http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=232354692

This has been one of those nightmare projects. Everything took more time, and had more problems, than I had expected. I swore at it a lot. But it is done now, and it's not half bad! He's meant to be a husky, though actually I think he's a bit more like a corgi, because he's so short and chubby. Or possibly a husky puppy. This is a hands and knees quad, rather than a stilt quad.



More pictures can be found here: http://www.sparkcostumes.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=131

These Loonakits are art contest prizes. JT decided to get two Loonakits for her daughters, and the girls actually designed these! I have to say, too, that they did a better job of the design than some adult customers I've had. :D

Anyhow, here they are.





Cute, aren't they? (And yes, I'm still taking orders for custom Loonakits. Starting at $20 shipped, prices may vary. They take just 3 weeks or so, much faster than most of my stuff. Just in case anybody's interested.)

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/12/best_comic_of_the_decade.html

Girl Genius is actually in the running for The Washington Post's best comic of the decade. Considering the syndicated stuff it's up against, that's pretty shiny. Vote if you like.

If you don't read Girl Genius, You can start right now. It's good stuff.

I'm lazy, so I'll just cross-post.

I just had a customer cancel his commission. Always a little sad, but it's an opportunity for anybody who wants a suit from me relatively quickly. I now have a slot for a full suit or partial open in March of 2010*. 2010 makes it sound like it's a long ways off, but December is already more than half over, so we're talking three and a half months from now. If you're interested, you can drop me a line.

Examples of my stuff: http://www.sparkcostumes.com/gallery

Contact e-mail: spark.costumes@gmail.com

And remember, it's still December, so my December sale is still going on. So if you're able to make a down payment this month you can get a modest discount on anything I make.

*Slots are always approximate times, so this isn't an absolute guarantee of completion in March, just a "it should probably be done around that time." If you do need an absolute guaratee of a particular completion date, I can promise you one, but you have to let me know, otherwise a completion estimate is just that, an estimate.

I debated about posting this in public, but since the moderator involved has taken to deleting things, I've decided I might as well make sure my side reaches as many people as possible.

So.

There's a new furry writing forum around. They don't seem to be doing much to advertise it, but on the off chance you folks hear about it, I thought I'd let you know...

That you can get banned, without any warning, without having broken the rules, for making a joke that the moderator doesn't like.

http://forum.roguerodent.com is the place.

The joke was "It's dead Jim" in a thread about how to get new members, because a new one hadn't joined in some time, and there had been no new posts for four or five days. I was trying to be amusing and start up the discussion on how to get new people again.

Instead, I got banned. And sent a very ranty note, I might add, about how I was defying the moderators (not sure what I did that falls under that category, since, you know, they don't give warnings, just bans.) And that I was harming the forum. (Funny, that, I was THE single most active poster there...) And I think I was insulted, the mod called me a "weed." Which is new to me, but probably not intended to be polite. :P

So I suggest that unless you're happy with getting banned for anything and everything that annoys a mod, with no warning and no chance to explain yourself, that you stay far away from the place. It's probably going to die soon anyhow, since they seem pretty lousy at getting new members, and pretty good at driving active members away.