we got to experience it nonetheless

[@Jaeghound]

This video and the one where you mentioned neopets have me convinced we probably came across each other in the furry canine artist sphere at some point lol

[@DJ-ew8fd]

Too parasocial m8

[@Jaeghound]

@DJ-ew8fd how so lol, I don't "follow" content creators and artists like that. I am in my 30s and have been in the Internet artist sphere long enough to know that if you draw really similar shit, you've probably come across someone or know people who know them. Furry art world was not as massive back then as it is now lol

[@AmazingSandMBunny]

I'm more of a beginner when it comes to doing art, and I find your art and chatting videos inspirational to make my art better! It really helps watching how an expert works, and try to use those skills when I play with my paints and pencils

[@AllCloudsAreBunnies]

I really enjoy listening to you regale us with these stories about your past or about your drawings or whatever… I just like listening to you regale me! And I also love seeing Rocky at the end of every video.. he’s super cute and it’s great to see how he’s grown since he was initially introduced as a tiny little beaten up poor… thing. Also, I really like your art. It’s a lot of fun and I like the color choices you make. I do think you did leaf a little dirty in this video lol like it’s funny and it’s cute but.. i mean, yes the new drawing was real cute but that was beyond SD/chibi, I can’t say it was a redraw in any substantive way 😆 Oh, plus, I guess you did a real good job with your therapist because it’s nice to listen to you so open and honest and reflective about your past? A lot of people don’t take any time to reflect on themselves at all and are an emotionally stunted mess because of it

[@Xxxvii_]

I think your digital translates amazingly well from traditional! (and vice versa) Love these a lot. I had an instructor in school that did part of her art traditionally, then scan that in and do the rest digital.

[@nentendomofo]

Yeah I related to too much in this video lol. Also I love how you are acknowledging your past selves as you remake these as if you see each previous version of you as a separate artist with different perspectives and motivations. This is actually so wholesome!

[@Muftitok]

I've been watching all of your videos since I recently discovered your channel. You are so soothing and easy to digest-I hope that doesn't sound negative, because it's not. I'm not sure what it is. You would also be an opossum based on what I saw and how I see you. Unbothered, laid-back, but aware of their preferences, indifferent to the shit of others, and simply vibin'. Do you Stream or have a Discord Server for ur Community to just chill, talk about animals and share art ? Greetings from Germany

[@pauljones9150]

29:00 and I began to pay a therapist instead of buying more Wacom tablets This hit way too close to home

[@LustreMutt]

@@pauljones9150 that’s a slap in the save to all digital artists lol? And she’s drawing on a tablet. Seems like she’s lashing out because she wasn’t comfortable in the digital community. I draw on a tablet and traditionally AND have a therapist. Fucked up and rude to say as an artist.

[@pauljones9150]

@LustreMutt damn you really took that personally. Be kinder to yourself

[@LustreMutt]

@pauljones9150 lmao I am kinder to myself- I have respect for myself and my fellow artist where this person doesnt and must have a skill issue to try and blame a whole fandom on it. That's just bad vibes.

[@pauljones9150]

@@LustreMutt she can be honest and be wrong. What's true for her doesn't need to be true for everyone. Don't take it personally. Regardless, have a good day and take care

[@averagetwink.]

@@LustreMutt She could just be talking about her own experience… you don’t have to take everything to heart jesus

[@KarrooBossie]

Thanks so much for existing here on youtube, I can’t get enough of your videos, both the farm stuff and art. I can relate to both. I haven’t been drawing “properly “ in years. And I can feel watching your videos is really lighting that spark in me again to start drawing. Thank you 🙏

[@lyavain2764]

Your online experience sounds so similar to mine! Except I wanted to participate in all the art "memes" and competitions but didn't have a tablet, so I drew on notebook paper and posted with horrible lighting lol. Thanks for sharing! It's very wholesome to remember how the internet art communities used to be and I miss seeing art like this around online. Also, hearing the name nickasaur after all these years was a total jumpscare 😂

[@SnapshotOfASoul]

You're very good at self-reflection, I've noticed. You tend to not over- or under-value what sort of emotional outlet this gave you and what you learnt from it, and it's refreshing.

