Like, totally awesome, to the Maxis!

Prankster Pursuit... now with extra attitude!

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by FriskyWoods

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Originally Submitted to FurAffinity.net on August 8th, 2008 06:49 PM. Before it was transferred to Inkbunny it had 162 views and
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Here's a picture requested by FA member Maxis.  Just a few notes about this picture:

* Even before I officially became a furry artist, I had a nasty habit of using what one of my friends dubbed "the Byron pose" for many of my characters.  I noticed this most recently in my drawings of Pipefox and one of Zanzawolf's characters... they're in essentially the same standing pose, with the only major difference being the hand gestures and positioning of the arms.  This drawing represents an attempt to break free of that habit... Maxis is balancing on his tail, resulting in a greater sense of action and depth.

* Although I'll admit that I haven't seen many real-life photos of the artists on Fur Affinity, Maxis is the only one I know who actually looks like his character.  He obviously lacks the fur and the tail, but the goth haircut and the lanky body are a dead ringer for the artist's actual appearance.  It's uncanny!  Maxis posted a picture of himself on his FA gallery once.  I think the first thing I ever said to him was "Wow, I didn't know that Mindfreak guy wore diapers!"

* Yeah, I have this tagged right.  Maxis is a tanuki, and tanukis are members of the dog family.  They look like raccoons, and they even act like raccoons, hibernating during the winter, but they're not raccoons.  They have one feature that you won't find on either ordinary canines or garden-variety raccoons... oversized scrotums that make them more competitive during mating season.  I figured it would be better for everyone involved if I omitted that particular detail.

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