#i think its because im new to drawing furries

[sirfluffyknight]

Hi tumblr

I guess I'm a furry artist now

[javierduffy]

oh my god i’m about to bare my entire soul to you guys real quick

but i just remembered that IVE ACTHALLY THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE !-?/?: I SHIPPED THEM BACK IN 2020 AND DREW JOVIERIAN WITH MY RDR2 FURRIES IM INSANE HOW DID I FORGET THIS 😭 I USED TO THINK ABOIT THEM ALL THE TIME 😭😭

furries because i’ve been drawing them since the day i was born (almost literally) and it was easy and i sucked at humans at the time </3

height difference chart which is so funny to me because i was literally just thinking about how i would portray their height difference in my style now and it looked exactly like this (but as humans)

literally how did i forget them i even wrote their relationships on their toyhouse profiles 😭💛

I MISS THEM SO BAD

has anyone ever thought of shipping john with kieran ? is that a thing ? what’s their ship name ??

[lucabyte]

How do you get your siffrins to look adult? I keep accidentally giving them a baby face but I WANT THEM TO LOOK GROWN AND EXHAUSTED LIKE HE DESERVES

okay so i legit think i fail at making siffrin look adequately adult like half the time but here's a general breakdown of my like. thought process when im actually um. thinking .

So first of all heres my general tips for proportioning a face, and how i attempt to keep the roundness of sif's in-game proportions while also like... drawing them more realistically? i had to practically reinvent a Human Style for drawing isat fanart since im a furry artist so a lot of this is fresh in my mind, luckily(?) for you i suppose.

This newness also means you can like, watch me fight and struggle against how the hell to do this in my earlier fanart. so feel free to try and see what changed as i pieced it together.

Another note is body proportion. You note giving him a baby face specifically, but some of it MIGHT be that you're drawing the head too big for your style? Try and figure out how many "heads tall" your figures are and tweak the numbers until you find what looks "adult"

Here I cracked open one of the comics I used CSP Model refrences for (albeit feat Loop, who i envision to be the exact same height as siffrin. i am NOT a tall loop truther i think its funnier when that bitch is five foot NOTHING!!!!!)

drawing sif with adult proportions can be deceptively difficult though on account of their Being A Tiny Motherfucker. Mostly here though, I find that the best way to do this is to drop like 1/3rd of the length of an average drawing figure's legs. Short people tend to have short legs. I know this on account of a lot of my ocs being 5'3" and below (... for... reasons...... unrelated to my own... height.... 100%.... ) so once again I think a lot of this can come down to trying to fiddle with numbers and noting down what works.

OKAY NOW ONTO SOME MORE SIFFRIN-SPECIFIC DRAWING TIPS. like these are what i find myself doing to make them look older if i accidentally baby face them myself

The above kind of chibi-er doodle style im still not sure has Siffrin looking adult enough for my liking (someone who considers them minimum 28) but considering they're presumably genuinely a deceptively baby faced guy at least by game's start (even if they should probably look. unhealthy.) it's like... forgivable.

the bald spot is basically fucking cheating in terms of "making them look older" lbr but i am so fucking insistent on it and i punch the air in celebration every time i see anyone else do it. winner is ME!!!!

Anyway. the body hair thing is funny considering we basically have Word Of God that siffrin is not the kind of person who ever likes being naked/even having their feet out in a casual setting. but like. hi its me the weird fucked up miserable nudity guy. of course im drawing every pockmark and texture on their body.

Another note here is, on their naked form, I avoid overly smooth lines for outlines of the limbs and torso. This avoids making them look "sexy twink thin" (not my bag at all) and instead gives the impression of loose skin from fluctuating weight, uneven fat distribution, skin becoming baggier with age. I also let joints jut out and look sharp wherever I can. This is because im an asexual pervert who likes the human form the mostest when i can see 'imperfections' This adds to the haggard nature of it all, by being reasonably honest about what the kind of persistent decade-long neglect of self care and implied malnutrition would do to a guy

Last note: eyes. i find i end up drawing a vague glassy black smear with a hint of white for the sclera for siffrin like. a Lot. Eyebags to show weariness is not my preferred method as I find it, to be rude, a bit of an overused shorthand. Plus, while sif in game does get eyebags, they're usually more on pushed expressions where they're forcing their face. So I put more emphasis on drawing the folds of the upper lid (which the game does not do) to make them look weary.