[@EggzistenshalDred]

I love how a lot of your old sonas had those Red Cross markings on the ears. It’s like some kind of brand that you owned ❤

[@soopysoops]

dude your current version of Zebra is the BEST. She just feels so wholesome! I think it's really cute adaptation of a former character :))

[@kait33]

As someone who has been deeply invested in art communities for a lot of years i very much respect furry art

[@420vicnic]

Your art has gotten so good! I liked the 2017 art, but your redraws blew your old pictures out of the water! 💕

[@popcorn9612]

As a former furry also it's really fun to see all the designs you made. I only had two fursonas that i drew for years. Its interesting to see how the environment and mindser you are in changes the characters.

[@mynoflambago9779]

Is it okay to be a furry? I use it as a form of comfort despite the drama, since I have found drama in every fandom I’m in.

[@sinusoild]

ngl the cross on the back of the ears goes hard

[@jjcoola998]

IT REALLY DOES THO

[@m3chewy479]

“When I stopped drawing furries forever…” *draws furries*

[@Xizen241]

That Spheal plushie is so adorable!🥰

[@sweetsheik]

I loved this video! It’s so cool to see you go back and retry some of your old styles! I saw that bad tattoo video on Hunters channel and would love to see you do something like this with tattoos. I’m a tattoo artist and ever since I realized you used to be (or still are?) I’ve been curious on your journey and styles! Love your channel!!

[@genevieve.w]

I was never a furry but I was obnoxiously obsessed with My Chemical Romance. I vandalized every single desk in my middle school with “I ❤ My Chemical Romance.” One time one of my classmates asked me what it was and I told her it was a band and she went “Oh I thought it had something to do with drugs.” Wild to me that some people just never had some sort of cringy obsession phase lol

[@Jenna_houmir]

Our furry pasts have made us the artists we are now✊️

[@Scotslegend]

I love the acknowledgment of your younger self though, so many people forget all those big feelings you have as a younger person and how you grow from that, so Thankyou 💖

[@ezzakennebba2090]

what a great way to pay homage to your older art as well as exhibit your artistic growth ✨️ you use such friendly shapes, and I've grown to appreciate animals a lot more from your videos :) ty!

[@shayvez]

I was on dA for years and I was a part of HARPG which was just drawing horses and having your own stories and breeding them with other peoples horses and doing shows. It was so big we had the olympics every year where you’d ’train’ your horses in other shows for this huge show. Noblestallion was like a celebrity to me and I had my own friends on there and it made me get better at drawing to draw my horses better. I miss the community. I also got bullied irl and this was my way of having a community and escape. Yes deviant art was cringe but I feel like it let us all express ourselves and find others that liked the same

[@MissShembre]

2:30 I was dA a Lion King teen. I started with traditional (and tried MS Paint), then was OBSESSED with digital when I got my first laptop. I did get decent but then started creating art for my Etsy shop in a very kawaii, cartoony style, and the quality of my furry art has declined. I 100% get the style thing. I adore painting and have been able to paint things I dreamed of creating on my computer. I still do commissions, but I agree, it's a different feeling. I love your ferret design!

[@hughphardid]

Not being able to dye your hair and having that desire for the type of emo style is so real, did the same thing with my character I made when I was a kid

[@freakyfarm170]

I experimented with furry in college and stuck with it afterwards because they can be pretty cool people and reliable clientele. But I don't really relate to a fursona anymore, which I know isn't required. But I've come a long way from hotboxing in a fursuit I only wore once a year.

[@LazyLoonLazarus]

The fandom isn't as fun as it used to be, so I'm not surprised a lotta folks aren't in the fandom anymore! What really matters is that you're enjoying yourself, and if you're not there's no need to force yourself to be in a fandom of any kind

[@Estelle2007]

I wanted to be part of it so badly back in my high school days but it got ruined for me because of all the haters. In my 30's now and after having job experience in the biotech field, learning about CRISPR, and currently using my degrees to work in psychology research, we'll see who gets the last laugh.

[@fruitygangles]

​@@Estelle2007 Well no one cares anymore except you so...ha?

