Furry Art Pile

Hello all,

Tani here, broadcasting from eX-O studio. I have recently returned from what may be my last Furry Fandom convention in a long time. Nothing personal against furry conventions, but I never really make much money at Furry conventions. Pity because they are usually very fun to hang out at. Also, I would like to go to more comic convention. Next that February I am planning my triumphant return to <a href=” http://www.katsucon.com/”>Katsucon</a>, so Furry Weekend Atlanta is out of the question.
This week I have a lot of days off from work so I am tying up loose ends and outside projects that are distracting me from exclusively working on Bun Bun Café in between my full-time school schedule and part-time work schedule (or sometimes part-time, I often get scheduled for more days than I want to work). The only other thing that is taking up my time is redoing my convention portfolio, specifically to include my packaging design portfolio. Also, because of this new direction and focus for my career I will be reducing the number of public online galleries that I update regularly. The three sites that will be the core of my studio updates will be <a href=” http://thetani.deviantart.com/”>Deviant Art</a> (Newest art and networking), <a href=” http://www.myspace.com/exo_studio”>MySpace</a> (networking and promotions), and <a href=” http://www.comicspace.com/ex_o_studio/”>ComicSpace</a> (comic art and networking). If you are reading this on a site other than the three previously I listed then that means that I will no longer be updating this particular page on a regular basis. That isn’t to say that I will never post again at these sites, it’s just that it is unlikely unless it is a piece that can’t be posted on the three “core” sites (such as mature themed work).

As usual I will be in the Artists’ Alley at <a href=” http://www.awa-con.com/”>Anime Weekend Atlanta</a> near the end of the month. Not really planning new stuff for this show. I have plenty of nice items that I developed throughout the year that I can sell at “end of season” prices. Such as my Mario and Luigi Raccoon™ hats and Kirby Ability™ Hats, Furry Fruit Friends™ candy boxes, Onion Twins Greeting Card sets, and matted prints. I even have a few more Herbin’ Girls™ plant kits and bookmarks from last year! So I don’t need to make any more crap, I’m just going to try to work on a nice presentation folder on my progress of Bun Bun Café and my packaging art.

In case I forgot to mention it (over and over again heh heh!) Bun Bun Café is my debut comic series that I am currently working on. It stars my two bunny girl characters Sasha and Gwen Gray. If you’ve known me for a while I’m sure you’ve seen these two before. The story is a coming-of-age tale focusing on these siblings as they take care of their family’s bodega while their parents are on a three month European vacation. So far I can say that the plot is fully developed and complete and it has been planned for 15 issues. The debut date I am looking for the end of October (that’s when my printing coupon expires :p) and to promote it a lot around Christmas online. The first convention that it will be sold at should be Katsucon in 2008. Right now I am planning out the whole look and feel of Bun Bun Café’s world. The girls live on top of their bodega in a brownstone building in an urban city called Midway City which is heavily based on the neighborhoods of south side Chicago. Since I am illustrating this with no penciler, inker, toner, etc; I am drawing massive detailed background that can be reused and thus cut out a lot of constant drawing. Plus it helps convey overall consistency with the setting of the story. I am also working on this project with the assistance of my boyfriend Drew Bryant. He is currently working on the scripts and dialogue. Once he is finished writing the first few issues I will have the backgrounds ready for layouts, this should be in a couple of weeks. I’ll post some backgrounds as I finish them. I hope you all will encourage me throughout this project; I can be easily distracted so help me keep focused! Take care all!