Maya’s Furry Nonsense

Maya | 27yo | She/her Pfp and banner created by me.

[totallynotafurry]

Welcome! My name is Maya. This is an 18+ Blog. Minors are not allowed.

Annumilia is a world featuring various species of anthropomorphic animals. This is a life long project of mine. With this world, I explore multiple cultures, ideas, and experiences. This blog showcases lore from that world as well as updates on whatever projects I’m currently working on that take place within that world.

I’m also using it to talk about other projects too, namely a Warrior Cats inspired cat story I started in 2024.

Current Projects:

Shadow Seers: A grueling passion project I started in 2018 staring depressed, gay furries arguing about religion and politics within my main country Airlick. [Introduction post]

Current stage: Second draft/refining stage.

Unnamed Cat Colony Story: An adult, Warrior Cats inspired story set in the American Northwest, featuring more political drama and no magic. [Introduction post]

Current stage: 1st draft.

Socials and Blogs:

Book Review Blog

Website

FurAffinity

AO3

[skribblegurl]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[heywriters]

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

[bumblewyn]

ok but the onelook thesaurus will save your life, i literally could not live without this website

[breelandwalker]

REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER'S LIFE

[myfairkatiecat]

LIFE SAVED

REBLOGGING TO SAVE ANOTHER WRITERS LIFE

[sirowsky]

I use this every time I sit down to write. It's the best tool in the world and I would be lost without it!

[kjscottwrites]

[X] <- psst click this

[cottonspotten]

the problem with having an evil mastermind manipulator oc is that i am not particularly good at being any of those things

[cottonspotten]

(holding up oc) yyeah this is them. theyre really evil and wretched. love causing pain and lying. master of manipulation and gaslighting and- oh? how do they do all that? wwell you see. with. with their um words. and big smart brain

[wiltking]

if you're writing and find yourself thinking 'this is too weird/gross/offputting/esoteric/ambitious/catered to my specific interests + sure to push away a broader audience' that is the devil speaking and it is a lie. you are already firmly on the right path and you need to double down

[totallynotafurry]

PPT: The Prototype

I just think he's neat :)

[wolfgirlhours]

Alright fine! I’ll draw him too!

I keep reposting others’ art of the boy so I might as well throw my own out there.

[brokenpitchpipe]

Problems:

I want this story to be written

I don’t want this story to be written by anyone but me

I don’t want to write this story

[doodlemancy]

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)

✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[tofupixel]

MapCrunch. Environment artists rejoice. Random locations, filter by indoor or outdoor, rural or urban, specific country. Great for realistic/authentic building ref.

[ghostpainters]

You're awsome OP

[mysillycomics]

[mayas-reviews]

Want some late night Warrior Cats Fanfic?

In July of 2024, I rewrote Blackfoot’s Reckoning because I hated it. Anger is a powerful motivator. The novella is nothing but flashbacks, B

I wrote this last year and found it while I was clearing out my Google Docs.

I don’t enjoy writing fanfic tbh. I prefer to write about my own characters, but Blackfoot’s Reckoning pissed me off so hard that I wrote a one-shot fanfic out of spite. It’s kind of shit, but it gets my idea across.

That novella sucks so hard. It’s my least favorite novella in the series (second to… well you know).

[totallynotafurry]

I should’ve posted this on this account but whatever. It’s 1am and I’m sleep deprived.

[totallynotafurry]

Shadow Seers: Vale, the Night Sapleedel

Sapleedels are holy creatures that are molded after the gods. Vale here is a Night Sapleedel, the mortal representation of Nitune, the God of Stars and Wisdom. Sapleedels are intelligent creatures that cannot speak but understand speech. Sapleedels can telepathically speak to each other and to seers, animals who are blessed by the gods to have visions (and other powers).

There's a lot of lore surrounding sapleedels that I briefly talk about here. I will go into depth about them and easthas, my world's "first carnivore," in a future post.

Vale is a 10 year old male, a young adult in sapleedel years. Sapleedels mature fast and live long, averaging 80 years. He is Janette's companion.

[felinefractious]

BeFurry Royal Onyx

🐱 F1 Serengeti (Bengal x Oriental Shorthair) [Serengeti TICA]

📸 Vakulenko Yuliya [BeFurry Bengal Cattery]

🎨 Black Silver Classic Charcoal

[totallynotafurry]

Shadow Seers: Introduction

Website Post:

Shadow Seers 1: The Origins — Maya's Reviews

An introduction post to my novel, Shadow Seers

It's finally done! Here's the introduction post for Shadow Seers.

In this post, I explain my inspiration, the characters, and the many failed drafts I had. There's also some excerpts from draft two. This book has taken years off my life... and it's not even done!! Art is pain.

[totallynotafurry]

Shadow Seers Character #2

More major players in my novel, Shadow Seers. One of them being the main character!

Top Left: Janette Blackfall, 16, Creen Black Bear, Female, Bi-romantic/Asexual, Solid black, Main Protagonist

Top Right: Amilee Vastic, 18, Airlick Cat, Female, Straight, Calico, Protagonist #2

Bottom Left: Roland [no last name yet], 16, Airlick Red Fox, Male, Orange, Straight, Supporting

Bottom Right: Aspen [no last name yet], 17, Airlick/Warshol Cat mix, Nonbinary, Ace/Aro, Brown mackerel tabby, Supporting

These were way easier to draw than the first set. I'm used to drawing Janette and Amilee more than the adults of the story. Now that I have these guys drawn, I can work on my introduction post for Shadow Seers detailing the story and these characters.

[totallynotafurry]

Shadow Seers Characters #1

Some major players in my novel Shadow Seers.

Top Left: Isme Lukin, 31, Airlick Cat, Female, Lesbian, Solid black, Main Antagonist

Top Right: Aveline Vastic, 29, Airlick Cat, Female, Lesbian, Ginger and white mack tabby, Protagonist #3

Bottom Left: Verona [no last name yet], 30, Airlick Cat, Female, black with some white spotting, Pan, Supporting

Bottom Right: Esther Westin, 29, Airlick Cat, Female, Lesbian, black silver classic tabby, Protagonist #4

Took forever to draw this. I'm very proud of them. I have another set of characters I want to draw. Once I draw them, I'll finally upload a post going over Shadow Seers, the premise, and the characters.