A copy of Tevruden's blog because I don't Trust Like that anymore.
Endearments with the reverse boys!
i don’t think i ever submitted this chibi Nevia by herself back when i made my very early commission advertisements. here she is just in case!
Ever wonder how big wolves are and why running from them is a really bad idea?
This had me so fucked up the first time I worked at the zoo. Because honestly they just look like big German-Huskies when they’re not wild. They look like big puppies. And then… they get close to you… And it’s suddenly kinda fucking terrifying. Like “oh this is the animal that used to scare people shitless.” “This is the animal that used to run through nightmares and poems so much.” And you suddenly fucking get it. As cool as these animals are far away, as important as the animals are in their natural environment, as much as we need them to survive… they’re still pretty fucking terrifying
can you believe these things became our friends
And then people domesticated them and now sleep with them in their beds.
We’re not a species meant to last
I’d actually argue the opposite!
We took these super efficient killing machines and befriended them and now they love and protect us as much as we (ideally) love and protect them
Cats basically domesticated themselves so that they could share in our food, medical care, and affection
In urban spaces, prey species know that there’s a higher likelihood that humans will help you if you’re stuck or injured than them killing or maiming you
It’s just, over time we see trends of our species overcoming environmental pressures that would and do lead to extinction in other species by sharing and forming close bonds with other sentient organisms and just kinda… aggressively community-bonding our way out of it?
For a long time there’s been this pervading idea that we, as a species, are just innately violent and terrible and “sinful” and it’s been that violence that let us survive (see the hunting hypothesis of human evolution). But that’s not what we see
We are, at our core, a species that looks into the face of something other, and thinks “I wonder if they want to be friends?” so long as the individual isn’t actively trying to kill us. Sure, tons of people do awful things every day, but for every terrible act or thought on this Earth, there are a dozen acts of kindness that people do casually for complete strangers
So yeah. We looked at these massive fluffy monsters with the sharp claws and crushing jaws rooting in our garbage just beyond the campfire and thought, the way no other species before or after us has done to the same extent; “They look friend-shaped!”
And they were. And that is how we got to be the dominant species on this planet
I want a friend shape wolf
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Ahhh, a reference to that one Howl’s Moving Castle scene 8)
Tallorael and @hornedfreak‘s Dragomir in his metamorphosis’d demon form, after having fought some nasty sha, or something.
A throwback to some of my favourite pieces of this year (thus far, I still have some stuff to do before it ends lmfao)
Heyo! I’m opening up commissions again! Prices are listed up above in USD. I will try to work on these as much as possible, but at this time school is still a priority for me. I take payment upfront as soon as I start the piece, but if there’s an issue with money you can let me know. c:
-Additional characters are $25 extra added to the original price and complex backgrounds are $15 added to original price. Excessive changes will also be charged.
-I will NOT draw N S F W /sexual content, any offensive or disturbing language and/or content, or excessive amounts of gore/violence (some blood and scars is fine).
Payment! I use Paypal, and the account is qymaenjai_sheelal@yahoo.com. To contact me about commissions, please use my email: orcbootyart@gmail.com. Please be specific and descriptive with what you’re looking for, and be ready to provide references. I will only take on 3 commissions at a time, but will be able to put you in a queue if all my slots are taken. Any further questions can be directed to me through tumblr or email. Please check out my side art blog orcbooty-art for more of my work.
