My Bros I talk with often or hang out
in no specific line up
talk with me, haha I don't bite in all honestly...send me a note or so if you wanna strike up a convo
I am still taking my break from DA but I had been writing down some questions for my new FAQ when I had time and just actually got it posted for time and such.
Still going through my gallery on what I would like to keep and what not, and anxiously waiting for packages haha.
March doesn't seem to like me much, hopefully this is the only bad month I have, and get it out of the way.
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Whats your name? my real name is Misty but I go by Creature and Sunshine and only certain people still call me Darky.
Age? 21
May-16th '91
8:13PM
Texas
Astrology signs? Western
Sun: Taurus ( on cusp of Gemini)
Moon: Cancer
Rising: Scorpio
Chinese
main: Goat/ Sheep
Rising: Dog
Egyptian
Anubis
Celtic
Bee
Mayan
Dog
Kankin- tree of life
Celtic Tree
Hawthorn
Native American
Beaver
Describe yourself the best you can? Uhhh, I am more so an introvert, I like to drink, mainly vodka or whiskey or fruity drinks, I have a hard time dealing with talking on phones, guess you can say its a phobia I've had ever since I could remember.
to say, sometimes I suffer from depression, but I don't let that get me down, especially if my friends need me more. Friends are a huge thing, even if I can't physically hug them most of my online friends have always been there for me.
You can usually win my affection with food honestly haha, parents always bribed me with food.
I am weary of people honestly, I make sure I get a good gut feeling about them and make sure I can trust them, call it paranoia, I call it just being safe.
What do you like? I love taxidermy
morbid/dark/blood
drawingnature
eyes all species
fandoms
yaoi ( usually dealing with supernatural, or doujins)
animal people
gaming
mythology
astrology
paranormal
SS Uniforms
4 horses of the Apocalypse
What do you not like? Loud people
obnoxious people that are just craving for attention
rude people, various types of either towards me or out in public
apes ( chimpanzees, orangutangs)
geese
some types of anime ( bugged eyed and desu type)
want to be 'gangsters'
dumb kids; the bad kind of noobs within the taxidermy community(
yes there is good kinds and bad kinds, as long as they are willing to ask for help, and not get to big for their britches or don't accept crit. well in any type of art)
Have any tattoos? I currently have 7
feather behind ear
a fox skull on the back of my neck
4 skulls in the middle of my back
an assassins creed lower back
fox paw print lower back
a black band on my left hand with my chinese sign and taurus horns
and my fursona and a daffodil on my chest that I am getting covered up with 2 bull kirins.
What Fandoms? Supernatural, Assassins Creed
Black Butler, Hetalia
Devil May Cry, Red Dead Redemption
How to Train your Dragon,Avatar: the last air bender
Final Fantasy 7, 9, Blue exorcist
Mononoke, Hellsing
Count Cain, Natsume
Homestuck, Steam Powered Giraffe
Legend of Zelda, Loki, Captain America- The Avengers
Raiden- Metal Gear Solid, The Grey
Slenderman, Starfighter
Bones, Tangled
Trigun, Game of Thorns
Castlevania, Wolfs Rain
Hamlet, Interview with a Vampire/ Queen of the Damed
Dexter, Road to Eldorado
Alice in Wonderland, Being Human( US)
Labyrinth, Blood+
Left 4 dead, Team Fortress
Invader Zim, Lie to Me
Teen Wolf, Doctor Who
Van Helsing, Walking Dead
do you RP? Hell yea I do.
normally OC peoples more to the world.
But i have been used to using some peoples and just using that world to make it easier for both us to get our minds around the world.
Religion? I personally don't care about religion, any of it; I don't have time to think if i do something bad if I am going to hell or not. I just don't care for it.
I hate it when people shove religion down my throat, especially Christianity
I guess I would consider myself a Agnostic?
I love reading about angels and demons but I don't believe personally in a higher power, but believe there are miracles and some forces at work.
If you believe in something other, cool. You keep believing that just don't tell me about it.
Favorite animals? (and their color phases) guinea pigs( prefer rough coats)
foxes( love platinums and whitemarks best)
coyotes( piebalds or blacks)
horses( draft-Gypsy Vanner, minis and arabianxquarter)
Donkeys
Cervin in general ( white tail, elk, moose are my fav though)
Owls ( barn, or great horned)
What music Inspired you? System of a Down, Placebo
David Bowie, Alice Cooper
Pink Floyd, Steam Powered Giraffe
The Cog is Dead, Falling in Reverse
Blue October, puscifer
Blood on the Dancefloor, Danny Elfman
My Chemical Romance, Fall out boy
Korn, Ludo
Insane Clown Posse, Johnny Cash
Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson
Mindless Self Indulgence, Dead man's bones
The Beatles,
those are mainly ones from the top of my head; mainly i dont go by just artist I go by the music itself.
How many live animals do you have?
At my apt I have: A male Sheltie
2 male guinea pigs
at my parents house: a female pekenese
a male guinea pig
3 male cats
soon after our land is cleared and the house is built: a horse or 2
cattle
some goats/sheep
What is your orientation?I am straight, but huge supporter of others orientations
I classify myself as a gray-asexual and a demi-sexual.
