#I also have the rest of the dragons on the poll sketched out. but I might take a break from them for a second

[slumbergoblin]

Redrew my dragon OC Steve (I've just been calling him Stephen) from when I was 11 years old^^

New version with old colors under the cut:

[voreinthehouse]

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2024: YEAR OF THE DRAGON

Ming Lee locked the door to the main bedroom of her home. It'd been a busy night for the whole family - her mother, aunts and cousins alongs their spouses and children had all come to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the temple. Jin, Meimei and Ming had all been busy cooking several elaborated dishes, hoping to impress their relatives with a hearty meal and deliciously hot gossip.

Once everyone had arrived and the usual gifts of expensive skincare products, rare candies and the tips on panda management had been exchanged, the family sat at the table set in the temple's garden to admire the moon and enjoy each others' company.

Hours upon hours were spent gossiping, eating, drinking, and having fun, and by the time everyone realized how late it truly was most of their bellies had bloated twice their size from that night alone.

Despite how impossibly full Ming felt - her belly was dangerously close from ripping her dress at the seams - she couldn't shake the warmth that all the baijiu had injected in her veins through the night. It'd ran through her body and rooted itself right between her legs, growing hotter with every little glass she drank, making her pussy pulse to life in drunker hunger.

She and Jin already had a potently ardent sexual life that led them to fucking every night when they were sure Mei had gone to bed, but tonight they hadn't had the chance to sneak off to take care of themselves like usual. 

Her growing desire and increasingly drunken state of mind eventually led Ming to sticking a hand under her dress and stroking her feverish cunt over her leggings. It was almost painful keeping them on; everything in her told her to just rip them open and finger herself, but by what was surely a miracle she managed to keep the rest of her self control. And her dignity, since everyone was too drunk to notice her misbehavior.

Well, mostly everyone.

A single look shared with her husband told her everything she wanted to hear and more. 

With everyone passed out in their own rooms it was finally time for her to get her much needed due. She stripped off her strained dress, liberating a long belch in the process, and donned on a cute little red with golden trimming lingerie she'd gotten a long time ago that felt incredibly appropriate for the occasion. 

It was after all, the new year of the Dragon, and she would make sure to start it with a most powerful bang.

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SUPER LATE I KNOW BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER RIGHT

fun fact! baijiu is a traditional chinese liquor! i wanted to include some small details of chinese culture, mostly in the food, and while i knew that sake is traditional japanese liquor, and soju is traditional korean liquor, i had no idea what the chinese one was named. apparently, baijiu (also known as shaojiu), is considered to be the chinese equivalent of vodka! 

never thought being a nsfw furry artist would lead me to learn more about different cultures like this but honestly, reading about chinese liquors was fun! 

knowledge is power!

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[sotosot]

 He’s only going to get bigger as time goes on...

News!

Hi everyone! Here’s some information you might like to know as an update on this blog. This is still my ‘archive’ blog and I use it as such, so I want to have this post be as public as possible!

Patreon!

Samson, purple Dragon Sot, is now the mascot for my patreon blog. He will be getting bigger every time we hit a goal post. We’ve already hit a couple of them so far, so expect him to be gradually swelling up in the next couple of months. Your support has made this possible. = )

The patreon is going well, and after a couple months of buckling down on some commissions, I have a lot more doodles to post on there. There have been a lot of new things posted this month already. A queue has been lined up for almost every day for the rest of this month, and I’m making new art almost every single day!

Donating $1 a month gives you access to HQ images of art I post on here. Donating $5 a month gives you access to a scrapbook of doodles from sketches to color of things I make in my free time that doesn’t warrant a whole post on my other social media. You pretty much get everything I make on there.

The $10 and $15 donation tiers have been halted for now, and will return in the future. I want to focus on having oodles of doodles for people to see at the $5 tier instead.

Current goal post

Commissions!

Many people have told me that my commission prices have been too low for the amount of quality I give people, so I took a 3-day-poll on Twitter. People voted for raising my prices, so I have done so. Sketches are now $20 straight for both traditional and digital sketches. Full-color pieces are $50. However! This doesn’t mean I won’t keep things affordable. I honestly want to stick to just doing sketches more often for folks, and find a way to make flat-color pieces look more appealing to me. Stay tuned for what I decide on for flat-color pieces in the future.

