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Linkin Monroe

2011-05-04T06:38:29Z

LinkinMonroe:

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[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
=== First Year ===

Linkin joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

===Second Year===

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe].

Then tragedy struck at the end of November and Jason had to go back home to his parents, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt without Linkin, and vice versa. So plans changed and for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova fursuit.]]

===Third Year===

He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]].

===Fourth Year===

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/link_dawg/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Dog characters]]
[[Category:Arizona]]

Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T15:34:36Z

LinkinMonroe:

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
=== First Year ===

Linkin joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

===Second Year===

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe].

Then tragedy struck at the end of November and Jason had to go back home to his parents, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. So plans changed and for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova fursuit.]]
===Third Year===

He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]].

===Fourth Year===

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artist]]
[[Category:Dog characters]]
[[Category:Arizona]]

User:LinkinMonroe

2011-04-08T14:59:24Z

LinkinMonroe: Created page with '==I'm Dat Damn Dirty Doberman Dawg== 'nuff said'

==I'm Dat Damn Dirty Doberman Dawg==
'nuff said

Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:58:10Z

LinkinMonroe: /* External Links */

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
=== First Year ===

Linkin joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. During that time he was still in High School and lived at his parents house in [[Wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]. Whenever he could find the time he would draw and submit art at the local library. One day, his dad, suspicious after reading a text, snatched Linkin's flash drive and found some art on file Linkin had recently submitted to Yiffstar. Now under strict supervision, Linkin created a last name for himself to hopefully prevent his parents from finding anything else about him. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

===Second Year===

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe]. Free from his parents watchful eyes, he could do art whenever he wanted. Life was finally perfect for Linkin. But no sooner had he settled in, trouble arose. Old friends became envious and tensions rose between them and the new couple, but no matter what was said or done, Linkin remained by Jason's side.

Then tragedy struck at the end of November when Jason received a phone call from his mother, telling him to pack up and be ready to leave that night when she came to get him. After pleading for her to change her mind, Jason gave up and left that night, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. By the time Linkin visited his family for Christmas, his heart was crying for Jason. And so for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova fursuit.]]
===Third Year===

Now living at Jason's parents house, Linkin felt nearly the same thing as living back at his parents house. Jason introduced him to his entire family as "his roommate from Illinois that he loved like a brother". Linkin continued working on his art, but at the same time looking for a job so he and Jason could get out on their own again. Months flew by and not a single word was heard from any jobs he applied for, but he kept a steady flow of income from taking art commissions. He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]]. Time continued to fly by and before they knew it, 2010 ended with fireworks.

===Fourth Year===

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artist]]
[[Category:Dog characters]]
[[Category:Arizona]]

Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:56:06Z

LinkinMonroe: /* First Year */

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
=== First Year ===

Linkin joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. During that time he was still in High School and lived at his parents house in [[Wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]. Whenever he could find the time he would draw and submit art at the local library. One day, his dad, suspicious after reading a text, snatched Linkin's flash drive and found some art on file Linkin had recently submitted to Yiffstar. Now under strict supervision, Linkin created a last name for himself to hopefully prevent his parents from finding anything else about him. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

===Second Year===

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe]. Free from his parents watchful eyes, he could do art whenever he wanted. Life was finally perfect for Linkin. But no sooner had he settled in, trouble arose. Old friends became envious and tensions rose between them and the new couple, but no matter what was said or done, Linkin remained by Jason's side.

Then tragedy struck at the end of November when Jason received a phone call from his mother, telling him to pack up and be ready to leave that night when she came to get him. After pleading for her to change her mind, Jason gave up and left that night, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. By the time Linkin visited his family for Christmas, his heart was crying for Jason. And so for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova fursuit.]]
===Third Year===

Now living at Jason's parents house, Linkin felt nearly the same thing as living back at his parents house. Jason introduced him to his entire family as "his roommate from Illinois that he loved like a brother". Linkin continued working on his art, but at the same time looking for a job so he and Jason could get out on their own again. Months flew by and not a single word was heard from any jobs he applied for, but he kept a steady flow of income from taking art commissions. He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]]. Time continued to fly by and before they knew it, 2010 ended with fireworks.

