After two years of abscence, our good friend Mr. Timothy Albee would like to attend Eurofurence again. However, he is currently not able to afford the plane ticket.

Those of you who have met him at EF10 might remember the great contributions he has made to our community (remember Kaze Ghost Warrior). For those who haven't, here's the link to his webpage:

http://www.ta-animation.com/

He is an animator, artist, fursuiter and mentor, and we think it would be great to have him at EF15 again. A plane ticket would cost between 600 and 800 USD. Those who would like to help can make a small donation by Paypal to

timothy@ta-animation.com

As soon as Tim has gathered enough funds to make the trip, I will announce it here of course.

Thank you! :)

This is the reason why I am only (or mainly) using the internet print
service of the Deutsche Post any more instead of going to one of the
stores... -.-

As explanation: In our DP branch there is one very stupid woman, who already
messed up several (!) of our sendings, by either not putting the labels
properly on the packages (but just "laying" the sticker on it so that it
gets lost with the first blow of wind), or regularly miscalculating the
shipping costs so it comes back after a while, etc.

Today I chose a different counter (with another employee, obviously a new
one, but the stupid woman was still there):

• Tani: "Here's a letter to USA, that should be 2,20 EUR".
• Employee 1: "Hmm, let me see... I am new here, I will look it up..."
• Stupid woman (from her counter): "But the letter is 6,00 EUR, not 2,20 EUR."
• Tani: "No, it's 2,20 EUR."
• Stupid woman: "But not to USA."
• Tani: "YES, because it's lighter than 50g and so still a compact letter,
which is 2,20 EUR to USA! I have already sent it a hundred times like that!"
• Stupid woman: "...."

The bad thing - she is so selfconfident that she simply ignores her
mistakes. I have never seen such an incapable person... >.

Yay!! I am finally done with getting through all my emails and PMs. =) Now there are only 109303878 new submissions to browse...

And finally scanned the super cute badge I got from dingybatty at AC! <3



Next weekend - painting the backdrops for the Pawpet Show.
Not a single free weekend left until EF...

YO, Steuerbescheid, Baby!! :D

And off to Pawpet Show Rehearsals... *wroooom*

...some questions (mainly in the dealer's room), so I summed up the most frequent questions/answers here again.

But first - My heartfelt THANK YOU to all people who stopped by and said hi at AC! :) Also thank you so much for your interest in my art (dealer's table and art show) and all the nice comments! :D I feel very flattered and happy. ^^ It was wonderful to meet so many new people, and my good old friends again! I missed you!


• Are you doing commissions?

Generally yes, but I am not always open.
More info you can find on my website: http://commission.tanidareal.com

• Are you currently open for commissions?

No, I am sorry. I still have some old commissions on my to-do list which I seriously have to finish first before I can add new ones. There is also more artwork that I owe other people (contest prizes, trades,...), I also need time for preparing art for Art Shows and also doing some art for myself from time to time.

• When will you be open again for commissions?

I am sorry I can't tell, as it depends on how fast I can work off my old list (which won't be that quick as Eurofurence is already knocking at the door). Please keep an eye on my journals (FA, LJ), or join my mailing list (http://news.tanidareal.com), I will announce it when I have open slots again.

• Are you on...?

FurAffinity: http://furaffinity.tanidareal.com
LiveJournal: http://tanidareal.livejournal.com (as you see here ;) )
DeviantArt: http://tanidareal.deviantart.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TaniDaReal
My website: http://www.tanidareal.com

• Can I get a Recolored Mood Badge Set?

Sure, these kind of commissions I can squeeze in into my time table, so usually the Recolored Sets are always available (usually, no guarantee though). A Recolored Set is $40. Background colors and texts can be changed as you wish (free of charge). Please note that more complex extras (like wings, additional tails,...) cost extra.

Samples and more info: http://moodbadges.tanidareal.com

• Can I get a Custom Mood Badge Set?

Custom Sets are way more work (like regular badges), so I have to handle these as regular commissions - means, I am not always open, but I will announce it if I have open slots. One single custom MB page is $25.

However, if you order a Recolored Set and want 1 extra custom page, I maybe can add that - depending on my time. Please ask if it's currently possible.

• Do you have more Mood Badge sets / species?

Currently I only have the canine and feline sets in various colors/breeds, but yes - there will be more species (and Add-Ons) in the future, like otters, raccoons, bunnies, horses, etc. I can't tell yet when I will be able to finish them, but I'll do my best.

• I wanted a [...] Mood Badge but the species was sold out.

