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<p>Pelzig: updated links and text on FA (no DA account any longer)</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. While attending ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece. His third appearance would be as a contributor to the [[In The Zone]] benefit comic for artist Michael-Scott McMurry, the one-shot being released in October 2000. His fourth comic appearance would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together by 2005. However, in October 2010, Pelzig has again took up the pen and pencil, releasing new works and reposting past work on his FA site.<br /> <br /> == Conventions ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig's first furry convention was [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. Prior to this, he attended local New Orleans and Gulf Coast area gaming conventions. Following CF 5, he would go on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], [[Mephit Furmeet]], and many others. In addition to furry conventions, he also attended anime conventions such as Project A-kon where he was a dealer in manga and mooks (plus his own art) under Nexxus-Nine Imports and later as a representative for the now defunct [[Limelight]] Publishing.<br /> <br /> He currently serves on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004. At the closing ceremonies of Morphicon 2010, Pelzig announced his retirement as Operations head for the convention. He will remain as dealers liaison for the convention and will continue as a member of the board of directors. <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://furaffinity.net/user/pelzig Pelzig] on FA<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-10-06T21:00:08Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. While attending ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece. His third appearance would be as a contributor to the [[In The Zone]] benefit comic for artist Michael-Scott McMurry, the one-shot being released in October 2000. His fourth comic appearance would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together by 2005. However, in September 2010, Pelzig has again took up the pen and pencil, releasing new works on his deviantART site.<br /> <br /> == Conventions ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig's first furry convention was [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. Prior to this, he attended local New Orleans and Gulf Coast area gaming conventions. Following CF 5, he would go on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], [[Mephit Furmeet]], and many others. In addition to furry conventions, he also attended anime conventions such as Project A-kon where he was a dealer in manga and mooks (plus his own art) under Nexxus-Nine Imports and later as a representative for the now defunct [[Limelight]] Publishing.<br /> <br /> He currently serves on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004. At the closing ceremonies of Morphicon 2010, Pelzig announced his retirement as Operations head for the convention. He will remain as dealers liaison for the convention and will continue as a member of the board of directors. <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://pelzig.deviantart.com/ Pelzig] on [[deviantART]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-10-06T20:50:01Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece. His third appearance would be as a contributor to the [[In The Zone]] benefit comic for artist Michael-Scott McMurry, the one-shot being released in October 2000. His fourth comic appearance would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together by 2005. However, in September 2010, Pelzig has again took up the pen and pencil, releasing new works on his deviantART site. <br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004. At the closing ceremonies of Morphicon 2010, Pelzig announced his retirement as Operations head for the convention. He will remain as dealers liaison for the convention and will continue as a member of the board of directors. <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://pelzig.deviantart.com/ Pelzig] on [[deviantART]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-10-06T20:42:31Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece. His third appearance would be as a contributor to the [[In The Zone]] benefit comic for artist Michael-Scott McMurry, the one-shot being released in October 2000. His fourth comic appearance would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004. At the closing ceremonies of Morphicon 2010, Pelzig announced his retirement as Operations head for the convention. He will remain as dealers liaison for the convention and will continue as a member of the board of directors. <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://pelzig.deviantart.com/ Pelzig] on [[deviantART]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-06-06T00:37:43Z

<p>Pelzig: updates to comic listing and update on morphicon info</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece. His third appearance would be as a contributor to the [[In The Zone]] benefit comic for artist Michael-Scott McMurry, the one-shot being released in October 2000. His fourth comic appearance would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004. At the closing ceremonies of Morphicon 2010, Pelzig announced his retirement as Operations head for the convention. He will remain as dealers liaison for the convention and will continue as a member of the board of directors. <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelzigplatz/ Pelzig's Yahoo Group]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-06-05T00:53:04Z

<p>Pelzig: /* External links */</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelzigplatz/ Pelzig's Yahoo Group]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-06-05T00:51:26Z