[@niono1587]

@@Estelle2007 🤔

[@ZikaENVT]

22:37 thats just John Oliver as a furry

[@MAIMEDWOLF]

Seeing old redrawn art like this makes me wonder if my old deviantart friends from 2004 are just living amongst me in the twitter art spaces and I just have no idea

[@MAIMEDWOLF]

i will seriously never stop loving the ammateur 2000s -2010 mspaint photoshop oekaki emo deviantart artstyle. i wish we could collectively bring it back

[@Juliulian]

Wish I thought to draw more when going through my early depression years. Seemed like a great outlet. Great vid!

[@LoneLupine]

I'm stuck in the past at 36 years old, and still draw/use several of my old fursonas and write sad/cringe lyrics in the descriptions 😂 but I also do a lot of traditional art, I have that problem where my style doesn't translate to digital very easily. Great video. Your anthros have Night In The Woods vibes

[@MAIMEDWOLF]

SAME... im 32 still drawing sad emo dogs like its 2006 ILL NEVER CHANGE. i refuse!!!!!!

[@half-bakedpotato1078]

My neighbor has a Belgian Malinois named Fiona. Her bark is pretty intimidating, but she’s a sweet pup.

[@GigglyVirtuoso]

"I started paying a therapist instead of buying more Wacom bamboo tablets" so true so real

[@bootlegpotato7315]

leaf is giving puppycat vibes and i love it 💖

[@half-bakedpotato1078]

I think this is awesome to look back on your past lives and just acknowledge them. I have thrown out so much of what younger me drew and wrote and I regret it. The truth is we are always changing. It’s a journey, not a destination, and even the cringe stuff is a part of who we are today.

[@bearmug]

your digital art process is actually really satisfying

[@PearlHarbor138]

Where’s meat canyons fursona? I imagine it being a basset hound

[@robcanisto8635]

I imagine hunter fursona as a ferret

[@naherathe]

fire bending beast

[@D03H03]

Absolutely a basset hound

[@mikayla_collie]

this is kinda like when I tell my mom I "quit drinking" 😅

[@finnbacon]

Congrats on 100k buddy!

[@AlgunDown]

This is an incredible thing to do if you are an artist,you can become better revisiting your older drawings and improving it with your news technique and knowledge

[@jettsimmons8063]

I think your style is your style whether it's digital or traditional, it's just it's different when your using totally different medias to make your work and how they are formatted. As a okay artist myself, I never really saw a difference in my traditional or Digital art, I mostly do traditional for simplicity sakes, but I always love drawing digital if I really wanna make something with colors.

[@Joequidae]

leaf looks like an adventure time character :') so cute

[@AnnieApple]

I love watching your videos because it makes me feel so much more normal, your honesty about being a sad religious edgy kid is so relatable. Hope this isn’t a weird thing to say lol. Ps your art is inspiring

[@hexxikens]

I love love looovvee redraws the originals are just as as cute too ✨🤧

[@goliathtigerfishes]

"I liek wafflez LOL XD" era was a time

[@KiaFursuits]

As a furry, you still give hardcore furry vibes, and that’s okay haha! Awesome video, funny enough I’m watching it while working on a fursuit commission!

[@juliavanhoose]

This looks like a lot of fun. When I was young I drew the same boring stuff all the time. This seems much more fullfilling

[@TheAndrew6516]

How did I know you were gonna say you were listening to MCR in that phase before you said it 😂 god, we were all there at some point.

[@Nml0587]

Im not judging! I love to see the changes in styles and hear the reasoning behind different things. Also, Rocky is getting so fucking big!

[@MiloTheCreative]

I completely forgot people could have feral fursonas (non-bipedal/quadrupedal)! As always, love the videos!

[@LustreMutt]

Mkst of my characters are feral but can stand on 3 legs if desired! Feral characters are fun to draw!

[@YukaAkemi]

So random but thank u for mentioning dry the river, no kidding i was trying to remember that bands name for like months!! it was on the tip of my tongue and you mentioning it was my eureka :) very nostalgic band for me as a moody teen

[@W1ggly1]

I think it's interesting and isn't really something to judge. It was an interesting video, the redraws were cool and especially the scroll from oldest to newest. I really liked the original Bug in a tee design

[@Hidden_Summer]

I never had the patience for art but I had wonderfully talented friends that would help me with creating a fursona and bringing it to life. I haven't been in the community for a long time but I treasure that art they made for me to this day and the friendship that had came with it

[@ChiefBrodyRules]

This is absolutely the best channel on KZbin

[@DJ-ew8fd]

That bell looks stunning! Great overall. This was really chill to watch.