As said up-above, sketch commissions are going to be more common, so keep an eye out for when those open.

Other junk!

I stream on Picarto. You sometimes see stream links every once in a while. You can now subscribe to me through Picarto. If you subscribe for a month to my channel, I will send you a ZIP file of that month’s doodles from the $5 Patreon scrapbook at the end of your month’s subscription. You won’t be getting a new update almost every day if you do this method, but after 30ish days you will get all of the doodles packaged together at once.

That’s all for now, folks! Again, a lot of great folks have already been supporting me on Patreon. The most important thing for me is less about having your funds support me, but your funds going towards making sure I can more consistently put out more art and doodles from my own inspiration rather than commissions for others. The milestone goals also reflect this.

Thanks for reading, and have a great day.

[mythaura-blog]

Hey all! Welcome to our December development update. Here is what lies under the cut.

What’s new

NPCs on Mythaura

New Monsters and New Item Patreon Illustrations

FAQ

Community spotlight

This month, we have been working on basic back end set up. Login and register systems are currently being built and tested. We’ve had some continuous trouble with our current server, so we’ve found it best for development to move to a new server. We’re currently in the process of shifting everything over - there may be some downtime on the Beast Demo, we will give everyone a heads up on our social media channels when that time comes!

On the topic of the Demo - we are planning some new and exciting usability features for Demo V3. • Link generation for sharing After creating a Beast, a link will be generated. The link will be a url to your creation. You can also import a link from another creation. • Lock and unlock options Options can be locked and unlocked by clicking the lock symbol. This will ensure your option will not change even when clicking randomize. • Shift Special order Shift Special options by moving the arrows. This will change the layering order of Specials without having to choose options again, making it easier to customize.

• Loading animation A simple loading animation to appear before the Beasts image is generated. Some other additions would be an "Age" option which changes the Beasts base to the Young Base or the Grown Base. And the categorization of the Base area and Special Markings area so it's a little easier to tell options apart.

The young bases for the three starter Beasts - Dragon, Griffin and Unicorn have been completed. We are planning to have all Young bases and their 125 colors and the current catalog of Special Markings available for the next Demo V3 update.

The Hybrid bases are being worked on and will be ready for the next demo update - here are the sketches for the young Quetzal, Hippogriff and Kirin!

We’ll have news very soon about when Demo V3 will drop. For now, I can share that work has started on the next Hybrid Beasts. Here is a quick sneak peak.

Every shop you visit in Mythaura is run by a shopkeep. These shopkeepers have their own unique personalities, quests and dialogue. They will interact with you, the player, through dialogue boxes. Some moments will give you different options to respond to the NPC and the NPCs portrait will change to different expressions depending on their mood and dialogue. For example; if a player hands in a completed quest, the NPC portrait will change to a pleased expression. Each character will play a large role within the story and game play.

This month our amazing Tier 3+ supporters on Patreon voted in a poll to choose the first NPC players will interact with on site out of three options. Acting as a tutorial guide, they will welcome the player into the world, introduce them to the currency, explain factions, walk players through creating their first Beast and finally leading them into the full game. This is an early look at the Mythaura “Welcome” NPC!

“A cheerful elderly Quetzal. He is a travelling merchant who sells interesting items he found while on the road. His bird is his best bud.”

Next month, patrons will decide on the Quetzal Traveller’s coloring, define their personality, their shop and their name. We’ll have more to share on the NPC system and other characters that will feature in Mythaura soon!

Tier 4 and 5 Patreon rewards have the opportunity to work with the artists to create their own Monsters and Items that will appear in-game. Here are the illustrations that have been created this month. Many thanks to our incredibly creative supporters! Monsters: Lunar Bone Thief - Created with Fizzywits Vitterfolk - Created with Malis (Work in progress! The Vitterfolk’s final illustration will be completed soon)

Items: Crystallion - Created with Aku Reine Plushie - Created with TwinFishes Coelacanth - Created with Frillshark Pahoehoe Flower -  Created with Mezzo

FAQ

So many pet games have been ruined by multi accounts, botters & scammers. I'd like to know what your policies will be on these since I am wary of investing in another site that doesn't have the staff or motivation to keep a clean playing field for all. - Anonymous

Those are completely valid concerns. As with any multiplayer online game, there will inevitability be those who will exploit it in some way or another. We will take our security and code of conduct very seriously, any player found violating that will be restricted or banned.

