Author: Middlesfur

Artist of the month News

February Artist of The Month 2019: FOX-POP!

Hey furs, February is the month were we at Middlesfur have finished resting for the holidays and start back to work. Providing you with meets and our Artists of The Months! For our first Artist of The Month, we bring you the awesome Fox-Pop. Fox-Pop’s vintage pin-up style is certainly distinct and appealing, you could easily imagine their work painted on the side of a bomber plane, propaganda poster or as an old cereal mascot. their use of solid colour and bold outlines really brings you back to the good old days. We at Middlesfur hope you enjoy Fox-pop’s work as much as we do!

A word from Fox-Pop

Howdy! I’m Fox Pop, a 1990 born artist currently living in Italy!
My art is basically about three things: “Anthropomorphism”, “Vintage” and “Pin-Ups”. The constant presence of vintage/retro and somehow nostalgic vibes is the thing I’m most proud of my art because of my strong passion for anything comes from 60s and 70s (vehicles, music, products, movies, posters… I’m apparently an old fart inside!). Gil Elvgreen’s Pin-Ups, along with ancient paintings and sculptures inspire me a lot especially when it comes to anatomy studies or artistic nudes/semi-nudes and many other products (cartoons, movies, comics, advertisings…) featuring anthro characters have influenced my way to draw, but the strongest influence in my style comes from 70s/80s japanese animation (Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka, Monkey Punch, Tatsunoko Pro… both anthro and non-anthro products) and that’s what brought me to draw my characters more like “animalized people” than “animals with human traits” and that’s something that (fox) pops up even in my webcomic “Truck Off: The Treasure of the Horde” (Currently published on Katbox.com) in which the characters are anthro animals still acting and living as regular human beings.

Fox-Pop

Examples

Social Media

Furaffinity: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/FOX-POP/
Deviantart: http://fox-popvli.deviantart.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/F0XnR0LL/
Katbox: http://fox-pop.katbox.net/

Meet Dates & Info News

10th Febuary Meet 2019

Hey furs, it’s 2019 and it’s time for more Middlesfur! We are going to work hard to bring more of what you love, more merch, more games and more fluff. As we do every year we encourage members to provide us with what you want out of the meets (We are still a way off from having our own convention but might do a trip since you keep asking)

Schedule

11:30-12:00 meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station

12:00-14:30 Games and socialising at The resolution

14:30-15:30 Fursuit walk (Suiters please contact a committee member if attending)

15:30-17:00 more games, drawing and socialising

17:00 End of meet


(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Artist of the month News

December Artist of the Month 2018:

Hey furs, for the Christmas season we bring you a gift of the transformation artist, Amethyst! Amethyst is a skilled artist that specialises in transformation both animal and machine. She has a wide range, varying from the cute, to the visceral and that lays between. We think that you will agree that Amethyst has something to offer for all kinds of tastes and her eye-catching pieces are worth looking through her portfolio.

A Word from Amethyst

“Hi my name is Amethyst ( or sometimes Beetle), I’ve been in the fandom since 2008 ( so says my Furaffinity registering date!). I honestly first heard about the fandom from the critical side of the net, but I really liked the characters, costumes and art that the fandom is built on so I decided to delve in.

I’ve loved fantasy stories and shows, monsters, animals and anthropomorpism as a kid, and have been drawing from a young age too.

The fandom is great for interesting character designs, and I also enjoy drawing monsters, body horror and anthro-machines ( Yes, I like Cars. Fight me!). I work a lot digitally but enjoy going back to traditional media when I can.

I’m inspired by folklore and legends, cartoons, monster movies, history, vintage cars, old scifi and natural forms. As for artists I enjoy, they range from realistic surrealism such as John Brosio and Simon Stalenhag back to style-heavy cartoon stuff, like Rubberskunk, Dobescrusher and Haifisch Ehrlich. I also really like old 80s movie poster art.

I fursuit, watch bad movies, collect animals bones and have too many diecasts and plushies. “

Social Media

FA amethystlongcat

Twitter @Feraltoaster

Telegram @Amethystboo

Discord Beetlebutt#2107

Meet Dates & Info News

11th November Meet

hey furs, it’s the last meet of the yearl̦ and we are so glad to have such a great community. We hope you will be able to make the last meet as the next meet will be in February next year, However, we are always available on social media throughout the holiday season. If you do plan to bring your fursuit please notify a committee member so we can have bottled water on hand for the walk.

11th November Traditional Meet Schedule

11:30 Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.

12:00 Head to Resolution.

13:00 – 14:30 games and socialising

14:30 – 15:45 Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).

17:00 Meet ends at Resolution.

Location


(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Meet Dates & Info News

14th October Meet

Hi furs, sorry for the late post for this month, it’s been a busy one. We hope you’ve been doing well and we are keeping it simple this month. As it’s Halloween however not furry costumes will be allowed as long as they comply with our code of conduct.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE BRINGING A SUIT SO WE CAN HAVE BOTTLED WATER READY FOR YOU!!!