<p>Pelzig: /* External links */</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/ Pelzig's website (no longer active)]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-03-04T06:15:57Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Yiff:_The_Card_Game Yiff:The Card Game] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-03-04T06:13:53Z

<p>Pelzig: added info on gaming appearances</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> Some of his first furry artwork would be seen in print in a supplement to the 1991 role-playing game '''Thundering Steel'''. Entitled '''OPFur''', the supplement was a furry character generation system for the RPG which was both written by Pelzig as well as him being the main art contributor. '''OPFur''' was released in 1992 by Minds In One Productions.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. His second, and last, appearance as an artist for a gaming product was with the furry CCG (Collectible Card Game) [[Yiff:The Card Game]] which appeared in 2003. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-20T16:19:23Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the [[APA]] [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue #5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After completing issue #11, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy of [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where the APA remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-20T16:16:46Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of [[SilverFox Publications]]. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant [[Shanda]] Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''[[Katmandu]] Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the APA [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. The intent of the APA was to allow contributing members to put forward art and story for critique by the membership. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue 5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After issue #11, including two publicly released versions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy at [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where it remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-20T16:14:18Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of SilverFox Publications. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant Shanda Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''Katmandu Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book [[Deviant Desires]] by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic relatively objectively. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the APA [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. The intent of the APA was to allow contributing members to put forward art and story for critique by the membership. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue 5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After issue #11, including two publicly released versions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy at [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where it remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-20T16:09:40Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{wikify}}<br /> '''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of SilverFox Publications. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant Shanda Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''Katmandu Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book '''Deviant Desires''' by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic objectively and without criticism. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the APA [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. The intent of the APA was to allow contributing members to put forward art and story for critique by the membership. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue 5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After issue #11, including two publicly released versions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy at [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where it remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-19T20:07:27Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of SilverFox Publications. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> By now, Pelzig had developed his own, unique art style. The only thing which remained of the Shon Howell influence was to be found in his inking technique.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant Shanda Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''Katmandu Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book '''Deviant Desires''' by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic objectively and without criticism. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the APA [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. The intent of the APA was to allow contributing members to put forward art and story for critique by the membership. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue 5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After issue #11, including two publicly released versions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy at [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where it remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> == Pelzig Today ==<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-19T20:04:25Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of SilverFox Publications. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant Shanda Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''Katmandu Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book '''Deviant Desires''' by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic objectively and without criticism. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the APA [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. The intent of the APA was to allow contributing members to put forward art and story for critique by the membership. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue 5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After issue #11, including two publicly released versions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy at [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where it remains to this day.<br /> <br /> In regards to conventions, Pelzig went on to attend several subsequent [[ConFurence]] conventions, [[ConFurence East]], [[Conifur Northwest]], [[Critter Condiego]], and many others.<br /> <br /> == Pelzig Today ==<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-19T19:51:33Z

<p>Pelzig: added portfolio info</p> <hr /> <div>'''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of SilverFox Publications. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant Shanda Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''Katmandu Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book '''Deviant Desires''' by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic objectively and without criticism. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> Complimenting the fanzines, Pelzig produced portfolios of his artwork, including '''Fur de Sade''', the art influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade. Other portfolios included '''F3''' and two '''Etchi-Fur''' series. Eventually, he branched into producing portfolios featuring other artists, the most notable being the '''Trinity''' series. Both portfolios featured [[Tygger Graf]], [[Daphne Lage]], and [[Terrie Smith]]. '''Trinity I''' was based off '''Viktoria's Secret''' while '''Trinity II''' was based off '''Furlined'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the APA [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. The intent of the APA was to allow contributing members to put forward art and story for critique by the membership. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue 5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After several issues, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy at [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where it remains to this day.<br /> <br /> == Pelzig Today ==<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pelzig 2010-02-19T19:37:40Z

