Author: Middlesfur

Artist of the month

June Artist of the Month: Frith

June’s Artist of the Month

It is June, and for the month of June, our Artist of the Month is Frith! Furs who attend Middlesfur will know both Frith and her artwork from our meets. Frith’s fursona is a jackalope (“A mythical animal depicted as a hare or rabbit with horns, said to exist in parts of North America.” – Oxford English Dictionary) with an eye for shiny objects. We love Frith’s bold outline style with bright colours, she even made our 3-year anniversary pictures last September.

“Hello! My name is Frith and I’m one of the artists here at Middlesfur. I’ve been drawing traditionally for as long as I can remember but only picked up digital art when I was around 13 after I discovered Neopets and an artist called Kuitsuku who drew fanart of the characters. I was entirely hooked by the big-eyed, crisp-lined, ploofy style which, looking back, should have tipped me off that I was a low-key furry … as it stands, I only truly accepted my furriness in 2015 when I attended Middlesfur for the first time and … here I am! I debuted my very own fursuit at this year’s Confuzzled after a more than a year and a half in the works. My fursona is Frith Silverthings, a magpie-jackalope with a penchant for shiny objects. I made his head and paws with lots of help from the community, especially the residents of Middlesfur and Kloofsuits’ tutorials on YouTube. I’m incredibly thankful to everyone who helped me through the process. In the future I plan to create a full plantigrade suit for him and I have no doubt I will continue to receive help and support from this incredible fandom. Thank you” – Frith

We at Middlesfur are so happy to have such a great artist who comes to the meets and produces cool art for us XD

Examples

 

Where to Find more Frith

Twitter: @JackalBunny

Furaffinity: Lievre

Deviantart: mondaysraptor

Email: [email protected]

Meet Dates & Info News

Mini-meet 11th June

Heya furs,

 

Sorry for the late post this month, we hope you are doing well. We are back to our usual schedule, hopefully with the weather improving we should get some good photos from the fursuit walk XD The schedule is as follows:

11:30: Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.
12:00: Head to Resolution
14:00-15:15: Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).
17:00: Meet ends at Resolution.

We hope to see you all and if you have any questions or suggestions for events feel free to comment and we’ll see what we can do.

(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Artist of the month News

May Artist of the Month: Faruku

May’s Artist of the Month

Hey, furs! For the month of May, the Middlesfur committee has chosen Faruku as our Artist of the Month! Faruku is a multi-talented artist that produces work both digitally and traditionally along with her stunning fursuits. She is a devoted artist who started growing in popularity with her Lion King artwork and has become a force to be reconded with. Faruku can be found at many conventions, including this month at Confuzzled, she is usually very easy to find in the dealer’s den at the two tables behind the crowd for fursuit raffle tickets. Both her toony and realistic airbrushed fursuits are true works of art, and we at Middlesfur hope that you enjoy her work as much as we do.

“I’m FarukuCostumes! I’ve been making costume for around 7 years now, from realism to toony we cover everything you need :) I have a background in illustration and animation, and got into costumes through cosplay, we’ve now been making fursuits for fair few years and have expanded into an office location in ye olde North”

Examples

 

Where to find more Faruku

Website: farukucostumes.co.uk

Furaffinity (fursuits): furaffinity.net/user/faruku

Furaffinity (Digital/traditional) furaffinity.net/user/ukuraf

Deviantart: farukucostumes.deviantart.com

Facebook: facebook.com/FarukuCostumes

Twitter: twitter.com/FarukuCostumes

Meet Dates & Info

Mini-meet 14th May

Hey furs,

We hope you are all doing well, as you know we don’t usually have a May meet. However, as the dates line up so the meet is earlier in the month we will be having one! We have the same schedule:
11:30: Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.
12:00: Head to Resolution
14:00-15:15: Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).
17:00: Meet ends at Resolution.

We hope to see you furs and your suits this month, as always feel free to ask questions and make suggestions in the comments XD

(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Meet Dates & Info

Middlesfur Meet 9th April

Hey furs,

It is finally spring, so hopefully, we will be in for some better weather. If you have not seen we have started an artist of the month post, this month is Stefi Heartlilly, to highlight some of our favourite artists and show off their great works. This month follows the usual schedule, except that we will now be meeting at Middlesbrough Bus Station instead of the Train Station.

The Schedule

11:30: Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.
12:00: Head to Lloyd’s Bar.
14:00-15:15: Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).
17:00: Meet ends at Lloyd’s Bar.

As usual, we will have games to play while chatting and The Resolution will be serving food and drink. If you have and questions or problems resolving the meet, feel free to contact one of out committee members or leave a comment and a committee member will get back to you.

Things of note

As our venue does not charge us for being there, we ask that no outside food or drink be consumed at the Resolution. We have an age restriction of 16+ and ask you to bring a valid proof of ID. Members who purchase alcohol for under 18s and under 18s caught drinking alcohol will be banned from Middlesfur meets and the bar staff will be notified.

