About Me

          Online, at conventions, and even to some friends, I go by the name "Matrices." That's also the name of one of my characters. Matrices became established as my name because it normally wasn't taken in other online communities, so it eventually stuck. 

          I've been involved in the furry, cartoon, and anthropomorphic fandom since around 1998 - 1999. Its hard to remember an exact date, since it was more of a gradual realization of interest. I've been drawing cartoon animals since I was four years old, and the first reoccurring character I made up was a mutt doggie named "Sniffy." 

          I've always been crafty, and have been sewing for many years. I've sewn lots of things, including pants, car seat covers, purses, blankets, dog beds, pillowcases, and of course costume items. Since 1999 I've made my own costume masks of one of my characters every year for Halloween. The first attempt was of my character Mukilteo, using paper maché which I just painted. I tested the limits of paper maché, and eventually moved towards plastic canvas and foam construction around 2003 and have experimented with different maskmaking mediums and techniques ever since. This gives me around 6 years of mask making experience. I've also taught classes on mask making, tail making, and costume design the past two years at the Conifur Northwest convention (which I also received college credit for planning and executing in 2004). I also help moderate the large LiveJournal community, fursuit.

          To me, the furry fandom is only a hobby. Its very exciting to be able to take that interest in the hobby, apply my creative skills, and earn money while doing what I love-- making costume items and drawing.

          My favorite animals are wolves and foxes. My favorite color is green, and in addition to the things I enjoy and showcase on this site I also like photography, craft-making, old cars, and listening to music. I'm really into the industrial genre of music. My favorite band is Wumpscut, if you'd like to see what other music I'm interested in, you can view my WinAmp playlist here. 

          I also enjoy playing video games, some of my favorites include Katamari Damacy (PS2), Paper Mario (N64 & GameCube), and, of course, the classic Super Mario and Sonic games for Nintendo and Sega Genesis. I also collect taxidermy and animal skulls (ones which were either given to me, or my family and I have found in the woods). I believe in using every part of an animal, not letting it go to waste. I have a collection with over 40 skulls, including bear, coyote, red fox, deer, cattle, raccoon, rabbit and various bird skulls, among others. I keep them all in my really cool basement.

          My family owns three dogs, two sheep, and seven laying hens. My dog, Petunia (nicknamed "Tunia"), is a eleven-year-old black Labrador. Our other dogs are Ophelia ("Ophie"), who's also a eleven-year-old black Lab, and Ozzy ("Weasel"), who's a cute little golden retriever/black lab puppy, who's now 3 years old. The male sheep is named Barbecue Dave, the female has no name (we couldn't decide). Since I'm living in an apartment that doesn't allow pets, they are all living at my parent's house.

          Some other websites I've made include Sara's Other Garfield Page, which was the first website I made (age 10). And Sara's Petz Homepage, a fansite for the video game series "Petz." 

Oh, and here's a few pictures of me.