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Finding, Searching
Recent times have been good. Sleep can be as bad as it ever has been but I hold on. In an effort to move forward with the new reality, I've submitted a request for the permission to work again part time. I require income and I feel it's the right move. The focus will be increasingly on being weird, recovering and protecting the thing I hold on to. Something small and warm has been found. Two artworks this time. A) Commission for Televassi having left their armour by the shore and sinking...
Saunacon and more - Mar 25
I promised to make more frequent updates but found myself in a liquid stage with a lot of stuff happening in parallel. I have begun or aim to begin as time allows, right now:- Education in basics of Equestrianism (care-taking, etc)- digital printing at home- first steps into BDSM???- social broadening and deepening- reintegration into my work- painting in oil/gouache, linocutting/printing, preference for analogue over digital- continuing acceptance of and involvement in chronic insomnia- more ga...
Insomnia
(Alt: Above: digital painting, rough. Dark red and orange-furred character with quatrefoil markings in grey-blue laying his head sideways on a pillow in bed facing the right side of the canvas.)(Alt: Above: digital painting, sketchy. same character as in the first painting, laying his head on his crossed forelegs. Bottom middle and right margin is where the paws are. His mane and left side are in shadow. His eyes are drawn to look extra-groggy, squinting with many folds.)Hey everybody. There has...
EF 28 and trad art at the end!
In this post you will find some updated art, and a short report on how Eurofurence went this year. Before I begin, I would like to apologize for the absence. Once again, I kinda managed to burn myself out, and after the con I was too weak and sick to give so much as a peep, probably also because I’ve been mulling things over. I did manage to get one nsfw piece out on Subscribestar, and no nsfw artwork will make it onto Patreon this time either, for fear of a sudden ban. Do ask for the Discord ...
The Annual Uphill Battle, 2024 edition
Last year I was sick for nearly all of August as I raced to get my first prints and equipment together. This year, I can barely sleep because it's so warm. I guess there's always bound to be some STUPID problem swamping me last minute. Well, this time I'm a little more able to focus on private artwork than last year, so here you can see a few edits of recent artwork and some new things in development! That's not nearly all, but you know, Patreon policies :) I'm really just th...
Ryke
Edit: I popped in an edited version of this piece that I made for sale at Eurofurence in print form! People liked it :3 Ryke originally approached me for a tattoo design, and something similar to an older piece of mine titled “Fuck These Fears,” in which Theo stands with his legs wide apart to perform some emotional intensity along with a written motto. Looking back on that idea and seeing how far away from it I steered the ship, I do feel like I owe him one (and the beginning of that you ca...
Swifaut
Alt text: An anthro firefighter on the left kneels before a fire creature (fox) reaching out toward him from a passageway to the right. They look at each other. There are firefighters behind to the left, separated from the foreground by debris. Smoke above. (The firefighter and fire-fox are the same character.)This is a post about a few things. At first I wanted it to be about love, then about individual and collective struggle. But any one of those descriptions would reduce it unfairly, so, thi...
Ayken Portrait
A forest derg commission for Aurath, who is usually a raptor. A cute little portrait in between things! I spent a long time on finding a good facial angle for this one - almost as long as I did on the painting itself! Since the character has green accents / flesh, I figured I'd try out a green underpainting. All you're seeing here is one straightforward layer of colour applied on green ground. It's still easier to do than traditional painting, but restriction makes creative ^^
Beachboi Draak
Commission for my friend the fishman. He was very interested in the specific proportions of an ancient statue that I needed to reference while drawing him, and I believe that's why I may have emphasized the muscles a touch more than was necessary. Having picked one of my preparatory sketches himself, it was very important to him that the figure felt a little more androgynous than a typical masculine bodybuilder would (Draak is into bodybuilding), which is why this picture has a flattened pe...
WheeeeeEEEEE
A prometheus-themed sorta thing for Wyrm's anthro bird! A while ago, I said that I would no longer take "Carve" style commissions. Suddenly, I'm using pure black elements again. I guess I didn't fully commit to "inking" in this picture, but the harder edges here and there did feel a bit carv-y to me still :3
Roro Stiki
Some very fun stickers for Roarak! Apparently, his orb is squishy, but only for him. Friggin vore people :P
Tischotter
I met Tisch together with his friend Vali at Nordic Fuzzcon a few weeks ago. He attended my Tarot Crash Course panel and we shared very good conversation afterwards. At that point I learned that Tisch also intended to commission me, which excited me hugely.He is reflected, sensitive, open and wordy. He's preserved himself a sense of magic in the natural world and likes to act imaginatively. Able to look back on a positive childhood with varied experiences and locations, he has decidedly foun...
Aurath Junkshot
Important Notice: Patreon no longer permits me to upload the full range of nsfw artwork that I like to do. I have created a Telegram channel to make all finished artwork available instantly. If you are a Toast patron, message me directly @theotormon on Telegram or theotormon on Discord and tell me your Patreon username to get your invite link ^^While I've been trying my best to stay afloat, Aurath's junkshot was a welcome change of pace from commissions that offered me many opportunities...
Ankhor Portrait
Portraits are wonderful opportunities to experiment. In this case, I had some difficulties. I began working on iPad in Webbypaint without much of an underdrawing, and most of my remaining time was spent transforming it again and again over the course of several weeks to try and find better colours, a better composition, better shapes. In some ways I feel like this diminished my confidence, but I still enjoyed the process and the end result. Thanks for your patience Noi! Noiraak is a hobby equest...
Stickers!
For Wyrm and Monsieurfoxy :)
Important Notice regarding Patreon
Due to recent changes, I am no longer comfortable uploading some artwork on Patreon. If you want early access to full-resolution nsfw and you are a Toast-tier supporter, join my recently created Telegram channel. Here is how to do it:1.) Write to @theotormon on Telegram with your Patreon username 2.) Receive the link to join the private channel3.) Join :-)Discord Server is also available just as before. My name there is theotormon. Steps are the same.I currently do not yet offer e-mails or cloud...
Sunbath
Character's name is Eitan. Aapty wanted me to convey something he appreciates about the desert. I got him to allow me a little bit of psychedelic free range, which is probably why this picture doesn't take realism very seriously. We talked a bit about this and that, Jerusalem and life and more. Joshua trees came up, so they're there too.What I've noticed about Aapty is that he's very humorous, and that adds a little to the sunny quality.While this image does contain a touch m...
Nematious - Silas
Prompt was showing off + simple foresty background. The situation in my mind was a sort of encounter-follow-me-thing. I knew I wanted to avoid being overly nsfw-forward. The first thing a Wolf-Dragon evokes in my mind is one of strength, wildness, the two species go kinda hand in hand; semi-mythical, Princess Mononoke vibes. It's straightforwardly artemisian. The mossy green and forest traversal idea might reflect that. Once again greens were a challenge. I tried to vary them, but kept it on...
NFC 2024
Yellow Moo shirt purchased from KerpéSamana. My last con summary took too long to make. I'm standing on a platform waiting for a train. A better time will hardly come, so.The core quality of Eurofurence 2023 was expectations to be lived up to or disappoint. This time it was so much more relaxed and spontaneous - probably in part due to panel scheduling chaos making the idea of a firm plan seem pretty funny. Polaroid pictures of me at my second Tarot panel are by Junyc and, if I'm not to...
Daylen at Dusk
Daylen gave me a very precise reference for the pose, but the background just kind of came to me . . What are these metaphysical-looking fruit? Why is the sky like an eye? YOU tell me! Personally I got this vibe of, like, temptation. Wow, the sheer specificity xD
Bed
Here is Prince's Description of the situation:https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55340032/I was reminded of the Hermit. Necessarily, some object had to be the lantern. But Prince's escapism into himself was also motivated by a veiledness, a suspension, a period of suffering. Cocooning, dissolving before a reformation. I kept the colours cool and let my intuition do the rest. The character is turned away from the viewer and covered. He is hiding. A little ghostly. I'm not sure what i fe...
Losian Profile and other stuff
Recently, Losian approached me for a new profile picture. I included a WIP of that piece while it was being rendered. It comes along with a question though. What is it that makes a profile picture effective, as opposed to a regular portrait? Same as with stickers; it's the tiny format that totally changes stuff. I have an attitude of observing everything that fares well. Maybe it's random to a degree, but there's always a lesson to be learnt.The Theo portrait was begun in Webbypaint,...
Dance Dance!
Wyrm approached me for a tarot-themed commission for his new bird character. I'm a bit of a purist, so we moved away from the need for a border and title - and toward a more individual portrait of his new phoenix-adjacent anthro bird! The spiral-twirl was the main point of the composition. A spiral, like the phoenix, is about cyclicality. Instead of going in a circle, a spiral contains growth. It expands. Mixed this with some references to the very intuitive and impulsive Princess of Wands w...
Moon Stuff
For Drawain, of her character Nagao. Drawain has been looking at the sfw side of my work since before I began taking nsfw commissions, which made it extra cool that I got to work on something for her now that I'm trying to balance those two sides more evenly! Nagao is associated with West-Northern Germany. A recent trip to the coast inspired me to use mud flats as an inspiration. While he is supposed to be very masculine, I wanted to show the constant shifting of balance that the moon requir...
Junks!
Gathered some recent junkshots into a collection ^^
January Stickers!
It is so fun to ruin character's faces for the sake of expression. Credit to whoever did the Götia Idiocy pack and Babanasaur for the two non-Pikmin expressions on Dovenkar, the WHITE dragon. As for the very strange face Bellicose (the other guy) is making, he asked it be both horny and exhausted. What a vibe. Actually, about Götia idiocy. While my friends have been consistently using these amazing stickers for years, as far as I know we never found the original artist. In a dream within a...
Commission Opening
Hello Toast supporters! Here’s a link to my form in case you’re interested ^^ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1w4S8lmfah4-73G0yUTv7mas_vfWFy_mXdfz4-YMoqzo/edit
Eskaye
This image is meant to convey something sincerely romantic. What do you feel? :)
Bite of Air
What exactly is innocence? My intuition about the meaning of the word tells me that it might be pre-cognitive, pre-calculation, without plan, from the heart. So for instance, contrary to how some might see it, sex to me seems like it could be an innocent thing. Maybe “vulnerable” would be a better term sometimes. Unmitigated expression, not justified or transformed, direct, honest, immediate. Independently of these attempts, a textbook synonym for Innocence is Purity. Freedom from Corruption...
The WolfP of Ussy
For Naantam ^^ I draw female characters and vagoons rather rarely. Two versions of this were created to accommodate the preferences of artist and client. The vibe of the picture came to me really spontaneously; i just wanted to do something unusual. I kind of struggled between markings and lighting; should remember to start off with a flat base colour to reflect the former before I begin the latter. Yet, most times, I jump straight in with lighting. Oh well! Happy new Year by the way :) - Theo
