Who are your favorite early furry artists?
So hard to choose, but I tried!
Ken Sample's work always stands out to me as spectacular. His experimentations with anthro anatomy are always so incredible and his inking style is unmistakable!
(Some examples from Touch Issue 2 (1992), Furversion Issue 08 (1988, Furversion Issue 11 (1988) )
Monika Livingston also has really top notch anthro anatomy work, especially with facial variety.
(From Bestiary Issue 2 (1988), Furversion Issue 11 (1988) )
Robert Hill is most known for his fursuit crafting, but I really like what I've seen of his illustrations as well. The way he adapts a disney-esc style is really unique combined with his pin-up work.
(From Pentmouse Issue 2 (1995), Genus Issue 8 (1994) )
And rapid fire shout outs to Scott Alston, Terrie Smith, and Kjartan Arnorsson- I know there's so many more artists that are a treat to see every time that are just slipping my mind right now.
( Pentmouse Issue 02 (1995), Bunny Pages Issue 17 (1998), Genus Issue 13 (1995) )
These artists are just at the top of my mind because I see their work pretty often, but one of my favorite part of this project is being introduced to new artists and hopefully finding more and more of their work as I expand the archives. Some other artists who I'd love to stumble across more are Cassidy Barret, Miss Mercy, Mary Hanson-Roberts, etc etc...
(Genus Male Issue 3 (2004), Bundage Issue 02 (1995), SFA Spotlight Issue 02 (1998) )
Some of these artists are still active today, but I've mainly seen their older work :D
One of the goals with the archive is for it to be easily searchable by keyword, which includes author/artist names! So if you find one artist you like, it should make it easier to seek out their other work <3 Also as you can probably tell I'm more partial to pin-up art than comics, writing, or other forms of illustration in the archive, so there's tons of other fantastic creators to explore on there!