<p>Pelzig: added significant history about the artist</p> <hr /> <div>'''Pelzig''' is a [[furry]] [[artist]], active in the [[furry fandom|fandom]] since the early 1990's. His style is characterized by very simple, clean, linework, and an emphasis on characterization. He's well known both for his [[erotic]] work, especially in the field of [[BDSM]], and his use and celebration of the positive aspects of the military art and design of the Third Reich.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Pelzig, from an early age, had always taken a liking to drawing. However, it would not be until his college years in the late 1980s at the University of New Orleans did he begin to get into comic-style illustrating with any measure of seriousness. This, in part, was spurred by his involvement with a New Orleans area Japanese animation tape trading and fan club called Star Force 2. Here, he illustrated covers and interior artwork for the club's newsletter '''Genesis''' as part of the group's rotation of artists. Outside of a single art course in college, Pelzig taught himself, using Blackthorne Publishing's '''How to Draw Robotech''' comic series as a starting point for his eventual style.<br /> <br /> It was at the close of the 1980s when Pelzig become exposed to anthropomorphics. This was through a friend who showed him an issue of [[Steve Gallacci]]'s [[Albedo]] space opera/poli-sci-fi comic and also a portfolio by artist [[Shon Howell]]. Intrigued, some of his art beginning in 1989 would feature anthro traits. In the early 1990s, Pelzig took a shot at sequential comic art as, prior to this, his art were one-pagers and pin-ups. The comic was anthropomorphic and ran a few pages and he submitted it to [[Furrlough]] which, at the time, was put out by [[Antarctic Press]] with Shon Howell being on of the editors. The story was rejected but instead of getting a cookie-cutter rejection letter, Shon included a hand written critique of the story and how to improve. Pelzig credits this personal response as a spur to carry on and better his skill. Not too surprisingly, his art began to take on a Shon Howell influence.<br /> <br /> After returning from Japan in the winter of 1993, Pelzig found himself with a travel voucher which he planned on using to attend [[ConFurence]] 5 in January of 1994. It was during 1993 that Pelzig began to get into BDSM themes in his art and his first portfolio resulted, entitled '''Bond-Ex'''. This portfolio, which contained heavy BDSM imagery, laid the cement for his reputation in the furry fandom for detailed and sometimes extreme S&amp;M and B&amp;D artwork. At ConFurence 5, Pelzig obtained contact information on the various fanzines then available. At this time, he founded Knechtschaft Studio.<br /> <br /> But his first appearance in a fanzine would come later in 1994 when he met Brian &quot;SilverFox&quot; Miller of SilverFox Publications. Pelzig, at this time, was importing Japanese manga and mooks, traveling to Gulf Coast conventions as a dealer. While dealing at the Mississippi gaming convention CoastCon, Pelzig and SilverFox met and Pelzig's artwork would appear in the very first issue of [[FurryPhile]] and [[Furrottica]], both fanzines produced by SilverFox Publications.<br /> <br /> From 1994 through the remainder of the 1990s, Pelzig became very prolific in terms of art, appearing in dozens of fanzines including [[AnthropoMORPHINE]], [[Spontoon Island]], [[Gallery]] (as a guest appearance), the [[Bunny Pages]], [[furBALL]], and various issues of the Alston brothers fanzines such as [[The Bestiary]] and [[Furloose]]. In addition to fanzines, he did art for his own importing business, a Finnish anime club fanzine, and accepted and worked on private, commissioned artwork.