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Anfor

@anforsorrow.bsky.social

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Graphic Designer and tired bird, I doodle from time to time. I also like to talk about history. You can also follow me on tutexe.newgrounds.com and https://anforsorrow.tumblr.com ENG/ESP I have a shop!: https://ko-fi.com/magpies_nest/shop

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 15d

We are in the SPOOKY MONTH!! It's the perfect time to do some tarot and divination activities! (like people used to do in the early 1900)
For that reason I'm bringing back a 50% DISCOUNT on the two variants of the Animalia Tarot, for the whole month!!

ko-fi.com/magpies_nest...

Animalia Tarot
OCTOBER SALE
50% discount during the whole month

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 9m

Today a friend wanted to visit the local cemetery, so I used the opportunity to take the camera.

An old part of a cemetery. A path with old overgrown gravestones leads to a two story mausoleum. A pigeon is chilling on top of one of the gravestones.

Side view of an old, very ornate mausoleum. Weeds are growing on the roof. The side of the roof is decorated with stone heads.

Stone Caryatid. Her eyes are covered by her hood, and she is holding an upside down torch, representing death.

A stone owl looking at the observer from their stone nest.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 23h

Sometimes I think about how special is that there is a nice amount of furries who are interested in history and in what I ramble about.
Like, of course, mister lizard person, I appreciate your questions about babylonian clay tables! Or, look at that, several foxes want to know about medieval art!

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Remulle @remulle.bsky.social · 1d

A Lorence!

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h

Double bun editing. Bunniting

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 3h

Dry persimmon. GionTown in Higashiyama area, Kyoto, Japan. Photographer Teruhide Tomori of Flickr

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 4h

This is the weirdest dating profile.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · Jun 18

Turns out it is #junicorn, but I don't think I will have time to make anything. So if you want to have fun with this older piece you are welcomed!
#art #furry

Illustration made on a medieval style of a red unicorn lying besides a white dragon

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · Jul 6

I'm making a Tafl (or Hnefatafl) game board, so you guys can download and play it at home. Tafl games were really popular in medieval norse and northern european cultures, until chess got popular during the 12th century.

Drawing tablet, with an WIP illustration of a Hnefatafl board (with the modern configuration)

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 7d

#WerewolfWednesday 🐺📚

Illustration of a "Werewolf" sitting at lectern

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 19h

I just learnt about the Panasonic AJ-LT85, a video editor for DVC Pro tapes produced in the late 90s. It looks like the type of machine that they would use to find Replicants in Blade Runner.

The Panasonic AJ-LT85, with its power source at its side.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, I do like to look at trinkets :}

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 15d

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✷ storiel @storiel.bsky.social · Apr 15

couple and single sketches for 200$

dm if interested!

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Kou 🍜 @ixkouu.bsky.social · 13h

Voyage 🧭

Comm for @maxilios-linx.bsky.social

A fox man with an eyepatch holding a telescope while looking at the viewer, as if they just finished peering through it while the brilliance of the stars and the sky manifest themselves into ocean fauna

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👽 gob𖦹 🕯️ @goblinpng.bsky.social · 17d

THANK U for 500+ <3 here's a raffle

𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 + 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿! & 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗸𝗼-𝗳𝗶 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆: ko-fi.com/goblinpng/ti...

first winner gets a full body piece of their oc AND i will also be picking 10 more winners to have 10% off my commissions for 3 months!

⭐ ends oct 19th ⭐

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 7h

Glad to help!!

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · Jul 5

If you are interested on "viking" art I really recommend this website. It talks about about the different styles of medieval nordic and germanic art, and lets you explore actual artifacts on that style, which is great for finding gems as these:

gelmir.com

Lolland Weather Vane Animal. Ringerike Style. Found in Lolland, Denmark. Currently part of the Nationalmuseet.

Øster Vandet Bird-shaped Brooch. Ringerike Style. Found in Øster Vandet, Jylland, Denmark. Currently part of the Nationalmuseet.

Gokstad Animal-head Bed Posts. Borre Style. Found in Gokstad, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. Currently part of the Kulturhistorisk Museum.

Oseberg Baroque Animal Head. Oseberg Style. Found in Oseberg, Vestfold, Norway. Part of the Kulturhistorisk Museum.

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Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 17h

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · Jan 26

Antiquarian

#art #furryart #avian #anthro

Anthropomorphic magpie wearing a turtleneck, square glasses and a jacket, holding a statuette of Horus, in the form of a falcon. He is inside a dimly lit room, a number of ancient bird-related artifacts decorate the wall behind him.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 16d

Looking through my art folder, this is the second commision I got for Anfor, made by my friend @trithedragon.bsky.social. Could be considered the first one showing proper antiquarian Anfor!

Anthro magpie reading a book while sitting on a vintage school chair. An open cardboard box with a piece of pottery sits besides him. There's a pile of books and a globe behind him.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · Oct 17

A bird in his nest.
(that's the name of the shop btw, The Nest)

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Rabosa al Forn @rabosaalforn.bsky.social · Mar 24

Have you ever… uuh, whatever this is?

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 7h

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, let's do a proper #PortfolioDay post for today.
Hi! I am known as Anfor here. I am a graphic designer and 3D modeler, but I use this profile to talk about history and draw historical inspired animal drawings, draw my magpie antiquarian and just general bird antics!

#furry #furryart

An illustration, in the style of a romanesque stained glass window. On it, the figure of an anthro bird, possibly a magpie, look to a side, while holding a book, dignified as a saint. They are surrounded by latin text saying "Unus Pro Triste Duo Pro Gaudio"

First four cards of the tarot's Major Arcana, inspired by the Tarot of Marseilles.

Number one is The Juggler or Magician (Le Bateleur), it shows an anthro hyena in front of a table with items related to the suits of the Minor Arcana (cups, coins and knives replacing swords). He is holding a wand, as a symbol of the fourth suit, the club. His hat can be though as a representation of the infinity symbol.

Number two represents The Popess or High Priestess (La Pances). She is an anthro barn owl, wearing a papal crown and dress in red and blue gowns. She is holding an open book.

The third card is The Empress (Le Imperatris). She is an anthro rabbit, wearing a royal crown and clothes, as well as an scepter and a shield displaying a heraldry rabbit.

The fourth and final card is The Emperor (Le Empereur). He is an anthro ram, imagery reinforced by the Aries symbol and the heraldry ram in a shield besides him. He is wearing royal clothes, as well as an scepter. His horns are golden yellow in representation of his crown.

A group of sketches inspired by different famous cave paintings. It includes a Laxcaux Cave horse, an Altamira Cave bison; a bear, rhyno and lions from Chauvet Cave, and a red animal from the Cave of Swimmers.

Drawing of an anthropomorphic magpie, sitting under a big tree, in the middle of a forest. The light shines through the treetops, highlighting tiny specks of dust in the air. A white butterly took interest in the magpie's index finger, and is about to land on it.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting piece of research. Surviving Palaeolithic art mostly uses red, ocher and black pigments, but recent findings might hint that they also used blue for less permanent forms of decoration, like body art or fabrics:

Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 1d

Did the early modern humans of Palaeolithic Europe wear blue? #TextileTuesday
Blue pigments are largely absent from cave and portable art, but may have been used for archaeologically invisible activities, such as body decoration or dyeing fabrics.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

A cracked piece of stone overlaid with three circles highlighting specific sections. Close-ups of the three highlighted areas show traces of blue pigment on its surface.

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