Vilani

Vilani, also known as Juu or Viwi (real name Joana Vinha; born July 18, 1988), is a furry artist from Coimbra, Portugal, who lives in Ireland.

Fandom involvemnent

Vilani's fursona reference sheet.

Vilani started drawing at thirteen, though her artistic talents didn't emerge until elementary school when she became a huge fan of The Lion King 2, joining the The Lion King Fanart Archive first before joining the furry fandom later on, which she has become more involved in over the years.

Her first European furry conventions were Eurofurence 25 (2019) and Gdakon (2020).

Fursonas and characters

Vilani's fursona is an African lioness inspired by The Lion King. She changed little over the years and has a pixie haircut with purple hair. It has no story or background since Vilani claims she is everything the artist is in real life.

Vilani also has a big list of characters, her mains being DV and Narmoluin, which have their own story. A lot of her characters have [feral]] versions (including Vilani), however Vilani states they are all unrelated to the anthro characters.

Along with her many anthro and feral characters, Vilani also has human and humanoid ones, created for her Webcomic, The Dragon and the Lemur.

Convention attendance

• Eurofurence - 2019, ?
• Gdakon - 2020, ?

Art

A self-taught artist, she enjoys a broad range of art, including anime, furry (normal and adult [[[yiff]]]), and general fanart.

Trivia

Vilani works with reptiles and other wild animals being a herpetophile zookeeper, veterinarian, and biologist.

External links

• Vilani-art on DeviantArt
• Vilani on Fur Affinity
• Vilani on Weasyl
• Vilani on Inkbunny
• Vilani on SoFurry
• Vilani on Pixiv
• Vilani on Itaku
• Vilani on the Furry Network
• Vilani on Buzzly
• Vilani on Pillowfort
• Vilani on CoHost
• Vilaniart on X
• Vilani on Bluesky
• Vilani on Instagram
• Vilani on Mastodon
• Vilani on Patreon
• Vilani on Ko-fi

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