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Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf
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Wildlife & Scientific Illustration, Logo Design, Copywriting | Available for hire! | She/They | Amateur Naturalist | Avid Cinephile | No NFTs | No AI
San Diego, CA - Obnoxiously Californian
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Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf @thornwolf.com · May 25
I'm Nicole, a wildlife artist and designer looking to use my skills for science, education, and conservation. I'm available for hire! Here's how to find me:

http://thornwolf.com
http://patreon.com/thornwolf
http://thornwolfart.tumblr.com http://instagram.com/thornwolfart
http://t.me/thornwolfart
An illustration of a sea otter surrounded by a circle of other sea creatures and items including: purple urchin, sea palm, jade, sardine, sea grapes, mussel A park sign for Lindo Lake showing the types of wildlife you can expect to find at the lake: Mallard, western toad, raccoon, bluegill. A playground sign showing an illustration of a bighorn sheep with information about bighorn sheep biology and some sketched tracks. A podcast tile graphic "Fish & Us" where the fish design represents a color temperature chart to indicate rising ocean temps.
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Thank you to everyone who came to my Volcan Mountain Foundation artist-in-residency reception at Hubbell Studios! I’m so immensely grateful for this opportunity to create and share my work with you inspired by our local mountains #SanDiego
Me sitting in “the chapel”, an artist-designed sculptural alcove for sitting and looking at the gorgeous view created by artist James Hubbell featuring stained glass, mosaic, and sculpture Me inside the main room of Hubbell Studio which is an adobe concrete style artist building with an in-wall fireplace. I’m setting up my art on a table Me holding a framed painting of my piece “Forest Treasures - Mountain Lion” Me standing next to a 6 foot table with 7 misc. assorted artworks I’ve created as part of my artist residency on Volcan Mountain
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Banshee is being so cute 😭
My German shepherd mix laying her head on her custom embroidered pillow that says her name, Banshee
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Commissioned (first in .. years?) @fluffheart.bsky.social for personalizing the best (real)and most entertaining story I've seen in 2025. @thornwolf.com 's Sageblossom and your's truly, the old labrat.
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Trying to find a non-AI yard flag on Amazon (mission: impossible) and wow they’re really going all in on the snowman asshole this year, huh?
⛄️🍑❄️
A yard flag with a snowman bending over Goatse style pulling his cheeks apart revealing a snowflake dirt star 2857 text that says snowflake maker. There’s a lot of snowflakes around him so, Frosty be shittin Another variant of the previous one but the asshole snowflake is bigger and Frosty has the hint of a bosom. (y)Ass, snow queen The most AI rendering of a snowman ever but it’s just a snow butt. A blushing pink snowman where half his body is a butt, and it’s blowing a puff of white air out like a whale spout. But the text just says merry Christmas it doesn’t even address the situation so at best you have a non sequitur of a farting snowman on your lawn. Merry Christmas.
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Evenly spaced seagulls
6 seagulls sitting on a tiled roof of the library but they’re all evenly spaced to a surprising degree, like copy/paste seagulls
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Who am I gonna see tomorrow? 👀
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#SanDiego locals, on Dec 7 the Volcan Mountain Foundation is hosting an artist’s reception for their 2025 grant recipients (me!) where I’ll be discussing my painting “Forest Treasures - Mountain Lion” based on my Volcan Mountain residency. Hope to see you there! volcanmt.org/events/event...
A watercolor and pen painting of a mountain lion surrounded in a circle by the following elements: Western tiger swallowtail butterfly, Palmer ceanothus, Mountain quail feather, bigcone Douglas fir pine cone, Checkerbloom, Black oak leaves and acorns, Grape soda lupine
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Wow, finished it. California quail! Patreon supporters $3 and above get to see this before I unveil it publicly next month. Patreon.com/thornwolf
A close crop photo of a watercolor painting of a male California quail
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Gruß vom Krampusnacht. Merry Krampus night, hope y’all been good or you’re going in the bag.
A cute Krampus says “you, in the bag.”
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Shared some progress pics on an upcoming watercolor and colored pencil piece over on my Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/sabert...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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A note about the new PNW ferns stickers is that they have clear backing, so the white peels completely away to reveal only the fern itself.

