#animal pelts

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

Dorm Pelt Wall

Currently home for winter break but I dearly miss my pelt wall waiting for me back at my dorm.

A few pelts I would love to eventually add to my collection one day would be a timber wolf, pine marten, bobcat, mountain lion, river otter, Finn raccoon, fisher, wild arctic cross, reindeer (hide), wolverine, black back jackal, and golden jackal. Now is it likely I'll be able to acquire all these, hell no. But it's a wish list for a reason. Right now I am more focused on finding an affordable mountable pelt for a 1st attempt at taxidermy.

[lookatswans]

[lsdoiphin]

Artfight 2024 piece of @teethterror's wonderful Diedre (and the human illusion she uses to hunt her prey)!

[little-lucub]

HELLO OTHERKIN/THERIANS/ALTERHUMANS/NONHUMANS/OTHERLINKERS/OTHERPAW!! DO YOU WANT TO BUY AN ETHICAL TAIL BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE? IM HERE TO GIVE YOU TIPS!

Okay I'll stop talking in caps now, but here you have my tail guide for any and all people who just want a tail!

Cruel fur farms treat their animals badly, and it's best to avoid them. Here are some tips on how to spot cruel farms from the ethically sourced ones! (Most tips from here!)

Disclaimer: I would only be wary of items if they show more than 2 of these signs. Just do research before you buy!

Signs that indicate a cruel source:

- Sold/Sourced from Asia (Asia has bad animal cruelty laws, here's a list per country on how good their animal rights are)

- From Wish, AliExpress, Amazon, Temu or EBay (Even the 'faux fur' ones can be real and cruel)

- If they use stock photos

- Asian lobster clams (This does not always indicate cruelty)

- If they look thin, small, and generally unhealthy

- Any usage of 'mink farms' in desc.

- If they are bleached or colored

- If the price is low (Under 20-25)

- No info about source (Always ask the seller if you're not sure)

Signs that indicate ethical source:

- Scraps that were being thrown away otherwise (Should be in item description or FAQ)

- Lived long and happy lives (Item description or FAQ)

- Thick, healthy tails

- Population control/Legal hunters (With a permit)

Now I'll show a few Etsy shops I've confirmed to be Ethically sourced!

WolfBoyGirl

^ Cute animal tails with charms

Prices: €28,48 - €68,35

FoxintheForestAU

^ Coyote & Possum tails, would check each item separately to be sure :3

Prices: €11,49 - €38,30

Disclaimer! These do not come with clips, you have to add them yourselves

HandmadeFromNaturFur

^ Fox tails of all colors

Prices: €25,42 - €55,07

VeluwsCuriosities

^ Fox tails

Prices: €23,94

IowaFinestFurs

^ Raccoon, mink, coyote, raccoon dog/tanuki, skunk & lynx tails! (tw for a lot of animal pelts)

Prices: €8,57 - €19,98

Disclaimer! These do not come with clips, you have to add them yourselves

Etsy shops that sell faux fur tails!

scopermanstar

^ Variety faux fur tails with squeakers in them! Foxes/Canines, wild cats & nub tails!

Prices: €22,78 - €235,36 (Most are around €30-€40)

Cosearparty (Currently not selling items, sorry!) ^ Faux fur cosplay tails & ears (Mainly the bigger ones like cheetah, snow leopard, etc.)

Prices: €25,63 - €102,52 (Most are around <40 and are often tail + ears combo)

If you know any other ethical/faux fur Etsy shops, please link them and I'll add them here! :D

[golden-reedwolf]

It's here!!! Wild platinum European red fox. Lighting is terrible today so these are the best pics I could get. Will take some better ones outside when it's not raining.

This fox is my holy grail. I have been obsessed with these wild platinum foxes since I saw a photo of one in 2011. I've always wanted the chance to examine one up close so getting this beauty is very exciting. The fur on it is so interesting. It has the coarse texture of a European fox but with slightly longer guard hairs and a thick woolly undercoat like a farmed American red fox (NARF). You can definitely tell that it's a European x NARF hybrid!

Hybrids are becoming more common in the UK and parts of Europe. In the past this was the result of farm foxes escaping/being released, but more recently it's due to pet NARFs that escape/are abandoned and breed with the native wild foxes. Some of these foxes are direct hybrids, but many are the result of hybridisation many generations back. Here's some more examples of wild platinum foxes from the UK:

What's also interesting is that she has the fawn spots on the ears commonly seen in European foxes. The exact cause of these spots is unknown, but this strongly suggests it's a distinct white spotting pattern.

[bugsnakes]

this took like a day to finish *closes my eyes

[3eanuts]

September 22, 1956 — see The Complete Peanuts 1955-1958

[capricornbones]

I consider it a golden opportunity to be able to have another black coyote in my hands! She has been skinned and is in the freezer now to tan later!

[angryvampire]

Hellooo! Remember when i said i was going to draw my version of Wukong with some of the different clothing he wore in JTTW? (Probably not, It has been a while-)

Well, i've finished them a few months ago, i just forgot to post It. But i really wanted to show them here, im really happy with them :D

WELL HERE THEY ARE!!!

Not really clothing but i wanted to show how Wukong looks when he was younger comparing to his adult version :P

This is when he just got crowned as the Monkey King! And a king needs a crown, so i gave him a flower crown cause its cute. And the leaf outfit i might change how it looks, but i want it to be more simple, since its only the begining of his legacy as the Handsome Monkey King

The "among humans" is when he leaves the mountain to go look for immortality! When he arrives he steals some dude's clothing, (which is way too big for him, lol) And the design is in reference to the 1986 series

The student one is when he becomes a desciple of Patriarch Subodhi, and i took inspiration from the description from the book + the one in LMK

His dragon armor is mostly inspired by the 1996 version, but i made some changes to it. I tried making it more simple to draw but still detailed enough to look cool (i mean, its his most iconic look, it HAS to look good!)

I don't have much to say about the bimawen outfit, it looks mostly the same in all adaptations i think, i just drew that :P

Aaaaand his pilgrim outfit doesn't have a specific inspiration exactly, but i looked at many references to think of what i wanted in my design. Something more humble then his dragon armor, but still colorful and fun! The only thing that i was certain about the design, is that it needed to include the tiger skin skirt. Its possible i will change it in the future, but for now im happy with the look. And i wanted the golden circlet to actually look golden and magical, so its ✨sparkly✨

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

Show & Tell

Got to bring a few pieces of my collection to class! Always very excited to share elements of taxidermy, apparently though the stuffie was actually the fan favorite. Can't win them all.

[blondebrainpowered]

On December 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" premiered on broadcast TV. The music for the special was composed by Vince Guaraldi and performed by the 'Vince Guaraldi Trio'.

[sweetberry-roebuck]

Sheep in wolf's clothing

[timmurleyart]

Surf’s up. 🏄‍♀️💦

[peanutsoutofcontext]

Lucy of the Day

[victorianvampyr]

I got a whole lotta projects lined up. I just need the time and money to actually do them.

Anyway, here’s a partial deer pelt I collected from a roadkill doe. Tanned and stretched out on a thrifted wardrobe mirror frame. I really like how it turned out, now if only I had the wall space to actually display it…

[miffyplush]

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