===Fourth Year===

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artist]]
[[Category:Dog characters]]
[[Category:Arizona]]

Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:55:23Z

LinkinMonroe: /* First Year */

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
=== First Year ===

Linkin joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. During that time he was still in High School and lived at his parents house in [[Wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]. Whenever he could find the time he would draw and submit art at the local library. One day, his dad, suspicious after reading a text, snatched Linkin's flash drive and found some art on file Linkin had recently submitted to SoFurry. Now under strict supervision, Linkin created a last name for himself to hopefully prevent his parents from finding anything else about him. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

===Second Year===

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe]. Free from his parents watchful eyes, he could do art whenever he wanted. Life was finally perfect for Linkin. But no sooner had he settled in, trouble arose. Old friends became envious and tensions rose between them and the new couple, but no matter what was said or done, Linkin remained by Jason's side.

Then tragedy struck at the end of November when Jason received a phone call from his mother, telling him to pack up and be ready to leave that night when she came to get him. After pleading for her to change her mind, Jason gave up and left that night, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. By the time Linkin visited his family for Christmas, his heart was crying for Jason. And so for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova fursuit.]]
===Third Year===

Now living at Jason's parents house, Linkin felt nearly the same thing as living back at his parents house. Jason introduced him to his entire family as "his roommate from Illinois that he loved like a brother". Linkin continued working on his art, but at the same time looking for a job so he and Jason could get out on their own again. Months flew by and not a single word was heard from any jobs he applied for, but he kept a steady flow of income from taking art commissions. He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]]. Time continued to fly by and before they knew it, 2010 ended with fireworks.

===Fourth Year===

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

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Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:53:41Z

LinkinMonroe: /* About Linkin */

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
=== First Year ===

He joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. During that time he was still in High School and lived at his parents house in [[Wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]. Whenever he could find the time he would draw and submit art at the local library. One day, his dad, suspicious after reading a text, snatched Linkin's flash drive and found some art on file Linkin had recently submitted to SoFurry. Now under strict supervision, Linkin created a last name for himself to hopefully prevent his parents from finding anything else about him. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

===Second Year===

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe]. Free from his parents watchful eyes, he could do art whenever he wanted. Life was finally perfect for Linkin. But no sooner had he settled in, trouble arose. Old friends became envious and tensions rose between them and the new couple, but no matter what was said or done, Linkin remained by Jason's side.

Then tragedy struck at the end of November when Jason received a phone call from his mother, telling him to pack up and be ready to leave that night when she came to get him. After pleading for her to change her mind, Jason gave up and left that night, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. By the time Linkin visited his family for Christmas, his heart was crying for Jason. And so for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova fursuit.]]
===Third Year===

Now living at Jason's parents house, Linkin felt nearly the same thing as living back at his parents house. Jason introduced him to his entire family as "his roommate from Illinois that he loved like a brother". Linkin continued working on his art, but at the same time looking for a job so he and Jason could get out on their own again. Months flew by and not a single word was heard from any jobs he applied for, but he kept a steady flow of income from taking art commissions. He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]]. Time continued to fly by and before they knew it, 2010 ended with fireworks.

===Fourth Year===

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

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[[Category:Artist]]
[[Category:Dog characters]]
[[Category:Arizona]]

Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:49:42Z

LinkinMonroe: /* About Linkin */

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
'''<big>First Year</big>'''

He joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. During that time he was still in High School and lived at his parents house in [[Wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]. Whenever he could find the time he would draw and submit art at the local library. One day, his dad, suspicious after reading a text, snatched Linkin's flash drive and found some art on file Linkin had recently submitted to SoFurry. Now under strict supervision, Linkin created a last name for himself to hopefully prevent his parents from finding anything else about him. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

'''<big>Second Year</big>'''

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe]. Free from his parents watchful eyes, he could do art whenever he wanted. Life was finally perfect for Linkin. But no sooner had he settled in, trouble arose. Old friends became envious and tensions rose between them and the new couple, but no matter what was said or done, Linkin remained by Jason's side.

Then tragedy struck at the end of November when Jason received a phone call from his mother, telling him to pack up and be ready to leave that night when she came to get him. After pleading for her to change her mind, Jason gave up and left that night, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. By the time Linkin visited his family for Christmas, his heart was crying for Jason. And so for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova fursuit.]]
'''<big>Third Year</big>'''

Now living at Jason's parents house, Linkin felt nearly the same thing as living back at his parents house. Jason introduced him to his entire family as "his roommate from Illinois that he loved like a brother". Linkin continued working on his art, but at the same time looking for a job so he and Jason could get out on their own again. Months flew by and not a single word was heard from any jobs he applied for, but he kept a steady flow of income from taking art commissions. He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]]. Time continued to fly by and before they knew it, 2010 ended with fireworks.