More info:
🌿 Transparent Premium PET Permanent adhesive
🌿 2-4 year outdoor life with glossy laminate only
🌿 PVC free product
🌿 dishwasher safe, water resistant
a 3 inch sticker of a bracken fern with clear backing, text in bottom right reads kamakru.com A sticker of a deer fern with the white backing half peeled away to reveal the clear borders of the fern. Text in lower right reads kamakru.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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She is being so cute 🥹
My dog standing on the ground but resting her head on my seat on the couch
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Man I really hate elf on the shelf mostly because I keep seeing video after video of parents making their children cry or distressed with horrible pranks that they don’t understand as pranks because to the kids the elf is real. And also, police state.
an elf on the shelf is standing in front of a sign that says `` it 's the most horrible time of the year ''
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Just spent the morning in urgent care only to be gaslit that a recurring problem (bronchitis) isn’t “bad enough” to warrant meds and that I’ll be given them in 3 days. Started sobbing in defeat and wouldn’t you know it, medicine magically prescribed! Also only THEN did the doctor look at my chart.
a man in a suit and tie is holding a lantern with the words look at the gaslight below him
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December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Turkey dinner > turkey stock > turkey sandwiches > turkey and wild rice soup > coronation turkey salad > ending it with turkey pot pie
Turkey pot pie in a skillet covered in 8 biscuits A plated bowl of turkey pot pie with two biscuits. There’s no flattering way to show off pot pie filling but it was super good
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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He’s so freaking proud of his Major Award
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Clarice is spicing up our front yard! Me for scale. LOVE it!
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Controversial take but listen: The Jim Carrey Christmas Carol is my favorite version (outside of Muppets which lives in its own category IMO) BECAUSE:
- It is the most book faithful
- It is CREEPY AS FUCK (remember it's firstly a ghost story)
- It borrows from the 70s Richard Williams animation
A side by side of ghost door knocker Jacob Marley and dead in his coffin with tuppence on his eyes Jacob Marley who is dead to begin with. Just so you know how creepy we're going. This Marley goes hard. Scariest Marley award.
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Today is the last day! #BSNM
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ENDING SOON! Save 20% on everything in my shop with the code HOLIDAY20 at checkout. This is my biggest and last sale of the year so this is your last chance to get stocking stuffers and unique gifts! thornwolf.com/shop

#CyberMonday #BSNM #FurryMarketplace #ArtShop
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December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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If you're wondering what nonprofit to give to for #GivingTuesday, please consider Preserve Wild Poway! They're a local group saving the native animal and plant life in my hometown from overdevelopment and destruction of wild habitat. www.preservewildpoway.org/donate-to-pr...

#SanDiego
Donate — Preserve Wild Poway
Help us protect our open spaces.
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December 1, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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The holidays are almost here! How has your marketing strategy been going? In this article available to FCoC members @thornwolf.com shares how planning ahead can help you get in front of your ideal buyer, both for the holidays and year-round www.furrycoc.com/blog/get-you...
#Marketing #Holidays
A photo of two people, a man and a woman, bundled up holiday shopping with multiple bags, but their heads have been photoshopped to be dog heads. A navy blue overlay contains white text that reads “From seasonal product releases to spring cleaning clearance sales, planning your marketing strategy out in advance will not only reduce your workload in the long run, but also open up new ways to engage with your customers and learn more about your audience’s buying trends.” Quote is attributed to Thornwolf as an excerpt from the members-only blog post “Get Your Business Ready for the Holidays with a Marketing Calendar” by the Furry Chamber of Commerce.
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Today is the last day! #BSNM
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ENDING SOON! Save 20% on everything in my shop with the code HOLIDAY20 at checkout. This is my biggest and last sale of the year so this is your last chance to get stocking stuffers and unique gifts! thornwolf.com/shop

#CyberMonday #BSNM #FurryMarketplace #ArtShop
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December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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ENDING SOON! Save 20% on everything in my shop with the code HOLIDAY20 at checkout. This is my biggest and last sale of the year so this is your last chance to get stocking stuffers and unique gifts! thornwolf.com/shop

#CyberMonday #BSNM #FurryMarketplace #ArtShop
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December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I have ONE of these posters left to ship immediately before I begin switching my print fulfillment to print on demand. Enter the code HOLIDAY20 to get it 20% off
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I only have 5 Black Phillip posters left! After this I'm going to switch to Print on Demand, but I'm not sure when I'll be able to list them. Get yours today so you can get your witchy vibes on ASAP! #BSNM #Horror #BlackPhillip #DigitalArt

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A digital painting of black phillip the black goat from the movie The Witch rearing up on his hind legs with a dark moonlit clearing in a forest behind him. Behind his head is a full moon and the silhouettes of 3 witches rising up around his head.
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Me whenever my husband says something I’m doing or wearing is “ooOo! Kinda witchy :)”
a woman wearing a sequined jacket and hoop earrings from schitts creek
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December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Gamble's Quail, Mountain Quail, California Quail
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November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM