MUTANT MUTT

Some vent art while trying my hand at also making a mini zine cause I’ve been wanting too and had Big Feelings I was struggling to deal with (I’m doing better). I do and don’t hope this resonates with others as it’s a lousy struggle to manage, but if you feel seen I’m happy to be the one to see you 💙

Wolf lives a unsatisfied life in a world that’s starkly different from them and they’re hyper aware of this fact no matter how hard they try to fit in. It’s overwhelming, exhausting, but what can you do? That’s when they bump into Sheep. Another animal person just like them… Not afraid of sticking out, doesn’t seem phased by the staring and the whispering. Also excited, she helps Wolf see the joys of getting to be an actual animal and how freeing it can be! Why fit in a mold not made for you? So while in some other timeline where this gets a continuation, Wolf and Sheep would likely still live amongst the people as they have some joys as well, but they also have their animal time to run around and have fun 🐺 🐾 🐑

I always try to be a lover rather than a fighter, so I wanted my contribution to be soft and almost sweet: viewing nature and how some animals have blatant sexual dimorphism and how gender norms try to resemble the same to an extent. The envy of getting to be a majestic stag with a crown of antlers and a lion’s handsome mane, or many male birds get to be so bright and colourful, California sea lions being 2-3x as large as females - but most animals don’t have distinct features. And some even share traits often given to one sex or the other; such as all reindeer/caribou have antlers. And my little fella Buck gets to sit in the middle.

As many of you can tell, I've put on a whole new look! It's something I've been wanting to do for a long time, but I thought too much change would be very confusing (and a lot of work) especially since I've got my old user slapped on everything from artwork to accounts

But I decided to take the plunge since I'd been so unhappy with posting online, to the point where I hardly had any art to show through 2025 :( it sucked really bad and made me quite sad to see drawing as a chore I'd rather put off. And it wasn't even to post! It'd be doodling for fun and I wouldn't feel up for it!

So I'm hoping as the season changes into spring, I nice new slate will help me get back to sharing what I love doing with whoever likes it ^^

I've decided on this camping theme cause there's little I love more than the outdoors! I've got a mix of park ranger & boy scouts going on that I'll be happy to show more of as I complete more pieces and concepts - this includes things like potential physical merch, like badges to earn 👀 But I don't have the funds for that rn (commissions and donations open!)

I've also decided to retire Arty as my mascot fursona and assign Buck that new role :) I love Arty to bits, but I like how much more personal Buck is as they're supposed to be me, my truesona. Arty isn't fully retired as I love that goober too much, but he's just no longer the face of me and my accounts (he's quite old now lol needs a vacation)