'''<big>Fourth Year</big>'''

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

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User:Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:45:26Z

LinkinMonroe: Created page with '== Damn Dat Dirty Doberman Dawg == I'm a Doberman, what more can I say?'

== Damn Dat Dirty Doberman Dawg ==

I'm a Doberman, what more can I say?

Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:44:33Z

LinkinMonroe: /* About Linkin */

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
'''<big>First Year</big>'''

He joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. During that time he was still in High School and lived at his parents house in [[Wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]. Whenever he could find the time he would draw and submit art at the local library. One day, his dad, suspicious after reading a text, snatched Linkin's flash drive and found some art on file Linkin had recently submitted to SoFurry. Now under strict supervision, Linkin created a last name for himself to hopefully prevent his parents from finding anything else about him. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

'''<big>Second Year</big>'''

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe]. Free from his parents watchful eyes, he could do art whenever he wanted. Life was finally perfect for Linkin. But no sooner had he settled in, trouble arose. Old friends became envious and tensions rose between them and the new couple, but no matter what was said or done, Linkin remained by Jason's side.

Then tragedy struck at the end of November when Jason received a phone call from his mother, telling him to pack up and be ready to leave that night when she came to get him. After pleading for her to change her mind, Jason gave up and left that night, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. By the time Linkin visited his family for Christmas, his heart was crying for Jason. And so for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova suit.]]
'''<big>Third Year</big>'''

Now living at Jason's parents house, Linkin felt nearly the same thing as living back at his parents house. Jason introduced him to his entire family as "his roommate from Illinois that he loved like a brother". Linkin continued working on his art, but at the same time looking for a job so he and Jason could get out on their own again. Months flew by and not a single word was heard from any jobs he applied for, but he kept a steady flow of income from taking art commissions. He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]]. Time continued to fly by and before they knew it, 2010 ended with fireworks.

'''<big>Fourth Year</big>'''

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

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[[Category:Arizona]]

Linkin Monroe

2011-04-08T14:42:49Z

LinkinMonroe: Created page with 'Linkin Monroe.'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a furry artist and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Me...'

[[Image:Linkin-Monroe.png|left|thumb|Linkin Monroe.]]'''<big>Linkin Monroe</big>''' (born March, 1991) is a [[furry artist]] and currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Mesa, Arizona|Mesa, Arizona]] with his boyfriend [[Jason Amora]]. He spends a lot of time drawing art of his [[Doberman]] [[fursona]], of the same name. He is easily recognized by his unique fur colors, black and mahogany.

== Finding Furries ==
Linkin found the [[furry fandom]] sometime in 2007, stumbling across a picture by artist [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/taurinfox/ Taurin Fox] . He continued to investigate this intriguing community through [[Yiffstar]], now [[SoFurry]] and other small furry art-related websites using the name AlphaFox. He browsed around, but never interacted with anyone. There were two artists that particularly caught his eye, [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd/ Klaus Doberman] and [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luka/ Luka] as well as commissioner [[Blaine Edan]]'s Doberman fursona. Their Doberman art, combined childhood video game character [[Wikipedia:Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] on January 15, 2008 forged Linkin Doberman.

For the first few months, Linkin submitted art on Yiffstar and slowly started to build his fan base. Once he had saved enough money he purchased a Bamboo Wacom tablet and began doing digital art. He made it a goal to always do better than the last picture he submitted, and his watchers noticed his rapid improvement.

== About Linkin ==
'''<big>First Year</big>'''

He joined [[FurAffinity]] on May 13, 2008 under the user name [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doberman/ Doberman] and used that profile for a little over a year. During that time he was still in High School and lived at his parents house in [[Wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]. Whenever he could find the time he would draw and submit art at the local library. One day, his dad, suspicious after reading a text, snatched Linkin's flash drive and found some art on file Linkin had recently submitted to SoFurry. Now under strict supervision, Linkin created a last name for himself to hopefully prevent his parents from finding anything else about him. It's uncertain how he came up with the name Monroe, though he believes it may of come from either U.S. President [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] or [[Wikipedia:Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn Monroe]].