I dont think i can elaborate on my opinions on How To Draw Eyes without it becoming a way the fuck too long essay because "drawing emotions good" is like. my number 1 goal in every drawing so even if everything else is scuffed to hell I HAVE TOOO get the eyes right because theyre the most emotive part of the face. if i cant capture an emotion correctly the drawing isnt getting fucking finished is the thing, so....

Luckily for me, drawing over eyes and continously tweaking them by painting over and over and over and redoing them can have the side effect of making them look over-detailed and thus worn/tired/agonised. yes this is why i draw loop's face so scrunched all the time. All I can say for this though is to do a lot of studies of both real life faces & the most emotive cartoon faces you personally have experienced. So like. steven universe is great for this because rebecca sugar is so scary at drawing eyes. theyre so fucking scary at it. or sometimes i just go stare at rebecca's old comics because jesus christ. anyway.

??? but yeah hope this helps. its something i feel like i have a genuine hard time with too, especially since im so intent on keeping their face round & my artstyle is genuinely very cutesy even when i am being weird soo ...?

tl;dr:

draw the eyes smaller, give them a chin, the canon nose helps a lot & dont forget the bald spot. everyone draw the bald spot. for me.

[sockysucks]

HI TUMBLR!!

ive come to create a incredibly lengthy post about the new mascot horror game called Indigo Park

I need to ramble ( haha rambley ) about it as i have just quit twitter for an indefinite time for my own mental health as an autistic cannot last on there at all

anyway, im going to talk about all the reason why indigo park is so good and what i hope from it!! and any criticisms i have for it, i honestly dont have many even though its so early to talk about.

how i found out about indigo park:

UNIQUEGEESE!! naturally, i was watching one of masons past streams on his youtube playing FNF after having rejoined the FNF community after its update and finding out about the mod HIT SINGLE; the mod masons was playing( people know it mostly for the silly billy song ) and he had mentioned about him making a mascot horror game which i shrugged off naturally because i am not a fan of modern mascot horror as most of it seems to be low effort and genuinely unappealing, i knew he had made something that was definitely made with love but i didnt have the will to check it out until a announcement trailer dropped which i then saw snippets of the game and the characters and environment, which i was definitely intrigued so I played the game myself.

My thoughts playing the game:

and found it surpisingly good compared to any other mascot horror game, it was unique, genuinely had awesome character designs and very high quality’s graphics and beautiful models and lighting were stunning, again really surprised having endured the hideousness of other low quality mascot horror games, to then find a game with fucking great models ( unlike banban, 2 billion polygon remote or whatever lmfao ).

I started the game and to be real as a extremely gay furry who loves little silly furry boys i felt like i was gonna explode during every single rambley voice line and animation played and fell so in love with him, now a massive comfort character and ive draw. him like 12 times prior to the games first chapter being released like 2 days ago lol, ive never gotten so attached so quicky in my life which definitely makes rambley and indigo park a really special game.

I really love this game, the pacing is really well done, the horror isnt low quality, the like actual character models for lloyd and molly are really gorgeous, i just think the hair and some of the texturing is over done slightly, but definitely made me shit myself multiple times despite this, all while i was laughing with my new silly raccoon boyfriend 💜💜💜💜

hugeeeeww shoutout to team neutron for the the absolute gorgeous expressive rambley screen animations and the credits theme that left me almost tbe same way portal 2’s credits effected me the first time i ever played and definitely huge huge props to otterboyva for the super adorable voice of rambley.

