XYLOGRAPHICA
Hey there! I’m Bull, an artist who focuses on animal and nature themes in digital art and relief printing.
I take commissions regularly, announcing openings here on twitter. I also sell original prints at cons.
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@xylographica
Man I'm tired of the overall furry trend of making a character of a certain species despite apparently thinking the actual animal is ugly. I've had multiple clients request that I change a comm because they said the character is [species] and so I drew [species]
Like. Why is your character an extinct early cetacean if you want people to draw it like a dog. Why a shark, why a spinosaurus, why a giraffe if you dont actually like how those animals look? No shame in making a dog sona I promise it's OK. You don't need to be unique
Becoming Animal
this was my printmaking thesis from 2022. It‘s a very personal series and I’m still really fond of them.
woodcut prints [cont in thread]
It's in my TOS now that if you tell me a species then I'll draw it like that species instead of copying stylistic choices of the ref artist cuz man sometimes I get excited to draw a unique species only to have the ref be like. A bland furry dog face thing.
And yea like even among dog furries they're all the same thing. I see so many fluffy dobermanns or jowlless great Danes. Whats the point. Just make your sona a husky and be done with it
It's funny seeing the range of furry perceptions of species. One comment will be like 'I guess it's not too obscure, here's my specific species of beetle fursona (:' and others will be like 'you want obscure ??? Here's my hybrid of two canines. Here's my thylacine.'
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Wanted to say thanks for the support last few days!
To enter:
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- 3 winners: one gets reductive colored full, 2 get B&W icons
- Ends JAN 4 6PM CST, in 2 days
#furryart
Here are three more
#furryspecieschallenge
templates! I plan to also make some more specific ones, like just canines or just ungulates. What taxa did I miss? Let me know!
I’ll add these to the drive + update the .psd file to include all 4 templates
Here’s my stylized version! First one was just studies so this was fun to sorta see what stuck from the studies! [+i wanted to show how stylization doesn’t mean they can’t look distinct haha]
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First place gets a B&W character sheet, then 2 more winners get icons!
Rules:
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@xylographica
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- put a [SFW] reference pic in the replies
Ends tomorrow, Feb 18, at 3PM CST!
Something I hope people do with this is use ref even for the species you think you know. Like, don't treat the wolf as the default canine, cuz people often don't truly capture how wolves look! Or lions, or dogs.
Ok here’s a google drive folder with an uncompressed image, a transparent png, and a psd file with layers for anyone who wants it. Lemme know if it doesn’t work haha