Fenris (artist)

2014-11-27T05:46:56Z

50.171.108.61: minor clarification

[[Image:Fenris.jpg|thumb|Fenris the Red Wolf]]
'''Fenris''' (born December 13, 1987) is an American [[furry artist]] who lives in Houston, Texas. He was an editorial cartoonist for ''[[Wikipedia:The Daily Cougar|The Daily Cougar]]'', a student newspaper based at the University of Houston, and now is a web designer, a part-time humor writer and radio commentator for [[ACTfur On Air]].

His [[fursona]] is a southern red [[werewolf]] (''Canis lupus rufus''). He is a fan of [[transformation]] and [[were]]-related artwork.

== History ==
Born in Scotland with Finnish citizenship, Fenris lived several years in the United Arab Emirates before coming to the United States in 1994. In 2004, he became an American citizen. Fenris has been published since the age of 13. He has appeared in a handful of school newspapers, in the form of cartoons or editorials prior to his current position at ''The Daily Cougar''. As a longtime fan of werewolves, he was introduced to transformation in 2002, and later to furries themselves in 2004, via [[deviantART]].

Since August 2006, he attended the University of Houston as a graphic design major. That same year, Fenris released [http://www.fenrisdesigns.com his website] and took his job as editorial cartoonist for ''The Daily Cougar.'' He retired from ''The Cougar'' in May 2009, when he moved to another campus. He earned his BFA in Applied Design in May 2010 and is currently studying for an MA.

== Fursona ==

Even before he fully understood the furry fandom, Fenris drew pictures of himself as a werewolf as early as 2003. He later elaborated that he was a [[Wikipedia:Red Wolf|southern red wolf]] with solid carmine fur, stating on his website, "a southern red wolf seemed ideal for me because I'm a southerner, and as popular as wolves are as a personal avatar, I seldom see humanlike ''canis lupus rufuses'' running around RP chats."<ref>[http://fenrisdesigns.com/furry.html About Furries] from his website</ref>

He often switches between representing himself as a red wolf, and Fenris as a separate entity to complement his human side. He took his name from Norse Mythology.

==Art==

[[Image:Fenfoxtaur.jpg|thumb|Typical Fenris art]]While offering a variety of different artistic media, his style remains consistent in that his cartoons were largely inspired by [[Garfield]], and occasionally are compared to ''The Simpsons.'' He depicts his characters as bug-eyed with no irises, thick fingers, defined outlines, and neutral angles. Inking in editorial cartoons is usually significantly scratchier than colored works on his website, due to the deadline required for such works.

Recently, Fenris started selling commissioned websites, coded from scratch.

===Writings===

Fenris started writing miniature essays in his deviantART journal in July 2005, and redistributed them on his website in 2007. His writing style is inspired by [[Wikipedia:Maddox (writer)|Maddox]], something that Fenris [http://fenrisdesigns.com/bestpage.html does not keep secret.] While he often writes rants, he sometimes satirizes or even praises aspects of the popular culture.

In 2010, his "Pamela Geller Blog Generator,"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://fenrisdesigns.com/pamelageller.html|title = The Pamela Geller Blog Generator|author = Fenris|date = 11/8/2010}}</ref> a mechanism which allows the user to fill in the blanks within a "typical" blog post from conservative blogger [[wikipedia:Pamela Geller|Pamela Geller]], was credited as the source for ''Little Green Footballs'' blogger [[wikipedia:Charles Foster Johnson|Charles Johnson]]'s "Shrieking Harpy Rant Generator"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/lgf-shrieking-harpy-generator.php|title = The Shrieking Harpy Generator|author = Charles Johnson}}</ref>, which in turn was cited by [[wikipedia:The Atlantic (magazine)|The Atlantic]]'s national correspondent [[wikipedia:Jeffrey Goldberg|Jeffrey Goldberg]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/11/the-pamela-geller-automatic-rant-generator/66635/|title = The Pamela Geller Automatic Rant Generator|date = Nov 16 2010, 2:32 PM ET}}</ref>.

===Podcasts===

Since August 2007, Fenris hosted a segment on [[Taking Up Space]] and [[ACTfur On Air]] called "Fen Rants." He was invited at the time to join the crew by [[Kraden]] and has since become friends with the cast.

Intentionally modeled to imitate [[2, the Ranting Gryphon]], Fenris selects a subject every episode to rant about for about two minutes. Subjects discussed range from minor nuisances such as [[Drama|furry drama]]<ref>[http://actfuronair.com/s1_ep10.html ACTfur on air - S1 - Ep10] from ACTfur On Air</ref> to more controversial matters such as vaccination.<ref>[http://actfuronair.com/s1_ep7.html Actfur on air - S1 - Ep7] from ACTfur On Air</ref> Fenris is currently recording for ACTfur On Air's second season.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{contributor|FenristheWolf}}
* [http://www.fenrisdesigns.com/ fenrisdesigns.com]
* [http://fenris-the-red-wolf.deviantart.com Fenris-the-Red-Wolf] on DeviantART
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fenris-the-red-wolf Fenris] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [[Taking Up Space]] Podcast (Discontinued)
* [http://www.actfuronair.com ACTFUR on air] Podcast (Current)

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Cartoonists]]
[[Category:Werewolf characters]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:1987 births]]

Fenris

2014-11-27T05:45:29Z

50.171.108.61: minor correction

'''Fenris''' may refer to:

* '''[[Fenris (artist)|Fenris]]''', a Finnish [[furry artist]] who lives in [[W:Houston, Texas:Houston, Texas|Houston, Texas]], USA
* '''[[Fenris Lorsrai]]''', a [[female]] [[sculptor]] who lives in [[W:Bethel, Connecticu|Bethel, Connecticu]], USA
* '''[[Fenris Lyall]]''', a [[fursuiter]] and [[photographer]] who lives in Northern [[W:England|England]]
* '''[[Fenris Mau]]''', a fursuiter and [[fursuit-maker]] who lives in the [[W:Springfield, Georgia|Springfield, Georgia]], USA
* '''[[Fenris Ookami]]''', a [[furry fan]] who lives in [[W:Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, Florida]], USA
* '''[[Fenris Wolfbane]]''', a female fursuiter and furry artist from [[W:Calgary, Alberta|Calgary, Alberta]], Canada
* '''[[Fenrisulfr]]''', a fursuiter from [[W:Gateshead|Gateshead]], England

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