what do I hope for the future of Indigo Park

I hope for the future of this game that content farms and bootleggers disregard it, but this doesnt give me hope seeing that one rambley plush that a company made before the first chapter even released that was completely unlicensed. I will be avoiding social media in efforts to not see people start shitting on this game if it becomes on the same level and milked by content farms like what happened to the amazing digital circus ( i watched this on the day the pilot released, and was equally devastated as many others to see it being used as low effort bait in shitty kids cartoons on youtube shorts )

in case you didnt see i did a little animation at the top of this!! very rough but yeah

I love tgis game PLEASEEEE i cannot wait to see more high quality content from this really passionate creative team uniquegeese/mason has formed

in case you wanted to play it for yourself, heres a link to the steam page!! the first chapter is free and a kickstarter started a couple days ago has been completed funded so…. CHAPTER 2 IS CONFIRMED!!

[fuzzybubblstar]

‼️Anon asks are ON right now‼️

Pfp by @fuzzybubblstar

•If you do use my art for anything PLEASE tell/ask me!! Don’t steal, repost, copy, or trace my art without permission!!!! (For copy it mostly means making it VERY similar).

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-My friends on here are-

[Color code does not apply here]

~ River / @/killerzys ~

~ Mayya , Snowy / @/mayya-kalila ~

~ Stella / @stellastarzzzz [Her acc is inactive as of right now] ~

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100% I say you should CHECK THEM OUT AND FOLLOW THEM!! They are awesome people!! ^^ /NF

(Im being fr tho i cannot remember yallz usernames help 💀)

Hii! Im Bubbl and heres some facts about me,

• I am a minor, so please don’t send me nsfw or ask for anything suggestive in an art req

• I go by ANY and ALL pronouns, but for simplicity He/Him/They/Them work too. (I put that you can use any as im currently comfortable with all pronouns but also I want to make it so people cannot purposely misgender me if I do not put a set gender to begin with <3)

• If I take a bit to respond to an ask it’s probably cuz I still have to draw the lil skit for it 💔

• I do take art requests, and anything you ask me to draw is free! I will draw animatronics and humans but not animals.

• I am a ✨Therian✨ and a ✨Furry✨ so deal with it ☺️

• I don’t really follow people but depending on if I make any friends on here I might! (I will follow my friends, and some others because my fyp is only mouthwashing and I need that to change 😭 but I’m NOT a F4F acc)

• I use a phone and my finger to draw. The art program I use is ibisPaint X

• Fandoms im in: Tsams, Fnaf, Bluey, Hb, tadc

• I only have a Tumblr as of now so don’t waste time looking for me elsewhere

• Please be kind, Stay safe, and keep my page a safe space for everyone!!

~Style name for those who want to name it something~

⟡BubblGumStarz⟡

(For those who can’t read: BubblGumStarz)

Heres some of my character refs!

(This is a wip rn so hold up lemme actually do this)

Eric

🎀 Sona ref!! 🎀

Color codes:

Red - VERY important / Bad / NO

Orange - Important!

Green - Comfortable with / allowed!

Blue - General statements

Purple - Fun

Pink - /Pos /Fun /Platonic

White - Kinda whatever / Extra

Rainbow - For fun and decor!

I made a community!! Check there for pulls, announcements, ect!!

Info about how you can use my art and more below the “Continue reading”

I will not be interacting with @sofipaws please go block them. Lets do better then that.

If you use the designs of my characters for your own characters please at least tell me, im okay with it as long as its made known to me and your not stealing my entire character. (You may use aspects of the design [Shirt, Pants, Color palette, ect] but NOT the entire thing.)

(Optional to read if you’re new here, this probably won’t apply to you) Please for everyone’s sake stop sending me hate?? First of all I am not a “copy” second of all I haven’t even done anything??? Idc who Sk1ttl3z is I should not be getting harassed for simply being an artist. If you think im “stealing” their art or “copying” them, DNI. Get off my page. Your not welcome here because your making my page less of a safe place.

[howler-moon]

Ok gang I needed to step in I can't take this anymore.