'''<big>Second Year</big>'''

[[Image:Jason-and-Linkin.png|right|thumb|Jason and Linkin.]]
On June 9, 2009 Linkin met a [[Lion (species)|lion]] by the name of Jason Amora. The two talked all afternoon long, and they found out they had a lot more in common then they thought. Four days later, they were boyfriends, and three days after that were already making plans on living together with the [[furry writer]], [[Komatose]]. Trying to earn enough money for the both of them to be able to make it over to [[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]] they created the collaborative account [[Neo Genesis]], a name Jason picked out. Finally in August, they moved out of the parents and in with Komatose. To celebrate, Linkin created a new FurAffinity account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkinmonroe/ Linkin_Monroe]. Free from his parents watchful eyes, he could do art whenever he wanted. Life was finally perfect for Linkin. But no sooner had he settled in, trouble arose. Old friends became envious and tensions rose between them and the new couple, but no matter what was said or done, Linkin remained by Jason's side.

Then tragedy struck at the end of November when Jason received a phone call from his mother, telling him to pack up and be ready to leave that night when she came to get him. After pleading for her to change her mind, Jason gave up and left that night, promising Linkin that they'd be together by March. December went by slowly, and Jason expressed how dead he felt for Linkin, and vice versa. By the time Linkin visited his family for Christmas, his heart was crying for Jason. And so for New Years, Jason flew back out to Illinois to help Linkin pack his car up and move to [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]] and live at his parents house til they could get out on their own feet.

[[Image:Nova.png|left|thumb|Linkin inside of the Nova suit.]]
'''<big>Third Year</big>'''

Now living at Jason's parents house, Linkin felt nearly the same thing as living back at his parents house. Jason introduced him to his entire family as "his roommate from Illinois that he loved like a brother". Linkin continued working on his art, but at the same time looking for a job so he and Jason could get out on their own again. Months flew by and not a single word was heard from any jobs he applied for, but he kept a steady flow of income from taking art commissions. He and Jason attended [[Anthrocon 2010]]. Time continued to fly by and before they knew it, 2010 ended with fireworks.

'''<big>Fourth Year</big>'''

The beginning of the new year meant [[Further Confusion 2011]], where Linkin participated in the fursuit parade in [[November]]'s [[fursuit]], Nova. Just the few times that he wore the fursuit, he was hooked and has been trying to get his own ever since then. He and Jason both plan on attending [[Anthrocon 2011]].

== Linkin's Fursona ==
[[Image:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png|right|600px|Linkin's Evolution.]]
Elegant in appearance, reflecting great nobility and temperament. Energetic, watchful, determined, alert, fearless, loyal and obedient. Those were the kind of characteristics that Linkin wanted when he made himself a Doberman fursona. A sleek, powerful and compactly built, proud and loyal canine with sharp intelligence, it was the perfect match for him.

Linkin's fur colors have changed through a short period of time, first starting as the normal Doberman black and brown. In wanting his own uniqueness, Linkin lightened the black to a grey and switched the brown to a more red/brown color (mahogany). When he created his second account on FurAffinity he switched back to a darker grey, then in April 2010 went back to black. Five months later, he darkened the mahogany color due to multiple counts of being told he had black and red fur.

Right next to trying to remind everyone that it's "mahogany, not red!", Linkin stresses the importance of remembering the choke chain collar. More often than not, Linkin's own watchers remind him that he forgot the chain in his own art.

== External Links ==
{{Contributor}}

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/linkin_monroe Linkin_Monroe] on [[FurAffinity]]
* [http://linkin monroe.sofurry.com/ Linkin Monroe] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://linkin-monroe.deviantart.com/ Linkin-Monroe] on [[deviantArt]]
* [http://twitter.com/linkin_monroe/ Linkin_Monroe] on Twitter

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[[Category:Arizona]]

File:Jason-and-Linkin.png

2011-04-08T13:09:47Z

LinkinMonroe: The first picture of Jason and Linkin by LabbeDog

== Summary ==
The first picture of Jason and Linkin by LabbeDog
== Licensing ==
{{fursona}}

File:Nova.png

2011-04-08T12:42:44Z

LinkinMonroe: Who's in November?

== Summary ==
Who's in November?
== Licensing ==
{{PDImage}}

File:Linkin-Throughout-The-Years.png

2011-04-08T12:07:19Z

LinkinMonroe: A quick view of how Linkin's looks have changed through the years

== Summary ==
A quick view of how Linkin's looks have changed through the years
== Licensing ==
{{fursona}}

File:Linkin-Monroe.png

2011-04-08T10:43:57Z

LinkinMonroe: Linkin showing off his chest

== Summary ==
Linkin showing off his chest
== Licensing ==
{{fursona}}