May you continue to improve. You are in my prayers.
Bill
jmhcustomart wrote:
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> Hey all-
> In an effort to keep my mind off my current situation, I went ahead
> and typed up the first part of "A Fitting Punishment". a story
> inspired by a post written by Brandon Payne. Thanks, man! Hope you
> all like it. I've got some art to scan, too, so I'll be on and off
> the group for most of the night. Due to the ungodly amount of posts
> I've missed responding to (though I've read them all), I'm gonna have
> to take a break on this one. There are over 200 posts which I was
> going to answer, but I don't think I'm up for staring at a monitor
> that long. I usually try to answer all the questions asked of me,
> but this particular hurdle is too high to jump now.
> There were a few questions I remember from awhile ago. One of them
> had to do with my characters' strength, I believe. Yes, most of the
> anthro characters I draw are stronger than a comparatively sized
> human. Some characters, such as bats or birds, have very dense
> muscle structures in their arms, shoulders, back and chest regions.
> Obviously, great strength is needed for flight. A good example of
> this strength is in issue 7 of Caterwaul Inc. (written, but not drawn
> yet, obviously), where Veronika (a vampire bat) rips the door off of
> a car with her bare hands. Species capable of such displays of
> strength rarely put it on display, and must be careful not to harm
> others accidentally.
> The car club thing? Funny you should mention that. James LaBella
> and I are putting together a site for furry car buffs (as such).
> He's in a hot-rod car club, and passed the idea on to the other
> members, who have all expressed interest in it. We plan on painting
> the girls on several hopped-up vehicles, along with the "Skunkworks
> Racing" logo on them, and racing the cars at the tracks at Moroso
> MotorSports Park. More info will be relayed as more work is done.
> Obviously, it's only in the planning stages, but it looks like it'll
> be a fun project.
> "Cassie's Toy" is still not finished. I haven't touched it for
> weeks. The close-up shots are taking the longest, because all
> the "meat-shots" are colored by hand (to achieve that deliciously wet
> look). Still gotta record the vocals, too. I dunno if des can get
> her voice up that high, but we'll see what we can do.
> A quick update on my eye situation: Went to the specialist last
> week. He said I SHOULD have been in for laser surgery over a year
> ago. They went ahead and lasered my right eye last Wednesday, and
> I'll be going in this Wednesday for the left eye. The doctor seems
> confident they can both be saved, but says the left eye may require
> multiple treatments. :( I've spent the past week getting my blood
> sugars under control, changing my diet, etcetera. I've been testing
> my blood about 8 times a day for the past week to get a better idea
> of what's going on, and seeing how different doses and foods affect
> everything. The left eye bled a lot on Thursday, but it hasn't done
> that anymore since. I've always been a fast healer, so I'm hoping
> that by getting my sugars under control, I will be enabling my body
> to heal itself more easily.
> Thanks again to everyone for your support and prayers, and for
> helping me through this. I only hope I can pay it back.
> In the meantime, read the story, and torture yourselves with what
> might happen in part two. Ya little sickos. ;)
>
> --James M. Hardiman
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Received on Mon Apr 29 2002 - 20:28:23 CDT