Transgender Werewolf Sketchbook Spread 🏳️‍⚧️🐺

Earlier this week in my Drawing l class, we had to draw six hands in various poses for the homework. The day of critique, we all put up our drawings, and the professor began the crit, particularly noting whether or not the anatomy of each person's drawing seemed correct.

He gave the usual spiel about how the fingers are equal to the length of the palm, so on and so forth. But he stopped mid explanation to caution against taking his word too seriously, because apparently years ago, someone came to class with a drawing of hands which had very very stubby thumbs. As he phrased it, he "laid into" the student in criticism of the stubbiness and incorrectness of the thumbs, just absolutely eviscerating her drawing.

When he was finished speaking the student held up her hand. She had a stubby thumb. Probably a minor birth defect or lost in an accident of some kind.

The poor professor explained that he was obviously horrified with himself, and now he clarifies with every class he teaches that anatomy guidelines are helpful, general suggestions, not rules.

I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.

New charms and mini sculpts plus a pair of gold lustre capped ceramic teeth on gold plated 21” and 22” necklaces now available at the Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery! All work is under $100cad and starting at $25.

Domestic and International shipping available for all work seen after February 8th.

I also have many unsold pieces from my previous video post featuring other mini sculpts/charms available here!

Swing on by sometimes, they’re open every day of the week but Sunday! :-) 🏺🪴

JADE WINGLET ARTDUMP!!

*i chuck these at u and scramble away*

Seen in the window at Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, Maine. Photo: Bill Roorbach

spoke deeply to me.

diagram of how i saw the twin fantasy cover for the longest time

🟨 Your Embrace 🟨

cone 5.5 stoneware wall tiles, underglaze, underglaze pencil, glaze

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id: Three ceramic wall tiles with a yellow background and black and white illustrations and floral accents featuring pairs of various werewolves embracing, at peace with closed eyes.

The first tile: a fat figure with top surgery and phalloplasty scars touching noses with a trans masc figure with breasts, arms wrapped around each other.

Second tile: A trans femme figure with its head resting over another figure with breasts, holding hands, arms around each other, legs intertwined.

Third tile: A sitting figure with top surgery scars resting its head on the shoulder of the companion sitting behind it. The companion’s arms reach around it in a hug.

2005 through 2010

Deg's Hot Summer Jams (part one) (NSFW)

I was rewatching ep 23 of Well Theres Your Problem podcast, they were talking about the Chernobyl exclusion zone and Alice said "The wildlife were returning they were sitting on barrels playing balalaikas" I was so enamored by that image I had to draw it