(new post - art) Bird of Prey
my sticker club design for this month. simpler than my usual fare, but i wanted to focus more on the concept; a bald eagle intercepts a hunter's arrow. even though it seems unharmed, you see through to its heart, and you see blood splattered around the arrowhead as well as the fletching feathers. i'm not really sure what was on my mind as i was designing this. eagle is my clan crest, so maybe a little bit of projection - seeing things as threats that aren't in actuality. or maybe it suggests insecurity around competition, that the eagle took out an arrow likely aimed at another bird that it also preys upon. i really like how it came out either way!
an aside for subscribers of the blog: perhaps you're wondering since this is my first standalone art post, but i'm no longer cross-posting patreon monthly newsletters to bear. instead, i'm going to treat bear as the place to post art as i finish it with some added comments if i have any (whereas with social media i kinda just like to post and then skedaddle), and the patreon newsletter will be more of a digest for whatever art and blog writing i post that month. i just felt like it was kinda tonal whiplash to have the newsletters plus my more casual longform writings here - especially when i typically write the newsletters as if i'm communicating with people who i haven't talked to in a month, even though on bear that's likely not the case... translating the patreon formatting to markdown by paw was very annoying also. i'm sure the change isn't too big of a deal to anyone. it makes me feel a lot less stressed about compiling the newsletters and more happier about posting on my blog. ła sabaat (that's it)!
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