I’ve been in “chrysalis mode” working on various projects and i haven’t had much to share recently - so lets look back at some older works!
I started working on moving toward freelancing in 2020 and since then I’ve made a lot of drawings I’m proud of. Here are some faves! Many are available as prints in my shop. :-)
[ID: an illustration of a mottled green bird standing on a pink background and facing to the right. It has a branch with red berries in its mouth, and green leaves surround it. End.]
Kākāpō - a very endangered flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand. Kākāpō courtship revolves around a polygynous lek system, in which males gather to perform loud, deep booming songs in an attempt to attract a mate. Timelapse under the cut!
[ID: an illustration of two anthro dogs on a red couch, with a blue and yellow color-block background. they are lounging on colorful pillows and smoking. the one on the left is red, and laying on the lap of the one on the right, who is gray. end.]
[ID: an illustration in greyscale of 5 wolves and 3 crows cuddling around a floating plume of fire. The background is snowy with mountains and a starry sky. Text at the top reads “we do not need to be cool, the world is cold enough.” End.]
Maybe might color this eventually, but I like how it is now enough to share.
[ID: A symmetrical digital drawing of two white, feathered dragons, touching faces in an upright, joyful dancing pose. The background is green with simple leaves. End.]
A pair of swan dragons 🦢🩵🦢 happy belated Valentimes Time!
Answering this only because I went to Catholic school pre-K-high school, and it hurt me, and now I’m a pretty poorly adjusted adult who’s had to do his own self-help work to get myself to an okay mental place. So I have a thought I want to share on this topic.
I don’t care about your Christian god at all. He is none of my business. Y'all have constructed a guy malleable enough for political use, but the spirit of the world is much bigger than that construction. What does the god of ants look like? What does the god of stars look like? We think we can know the divine because we want a tangable relationship with the spiritual, but the guy y'all have made up is one I do not want a relationship with.
My inner demons aren’t things separate from myself that need exorcising. They didn’t come from the devil. Life is challenging, and humans respond to pain in a variety of ways - some of which the Christians will tell you is sinful. There’s a good point in here about introspection, caring for yourself, taking care to do no harm, but if you find that hole in your heart where the natural decay of living has started to hurt from the inside, there are other ways to mend it. Im friends with my sin. I’m coming to terms with the cruelty of the outside world, as well. The pain of living things is interconnected - if I hurt you, it rebounds and hurts me too - but I no longer think of these things within the framework of Christian morality.
I recommend putting that framework away, if you’ve been stuck in it for a while. Go touch grass, watch a hawk kill and eat a squirrel, remember that we are borrowing life from the earth and will go back to it when we’re done - there’s no guarantee of an afterlife except the life your bones feed to the grubs and mushrooms that bloom from your corpse, so let’s take a minute to feel that divine relationship that For Sure exists.
If you need to pick your religious community and comfort back up after that, do what ye will. But harm none. Also, proselytizing is annoying.
Hi, yes! You’re welcome to use my work for tattoos unless it is labelled as a commission - if you’re able to kick me a tip on ko-fi it’s much appreciated, but no worries.
I’ve designed lots of tattoos if you’re looking for something custom! My ko-fi page has a commissions section with a tattoo design commission option - you can find more details there. Im also happy to tweak existing designs or prepare clean lines and separate layers for your tattoo artist for a small fee. Reach out at featherbonestudio@gmail.com for a quick response!
I don’t have an Etsy any more, sorry! The fees got to be too much 💀 Prints are on my own storefront only, alas, but there are stickers on my ko-fi shop if that works any better 🤷♂️🐦⬛✨
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