(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Artist of the month

Artist of the Month Stefi Heartlilly

Hey furs, we at Middlesfur would like to introduce you to new artists in the furry community. So at the start of every month, we are going to highlight an artist that we appreciate.

 

For the month of April our chair Neptune has chosen Stefi Heartlilly! Neptune has purchased quite a few of Heartlilly’s prints along with commissioning pieces of artwork from her. Heartlilly works both digitally and traditionally and has a distinct watercolour art style.

“I enjoy drawing anthropomorphized deities and animals, playing with personifications. Often using animal features to express a characters feelings and experiences, or just for fun! I love to design fantasy characters from fantasy realms, and have found various ‘online’ societies to be inviting of my work. Most of my commissions currently come from these societies of escapism. In the last few years i traveled to various geek/fantasy conventions all over the UK to sell and promote my work. My fan base has gradually built up around my Romantic feminism style, which is often absent in game/fandom conventions largely attended by men.” – Stefi Heartlilly’s about page.

(Some of the commissions Heartlilly has done for Neptune)

If you want to know more about Stefi Heartlilly and her artwork please see the links below:

Website:www.stefi.co.uk

Furaffinity:www.furaffinity.net/user/stefiheartlilly/

Facebook:Heartlillyart

Twitter:@StefiHeartlilly

 

Meet Dates & Info

Middlesfur Meet 12th March

New Venue

Our meet has changed to a much nicer Wetherspoons venue near the central bus station, where we have mostly our own area upstairs. This does mean for those with disabilities it may be quite restricted due to no lift facilities, If you wish to visit our meet and you have mobility issues please message us and we can arrange to accommodate your needs, please do not be afraid to come join in the fun.

Please Bring ID

Sadly we have to ask that any fur wishing to come to the meet has to bring ID to prove you are over the age of 16 (unless previously proven). If ID is not provided we must insist you leave and return with ID either within the meet or at the following meet. No-one is allowed to purchase alcohol if you or the person you intend to buy for is under 18. We will ask you to leave. Sorry, we are having to be so strict but we are unable to take responsibility for allowing such activities.

The Schedule

The meet will follow the usual structure with games and responsible fun.The schedule is as follows:
11:30: Meet at Middlesbrough train station.
12:00: Head to Lloyd’s Bar.
14:00-15:15: Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).
17:00: Meet ends at Lloyd’s Bar.

If you have any concerns please feel free to message one of the page admins, we don’t bite. :D

(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Meet Dates & Info News

Middlesfur 12th Febuary (please read)

Well hello everyone, hope you all enjoyed Christmas and had good festive fun. This is our first meet of 2017 and we are happy to be welcoming you all.

Sadly we have to ask that any fur wishing to come to the meet has to bring ID to prove you are over the age of 16 (unless previously proven). If ID is not provided we must insist you leave and return with ID either within the meet or at the following meet. No-one is allowed to purchase alcohol if you or the person you intend to buy for is under 18. We will ask you to leave. We’re sorry we are having to be so strict but we are unable to take responsibility for allowing such activities.

The meet will follow the usual structure with games and responsible fun.The schedule is as follows:
11:30: Meet at Middlesbrough train station.
12:00: Head to Isaacs
14:00-15:15: Fursuit walk
17:00: Meet ends at Isaacs

If you have any concerns please feel free to message one of us admins, we don’t bite. :D

(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Meet Dates & Info News

Middlesfur 11 Dec(bowling after) xmas furmeet

Hey furs,

Firstly I’d like to say that despite the change in venues this year’s Middlesfur meets have been the best year yet and that’s in great part due to you furs!
This will be the last meet of the year :( but we hope to see you all next year and we hope to keep growing bigger and stronger. The meet will follow the usual structure (I will be bringing games) and afterwards we’ll be going bowling for those who wish to attend. The schedule is as follows:
11:30: Meet at Middlesbrough train station.
12:00: Head to Isaacs
12:30: Booking bowling
14:00-15:15: Fursuit walk
17:00: Meet ends at Isaacs, head out for bowling.

Please be aware we may not be able to add furs to the bowling after the booking so please make a committee member aware if you’re running late and wish to go bowling. I hope you all have great holidays and to see you all next year!

Middlesfur mascots

Meet Dates & Info News

Middlesfur 13th November New Venue!

Heya furs,

We are no longer at TP Coffee House, we have moved to the Issac Wilson. I am aware that the Issac Wilson sells booze and any fur buying alcohol under the age of 18 or for an under 18 will be banned from the meets. No outside food or drink as usual :)

11:30 we meet at Middlesbrough train station to gather everyone up.
12:00 we head to the Issac Wilsons
14:00 those of us who want to go for the fursuit walk will head out
15:15 we’ll head back to the cafe
17:00 the meet ends :(

Feel free to bring games and fun stuff XD

If you have any questions or very appreciated suggestions please reply to this or contact Desirae, Neptune, or Spirit (Wolfie) or comment below