The recent Warrior Cats covers and field guide art have been driving me nuts and when this cover dropped something inside me just snapped are you happy Erins I finally did proper fan art of your furry soap opera are you happy now. I used to really like the new artists covers I was his number one defender but now I,m just genuinely concerned if they're giving him any time.

Here's a ramble of my thought process if yall are into that:

I see a lot of the time with people redesigning covers that they take a completely formula to the actual books and illustrate an actual scene. I love these but I have absolutely no idea what goes on in this arc so I would have to keep to the floating head formula. Since there's no official design for Moonpaw yet either I kept the characters the same (i would possibly have replaced Crowfeather with Moonpaw although looking back having Crow there for "the elders quest" might fit more). I myself have no designs for Leaf, Tawny or Crow so i just slapped on whatever. I did have the thought to reference The apprentices quest cover at one point, as I feel like this arc will just be full of references (Following a "friend since arc one", recycled plot points, the book being called the elders quest.. If they call a book "Out of the wild" you all owe me one million dollars/hj) but uhm that was boring and i had a different idea anyway :3

I wanted to put a spin on the usual floating head formula (literally)(I just made it profile instead of front facing) and i would like to imagine the rest of the books in this arc would follow this formula with a different character each time. I originally wanted to keep the blue colour scheme, but it was not giving gang im sorry. I can only shade with purples and yellows forgive me. The excuse i realised i could make half way through is that a sunset fits the name "changing skies" way better that a blue gradient. THE SKY IS LITERALLY CHANGING ITS RIGHT THERE. I also added the faint stars in the sky as reference to the problems with connecting to starclan tee hee. I was originally going to draw Leafstar blind but decided against it as i dont know how she loses her vision and I dont like drawing blind characters with milky eyes when its not accurate... I compensated by obscuring her pupil with a sparkle because she deserves to feel pretty

Yeah i think thats it

Obligatory Polish cover appreciation moment:

[reiningsoral]

introduction post (finally...)

*i do not have the reach nor the money to help with donations, im sorry*

'ello, im reiningsoral, any variation of that is fine to call me (rein, soral, reining, ect.)

moodboard/doodle reqs are open!

end of post image creds: theriotype userboxes* polytherian userbox indoor cat userbox

*it's just occurred to me that this link is now dead, so the theriotype userboxes were made by the-infinite-wilderness, if anyone knows if they have a new blog, pls lmk <3

about me:

pronouns: any! including it/its and all neos, anything is on the table

theriotypes: red fox, black bombay cat, crow

im an artist, i mainly draw my ocs but i do sometimes make fanart of various fandoms, (some of) the fandoms i am in are:

mcyts/minecraft toh riordanverse hermitcraft/life series dhmis gravity falls doctor who heathers mlp welcome home scp spiderverse tmf assassination classroom nimona scott pilgrim twomp GOmens dead boy detectives batman (DC in general, too, but mostly batman) arcane

quirks:

i have a couple writing/text quirks: i use a lot of comma elipses/regular elipsies, i use a crap ton of text shortcuts n abbreviations, i use a lot of tone tags (minus "/hj" i have many passionate posts about why i hate the half joking tone tag), and i use more emoticons than emojis (i rly like :] and :3).

i cuss a lot, like, a lot a lot

i have ADHD (therapist diagnosed), anxiety (officially diagnosed), and probably autism (self diagnosed)

i say "i love you" a lot, if that bothers you just lmk i wont say it when talking to u

im bi and aspec, non binary, and just generally very queer.

fantasy world masterpost linktree

writing tag: #sticky-note stories art tag: #the refrigerator poetry tag: #the writing on my walls *scheduled poetry will be tagged with "poetry list" as well

DNFs and DNIs are stupid, i say as i make one anyway because i can

DNF:

homophobic, sexist/mysigonystic, transphobic, TERFs/radfems

anti-therian and anti-furry

generally just disrespectful about things you disagree on

if you refuse to use neo pronouns or it/its prns

if you hate one someone for something they cant control (their gender, race, sexuality, identity, ect.)