No problem - you can order them online (international shipping is no problem, all samples and costs you can find on the website):

http://www.tanidareal.com/shop

• Which Mood Badge Add-Ons do you have?

Currently 3: "not happy", "sweet" and "artistic/creative".
Yes, there will be more Add-Ons in the future. :)

• What cons do you attend?

Usually Further Confusion, AnthroCon and Eurofurence.
Next year also ConFuzzled for the first time. :)

Pew, we arrived back home safely from our trip to AC. Everything went fine, we even got a nice steak before we headed to the airport, the flights were fine, and the luggage arrived safely as well and in one piece. :)

Thank you to all who said hi at the con, it was cool to meet so many new people! And big hugs to all my friends - it was so wonderful to see you again! <3 What a wonderful convention, I enjoyed it a lot. :)

More stuff and con report will follow asap - I still have to recover from < 1 week lack of sleep. It will probably take a while until I worked everything up. ^^

The message "your hard disc cannot be found" (which FORTUNATELY only turned out to be a loose contact) is NOT what you want to see 5 days before AC...!! X.X

Yes, we Germans can be disgusting too. ;P And I hate to admit it - but it really doesn't taste bad!



"Red wine-coke-stuff"

Schnolf is prepared for AC...
Thank you to shinigamigirl for the cute badge! :D

Maybe anybody can help me out here. ^^
I need the Folkmanis Black Panther puppet (the big one, there's only one size). I can of course also get it here, but it's about twice the price as in USA. It should be about $35-$40 (here it's over 50 EUR).

Is there anybody who could order/get this panther for me and bring it to AC? I can pay either in advance or at the con. That would be awesome. :) Thanks a lot in advance.



http://www.folkmanis.com/handpuppet_detail.php?item_no=2819=

It was really, really hard to pick out a few for this posting, as we really have incredibly many awesome photos. The photos I randomly chose here were done by Jaryic. ^^

Was a lot of work to convince Daiquiri to go out into the sunshine... ;)

And back home from Switzerland (sadly)... It was AWESOME, report and photos will follow asap! :)

Until then, let's learn something about Kitsunes... ;P
(based on a true story)

And... Hepatitis A/B immunization complete. :)
Got the last injection today. ^^

Btw. I will be at CH-on (a Swiss con) for the next 4 days, so no internet or mails until Monday. :) Have a great weekend!

As I made the puppy logo for their shop (not the whole design, just the logo, which was requested as it is), I'm also going to make some advertising... ;)

It's a local store all about dogs in Krefeld, named "Villa bunter Hund". They're selling high quality doog food and dog accessories. So if you need something for your dog, why don't you have a look there? :)



http://www.villabunterhund.de

Just a little quickndirty sketch warm-up... all my pets are happy now. ;)

Ashati loves her 2kg bag of cat food:



And my 2 male guppys are REALLY enthusiastic about their new BIG guppy ladies, coming from the excellent stables of rapante and fotoschmied (I am not sure if my smaller guppy ladies are now relieved... or jealous ;) ):

Some of you asked for a photo of my whole aquarium. So here it is. ^^
It's a freshwater tank, ~14 gallons (60cm width), with lots of real plants (click on the photo for full size).



The inhabitants are:
Guppies, Pitbulls (LDA25), Corys and some shrimps <3

A website against the upcoming trend of making/collecting real fur plush toys. It's no bashing or flamewar site. If you agree that animals should not be killed and decreased to a toy for human's fun, you should have a look at that site (this is not about taxidermy in general, even if some people pretend those real fur "plushies" would be for artistic reference...).

Yes, I think real fur plushies/toys are morbid and disgusting.
Yes, I personally will never support fur farms in any way.
Yes, it's my personal opinion, and I will stand for it.
Yes, I know it's a moral issue.

If you want to call me "ignorant / selfish / closed-minded" because I am against supporting fur farms and treating animals without any respect, then feel free to. This is not about a general matter of taste, but involves killing for fur, and I will surely continue speaking (not flaming) for those who can't do it themselves.

The topic is way too extensive to put it in a few words, and I also know that not all real-fur-proponents are the same (so I do not want to generalize). So please just read the website if you're interested.

Website was set up by schattenfuchs / alpha_ki.

I am SO on the point of throwing my whole fucking printer out of the window, including all paper and fucking cardridges... X[

Add-On Mood Badges #1, #2 and #3 - finished.
More to come until AC.

The weekend was pretty productive, and also really relaxing and stuffed with loooots of good food and sunny weather. ^^ And yay for National Holidays! :D

I think I just had my 500th sneeze attack within this year.