How many times can you create a beast from scratch? Only when you first join or are there other ways to do so? (Through an item for example) - Anonymous

You will create your first Beast upon joining Mythaura - a Dragon, Griffin or Unicorn. You’ll be able to choose any of the 125 colors on the wheel to customize their Base, Bottom and Top areas on their bodies. At the moment, this will be the only time you will be able to create a Beast from scratch. We are definitely not ruling out any other options! At this point it’s too early to say for sure.

Will there be a way to keep beasts as their 'baby' forms? - katjoyy

Yes! I realize that some people might prefer the young Beast artworks to their grown versions. There will be a method in the game to keep them from growing up - whether through consumable items or another means.

I know there is crowd funding, but will you be using Kickstarter at any point? I am more familiar with them, as I feel many are, and would rather fund through there (Dappervolk Funded within Hours.. or minuets??) I'd love to know, thanks! - bobbybi

Our first priority before planning the final crowdfunding push is delivering on an alpha and beta. We are 100% focused on building Mythaura the best it can be now and our Patreon is helping out a great deal to reach that goal.  

I love Mythaura so much already, I can't explain it in words! I can't wait to see it reach it's max potential. I just wanted to know if there would be a feeding or age mechanic that would cause your creature to pass on eventually. I only ask, because I dislike the game mechanic cause death is no fun. - Anonymous

Thank you so much! Your support means the world  ❤ There will be no death mechanic. We expect players to put a lot of time and effort into customizing their Beasts and it would feel like a waste to have them pass on eventually. Rest easy knowing that your Beasts will be immortal.

In the future, would you be open to beast/monster/item suggestions from users? - Anonymous

We are always open to suggestions! I am actively listening on all our social media channels. I take any and all suggestions to heart and note them down. But if you’re super eager to have your ideas made into reality, Tier 4 and 5 Patreon rewards can have their suggestions made into actual items in-game. 

Okay so, you're making a Virtual Pet game. What do you have planned that will set you apart from other games like Flight Rising and even Neopets? I see the graphics are looking good, but do you have something else new that you intend to bring to the table with this? - formerlybees

As a long time fan and player of virtual pet games, I can say that we have a number of new ideas we are planning to bring into the genre. Some ideas inspired by other virtual pet games and some inspired by other MMOs. We have some incredibly ambitious ideas planned out that I wish I could tell you about, but we need to see if we can actually build them and get it all working! 

Hi, I'm very curious as to what you look for in a portfolio for artists/writers? I'm very new to submitting portfolios and unfortunately art school doesn't really teach you this sort of thing. Thanks in advance! - rexcaliburr

For Mythaura specifically - Artists that show pieces with 2D cel-shaded style similar to our own and demonstrate cohesive anatomy for animal-like creatures. Just a couple of their best polished pieces will deliver the best first impression!  For writers, a small section of writing that best showcases your creative flair and perhaps links to your previous works if any. 

For artists, I recommend checking out the Dear Art Director tumblr. It’s helped me out a lot personally when I was freelancing.

Any update on best boy reine's final art work? - twinfishieslove

No update as of yet! You’ll have to gaze upon his glorious mugshot for now.

(In all seriousness, the Beast bases come first and are rather time consuming!)

Hey grif! Which, personally, if your favourite species - dragondrawsdragons

Hmm, good question. I’m rather partial to my namesake. Who can’t not love a half bird of prey, half lion?! I’ll give an honorable mention to Hippogriffs, albatross ponies are fun too. 

Our community feature for this month is showcasing the artistic talents of the Mythaura Discord community. Check it out!

I wish I could fit more in! I am so impressed by the art I get to see there almost everyday. It’s an absolute treat.

Every month we will be showcasing some community creations. If you’d like to share your Mythaura inspired artworks, make sure to tag them with  #mythaura on both Tumblr and Twitter. We’d love to see them.

If you would like to chat with other members of the community and members of the Mythaura team - Click here to join us on the official Mythaura Discord!

That’s it for this month. To finish, I’ll leave you with this super adorable sketch of a Beast family drawn by the very talented Luci!

Have a happy new year!

❤ Grif