zionist or support Israel

if you think that physical nonhumans are invalid

NSFW/kink blogs, i am a minor :)

proshippers/comshippers

this blog is a safe space for everyone <3

[shadale-s-safe-space]

I don't know much about you as a person, but from what I can gather you've had a long journey with art, but still have the motivation to continue even when its rough. I'm sure you didn't start out making masterpieces, so if its not too much trouble, do you have any advice for a 16 year old artist losing motivation? i feel like im stagnating right now and its awful

Idk man, all I can say is, draw watchu want without the care who's gonna see it or what they gonna say , commit to new ideas and care less about pleasing everyone, because I know that way too well, I started learning by drawing animals, flowers and nature, "you should draw something else", switches to furries " No you must do human portraits", draws humans *no one fuckin cares*, and I felt miserable drawing what I didn't want all the damn time just trying to please everyone and be liked, hell, I still do that sometimes cuz I'm a dumbass. When in reality, when you do your own thing is when you're the happiest, this internet bullshit? Yeah don't trust the likes and favs, people like what they find relatable, no one really knows how much time you've spent on your drawing or how much you love it, when a 5 min doodle you did could do more than a painting that took 2 whole days to complete just to be scrapped in a new speedy record, paint what you love for yourself and you only.

Don't be shy to learn new things, I have tons of stuff I don't post here cuz I know people wouldn't care about it, but here for this post, have this that I practiced when I felt too depressed to think of anything good and wanted to step back from the MD artstyle

You'll see, you'll thrive when you draw what you want, and get yourself a drawing buddy! That way you'll stop focusing on the internet and more on each other, and each other's improvement. Tbh I struggled with that one. Since everyone I had were not into art irl, I somehow managed to find someone after 10 years of drawing alone. I honestly wanted more people to join in and make an improvement circle, but unfortunately that never happened.

I found myself twice as productive now than ever, even though I'm not active here as much I am still drawing and making things, ofc giving you more comics! And other fun things in the future I hope.

If you're struggling to draw something just do it, man commit, i was uncomfortable drawing men and male characters for years, I've wasted so many years being "too uncomfortable" and draw a naked person like yeesh who fucking cares, it's for studying.

And ofc if you feel like you're not improving at all please, please experiment with your artstyle and try something new, please refresh your mind, I was stuck for years doing the same thing over and over, same colors, same 2px brush, drawing like a machine same shit over and over, I felt so stuck and lost, but also afraid to do something new, idk why, I guess I never felt good enough or deserving of it. I also didn't go to art school, I am NOT a professional, nor will i ever be in my opinion. Hell, me feeling like I'll never be good enough left me afraid to try and apply for art school, they were asking for sculptures, different mediums all that scary stuff and I was like, I don't.. know.. how to do those things... I can't build a portfolio in less than 3 months?!?! I don't even know how to use half of what they're asking for!!

In reality at the end of the day, art is what you make of it and no one can stop you, search for inspirations and don't be afraid to try, yes you'll fail fist 2 or 10 or hell even 100 times, but you'll come back with more knowledge than ever.

For ending I give you the most confusing drawing to ever exist [dw he's just sleeping on top of her and she's just ghasping for air but awe romance or sum lol] is it weird? Yeah but I had a fun time making it hahaha

Idk I'm bad at putting my thoughts together, but hopefully some of this helps.

[tanejineri]

a breath of freedom (before it is shortly taken away)

sort of headcanon/bit i have for myself, copy pasted from cara

his usual uniform is definitely not made for hotter climates. he thinks that its stupid they put him with a furry jacket when they're literally stationed on an island, so when he hears that there will be a different uniform made for fire mountain, a volcanic climate, he's ecstatic. it was saved all this time for this mission, and features a vest, shorts, and a whole new mask, all made to be insulated enough for him to not drop dead like a roach the moment he steps foot there

however, as we know, the fire mountain needle was pulled by lucas and co., so unfortunately he doesnt even get a chance to wear it for more than ten minutes, because he's asked to return to the usual

