TFF / Mexico / Furnal Equinox

Hi, guys and girls!

A new journal where I want to tell several things, here is an index of the topics I'm telling you about:

• -Texas Furry Fiesta
• -Tour in Mexico
• -Furnal Equinox
• -Artists Alley
• -Cutthroat artist
• -Telegram Channel
  

Texas Furry Fiesta

This was a great adventure!!! AMAZING!!
When we wanted to buy the flight tickets, we realized that they were more expensive than we thought, so we made a B plan that worked out great: traveling to Monterrey, NL, visiting a friend, and driving with them to Dallas, TX. In the van we were Yvette, Aramis, Koidel, David and me. It's very particular to talk about David, who didn't know what kind of event we were going specifically, he only knew that he would take us to a comic convention, but he had no idea anything about the furry fandom. When he found about this whole world, and also were at the convention in person, he was so excited that on the trip back to Monterrey he was very curious and passionate about the whole furry theme, and even he had alreadydecided what his fursona would be. He's a lion!

TFF was a great convention, very fun, full of friends, lots of fun times, great experiences, unforgettable moments, and many more descriptions that sound very empty but in reality have a lot of meaning.

Again, it would be very difficult to mention absolutely all the people I saw in the event, it would be a very long journal, and probably I can forget someone and I will regret it a lot. What I can say is that I shared a room with two guys whose first furry convention was precisely this one. Frits Rabbit and Sander the black cat. Both great friends, very shy at first, but fortunately they had a great time, and very nice to room with them, they're sweet persons.

We broadcast a live stream instead of our usual podcast called "Viernes Furry". Almost at the end of the broadcast, Majira Strawberry dragged me to a party in a suite, which was where we finished the stream (If you want to watch the video, here's the link, but most of it is in spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBjluPaBXrE). And many asked me what happened next. Well, it didn't really happen much later, we were taking a while with them, Majira put us in a shower, and opened it by accident, another friend arrived who was already very drunk and doesn't remember anything about that evening. And then I went down to the dance and started jumping and hoping to the rythm of the music.

I made several new friends, it was nice to see friends from past conventions, friends I made from last year's TFF, and there was , as is usual at every furry con, creepeers, people who are scary and who chase me everywhere.
But it was great!! I love TFF, I want to go back next year!

Tour in Mexico

I just returned from the trip to Dallas and Monterrey, I gave a step at my house, I washed my clothes and that same day I traveled to Mexico City, I didn't even spend a whole day in my house. I was in Mexico City for some few days and in a few weeks I was going to be traveling to different parts of my country.
This will happen next week, a trip with friends in different places, sightseeing and showing them the most beautiful of the culture of Mexico.
On this trip we are going Kyle Summer (better known as Majira Strawberry), Dixie, Fox Amoore, Ed Puma, Kurtt Amarok and me.
Surely it will be very cool, soon there will be more details of exactly what will happen.

Furnal Equinox.

The tour in Mexico will conclude with a flight to Toronto. It will be my third time in Canada, preparing my tummy for putine and Tim Hortons.
My second time at Furnal Equinox, ready to adapt my body from extreme heat to imminent cold.
In this convention I will only have one day of artists alley, one Saturday to fursuite almost all day, and one Sunday with a very particular contest to which a certain zebra enrolled me.

Remember that I always get very excited when someone recognizes me, comes over to say hi, hug me, take pictures, talk with them for a while. I am the same, I also love to see someone I admire, a fursuit that I like, get close to them, say hello, maybe take a picture with them, do a little talk, and let them continue with what they were doing. Do not be shy, it makes me very sad when someone writes to me on the internet that they saw me at a convention but they were very shy to come over and say hello. But remember that you must always be respectful! Avoid being the creeper who follows me everywhere and who looks out for my privacy, there should always be a balance. Let's continue supporting the positive attitude that the furries we must have with other furries!!

Artists Alley

As I mentioned before, I will only have a table on Friday during the convention, March 16th. One of the few opportunities to have a commission by me.
This time there will be no commissions to do at home, since I already have many pending, projects and paid work that I must finish at home, I don't want to inflate me more. So those that I will receive at the convention, will be the only ones. This time I will take 5 commissions to work on during the convention. So if you are interested, come quickly to the table on Friday as soon as the artists alley opens its doors to the public.

Here are some recommendations if you plan to attend Furnal Equinox and are interested in a commission by me:

• -It must be simple ideas, no backgrounds or a whole scene. I promise that I will have a great job for you anyway. Extra characters will be extra charged.
  
• -Be thinking of a good idea to work, if you don't have one, you can leave it up to me and I can suggest a good pose for your character.
  
• -Prepare your reference sheet (you can bring regular pictures of your character, it doesn't matter if it's not a profer reference sheet), but preferably it should be printed. You never have to trust the internet of the place, it's not advisable that you give me your gallery of FA so that from there I take the reference of your character. If you couldn't print your references, don't worry, you can have them saved on your cell phone and share them either by bluetooth or I can take a picture on your screen.
  
• -I like very much to draw in sketchbooks, but don't worry if you don't have one. I also have sheets that I can give you. What I don't have is how to protect your drawing when I give it to you later on the separated sheet, so if that is the case, get a folder or something to keep your drawing safe.
  
• -Very strictly I will only accept 5 commissions, no more. They almost always fill up in the first few minutes, so you go to the line as early as possible on Friday to be able to have a high chance of reaching a place on my queue.
  

Cutthroat artist

BCBreakaway had insisted me for about a year that he wanted me to see participating in this artist contest.
They arde 4 rounds, each round lasts 10 minutes and in each there is a challenge (for example, draw a badge for someone in the audience). At the end of each round, a judge eliminates a competitor. The interesting thing is that during each round, there are 1 or 2 sabotages that are up for auctions. Each artist starts with a certain amount of money (fake money, only for the contest) and this money can be used to bid in the auction and to buy sabotage for one or more of the competitors (sabotages can be such as drawing with the left hand (or the right hand if the artist is left handed), draw with the canvas upside down, and so on). The final only remains between two artists.

For this edition, the competitors will be Anyare, Cat-Monk Shiro, Underbite dragon and me. If you want to attend, in addition to having fun, you have the chance of having a drawing made by the competing artists (completely free).

If you go to Furnal Equinox, don't miss this panel, it will be Sunday March 18 at 1pm in the Bay Room.

Surely I will lose in the first round, but it will be fun to try.

Telegram channel

I almost never check internet in my trips, and sometimes I forget to update anything to my social networks. But there is something that I always use because it is very easy to access, and it is Telegram. I have a telegram channel in which I always update news, new drawings, announcements, spontaneous changes on artists alley, my plans, streams, etc.
I recommend you follow me on my Telegram channel:

https://t.me/panda_paco

That's all, if you read this journal until the end, say "wrargh!"
I love youuu!!