「 Trust That They're Fair, Look In Their Eyes // They Only Care, And Hope You're Alright 」 🌧️

orcas

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i got bored in the mist of trying to sleep last night- finished coloring and shading this morning ehjdhjd i want waffles

Wing tutorial~

Since it has been asked, I made a little breakdown on how to draw wings.

So, first thing to understand is wing anatomy. I used a swan wing as reference for my artwork. Divide the wing into blocks of feathers. There's sort of three layers to the feathers outlined in the second picture, and these divided along the top joint of the wing where it folds. See the second image. Make sure you bring in these nice, flowy shapes here!

Now that you have these big shapes, you can cut into them and make the individual shapes of the primary and secondary feathers (layer 3.) also make sure they overlap correctly depending on if you are drawing the wing from the front or the back. make sure you stick with a nice rythm and have the feathers get gradually bigger as you get closer to the tip. Like this:

when you go ahead and draw that layer 2 of coverts, make sure that every feather you drew for the bottom layer has (approximately) a feather overlapping it (so you have pretty much the same number of feathers in each layer) and that they line up nicely. But you can also make them a bit more ruffled. Like this:

Other than the flight feathers, the very top part of the wing is very smooth, with shorter, more rounded feathers (almost half-circles!). They can lie very flat or also look a lot more fluffy. think of them almost like overlapping scales. There is also the Alula at the top of the wing, a sort of extra feathery bit that sticks out over the primaries. also don't forget the scapulars which cover over the shoulder blade and are on top when the wing is folded. The Scapulars also have two layers of feathers. (see first graphic).

From there, it's only a matter of lineart and shading or however you want to finish your artwork. Hope this helps with the structure! Drawing wings folded together is a whole other story that I'm not going to get into here... lol.

TL:DR: understand the structure of wings and use references to get it right, work from big shapes to small shapes.

Edit: I demand to be tagged in the results, I desperately need to see more wing art. ÒwÓ

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Recipes for Water Based Kintypes

These are recipes I enjoy that make me feel more otter or things that I think would! This is pretty anthromorphic since I am eating human food, but I hope this is still helpful!

Not taking requests for other types of therians/kintypes since this was a lot of work, so sorry!

Shellfish - Including Cephalopods

Clam Fritters

Grilled Cockles

Clam Chowder

Baked Scallop Shells

Cajun Seafood Boil

Garlic Butter Razor Clams

Bouillabaisse

Spanish Paella

Crawfish Linguine

Shrimp Ceviche

Spicy Stir Fried Squid

Ikayaki (Japanese Grilled Squid)

Squid Ink Pasta With Shrimp

Jellyfish Salad (Putting This Here)

Salt and Pepper Cuttlefish

Raw Oysters on the Half Shell

New England Fried Clams

Maryland Crab Cakes

Lobster Thermidor

Yangnymeon Gejang (Spicy Raw Crab)

Sailor Style Mussels

Seafood Okra

Shrimp Platter

Finned Fish

Cioppino

African Fish Stew

Trout With Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce

Miso Glazed Salmon

Unagi Don (Grilled Eel Rice Bowl)

Oden (Japanese Fish Cake Stew)

Foil Pack Halibut

Tuna Onigiri

Sardine Pasta

Authentic Anchovy Caesar Salad Dressing

Mediterranean Style Fish Soup

Salmon Ochazuke (Tea Rice)

Fish Tacos

Garlic Butter Baked Tilapia

Pan-Seared Halbut with Caper Sauce

Crispy Pan Fried Tilapia

Herring and Pumpkin Pot Pie

Creamy Fish Chowder

Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon, Caviar and Dill Cream

Pan Seared Tilapia

Clay Pot Fish and Tofu

Indian Fish Masala

Spicy Green Masala Fish Fry

Spicy Salmon Crudo

Oven Fried Catfish

Lemon Butter Pan Seared Trout

Non-Fish Meat

Fried Frog Legs

Rabbit Cacciatore

Chicken Chasseure

Escargot (Snails)

Human Safe Kibble Recipe

Chicken and Dumplings

Wood Roasted Whole Duck

Peking Duck

Honey, Soy, and Ginger Duck

Doro Wot (Ethiopian Chicken and Egg Stew)

Cantonese Soy Sauce Whole Chicken

Chinese Chicken and Mushroom Soup

Scotch Eggs

Vegetarian, Vegan, and Plant-Based

Wakame (Seaweed Salad)

Tofu "Salmon" (Consider using rice paper and seaweed as "skin")

Beer Battered Vegan Fried "Fish"

Sweet and Sour Vegan "Fish"

Braised Lotus Roots

Korean Marinated Eggs

Caramelized Garlic-Chili Lotus Stems With Mung Bean Noodles

Sauteed Baby Bok Choy (Saw some otters IRL eating these raw)

15-Minute Zucchini, Pea, and Watercress Minestrone

Vegan "Fish" Pie

Vegan "Fish" Sauce

Vegan "Eel"

Vegan Takoyaki (Octopus Balls)

Nori Wraps

Bean Curd Sticks

Vegan "Tuna" Salad

Watercress Soup

Tofu Pot Pie

Seaweed and Tofu Fritters

Vegan Garlic Butter "Scallops"

Oyster Mushroom Skewers

Seaweed Miso Soup

Cold Noodles in Icy Broth

Marinated Bean Curd with Kelp

Miso Garlic King Oyster Mushrooms

Old Bay Potatoes

Egg Fried Rice

Chewy Potato Noodles

Desserts

Hot Buttered Apple

Melon Ice Cream Soda Float

Frozen Fruit Shaved Ice

Lemon Snow Pudding

Summer Fruit Salad

Blue Jello Cloud Mousse

Kelp Nougat Crunch

Frozen Whipped Jello

Taiyaki (Fish Shaped Sweet)

Soda Float

Cloud Coconut Jelly

Haupia (Coconut Milk Squares)

Raindrop "Cake"

Any Shaved Ice

Lemon Posset

Fruit Filled Spring Rolls

Drinks

It stopped letting me attach links so names only here.

Clamato Juice

Alcoholic: Micheladas

Wheatgrass Juice

Cucumber, Lemon, Mint, and Ginger Water

Coconut Milk Brazilian Limeade

Ocean Water Punch

Alcoholic: Seafood Bloody Mary

Watercress and Honey Tea

Kombu/Kelp Tea

Shellfish Broth

Blue Raspberry Iced Lemonade

Hwachae (Korean Watermelon/Fruit Punch)

Agua de Pepino (Cucumber Agua Fresca)

Fish Bowl Punch

Completed artwork of six cetacean therians! (and a bunch of fish and jellyfish. Feel free to claim one as yourself lol)

@a-minke-whales-tale @orcinusoruka @fisheatingorca @bubble--rings @evilpizzafan @talankii

Thank you for letting me draw you!

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Happy wet beast Wednesday

its really warm where i live, so i think im going to eat ice

does this count as a wet beast wednesday? I dunno

An orca (Orcinus orca) breaches off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, USA

by Guy Schmickle

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I feel like often what younger therians mean when they say ‘therians still identify as human’ is actually ‘therians understand we live in a human society and must function within our human body, despite our being not human.

Despite who we are, we still live in a society of humans. Unless you have (with all hope and luck) moved of the grid and into nature and live amongst the animals, we will have to preform human tasks in order to survive. That is just simply a given for any person within a human body, human or not.

We understand we must pay taxes. We understand we must go to work and school. We understand we must care for our human bodies despite how incorrect they may be. We understand that we will interact with humans, and doing so typically requires us to preform human.

What they have yet to understand is the point is to be as animalistic as possible. If I get stabbed, I’m not just going to lick my wounds and bleed out. I’m going to get in my human car and take my human bleeding to the human hospital so they can fix me as they would a human. We can still preform human and we understand we must. However that does not mean we cannot act as animalistic as possible. Everything I have just listed above can probably be altered a little bit to most accommodate for us. We can wear a tail and go outside in nature with our laptop when we do our taxes. Those who can work can find jobs that are closely related to their kins. At school you can find likeminded people, develop a safe group for everyone to express their animal nature when not doing work. We can draw paws on our feet. We can bark. We can go on rollercoaster and try so hard to pretend we are flying. We can do human things in animalistic nature, and that is ok, and that is the goal.

We are not human, we are whatever creature we say we are. It was not our choice to live in this human world. If we could pick I know most of us would choose differently. But we do live in this world. And we will respect that, but we will also live as truly to ourselves while doing so. And that cannot be stopped.

‘Therians don’t identify as animals’ I feel is young therians trying to say what I just said. In their attempt to do, make antis understand this, they said something extremely incorrect and extremely bad for furthering our normalization in society.

Side note: this, both my claim and what the younger therians think, also leaves people who DONT understand all these things in the dark, with no representation, or love and acceptance towards them and their lived experience. I need to understand their perspectives a bit more before I can make any conclusions on where they fit in this conversation. All I knows is this leaves them out, and they should not be left out.

Plz add on with any additional thoughts/comments or any points I was incorrect on and need to be re-educated. But also plz be nice I’m very sensitive to criticism.

https://www.pinterest.de/pin/826832812815961076/

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