DaniGirl

wow your daughter is really talented, is she taking any drawing classes? She seems like she is just naturally talented.

mixedmedia

Just high school art classes. Nothing since. She had a good teacher in her older sister, though. They're very close.
Thanks.

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jewels

How did I miss those?

Wow, your girls are talented! You proud mama, you!

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mixedmedia

Thankee

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spooky1

Talented girl you have there.

majik_6

She's ridiculously talented!

The later work has a truly professional sheen that I'd be hard pressed to achieve after half a decade of art school and over a year as a professional layout designer.

Not to mention, the progression of technique and concept from 2005 to the present it out of this world.

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mixedmedia

Thanks, folks.

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Spanxxx

I agree with a lot of the sentiment here. I'm not a real fan of the "furry" thing, but I'm definitely a fan of the buxom comic female art. I mean.. come on. We're all adolescents at heart right?

I concur with the others though. She's got some serious talent. She should really put together a portfolio and also a stack of prints to sell and start doing conventions on the side on weekends. I think she'd make a nice little extra stack of cash and likely start getting some connections that could put her into this realm as a career path. I mean, certainly, she should follow her heart and by far a veterinarian is going to have a hell of a lot better time supporting herself than an artist by most accounts, but I wouldn't discount this as an option either.

If she isn't doing the convention thing, I'd suggest it to her. Go to gaming and comic book conventions. Furry conventions....eh, I don't know about that .. I'm sure she'd be a big hit, but it's not inside my knowledge sphere. Depending on where she is located, there are all kinds of conventions every year that a good artist with this kind of talent can do really well in.

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mixedmedia

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts.

She does go to comic cons and such and I never thought of that avenue for her before, so thank you. I will mention it to her. She had the silhouette of her character made into a sticker for her car and I mentioned perhaps a little line of stickers to see how well they would go over, but she didn't really take it seriously. I think she experiences some 'cognitive dissonance' when she thinks about turning her art into a career, as much as she enjoys the act of making it...she's pretty practical-minded, that one.

As for the 'furry' thing, yeah, I know. She has to struggle with that one, too. Aesthetically she likes the fluffy tails and ears, but doesn't have much of a taste for the lengths some folks go to with the 'furry' lifestyle. She gets quite defensive about it, actually.

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce