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darthjak · 8 months

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My ampwave Fade next to a cool car at Furvana

#furvana #fursuit #ampwave

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mcromwell · 8 months

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Home from Furvana safe and sound! Thanks for everyone that came by the booth to say hi and check out our art. We appreciate y'all so much. 💖 can't wait to see everyone next time!!

#furvana #furry #furvana 2023

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soren49 · 7 months

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furvana 2023 poster

Now that furvana is over, I'm able to share the work Kira and I did on the furvana poster! They sold out so quickly, I'm so happy and honored everyone loved it so much! Kira helped with sketching seal kira, background elements, bubbles, fish, and some edits to furvana!

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yupuffin · 7 months

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Thanks to Leo Fairmane for this video of my performance at the Furvana 2023 fursuit dance competition last weekend!

🎵Ado - うっせえわ (Giga remix)

This dance is about my experience with elitism I've encountered in my 10+ years as a fursuit dancer.

Below the cut is my thread I've copied from Twitter explaining the concept:

So many dance styles have stemmed from a desire for community, a sense of belonging, and an expression of solidarity. Therefore, I believe it's important to retain the "community" aspect of dance as an art form, to prioritize supporting one another's unique forms of expression.

The competition, as the primary in-person format for fursuit dance performance and viewing, is indeed exhilarating, but I feel that it's important to remember that we're all artists first and foremost; art is subjective, so there's a reductive aspect to numerical scoring.

To adapt a post I previously read about sports: competitions are not meant to be fair. They're meant to reward the participant with the greatest advantage. "Advantage" can mean access to classes, disposable income, ample free time, being able-bodied, etc.

We can try to make competitions fairer, but we can only go so far, as they are unfair by definition. I don't think we should try to change or eliminate competitions, but I do think we should remember that dance, as a form of art and community, goes beyond competition.

I believe when we lean too much into the "competition" aspect and start elevating "elite" dancers, treating scores and placements as an objective measure of quality, and overemphasizing "progress" and "potential," we undermine the vital "community" and "art" aspects of dance.

As a disabled dancer, I've had people (dancers and non-dancers alike) tell me to my face that I need to dance differently to conform to competitive expectations, or directly ask me why I don't place as much as dancers with different physical capabilities.

I don't think it's a universal experience, or that it's unique to the fursuit dance scene. But it is a regular experience for me and I believe it's a product of what I perceive as unhealthy overemphasis on competition, for participants and audiences alike.

I also believe that, as different individuals, in addition to coming from different backgrounds, we all thrive in different environments. I don't deny that a highly competitive environment can be optimal for some, perhaps even many, dancers.

At the same time, I feel that such a competitive environment is inherently exclusionary to disabled or otherwise less privileged dancers. I have had SO MANY people, often other disabled performers, tell me they quit fursuit dance because the scene made them feel SO unwelcome.

Where is the "community" in such an environment? Isn't community supposed to be about celebrating the individuality, the unique artistic perspective and experience, each dancer brings to the scene? About welcoming all participants, regardless of skill level?

This past year, I was fortunate enough to take a couple of dance classes. I felt more support, joy and community in one lesson in a studio full of strangers than I have typically felt as a disabled fursuit dancer, and I thought, why can't the furry dance world feel like this?

I feel like the message to be true to yourself, to celebrate your achievements, to not care what anyone else thinks, is there, but the fursuit dance environment I've experienced as a disabled performer is too often counterproductive to actually accomplishing this.

To tie it back to the initial post, this dance encapsulates all the frustrations I've articulated in this post as well as the triumph, as tentative and ever-changing as it is, in identifying and expressing the meaning and value I find in fursuit dance.

Going forward, I'm going to do my best to make the fursuit dance community around me more welcoming, encouraging, and inclusive, for the sake of disabled dancers like me, and many others. I'm not going to be perfect, and I have a lot to unlearn, but I'm going to try my darnedest.

I tried to make it abundantly clear that this is all my personal opinion/experience as a disabled dancer of 10+years. I don't think there's any one "correct" experience; others may disagree or have differing opinions/or experiences and that's totally fine.

#fursuit dance #furry #fursuit #dance #furvana #furvana 2023 #yupuffin's costumes #Youtube

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jadeoart · 7 months

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Fade the Ampwave at "Furvana 2023" furry convention in Ocean Shores, Washington.

Maker and suiter: Jade Obrebski

#fursuit making #shows #furvana

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pandamusrex · 7 months

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Still trying to figure out my personal social media strategy LOL

#furry #furvana

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ahmarwolf · 8 months

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Furvana 2023 Charity

This year Furvana is proud to support Left Behind K-9 Rescue as our 2023 charity partner. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Enumclaw, WA dedicated to saving lives of homeless pets through our rescue, transport, foster care, rehab, spay/neuter, financial assistance, and adoption programs.

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#Furvana

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lyltlethelemur · 8 months

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Zom-body's excited for @Furvana in beautiful @OceanShores_WA ! See you Sept 8- 10! I'll be offering comics, prints and commissions!

