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ABOUT THE ARTIST
| Behind the Furry Creature |
My name is Tani, and I'm a designer / hobby artist living in Germany together with my husband and our two cats. My artistic name "TaniDaReal" is also my official pseudonym. I am working as media designer (for printed and digital products), and also in my free time I like to work with webdesign or print projects, as well as following one of my main hobbies - drawing.
My husband and I both love travelling and we enjoy having friends all over the world. We dedicate a lot of our free time to Eurofurence, the biggest European furry convention in Germany.
I love creative work of all kinds, for example also fursuits (costumes), both making them and performing. I also have a pretty large plush animal and animal figurine collection (mainly wolves and big cats). The more I love cooking, watching movies and enjoy TV series like Supernatural or TrueBlood.
I always had an extraordinary love for animals and also always grew up with pets (German Shepherds, cats, birds, fish). I couldn't imagine a life without animals. After my beloved cat Ashati died in December 2009, we got two sweethearts in 2010 named Shuray and Trisca (rescues from a Spanish shelter).
 
There are certain species I always had a deep connection to - wolves and snow leopards. While I am a big fan of most canines and felines, those species have a special place in my heart. Especially the wolf, who has been spiritually guiding me all my life. Being an animal enthusiast, I of course regularly support animal charities.
Being that fond of animals, I have also always been a fan of anthropomorphic animals (animals with human characteristics, like talking or walking on two legs), which I mostly knew from movies, TV series, comics and books.
 I have been drawing (mostly animals) for as long as I can remember. The wonderful thing about being an artist is, that you can create worlds, characters, express your feelings, make people laugh or cry (in a good emotional way). Drawing is not my main profession, however having a design related job, I enjoy drawing in my free time.
The internet was probably the biggest change in my life. In 1999, when I got internet access for the first time, I found out that there were other people with the same affection for anthropomorphic animals like me ("Furry Fandom"). I first started drawing Lion King fanart, over the years my style changed from drawing Disney characters to general anthropomorphic animals (both feral/walking on four legs or the more human style walking on two legs), which is often just called "furry art". I am drawing both artwork for myself and for other people or for projects (traditional and digital media).
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