Furbert's Grove

Howdy! I'm Furbert, aka Furb. I'm a GNC genderfluid (she/her) hobbyist digital artist and college student from the Great Lakes region. I love crafting worlds for my characters to live in, more info on these worlds can be found below. I spend my time making art, reading, volunteering, doing local habitat restoration, working backstage for theatre productions, and birding. I'm autistic and birds are my special interest. I'm friendly - contact me anytime!

¡Hablo un poco de Español!

I like... reading, being outdoors, the Great Lakes, birding, falconry, fishing, the colors green & purple, horror media & analysis, species identification, my cats, habitat restoration, the natural sciences (favs: biology, ecology, mycology, meteorology, geology), queer media, The Lord of the Rings, theatre in all forms

My Work

My work focuses on anthro and feral characters! It's rather variable but I particularly enjoy exploring character dynamics, world-building, and horror. I work on them when inspiration strikes, so development may be sporadic and much of it is private.

    The Catamounts - OC story following the Catamount family for three generations, mostly focused around Jane Catamount's coming-of-age after her grandfather's death. Themes of identity, relationships, and the shifting natures of time & self. Comfort project.

    Heart Rot - Mystery-horror-drama following Pickerelstripe of ClayClan as she deals with both personal issues and a strange new threat. Themes of redemption, self-worth, mending broken relationships, expectations, and loss. Horror based around mimics.

    Stars Above The Lake - Long-running project following the lake Clans after a storm separates them from StarClan. Themes of radicalization & de-radicalization, political drama, brotherhood, and existential dread. Currently on soft hiatus while I rework it for the third time; it's existed in some form since 2016!

    The Douglas Association - TMA headworld, following head archivist Pasha and her assistants. It's a tragedy about hubris chewing up and spitting out a group of well-meaning people, but it's pretty light-hearted.

    Electric Cowboy - Westernish about a lonely coyote cowboy, her weird god, and sacrificing who you are for a cause. Slowly becoming a bigger project.

Some of my Favorite Things

  • Music - the Mountain Goats, The Oh Hellos, The Magnetic Fields, San Fermin, Ezra Furman, Advance Base, Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson, Mitski, Bob Dylan
  • Horror Media - This House Has People in It, The Dionaea House, Nope, The Thing, Anatomy, MyHouse.wad, My house walk-through
  • Podcasts - The Magnus Archives, The Silt Verses, Life List, Fantasy High
  • Films - Interstellar, Happy Feet, Flatland, Into The Wild, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rango, The Big Year, The Lord of the Rings, O Brother Where Art Thou
  • Places - Northwoods WI & MI, the Great Lakes, prairies, wetlands, karst topography (esp. caves)
  • Authors - Helen Macdonald, John Steinbeck, Merlin Sheldrake, Robert Macfarlane
    • Bird species - American goldfinch, Eastern bluebird, American coot, Common loon, Wood duck, Double-crested cormorants, all North American raptors... and like a hundred more lol

    Other things I enjoy so much they've been given their own pages: poetry, videos & video essays, web stuff

Have a nice day!