#furry #zombie #artistalley #Ocean Shores WA #Furvana #anthro

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sweet-honey-ape · 1 year

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Honey is going to Furvana 23!

Pleeeeease follow me and/or ping me if you're also going!

I want to hear from anybody attending this year's September Furvana con on the Washington coast! Vendors, attendees, anybody! Especially artists because I want to make some commissions and purchases for con pickup when the time comes around!

I'm so excited for my first con, and since this is a historically small con, their first one was 2019, which saw almost 500 attendees and the pandemic ended them until this year.

Soooo excited to attend a small convention like this one as my first one. Then I'll graduate up to anthro northwest in january hehe since i remembered about it during the con lmfao

here's some stuff i'm planning:

To do Furvana 23!!!

Commission badge

Put together badge pieces, color communication badges. I want an autism/social anxiety badge/patch, plus maybe one for hugs and/or photos.

Build costume mask (I'm retrofitting an actual p100 respirator for full pathogen protection while indoors!! it'll have ape face on top of my respirator then a clear layer to make it appear like its a special MONKEYGASMASK)

Plan hair- will be a huge thing I should probably post pics of what i'm thinkin.

Put costume together (i'm planning a velvet bodysuit and tail, possibly some kind of apocalypse/planet of the apes theme for Honey since i'm gonna be in respirator). This theme will look dope, leather straps n stuff at Furvana VICE! AHHHAHA sounds so awesome!!!

desperately keep googling for some kind of made-up sci-fi coin-sized microphone to stuff inside my respirator and hook up to a little speaker on my belt because DAMN i cannot be heard

find some groups of people gonna be there and try to hook myself up with some FRIENDS (?!) like MTG ones or fellow monkeys or somethin (jungle on the ROAD??)

#furvana 23 #convention #musings

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cavaliercanine · 7 months

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forgot to post this earlier but here's my recording of the furvana 2023 howl!! sorry you can't see much it was midnight and on the beach but it was unbelievably euphoric howling with so many people (there was definitely 100+ people) !! I tried to hold my phone away from me so my howling wouldn't be too loud on the recording but it didn't really work </3

#therianthropy #therian #otherkin #furry #furry convention

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road-kill-eater · 11 months

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are you going to a con/meetup with the needlefelted head(s) youre making ?? id love to see them in person if i got the chance :D

im hoping to attend furvana if i can get the moving jaw one done in time. i thought it was in november but its in sept so i gotta get moving with it. i used to go to meetups occasionally but itll be my first con so i am excited especially now that i have friends to drag along with me, please feel free to say hi! my fursona head is ultimately too dangerous to wear in any kind of crowded environment considering it has almost no visibility or ventilation and real antlers that are quite sharp... -stumbles around blindly impaling unsuspecting rainbow huskies through the lungs-

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mcromwell · 1 year

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Had an INCREDIBLE time at FC, and we registered for Furlandia in Portland OR in May. Really excited to fill our calendar with art events. Tentative list:

May: Furlandia, Portland, OR July: Art on the Ave, Tacoma, WA August: might do the little local art fair September: Furvana, Ocean Shores, WA October: BLFC Reno, NV and the Okanogan Family Barter Faire, Tonasket, WA Nov-Dec: tbd

Vending irl is one of my favorite things to do. It's so gratifying to hear feedback and reactions to my work in real time. I think it's a really valuable experience.

#marandart #mcromwell #furry con #furlandia #art on the ave #furvana #blfc #barter faire

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faterunes · 8 months

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had to leave furvana and go home legit the day after we got there bc of a covid scare so im missing the entire con but its whatever im tryijg not to care (except i care a lot)

#txt

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soren49 · 1 year

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Furvana 2023 T-shirt

My design for this years Furvana t-shirt! Make sure to preorder yours, as they have limited on-hand products at the con. As the Co-Guest of honor, I can't wait to meet everyone who's coming!

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yupuffin · 7 months

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Photo taken by Stuperfox_Photo (Twitter) at the Furvana 2023 Fursuit Dance Competition

Fursuit "Quay" made and performed by me (yupuffin)

#fursuit friday #fursuit #furry #yupuffin's costumes

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jadeoart · 1 month

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Hello, I am Looking into a full body fur suit for my client. We met at Furvana 2023 and I Loved your suit so much, we discussed suits briefly and we to live in Eugene💕 I’m sure you are really busy with all your amazing art, but am hoping you are taking orders?

hi momof,

im verrrry flattered you remember me and enjoyed my suit, and would love to have me make you a suit as well, but i'm probably going to have to decline the offer. I'm not really confident enough with my skills and quality of work to feel comfortable enough to accept money for it. Paired with my anxiety and the fact that i don't really have the time to devote to such a large project after starting a full-time job, I'm not able to take on such a commission at the momemnt. i'm so sorry to disappoint you. maybe in the future i'll feel up to the task, as doing this was something i wanted to do eventually. i hope you find someone to help you bring your character to life <3

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