Sketchbook (PAGE 11)
Added 2025-05-15 21:55:21 +0000 UTCRight away, this page has a little piece to appeal to Foxer421! This was a bit of birthday art, and for drawings that don’t necessarily need to be super high-res I’ll finish them up directly on the sketch page. Which removes some of the intimidation of opening up a whole new blank canvas…
Brandy (the porcupine) also shows up, flopped on the couch in a pretty provocative way. This one got the full-color treatment (FA | e621).
We’ve also got an urban chic raccoon girl showing off her clubbing outfit. A dress code for mammals. The eyeliner still goes on and she’s tamed every flyaway hair. Maybe there’s even a little lavender lip gloss. Her clutch carries a restrained decadence and plays off her glittery choker. All of which is why her toplessness feels (to me) like such a dissonance -- she can only do so much to curate that natural mammalian display, and so maybe it becomes a deliberate rejection of that kind of curation when she choose to just leave the girls out. And well, a large part of my affinity for nudity (partial or complete) is this kind of surrender to vulnerability. The “pretty animal” theme I tried out with this raccoon is one I’d love to revisit with a better handle on where exactly I want that dissonance to lie.
At the bottom there are some prep sketches “Lost Woods Juno” where she’s in her rare moth-fairy form and coming in for an enthusiastic landing (FA | e621).
Just got back from FWA last weekend with renewed inspiration! I just need to get past the sleep deprivation.
Comments
I think it’s funny how “Pay a little more attn to her ears” is for the char that has the biggest breasts of anyone on the page! 😆
patient_zaero
2025-05-31 13:46:41 +0000 UTCThat means a lot. It's a really good feeling to do a gift like this -- and I just wish I was able to make it happen a little more often.
Kalahari
2025-05-20 20:02:54 +0000 UTCIf nothing else I'll be there next year! Anthrocon is also very likely this year.
Kalahari
2025-05-20 20:00:05 +0000 UTCI still cherish that illustration and keep it in my folder of most loved gifts/commissions. Your art is always more than the sum of any references!
Foxer421
2025-05-19 08:58:13 +0000 UTCAhhh I forgot you were going to fwa! It would have been cool to meet you!
floobadeedoo
2025-05-16 13:36:44 +0000 UTCPorcupines do have their soft sides. Man, those foxes came from a dream... I envisioned a whole sea of them just kind of chomping on each other o.o
Kalahari
2025-05-16 01:38:18 +0000 UTCYep, Topaz is there too! And probably pretty upset that she hasn't featured in a pic of her own for a while
Kalahari
2025-05-16 01:34:59 +0000 UTCI noticed a pretty genet too ❤️
J. N. Squire
2025-05-15 22:33:59 +0000 UTCI love seeing the sketch pages, both informative and just wonderful to see.
Adleisio Cefnfor
2025-05-15 22:14:28 +0000 UTCThis is lovely! Always great to see the sketches!
Admiral Storm
2025-05-15 22:11:57 +0000 UTCThe perspective on that classic image of Brandy is so fantastic! I also love the (possibly somewhat horrifying) derp foxes haha
ThatDirgeDude
2025-05-15 22:11:39 +0000 UTCStunning as always, my friend!💜🐺
Kord Graves
2025-05-15 21:59:33 +0000 UTCAbsolutely wonderful stuff. It's always great to see what you imagine and draw, even if it's just sketches.
Kiko
2025-05-15 21:56:27 +0000 UTC