<br /> <br /> His first appearance in a professional comic publication (at least produced by a major comic company) was '''Project A-Komic #2''' which was released by Antarctic Press for the 1996 Project A-kon convention in Dallas, Texas. It was a pin-up, single page piece of a character from the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMs. His second appearance would be in the April 1997 issue of [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]' '''Giant Shanda Animal #2''' with a single pin-up piece and his third would again be with Shanda Fantasy Arts, but this time in the December 2000 issue of the '''Katmandu Annual #2'''. His last comic appearance would be the 100th. issue of '''Furrlough''' (then, and still produced by [[Radio Comix]]), released in April 2001. <br /> <br /> Pelzig's art would appear in two other forms of print media. The first was the fetish magazine '''Equus Eroticus'''. His pin-up art would appear in the debut issue in the Spring of 1997. His last appearance in the magazine would be issue #3 where he provided illustrations for Karl von Pfernmann's short story '''A Slave Takes the Reins'''. The other media would be the book '''Deviant Desires''' by Katherine Gates. Pelzig's artwork featured in the book chapter on furries which, at the time, caused some uproar in the community even though the authoress handled the topic objectively and without criticism. The book was released in February of 2000.<br /> <br /> In addition to artwork, Pelzig stepped into the arena of fanzines. Not long after his artistic debut into the furry fandom, in 1994, he released the fanzine [[Viktoria's Secret]] which was a play on the famous lingerie catalog and company. As such, the theme of the fanzine was lingerie clad pin-ups. This was later followed by the companion fanzine [[Furlined]] which featured adult themes. The name was derived from fur lined bondage cuffs and the fanzine covers used a chain print border. However, the fanzine was not solely devoted to BDSM. The third, and last, title to be released was [[Fox One]], a military themed fanzine. The title comes from the phrase U.S. Air Force pilots say when firing their first missile, &quot;Fox One&quot;. With the exception of '''Fox One''', the other fanzines contained 11X17 centerfolds. All of the fanzines featured artwork from a host of artists. By 1997, Pelzig ceased publishing all three fanzines. Seven issues of '''Viktoria's Secret''' and '''Furlined''' were published with only three issues of '''Fox One'''.<br /> <br /> On top of illustrating and self-publishing, Pelzig did a stint as editor for the APA [[Fire &amp; Fur]]. '''Fire &amp; Fur''' was started by artist/writer Dwayne Ferguson, known in furry circles for his comic [[Hamster Vice]]. The intent of the APA was to allow contributing members to put forward art and story for critique by the membership. Issues were only produced and circulated among the membership. Pelzig assumed editorship (and production) duties beginning with issue 5, taking over from Dwayne Ferguson. After several issues, including two publicly released editions, Pelzig turned over the APA to Foxy at [[Lazy Fox Studios]] where it remains to this day.<br /> <br /> == Pelzig Today ==<br /> <br /> By the early 2000s, Pelzig focused mainly on commissioned artwork, appearing only rarely in furry publications. However, he eventually stopped drawing all together and by 2005, he moved into photography as his creative outlet.<br /> <br /> He does, however, serve on the board of directors for Morphicon Corporation, the non-profit entity which puts on the [[Morphicon]] convention and has been the Operations head for the convention since 2004.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.pelzigplatz.com/art/pelzig/main2.htm Pelzig's website]<br /> <br /> {{person-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]] [[Category:Artists]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Viktoria%27s_Secret 2010-02-18T02:21:13Z

