I love the colorful and artistic presentation here. Alissa's feline artwork is very impressive and full of personality. Hope to see more of your work Alissa. Stay true and keep up the good work. Nice to see so much an artist in their work.

Hey there Alissa. Nice gallery here, but even more so I took a look through your hompage and all the cool costumes and stuff that you make. It looks like you have a lot of fun. I'm not so much into furries but after seeing your site, I think it might be fun to make up a furry costume. Maybe see you at one of those anthro-cons.

Alissa Lynn Wright replies: "My home site is in terrible need of an update but I do love to make costumes of my characters. It is challanging because one has to think of the costume, the materials, how they fit together, the possibility of finding patterns to modify, etc. It is a whole nother medium and it pays off when you get to actually wear it and show off all your hard work. My most recent costume required three hours of makeup with three people other than me assisting... I didn't sew the costme though. Conventions are also a trip. "

Hey I really like your gallery! I am frequent visitor to Elfwood and I really enjoy seeing new pictures! Well thanks for sharing your talent! ^-^!

Furries everywhere! Yayyyyy! Cat's rule. Don't get me wrong, dogs are nice but cats are just so darn cool. Anyhow I digress..great furry artwork..keep it up!

Your art is soo cool!

Your drawings are really well done, there are a few parts out of proportion, but your colouring is very impressive.

Alissa Lynn Wright replies: "I'm afraid I have to say BULL about the proportions. As I have often been seen ranting, most people who post "nice but the proportions are wrong" are trying to give a constructive critique... and failing miserably at it. They often lack the understanding of the concept of "cannons of proportion", where a artist uses a non-standard proportion set for all of their artwork. How does one decide if an anthropomorphic fantasy animal is in or out of proportion? Can you show me a real living breathing anthropomorphic fantasy animal to draw from so I get the proper proportions? No you can't! Why? Because they don't exist, therefore we can't say what really is and isn't in proportion for an anthropomorphic fantasy animal. Therefore, they're not out of proportion. If you saw someone who was too short or too tall or too heavy would you tell them that they're out of proportion? NO! Proportion assumes that everyone is perfect. They're not. Not at all. Now if you said, say, that the proportions happen to be off from one character to the next that would be different, but the fact that I use THE SAME CANNON for all characters, give or take a little for age and height, means that for my particular art style, the cannon is correct.So in short, find something truly constructive and well thought out to say if you want to try and be constructive. "Proportion" just doesn't cut it. It only shows your lack of grasp for a basic art concept like cannon of proportions and lack of appreciation for artistic and stylistic freedom that comes with the knowledge of using a non-standard cannon or inventing your own."

I don't think its out of proportion at all, and fail to see how a complete stranger can tell someone how to do their own thing. I have only one thing to say..Pangolins deserve a place in the anthro..thingy..thing..o.O

Greetings! Just came here from LJ's Bad_RPers_Suck & was curious about your work, & to see what you'd come up with in "total creative isolation." You do have some "distinct" work here, but I doubt this is the product of true isolation: I'm seeing influence from a number of places. I know you haven't "stolen" anything, but you've been influenced by someone (more likely several someones).

In answer to your LJ comment, looking at other artists' work won't destroy your creativity, it will help you recognize when you're being influenced so you can weed out that sort of thing if you want to. By posting online you're implying that you want to interact with other artists. You don't seem to be that interested in concrit, and you clearly don't want other artists' influence. So, may I ask what you do want?

Onto the purely-visual crit: your style is mostly internally consistent, but you do have some proportion issues. Not total-body proportion, but things like one of a character's legs will be out of line with the other. I'd like to see more of their body structure under their garments & fur - show us some catlike movement. I'm curious why you chose to dress them in human costume, feels a little expected & not-quite-right. Your coloring, linework, & composition are good (FAR better than mine!). Overall they're a little too "sparkly" for my taste, but it's clear you put a lot of energy into this, and that this is important to you.

Again though, I think your isolation isn't as total as you want. If I'm wrong, tell me - this is my livejournal name, my email is that name at yahoo.

By the way - Caracals? Beautiful animals. Adore them.

...Sweet christ you're pretty.

Your proportions need work. I agree that proportions do not follow a rule by rule standard. Quite often, artists choose to exaggerate lengths to incorporate emotion and detail. The exaggeration, however, is made that, no matter how impossible body lengths are, the same lengths are made to look natural, as done by conceptual and anime/manga artists. I have seen many. Your art lacks an understanding of basic principles, which no art flourishes without.

Before commenting on my experience, I am much younger, 14 years old, and yes, my criticism has foundation. A flip in a few published sketch books will provide the necessary evidence. Your work is that of a beginner, similar to my art when I first began. Do not insult others simply because they tried to give advice. Biased, but I'm only commenting because I saw how poorly you responded to constructive criticism in your earlier replies.

Alissa Lynn Wright replies: "Oh look, yet another person who couldn't understand how to properly give a critique if their life depended on it. Oh yeay. Little boy/girl, you must have failed your critique segment of your Freshmen art class in High School. This is not a proper piece of constructive criticism. I'm sorry, but someone with such little artistic background as a kid doesn't really have the qualifications to tell someone who has been doing art MUCH LONGER than they are if something is incorrect. Different people have different opinions on what looks natural, what looks dynamic, and what looks proportional. There is no right or wrong proportion for a non-existent creature like a winged anthropomorphic plantigrade tiger. You've failed to notice other things about my art that are certainly not "beginner" type things. My understanding of light and color theory are shown quite extensively through my art. Anyone with such understanding would pick that up in the colors I chose and the way I depict light. I've been doing art for eleven years, and for a beginner I actually have had several real world jobs which utilize my art and design skills. Pretty good, eh?Proper critiques state not only the bad, but also the good and actually helpful tips on how to improve. You've only covered ONE of those aspects. I have a full essay on the subject; educate yourself for the love of all things cute and funny:http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/2057048/"