14th October Traditional Meet Schedule

11:30 Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.

12:00 Head to Resolution (downstairs at the back).

13:00 – 14:30 games and socialising

14:30 – 15:45 Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).

17:00 Meet ends at Resolution.

(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Artist of the month News

September Artist of the Month 2018: kaitycuddle

Hey furs, firstly we’d like to apologise for the late post this month and secondly, we’d like to present you Kaity (kaitycuddle) as our September Artist of the Month! Kaity is a skillfully delightful artist who’s pin-up style pieces beam with personality. Through a combination of posing, backgrounds and props, Kaity is able to portray her subjects with lifelike expression and storytelling.

A word from Kaity

“I’m Kaity, I’m 24 living on the East Coast of Canada. I started out drawing wolf characters for my friends on a game called Furcadia, and then eventually branched out into the furry scene and have stuck with it ever since. I also love painting non-furry art, too! I am totally passionate about art and so I hope to continue improving and creating for a career. I’ve come to develop a colourful style with chunky lines and an attention to anatomy (at least, that’s what I aim for haha). My style is always evolving, though! Some big inspirations of mine include Wildering, Akitamonster, and Yulliandress.” – Kaitycuddle

Examples

Social Media

FurAffinity: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kaitycuddle/

Tumblr: http://kaitycuddle.tumblr.com/

Meet Dates & Info News

5-Year Anniversary (9th September)

Hey furs, as you may have guessed from the title September will be our 5-year anniversary of Middlesfur goodness! We still cannot believe that we have been going for so long. If you been to our anniversary meets before you’ll know we have a pub quiz with prizes and this year will be no different. We will have our games and other little surprises sprinkled throughout the day. We hope you can join us for the big day and please let us know if you’re bringing a suit so we can have enough water on hand for the fursuit walk.

Schedule

11:30 Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.

12:00 Head to Resolution (downstairs at the back).

13:00 – 14:30 pub quiz

14:30 – 15:45 Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).

15:45 – 17:00 games and socialising

17:00 Meet ends at Resolution.

Location

(Anni-fur-sary artwork by Frith)

Artist of the month News

August Artist of the Month 2018: Kite

Hey furs, it’s August and it’s time for our next Artist of the Month, Kite! Kite’s style uses a combination of pose, angle and perspective to create energetic scenes. Her work is action-packed and expressive, telling a story bringing the subjects to life. Also, the use of vivid colours only enhance the fun of her work and overall Kite’s style showcases how she is willing to push herself by not resorting to simple posing and backgrounds to tell the story she wants to tell.

A word from Kite

“Hi everyone. My name’s Kite. I’m 24 years old, a black fox from the UK. I first got into the fandom around 2008/2009. Back then, I’d seen some anthropomorphic drawings and the like on DeviantArt and was really into Sonic at the time when I discovered there was a whole fandom around the idea.

I’ve been into art since I was about 10 years old. When I was a kid, I thought my drawing skills sucked and it took winning a school competition to realise I was actually really good at this and really enjoyed it. From there, I just kept developing my art, working as hard as I could to reach my goals. Despite my secondary school screwing up and not giving me art class for my GCSEs, I managed to push through and went on to study Video Games Art and Design in University which really propelled my art skills by learning from those who had so much talent.

As for inspirations that helped me figure out what the heck I’m doing, I’d have to go with Van Gogh, Falvie, JMW Turner and recently Oselotti.” -Kite

Examples

Social Media

Furaffinity: www.furaffinity.net/user/kite512

Twitter: @KiteInColours

Patreon: www.patreon.com/kitefox

FurryNetwork: https://beta.furrynetwork.com/kite512/

Tumblr: http://kiteincolours.tumblr.com/

Meet Dates & Info News

12th August Traditional Meet

Hey furs, we hope you are doing well and are finding ways to keep cool in this deadly heat! Just so you know the meet after this one is our 5-year anniversary! so we would love you to attend if you can. However, let us get on with talking about this meet. We are having our usual traditional meet, with games and what not and the fursuit walk for those who are up for it. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE BRINGING A SUIT SO WE CAN HAVE BOTTLED WATER READY FOR YOU!!!

8th July Traditional Meet Schedule

11:30 Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.

12:00 Head to Resolution (downstairs at the back).

13:00 – 14:30 games and socialising

14:30 – 15:45 Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).

17:00 Meet ends at Resolution.

Location

(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)

Meet Dates & Info News

8th July Traditional Meet

Hey furs, for the month of July there will be no café meet as Neptune has started a new job so will have to negotiate details with their new employer. Trust that we will do our best to keep both the traditional and meets running as on a regular schedule as possible?. For our traditional meet,the schedule is as follows.

8th July Traditional Meet Schedule

11:30 Meet at Middlesbrough Bus Station.

12:00 Head to Resolution (downstairs at the back).

13:00 – 14:30 games and socialising

14:30 – 15:45 Fursuit walk (optional, usually at least one committee member will remain at the pub).

17:00 Meet ends at Resolution.

Location


(Image was drawn by PastelClaws)