<p>Pelzig: added WayBack Machine reference for info on the fanzine</p> <hr /> <div>'''''Viktoria's Secret''''' was the first publication of [[Knechtschaft Studio]]. The [[fanzine]]'s name was a play on the famous [[Wikipedia:Victoria's Secret|Victoria's Secret]] lingerie company and as such, the theme of the fanzine was pretty obvious.<br /> <br /> The first issue appeared in 1994 with the last issue being released in 1997. All told, seven issues were completed before the publication was shelved. Recently, the concept of the fanzine has been revived by a new publisher under the working title &quot;Lady Viktoria's Secrets&quot;.<br /> <br /> The website for the fanzine provided more information on each issue and the artists who contributed. It was last updated in 1999, and became defunct in 2008. However, by using the external link provided below in the Wayback Machine ([http://www.archive.org]), one can retrieve the site to obtain information on the seven issues produced.<br /> <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [http://members.aol.com/ksfurzines/viktoria/vikzine.html Viktoria's Secret, the fanzine] (defunct)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Fanzines]]<br /> [[Category:1994 births]]<br /> [[Category:1997 deaths]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Category:Fanzines 2005-10-11T11:47:43Z

<p>Pelzig: /* E-L */</p> <hr /> <div>A '''[[fanzine]]''' (or just '''zine''') is a regularly published magazine or book that uses artwork and stories submitted by members of the fandom itself versus a set group of paid contributors. Some fanzines do provide compensation to contributors in the form of nominal payments and free copies of the final product.<br /> <br /> ==Fanzines to add==<br /> <br /> The below list of fanzines need to be added. Just click on the title and write an entry. Be sure to use &lt;nowiki&gt;[[Category:Fanzines]]&lt;/nowiki&gt; somewhere in the entry so that it shows up on this category page. Feel free to edit this page and add in any fanzines that you think should be listed.<br /> <br /> {| width=&quot;100%&quot;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ||<br /> ===# &amp; A-D===<br /> * [[Anthropomorphine]]<br /> ||<br /> ===E-L===<br /> * [[Fire &amp; Fur]]<br /> * [[Fox One]]<br /> * [[Furkinde]]<br /> * [[Furlined]]<br /> * [[FurNation Magazine]]<br /> * [[Fuzzy Nips]]<br /> * [[Historimorphs]]<br /> <br /> ||<br /> <br /> ===M-R===<br /> * [[Morphic Tales]]<br /> * [[Mythagoras]]<br /> * [[Q]]<br /> * [[Refractions]]<br /> ||<br /> <br /> ===S-Z===<br /> * [[Ten Furcent]]<br /> * [[Xanadu: The Ever-Changing Palace]]<br /> |}<br /> [[Category:Publications]]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Viktoria%27s_Secret 2005-10-05T19:26:50Z

<p>Pelzig: </p> <hr /> <div>Viktoria's Secret was the first publication of Knechtschaft Studio. The fanzine's name was a play on the famous Victoria's Secret lingerie company and as such, the theme of the fanzine was pretty obvious.<br /> <br /> The first issue appeared in 1994 with the last issue being released in 1997. All told, seven issues were completed before the publication was shelved. Recently, the concept of the fanzine has been revived by a new publisher under the working title &quot;Lady Viktoria's Secrets&quot;.<br /> <br /> There is a website for the fanzine which provides more information on each issue and the artists who contributed. It has not been updated since 1999.<br /> <br /> [http://members.aol.com/ksfurzines/viktoria/vikzine.html Viktoria's Secret, the fanzine]</div>

Pelzig //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Category:Fanzines 2005-10-05T19:10:40Z

<p>Pelzig: /* S-Z */</p> <hr /> <div>A '''[[fanzine]]''' (or just '''zine''') is a regularly published magazine or book that uses artwork and stories submitted by members of the fandom itself versus a set group of paid contributors. Some fanzines do provide compensation to contributors in the form of nominal payments and free copies of the final product.<br /> <br /> ==Fanzines to add==<br /> <br /> The below list of fanzines need to be added. Just click on the title and write an entry. Be sure to use &lt;nowiki&gt;[[Category:Fanzines]]&lt;/nowiki&gt; somewhere in the entry so that it shows up on this category page. Feel free to edit this page and add in any fanzines that you think should be listed.<br /> <br /> {| width=&quot;100%&quot;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> ||<br /> ===# &amp; A-D===<br /> * [[Anthropomorphine]]<br /> ||<br /> ===E-L===<br /> * [[Furkinde]]<br /> * [[FurNation Magazine]]<br /> * [[Fuzzy Nips]]<br /> * [[Historimorphs]]<br /> <br /> ||<br /> <br /> ===M-R===<br /> * [[Morphic Tales]]<br /> * [[Mythagoras]]<br /> * [[Q]]<br /> * [[Refractions]]<br /> ||<br /> <br /> ===S-Z===<br /> * [[Ten Furcent]]<br /> * [[Viktoria's Secret]]<br /> * [[Xanadu: The Ever-Changing Palace]]<br /> |}<br /> [[Category:Publications]]</div>

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