they burned it for resources and to try and make back for the material lost. nobody is happy

this is also a good showcase of a visual prototype for the exterior of a redesign for his prosthetic arm!! im going to be doing a lot of research and build it from the ground up, so its subject to change

also ill turn up with a more proper drawing of the outfit displayed, the voices for making jokes are louder than the serious working voices

ok thats all MEOW :3

[skunkes]

would love to see a breakdown of some of ur design decisions for ur furs ^_^ like what animal traits u have fun including, which traits arent accurate but are Cute so u included anyways etc. not necessarily super detailed or anything but like stuff u have fun with ^_^

hi hi hi

dis is kind of hard to answer since I don't have many furry ocs + am still learning to draw them in general when i take comms and such! i'll try to explain some with skunker and cow al

I like sort of mixing and matching things to fit personality, while trying my best to keep it Animal. skunker is my sona so design choices are to my preferences, nose and eyes are more Iconic (in the sense of representive, stylized symbols) because its Fun, Cute, and Me, when in the past i was more focused on drawing the nose "Accurately", like the skunk on the left.

but that doesnt mean i cant still draw it if necessary on another character! His hands also aren't accurate to the big claws skunks have (i bite my nails), and his tail is Smooth! all comes together for a specific character representation as you can see with the difference between em

it's similar with cow al (+ easier to base off of his human form lol) (also sorry the random cow looks so uncanny i didnt give it as much atention + im tired rn).

I try to keep traits i associate w the species (like the cute big eyelashes cows have) but there's always room to remove or adjust em if it fits the character, like with smunker's tail + claws, + cow al's chin etc! i try really hard to still keep them looking like Animals (and recognizable as their species!) though despite this, + there's lots of room to adjust for that while keeping em recognizable as Themselves

i wish i cld say something more coherent but it really is Case By Case for me...! + im still learning + i don't have a lot of room to do so... + also im sure id have a slightly harder time with individual traits if i was drawing a new fur from scratch vs based off a human form bc im not used to it

(this is actually all why i have such a hard time with furry comms...! like, i wont draw someone's skunk oc the same way i draw smunker...most immediate obvious trait on a character is Eyes and i struggle with eyes so much, have to make it all Fit the character's personality while not straying too far from the 2 furry ocs people see me draw and expect things to look like, have to think outside the box of the aforementioned 2 furry ocs whose specific traits im already used to etc etc...

wish i had all the time in the world to spend drawing someones furry oc to get them down accurately but for now i jst gotta keep practicing)

[tamararevolution21]

opening art requests again because i ran out of ideas so here are the new updated rules!

I WILL DO: stuff from fandoms im in or not in (please send me references of characters i might not know!) ocs (i love drawing people's ocs!) blood (injuries and a little blood, but not gorey stuff like organs) ship art (including rarepairs and oc x canon!) anything that isnt in the "i will not do" list below I WILL NOT DO: nsfw / suggestive stuff v0re furries (i can draw some furry parts but not the whole character itself) pr0ships trophy x knife any other problematic and disgusting stuff hard/complex designs

EXTRA NOTES: if i say something like "sorry its too hard to draw" or "i dont think im able to draw that", that does NOT mean i dont like your request! lil reminder that im not a professional artist, and i can't draw literally everything. the reason why i wont draw trife (trophy x knife) is because the ship makes me uncomfortable. sorry! send art requests in my ask box. aaand thats it! feel free to start requesting!

[ms-all-sunday]

okay but why do people not think bighorn sheep sanji is sexy. as a furry i appreciate one piece fans being encouraged to draw furry art because thats great, and i love looking at it, but the new artists to drawing furries keep making him a fox because its more popular and people are afraid?

sheep sanji is prettier, you have the tension of him being a prey animal which works with his character. he's cuter. i might be biased because i especially like deer/sheep/horse furry designs. im right though.

look at him. you'd deny him?

