I mentioned a big project earlier, and I’ve been retweeting announcements about it. Well, here it is! My third book cover! 😄

We invented writing to preserve our stories and to share them with each other. From the mistiest stretches of history we find scraps and pieces of tales we told each other, forming the myths, legends, and dramas that persist to this day.

Hear us, then. Listen to the stories passed down from the earliest foundations of civilizations, to the creation of nations and empires. Hear the stories of the grandest rulers to the humblest peasants. The world is not so young as it was, but walk with us in these tales of antiquity: In the Light of the Dawn.

This anthology, the second one by the Furry Historical Fiction Society, will be released at Anthrocon 2023 and will be available to order from the link above.

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… Another trip down memory lane:

I drew this during the six months surrounding my 17th birthday.

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This looks a bit more like a quickly done sketch because it is, but it’s all I’ve been able to muster for now.

Anyway.

First of all, yay, I’ve drawn my most recent fictional character obsession!

And second, the prompt was “Henry Kissinger”.

… make of that all you will.

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Ta-daaa.

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Takariva Fahavaratra
“Summer evening”

You know we lack distinctive Christmas tradition when I finish a Christmas drawing one month late, change the title into a normal summer evening, and somehow it still fits perfectly.

Anyway, just Onja and Mijoro having a quiet evening at home.

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My 2022 in art, SFW version, includes 10 finished drawings, versus 29 for the NSFW version.

Oh, dear.

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For the two tricksters, Ikotofetsy and Imahakà, I’ll just picture the actual deities except as anthro animals.

So here’s a quick sketch before I forget my current idea.

Look at these two. They’re just as likely to backstab each other as they are to rob you blind.

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How’s this for a trip down memory lane?

Here’s the oldest piece of surviving art I’ve drawn.

I was 15. This was almost 23 years ago.

It was eyeballed from a book I borrowed from my cousin.

Materials used: printer paper+my own school supplies (mechanical pencil and colored pencils).

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“Maka Aina”
(“Resting—literally, “taking life”)

Drawn back in August.

This was more of a painting experiment than anything. Yup, I liked the result.

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Left: posted in 2007, remained my most popular post on Fur Affinity until this month.

Right: posted in 2020, my most popular post on Fur Affinity as of this month.

(One’s also from back when I used to sign with my real-life name, hah!)

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Left: posted in 2007, remained my most popular post on Fur Affinity until this month.

Right: posted in 2020, my most popular post on Fur Affinity as of this month.

(One’s also from back when I used to sign with my real-life name, hah!)

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“He Shall Judge”

It turns out I had it in me to draw a second Halloween picture this year.

Why does he have wings here? Well, you see, the answer is complicated and deeply mythological… but in short: I like big feathery wings. 😁

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Mifohaza
(“Awaken”)

… one Halloween-themed drawing done this year: check!

This is a scene from one of these many stories I’ve had in mind for years without being able to write. I figured that if I couldn’t write it, I might as well draw it.

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“Tretrika”
(“Blissful”)

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This is the drawing of Onja and Mijoro I was trying to get done for my birthday last Saturday, but couldn’t finish on time due to being busy as hell (my brother moved to another continent for work).

I had intended this drawing to take only a few days (hence the background being a filtered photo), but then I got to the shading/lighting stage and Operation Keep It Simple failed miserably.

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“Sidekicks, side dishes”

This was the SFW illustration I did for Blackmore, a Blacksad-themed fanzine.

Because I miscalculated, the full-res version will be on Patreon *next* month.

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“Asaramanitra”
(Blessed month)

The name used to refer to the first month of the traditional year, but nowadays it refers to any major national celebration—especially Independence Eve (June 25) and Independence Day (June 26), which are usually celebrated with paper lantern processions in the evening.

(… not my best work, but that’s what happens when I rush a drawing in one week while working on *another* drawing.)

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“Aza Menatra”
(Don’t be afraid)

I’ve had the idea for this scene for a while. Anti-littering graffiti are common in Madagascar’s urban areas. This one reads “It is forbidden to make filth here”.

So for #PrideMonth, here’s Onja and Mijoro not feeling too obedient.

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I needed an old-timey author-style icon for a zine, so I made myself these yesterday.

Me, choosing an old-timey photo of a Malagasy musician as reference for the outfit:
“Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!”

Me, having to draw the interaction between a bunch of stripes and a bunch of cloth folds:
“Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.”

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From the archives:

“Chains”

(Finished in December 2017, but sketched several years before that.)

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Soooo @skgyae@twitter.com just surprised me with this commission drawn by @NardoDraws@twitter.com.

Eeee! 😄

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