Guests of Honour
Jai the jackodile
and
Devacor the blue dragon

Jai the jackodile

Jai is a wandering Jackodile driven by creativity and passion. She originates in Texas, but has lived in California for 5.5 years and in Vancouver for 2. Jai is a long time furry, participating in the fandom for 16 years. Early years were through internet message boards and art sites until attending her first convention: FurFright in 2009. Since then she has attended several conventions including Vancoufur and has been an active and vibrant member of the community.

Jai is also a game developer and professional illustrator with a BFA from the Academy of Art. Her first launched game project was Zoo-F-O. Currently she is working full time on Bindstone as the sole artist and creative director alongside her partner, Devacor.

In 2015 Jai redesigned her fursona and created the Jackodile, a mix of her two favorite species: a black back jackal and a crocodile. Notably she debuted her MoreFurLess suit several months ago and has shared her antics with the community on twitter ever since.

Fursuit pictures, game progress, and more can be followed on twitter at: https://twitter.com/Jai_the_Jackal

A recent art demo of Bindstone is visible here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfQTtj2-jC0

Devacor the blue dragon

Devacor is an adventurous blue dragon powered by curiosity and knowledge. He originates in Saskatchewan, but has lived in California for 4 years and also in Vancouver for 4. Devacor is a long time furry, participating in the fandom for 18 years. After many years of online participation on art sites his first convention was Conifur in 2006. Since then he has attended several conventions including Vancoufur and has been a constant and enthusiastic member of the community.

Devacor is a long time game developer with several professional shipped titles under his belt including Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Dragon Age 2, more recent experience has been in mobile with several iPhone and Android titles shipped, the most recent being Taste Buds. His passion is the indie game, Bindstone, which he works on alongside his love, Jai, as the sole programmer and game designer.

Bindstone is scheduled for release in late 2018, articles and details are available by following along at http://bindstone.online updates can be found on twitter at: https://twitter.com/M2tM

Community Spotlight
Aphinity

There comes a point in everyone’s development where the toys, games, tv shows, and characters of your youth must be put aside in favour of adult pastimes and priorities. That point never came for Aphinity. Born and raised in Vancouver, Rob “Aphinity” Harrison never knew how to let go of his love for cartoons and characters, so he didn’t! Better yet, since about 2005, he found a group of people who feel the same way! From costume performance to helping with conventions, he’s right at home in the cartoon world that furry encompasses for so many of us.

His first fursuit was built in his close friend Trapa’s apartment and his parents house over 15 years ago, and while the horrendous thing scared little kids and even him, it got him out and involved with convention, public, and professional mascot work that continues today. His current fursuits are Ioco the husky by One Fur All Studios, Rainbow Dash by Phoenix Wolf, and Aphinity the white-sided dolphin, a future costume he hopes to unveil soon! Aphinity goofs around with Helping Pawz non-profit character performance organization, the 501st Legion Star Wars Costuming group, the Vancouver Aquarium, BC Bronies, the BC Siberian Husky Club, and more! When not performing, you’ll usually find him doing something convention related for Howloween, VancouFur, the RAIn board, BronyCAN, VCON, or any number of other cons, past and present. He loves helping others and making things happen, calling himself a ‘fandom-centric action taker extraordinaire’. Outside of fandom and non-profit work, Aphinity like to cuddle his foxy lady Sugar, his dog Jade, (badly) fly FVP drones, and be a general tech nerd.