[talon-dragonbeast]

hii um feel free to skip this but I kind of need help

so I'm recovering from a huge tr*scum phase and I have realized that maybe kinda sorta I'm otherkin?

but I come from a huge therian hate phase and part of me is still stuck with bigoted beliefs-

before the wave of hate I identified as a furry but I think I'm feeling more and more like I'm otherkin or voidpunk even (I was voidpunk for a long ass time before and it feelt so nice)

I just don't know what to do with myself :( what if I'm otherkin? what terms do I use? how do I get over my hate?

how do I do this? do I need to have like an alter ego or something? how does it feel to be otherkin?

I'm sorry for so many questions and feel free to redirect me someplace else if you can't or don't wanna answer all of this

-🐕

hey, first of all, congrats on being able to leave your hatred behind! that must've taken some guts, im proud of you bud.

now, you are considering a new identity that you were previously taught to hate. thats amazing! but also hard. so, how to figure out if youre otherkin? the answer will vary from person to person, but for me, its a deeply ingrained part of my identity. when i started questioning myself a year ago, it was because i realised that it didnt feel good to call myself human. it didnt feel right, like i was lying to myself. i tried different species labels, to see what fit me the most, and when i found the draconic community it clicked. ive been calling myself a dragon for little over a year, and im happier than ive ever been!

if you think you may be otherkin or otherwise nonhuman, there may be a few signs that point you towards that. why did you start questioning? maybe you felt something wasnt "right" with you or your body, maybe you have instincts or urges that arent completely human, maybe you feel like you have or that you should have certain body parts that you currently dont, maybe you feel a certain connection towards a specific creature, or maybe you just... dont feel human!

i want you to take a piece of paper (or your phone if thats easier, but i feel like writing with a physical pen on a piece of paper makes your thoughts flow better), and to write down all that. make a bullet list, a little essay, a letter; hell, another ask for me would work too. make doodles on the margins when you cant think of anything else to write. draw yourself, draw the body you wish to have, draw the birds on your window or the pen youre writing with. dont worry about the correct terminology, about what nonhumanity is "supposed to feel like" or about how stupid you think this is. this is your journey, not anyone else's.

and when the feelings of hatred or cringe come up again (and they will come up), treat them like any other intrusive thought: acknowledge the feeling, validate it even if its a bit misguided, and then gently push it aside. dont get me wrong, its good to remain a bit skeptical; a critical mind is a healthy mind, after all! but theres a line between critical and hateful. one is useful, the other blinds you. i encourage you to learn as much as you can; hatred often comes from fear, which often comes from ignorance. to get over the hate you must kill that ignorance with knowledge. but dont worry, the community can help you with that!

since you asked, ill leave you some definitions under the cut if you want to take a peek. i strongly recommend you to not get caught up in terms or definitions though; figure your identity first, and then you can learn about the rest later. ill also leave a link to the alterhuman archive, in case you want to read about other peoples journeys:

otherkin: an umbrella term for people who identify as a nonhuman being on a psychological/spiritual/physical level, partially or wholy. the term is popularly used for beings that come from mythology such as gryphons or fairies, but it doesnt have to be. this identity is usually involuntary, and it cannot be turned off at will.

therian: shortened form of "therianthrope", its a term for people who identify as animalistic beings on a psychological/spiritual/physical level, partially or wholy. therians can be earthen animals that exist or have existed on our planet like lions or cows, or mythical beings that are more animalistic in nature such as dragons (some of these use the label theriomythic, but it isnt necessary). this identity is usually involuntary, and it cannot be turned off at will.

fictionkin: people who identify as a fictional character or species on a psychological/spiritual/physical level, partially or wholy. this identity is usually involuntary, and it cannot be turned off at will.

otherhearted: people who identify with a nonhuman or fictional being, instead of as it, to the point that it becomes a part of their identity. includes things like wishing you were this being, feeling like its your family, feeling represented by it, etc. this identity can be spiritual or psychological, and its usually involuntary as well.

copinglinkers/otherlinkers: people who voluntarily choose to identify as a nonhuman or fictional being, either for coping reasons, for confort or for any other reason. this identity is completely voluntary, and can be turned off as necessary.

[were--ralph]

Personally I adore your linearts!! You have a good sense of style, u draw hands well, ur characters always have dynamic expressions w personality AND sex appeal to em (or at least the ones u intend to) and u already have a following+ commission niche! I think a way u could expand ur commissioner base would be to draw hot buff lesbian furries too buuut thats a personal bias and up to u/what u feel like drawing 😁

I would love to draw more women but im at a point where I'm too afraid to learn new things because i dont want to be bad at it so I only draw the same things

Its also why I never started my comic lol

[ghoulliojr]

yeah im watching the fancy new Puss In The Boot movie and here's a hot take for ya: its real good

dreamworks saw sony try one thing when they added 2d textures and immediately learned how to do it better, bad guys had a really cool style even if it was a little bit inconsistent with its blatant sexy furry design but in comparison to mitchells vs the machines it's clear they understand HOW to use it effectively when it's not as obvious of a change to make as adding comic book style to spider-man (NOT to imply that spider-man is not a masterpiece, because it is, but the way the 2d-3d hybrid animation is used in MvtM has me convinced sony thinks it can be used as an oscar delivery service rather than an artistic or even like, thematically consistent design choice)

ALL THAT TO SAY the last wish is easily the best non-spider-man application of this technology, or design choice, or whatever you wanna call it, hands down. it's transformative in that it's not ABOUT the 2d texturing, and it shouldn't be in this context. it uses it to add style and distinction to an already incredibly boarded and directed movie. it doesn't draw attention to itself in any way other than obviously looking way way the fuck better than anything disney studios has even gotten close to since the transition to 3d.

i really can't overstate how fun and dynamic and perfect the boarding is, and how incredible the visuals are in general, but on top of everything it's such a sweet and wonderful movie. it has a really touching, relatable and super candid message about anxiety, it's funny as fuck like for real (i can appreciate jokes in most kids media but they dont make me laugh, this movie made me lol) and it's also like a really fun and riveting fantasy adventure about cute kitty cats.

fully recommend the puss movie, probably like a 9/10 or something, maybe higher i have no notes

[spamlets]

grabs you. saint headcanons?

*dodges brick*

furry old man. i love saint, very funky cool.

i headcanon saint as like.. if he was a human he’d have small circle glasses?? and wear thick sweaters because he’d be cold all the time.

i see him as something of a very wise figure. very in-tune with the spiritual world, very religious, very intelligent. also i tend to use he/him pronouns on him haha

i think personality-wise he’d have a fairly cold exterior, but would crack a smile when something funny happens. i think if he and the rest of the slug gang came together and made a groupchat it would be a point of celebration every time someone got him to laugh. he’d probably use all proper grammar and somehow be simultaneously the driest and funniest person in the whole groupchat dhsjdgd

(art and more stuff below the cut)

ignore the fact that i draw human saint exactly how i draw jon sims LMFAO

i really love the theory that saint is traveling through a time loop, where in the end with Theme V playing it’s actually the very beginning of the timeline, far before the time of the ancients. perhaps the ancients come from the scavengers, and by the time they become a civilization the current remains of the ancients have been either covered with Dust or swallowed by the void sea. also i think that Dust is a really cool concept and reminds me of his dark materials, i wish it was a bigger thing rather than just a single throwaway line

he’s the guiding light to a new era, a new cycle! (older art ^)

oh, also, i really love the concept of saint with wings!! him becoming something beyond biology and technology, turning into a truly spiritual being and transcending his existence! (older art v)

i dont really know how to format this so enjoy all these chaotic thoughts haha

i like to play him with the curly saint dms mod (its included in a skin pack but i dont remember which one, i think it’s called something like “wolffy’s slugcats” or something along those lines) hsjdhd, i think it’s just very cute and fluffy looking

also im not an evil saint believer but i think its based and maybe he should go crazy go stupid once in a while. someone should give him a gun

(is it obvious i always forget to draw his head dots)