[@fedesxxxxxx]

i love your art, i wanna get into water coloring, you are so inspiring!

[@carolinewheeler77]

I’m so happy because I think Zebra is so cute

[@Rhinosaurjr]

I love fleet foxes. Did you ever play Pokemon art academy on 3DS?? I’m no where near as good as you but it’s taught me a lot.

[@WashedUp5]

I think it would be an awesome video to go over all your and Hunter’s tattoos

[@vixcustrel]

when you colored in your antelope first, what did you do to color it fully without it getting outside the lines or background?

[@VaultHunterRyRy]

Obligatory Rocky tax is the best way to end a video

[@fleaasmcgee1271]

This makes me so happy as a furry artist…

[@nocturneacnaib9329]

you should draw them or your pets as animal crossing characters? like animal crossing style :3 love your videos

[@quillclock]

21:23 this one feels like it has Capabar features (body and head shape) edit: oh wow, the real ones have Capy bodies too CUTE!

[@kingpinalpha]

Really like the bat fursona I feel like the tail needs some more thought but I find the doggishness of the bat works well with the dog body and the single brain cell aesthetic.

[@Mkaythen]

0:11 That Ronno statue tho! ❤

[@Ziixt]

Omggg I remember everybody was posting songs in their descriptions tho!!

[@bobobee9206]

Im not a furry but I wish more people would just admit that some fursonas are objectively pretty fucking sick. Sure, the community can be cringey, but there are some insanely talented artists within it. Plus, I think they're a really neat form of self-expression. Anyone who says they haven't seen a really cool fursona before is either a liar or someone who hasnt been on the internet very much. Even my mom saw a furry at the Renn Faire this year that she thought was really cool

[@lyavain2764]

Yeah I'm not in the community and primarily drew people, but I've always admired furry artists for their skills and designs. It does make me a little sad how hateful people can be towards them and how ashamed even my friends have been talking about drawing fursonas in the past.

[@mynoflambago9779]

Why keep being a furry if it just leads to not growing up?

[@rebeccawebber]

rocky's fursona is a wet lasagna noodle lmao

[@sombra_rex1212]

For some reason on the intro I thought she said "hello wolf pack" and I was just like o okay so this is a thing now

[@emilywoodson]

This was so fun! You had way more fursonas than I did

[@omegabrazzle]

What device do you use to draw digital? I've been curious about finding a way to take digital drawing on the go. But I just can't find anything on it.

[@spartanfoxie]

12:03 that face with the plus sign in the bottom right reminds me of scp 173

[@brandy9877]

Genuine question did you play Animal jam?

[@pauljones9150]

25:00 leaf actually looks like you. Like the closest to look like you

[@Sawolf151]

Your art is amazing. I gotta agree that the furry fandom today is a different beast, sadly. A lot of people, even older, just can't grow up. But I like the way you, very kindly, explained why it doesn't appeal to you anymore. I also favor traditional more than digital art, as a commissioner, and it is a rare find among furries still.

[@mynoflambago9779]

Can I still grow up and be a furry?

[@dianaconde4750]

Elly the emo ferret is iconic i love her ❤

[@ceciliasteffen7483]

This really helped me as a recovering furry

[@dexsnep]

so how much for you to draw my fursona tho fr? 👀

[@mike3954]

How many of these were done in GIMP?

[@cassiehosh1677]

royal antelope: *exists* al: this is me if you even care

[@sissypissyrapper23]

That NATGEO horse tee is AMAZING

[@x144x]

Hunter rehabilitated her furry addiction

[@mynoflambago9779]

Is this a joke or not? I can’t tell

[@MoonMoonTM]

I haven't heard the name Nickasaur in forever 👁️👄👁️

[@sixtsix6573]

Oh man, does WACOM still have the drawing tablet industry in a vice grip or is that long over?

[@mai4319]

Papillon is my fav ❤