behind the animals

statistics

name :: forest, rowan, toby (previous: altias, swifttail/swifty, gingernose)

identity :: nonbinary, therian, butch lesbian

age :: young-mid adult

pronouns :: they/he/it

occupation :: sometimes community moderator, artist, and general optimist

most prominent interests :: furries, 3d artwork, environment design, cat genetics, wizards, tarot, niche animal games, environment design, the woods, his girlfriend :P

favorite music artists :: fleetwood mac, vylet pony, june lalonde, king gizzard, andreas vollenweider, radiohead, psapp, david arkenstone (on early troika albums), lifeformed, laryssa okada, sweet trip, black moth super rainbow, aphex twin, telefon tel aviv, dismemberment plan, men i trust, zammuto, wolfgun, lookfar/louie zong, owl city, abba, animal collective, casiopea, nobonoko, patricia taxxon, tame impala, the wonder years

favorite games/game series :: myst, the elder scrolls, doshin the giant, pokemon (pmd > legends arceus > heartgold > firered > whatever else), minecraft, skeal, caves of qud, dwarf fortress, wolfquest (long time player and discord mod), cassette beasts, WEBFISHING, super animal royale, tower unite

favorite animals: seagulls, badgers, mustelids, aardvarks, pillbugs, foxes, parasaurolophus, steller's jays, tapirs, mongooses (mongeese?), cats, silken windhounds

some misc links: old page layouts, old news archive

faq

q: what's with the multiple names?

a: it wad plurality

q: why do you think youre a dog lmao?

a: sometimes people are dogs. source!

q: what is a dogthing?

a: theyre just silly dogs i doodled and continued to draw. i have a blog post about them

q: how did you make [xyz]?

some answers:

• i made this site with 11ty and nunjucks as my method of static site generation
• the rss feed is from an addon for above
• the website uses a lot of flexbox elements, which are like a more modular table that can be resized for other screen sizes etc. theyre pretty fun!
• i edit in sublime text editor (it rocks!) and use that to push it to github -> neocities with this github action
• i draw using krita, clip studio paint, rebelle 5, ms paint, chickenpaint oekaki software, blender 3d, sculptris, aseprite (has a freeware alternative, and various traditional mediums such as oil pastels, water color, and colored pencil
• the quiz script is from caveofdragonflies and the styleswitcher is from a website formerly known as dynamicdrive