Done in 1997 before they had invented computers! Heh, nah, but you can bet this was done on a VERY early version of Photoshop.
I -think- I had sketched and inked her and then scanned her in and painted things from there, but this was so long ago, it could also have been aliens, that did... something... right?
Digital end done using a mouse with a heavy rolling ball inside of it. Technology! :)
You callin me OLD?! Git OFF MY LAWN! XD
But seriously, the fandom seemed to get some steam in the early 1990s, back when a 'huge' convention was around 500 attendees. Now it's common to see several cons get around 2-5 thousand folks?
Look up some of the longer-running conventions and see who's been guest-of-honor at the early events, then check out their art.
http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/List_of_conventions_by_attendance
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Walker TexasCat
wow.... back when I was born...