Voracious Panda Interview (Artist Spotlight)
- Huggable Goo
- May 8, 2019
- 6 min read
Updated: May 8, 2019
So i connected with one of my fav vore artists on Discord for this =w=. They were super nice and if you havent checked them out you really should! They're an amazing artist. Links at the bottom of the post! Before the interview starts and i post it below i'd like to say that this artist was one of the first i came across as a vore lover. I absolutely loved talking to them and they are a delightful person. Now into the interview!!!
First off, the burning question, who or what got you into vore?
-OKAY!! This is a complex question. Vore has been with me my entire life, even before I knew there was a word for it. My legit earliest memory (2 or 3 years old) was me getting butterflies in my stomach and immediately thinking there was a tiny person inside it. Fast forward throughout my childhood and it’s littered with obsessions over G/t and vore media (magic school bus), huge size differences in toys, and playing out vore scenarios in my everyday play. I first found out about vore by NAME, when I was 13! I was actually looking up the tiny character Issun from Okami with phrases like “Issun getting eaten” on deviantart (which I had just heard about and signed up for) and chanced upon a vore pic of him! When I clicked on it I saw the word “vore”. That was my immediate next search, which pulled up quite a lot of earlier vore stuff! I chose a picture that I liked (a person spelunking down a preds throat) and asked the artist “what does vore mean?”. That person was MukatKikaarn! Who had… a lot of sexual stuff, but mainly had SOOOO much endosoma (which I learned about by name via Peachnewt). Mukat told me about vore, I thanked hir, and went on to dive headfirst into the whole thing!! It took me a couple of years to ACTUALLY get into the vore community and be open about it. At that time, the SFW G/t community HAAAATED vore and thought it was awful/gross/evil/etc. I was mostly in the G/t community, so I feared being kicked out if I told everyone I liked vore. Eventually I ended up telling people and making a vore account, and most people were chill about it!
What other communities are you as deep into or just like? (Furry fandom, other things that are misunderstood?
-Definitely in the furry community! Which is…very stigmatized. I was actually bullied quite a bit when I was in middle school for wearing a sweatshirt that had a lynx tail and ears, and for general furry-ness. Of course, I’m also in the G/t community!! But that is soooo intertwined with vore that I barely even count them as separate from each other. ^^; Of all things that have misunderstood though, I think vore has been misunderstood the most and the worst.
What was your worst struggle going through your art and practicing it?
-SELF CONFIDENCE for sure!! I’m ALWAYS struggling not to compare myself to other artists all the time. Also, human anatomy (especially hands!!) and finding my own style that doesn’t look uncanny valley.
Who is your favorite oc and why?
-Hmmmm it’s a tossup between Arianna and Topaz. Arianna was like… one of my first OCs ever?? And she and her personality and her story hold a special place in my heart. Topaz is also one of my favorites, and is one of my most developed OCs. Also….they’re a goo!! They’re fun to draw!
Favorite fic fandom? (The fandom you most like to write/draw vore in)
-Hmmmm well, what I’ve probably MOST drawn vore for (and even written a bit) is Supernatural. The SPN universe is SO rubbery and expansive on what you can canonically do in it, and I ADORE the characters. Sam and Dean are characters that I cherish, and their complex sibling dynamic can make for some really fascinating emotional situations!
Any backstory you’re willing to tell?
-Uhhhh…...in regards to what? I mean, one fun bit of info is that when I was REALLY a hardcore RP-er, I would physically salivate and get hungry when I was roleplaying myself eating someone. After I had swallowed them in the RP, I lost my appetite for real food (I guess my subconscious didn’t wanna bury my prey in food?) and was then REALLY subconsciously cautious about my belly getting hit by anything or running into it.
What pic that you’ve drawn are you most proud of? (Links, images, ect.)
-Hmmm…. That’s a tricky one! When it comes to just vore, I think my favorite would have to be these 3, almost entirely because I managed to pull off some weird lighting and texturing! ^^; https://www.deviantart.com/voraciouspanda/art/HE-S-A-BRAVE-MAN-CANON-LINK-IN-DESCRIPTION-589193654
Who’s your favorite artist in the community? Why?
-AAAAH I really get anxious trying to pick a FAVORITE, but… at the moment I am really loving Kennibalbites: https://www.deviantart.com/kennibalbites, Lunafex: https://www.deviantart.com/lunafex, Titanmen: https://www.deviantart.com/titan-men, Lemondeer: https://www.deviantart.com/lemon-deer, and Incredibleediblecalico: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/incredibleediblecalico/.
Who’s your favorite writer in the community? Why?
-Goldfox20 https://www.deviantart.com/goldfox20 and Liamslostangel https://www.deviantart.com/liamslostangel ABSOLUTELY!! They have been my favorite vore writers since I first discovered vore around 13 years old. I could gush forever about these two, but the fact is that they are simply great writers. Their plot development is excellent too!! I LOVE vore that has an actual plot to it, with reasoning behind why this is happening. Also, they’re some of the few rare people who focus on m/m vore. They do really cool collaborations all the time, write for a lot of niche fandoms, and hit the nail on the head every time in terms of emotional impact!
Who did you look up to while starting out drawing vore and how did you meet/find them?
-Oh gosh…..there were a few, but when I was starting out I actually didn’t really know ANY other nonsexual vore artists. It was just….something that I found extremely hard to find. When it came to art and technique though, I definitely looked up to Karbo! His internals have always been so nice and squishy and pleasant looking. And I found him cuz well… if you search for vore, you are BOUND to see a Karbo drawing!
What site are you mostly based on?
-My main site has always been deviantart. I’ve been branching out more as of late to other sites such as furaffinity and tumblr, but dA is still what I count as the main hub for my art!
What are your thoughts on minors in SAFE vore?
-I have a lot of thoughts on this so I will try and bullet point the main things! -Minors have ALWAYS existed in the vore community, and pushing them away from the SFW parts of the community will just leave them feeling lonely and rejected, and therefore more likely to see acceptance in shadier parts of the internet. I know this because I was a minor like this for 5/10 years I’ve been in the community, -Vore happens in childrens media CONSTANTLY. It’s fun and cute and sometimes suspension building, but is not harmful!
-When it comes to vore PORN though, it is illegal to expose minors to pornography. Hence why it’s so important to let them know that they CAN have a safe space in the SFW vore community.
Anything you’d like to tell those starting out in this community, advice or anything you think would help the future artists and writers?
-BE YOURSELF!! I know this sounds generic, but after 10 years in the G/t and vore community, I have found myself happiest when I’m not trying to only show the parts of my likes that I thought everyone else deemed “acceptable and not weird”. Know that you can like things that oppose each other at the same time. Know that tastes change and shift, and trying to cater to others will leave you craving what YOU really want to draw/write. Decide whose opinions are important to you and whose aren’t. There WILL be people who disagree with you, and who don’t like some of the things that you like. You get to decide whether those people’s opinions matter to you or not. And finally, trolls aren’t worth your time or effort. If a troll is bothering you and is on your mind, block ‘em and forget about ‘em. You don’t have to give them the free rent in your brain.
Where can reader’s find you?
-deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/voraciouspanda (vore) https://www.deviantart.com/gtpanda (G/t and general art)
-tumblr: https://justanothergiant.tumblr.com/
-furaffinity: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/voraciousollie/
-twitter: https://twitter.com/VoraciousOllie
-ekas portal: https://aryion.com/g4/user/voraciouspanda
There you have it guys!! Hope you enjoyed learning these things about my personal favorite artist Voracious Panda/Ollie!! I know i did. Check out their social media's and have a voraciously wonderfull day!!
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