How are you able get so many Pelts? I am comfortable; though the years I have had many people always asking this and I always find it literally rude for this question too.
Maybe my parents just taught me not to ask people what they make or their yearly salary.
Or people who try to rub their money within your face.
with working as a part time cashier, I often get this by older women or men. which is quite insulting in general.
to say simply I am fortunate and live a comfortable lifestyle.
Where do you get them? I get them from hunters and trappers as well as breeders for ranched animals
But I have been known to pick up things along side the road, I don't like to waste things when I don't have to.
within taxidermy school I was known as the scavenger because I always asked for the skulls or backhides and claws for when we was doing the shoulder mounts, or skinning for lifesize.
how are they killed? each trapper has their own way of dispatching
usually I know they use the catch pole, the needle method, gun shot and with my breeders they use the carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide method to ensure a quick and easy death.
I try not to get any that had their skull bashed, aside from being a skull collector.
Will you tell me your breeders? Nope, unless you are a really good friend, and a friend I know I can actually trust.
It took me a long while to find my breeders and I'm not one for telling where I get my sources.
Why do you name them? I like naming them, I don't know have always named things from stuffed animals, to even inanimate objects; I mean I even put a pink sticky note over the toaster named Jenny hahaha ( SPG)
I just find I connect more better with them if they got a name.
If I've made a character from them, then I will literally never ever sell them since they are apart of my mind children now.
Self taught or school? I learned about taxidermy as a young age, and skinned a few things before usually a fox or some coyotes a few years before going into school in the fall of '10
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www.centraltexasschooloftaxide…What type of taxidermy do you prefer?traditional hands down, yes I did support plushies when they were first were getting big, even had the 3rd plush on dA but within the 5 years from it to now, I have grown to like them less and less, more so with the people and fad itself. I don't dislike persay plushies as themselves I mean I still even have one, and like seeing well made ones.
I also love rogue taxidermy too though, avid fan of that and what animals could be created with other different parts of the animal.
Do you support poachers or game hunters?I don't support poachers at all, thats just wrong and to take an animal that is protected or out of season just to sell or have for themselves, I find very wrong in my eyes as well as like to keep things legal.
Game hunters, I find it a waste of them just getting it as a trophy, and not using the meat or rest of the hide, but if you going to have your name out there and a actual taxidermist and getting your name out there, you will run into these kinds of people.
Just hope they bring you the whole animal so you can get the rest for yourself haha, or hope the meat has gone to villages if in Africa or something.
Why don't you make plushies? As said before I just don't find them my type, and would really like people to get into trad. as well instead of just spazzing at seeing a plushy and only wanting them.
granted I know sometimes space is an issue, I am living in a one bedroom apt. I know space is hard.
But I really only see people try to do plushies to make a quick buck and get a quick business going and then flopping belly up usually with trying to do it as cheap as possible and not even having all the supplies yet. I just don't have the desire to start a job yet, aside from the taxes, and getting a business licensee even with TX not needing a taxidermy license, if you start up a business then you need one.
Will you be doing any Commissions in the future? I probably won't here.
Personally with just how seeing the new generation trade mounts and sell them like they are Pokemon cards. I don't feel the need to sell them.
Or they rehydrate them to mount them, themselves, which is another fear of mine for my mounts.
Unless I feel the person I sell them to will take care of it or my friends.
Will you sell any mountable pelts to me? Probably not, If I bought mountable skins they are usually for myself and my personal collection.
I have sold off my wall-hangers though, which some people are claiming them as mountable, which they clearly arn't. I know what is and isn't mountable, I am not dumb, but with people trying to call it mountable to sell it for higher, what ever its their problem if it falls apart or looks like its been to hell and back.
But whatever, DA really has lost the meaning of 'whats mountable' and are just trying to get into the fad of plushing literally everything they can get their hands on still. sad but true.
What supplies do you use? I use the basic, mainly Mckenzie with forms, I have really gotten spoiled on Dennis eyes so I would either use him or Tohickon eyes then just spider wire, leather needle, hide paste, clay.
Do you tan things yourself?I've done it before, Ive used Rittelz and Mckenzie brush on tan.
But now i find it just easier to send it off to a tannery. Less mess.
When do you plan on becoming a fox farmer?After I get settled and see which state I want to start my fox farm, I dont gather it will be another 10 years I am sure until I finish school and get set off right to ensure the welfare of the animals will be good.
Are you going to school now?I am currently going to school to be a Mortician/Embalmer for the state of Texas
I would also like to take some classes with business as well as speech and drama.
Are you going to become a licensed taxidermist?Some time down the road when I am able to accept more work, and an actual home or business place.
I would feel more comfortable having an actual place to run my business from, so probably not for another 5 or so years and then I will probably just remain part time and do it on the side from my actual job as a Mortician until I get tired from that job.
If you do not agree with how I view things or my line of thinking.
If you don't try to preach to me your views then I believe we will be ok, cause I won't be preaching to you on my views.
If I offend you with some of them, I am not sorry; this is how I view things with having grown up and matured this is my view on things.
If there is any questions you'd like to see me add
just go to my tumblr and you can ask as yourself, or anon. which ever.
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