The Art of Thornwolf

Illustration, Logo Design, and Copywriting by Nicole Dornsife

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Hello, all! Dusting off my Tumblr, allow me to reintroduce myself:

I’m Nicole “Thornwolf” Dornsife, an illustrator, marketing copywriter, and logo designer based in San Diego, CA.

I create custom and licensable wildlife and scientific illustrations, as well as offer creative marketing, strategy, and logo design services for entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and other small businesses. My main focus is to work with zoos, parks, and other nature conservation-minded organizations to use my work for educational materials, merch, and more. 

My work has been featured at the California Wolf Center, various county parks in San Diego County, the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, the Anza-Borrego Natural History Association, and other gift shops across San Diego.  I am freelance and available for work! Here’s where you can find me:

Website: www.thornwolf.com Shop: thornwolf.com/shop Patreon: patreon.com/thornwolf Twitter: ThornwolfArt Instagram: ThornwolfArt Ko-Fi: Thornwolf

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I've just listed a whole bunch of new animal stickers, retired items that were previously Patreon exclusives but are now last-of-stock, and Halloween items! Come check it out! www.thornwolf.com/shop

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SINK THE RICH! I'm proud to announce my brand new design, "Don't Agonize, Orcanize" featuring White Gladis and her yacht-smashing pod. 

Preorders are now open for hoodies, shirts, tanks, mini posters, stickers, and even special bundles until July 19! 

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Alternative colors of t-shirts, pullover hoodies, and zip hoodies are available only during this preorder period! So if you see something you like, best to grab it now as it may not be available later.

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Introducing my first ever bandana design! Bandanas are 22x22″, 100% cotton, and as a perk of preordering, you can select from 25 different color combos (shown here) and get $2 off! My normal stock colors will be limited based on popularity, so the best way to grab the color of your choice is to preorder.

Preorder Your Bandana Here

Design features a bighorn sheep, coyote, jackrabbit, and roadrunner, with desert plants such as joshua trees, beavertail cactus, California golden poppy, barrel cactus, cholla, century plant, and ocotillo. 

Thanks for looking and supporting a small, woman-owned, and small woman-owned business!

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My new bandana design features four animals, one on each corner. This corner includes a bighorn sheep and tracks, Joshua tree, beavertail cactus, California golden poppy, century plant, and jimsonweed. The center design features barrel cactus, cholla, and ocotillo. Preorder here now!

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I got my logo from @thornwolfart yesterday! It looks fantastic and I'm so excited to get the stickers and business cards I just ordered with it. I'm closed to comms right now but will have some premade tails and other pieces available in the next month or so. tigerbattails.com

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I made this logo! Please check out their business!

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Introducing my first ever bandana design! Bandanas are 22x22″, 100% cotton, and as a perk of preordering, you can select from 25 different color combos (shown here) and get $2 off! My normal stock colors will be limited based on popularity, so the best way to grab the color of your choice is to preorder.

Preorder Your Bandana Here

Design features a bighorn sheep, coyote, jackrabbit, and roadrunner, with desert plants such as joshua trees, beavertail cactus, California golden poppy, barrel cactus, cholla, century plant, and ocotillo. 

Thanks for looking and supporting a small, woman-owned, and small woman-owned business!

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Get 30% ALL stickers in my shop until January 7, 2023! No code needed! Browse stickers here and help support an indie creator:

Shop All Stickers Here

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In honor of The Last Chairbender at the Waffle House, I designed a commemorative sticker as my last art of 2022. You can preorder it in my shop here:

Waffle House Brawl Champion Sticker (Preorder) — Thornwolf Creative Services

This item is a preorder and will ship before the end of January. 4.5” x 2.25” glitter vinyl sticker. This is a preview image. Final product

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Get 30% ALL stickers in my shop until January 7, 2023! No code needed! Browse stickers here and help support an indie creator:

Shop All Stickers Here

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Old art from 2004 that gets stolen a lot lol

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Merry Christmas Eve! Here’s a Christmas card commission I created for Malaika of her pets. Cats (left to right) Locke, Desmond, Litten, and Boone, and dogs Rarity and Arwen

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Here are some commissions I’ve completed this month!

From now until Dec 1 2022 I’m accepting public commissions, something I don’t normally offer outside of Patreon supporters. Come check out the menu and grab yourself or someone special a little treat! These will be finished as they come in, so plenty of time for holiday gift giving.

Click below for full menu, pricing, and to submit your request: https://www.thornwolf.com/commissions

If you’re a Patreon supporter $5 and above, you get discounts on any commission service I offer!

https://www.patreon.com/Thornwolf

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In lieu of a Black Friday sale, I’m instead donating 30% of all shop sales between now and Monday, November 28, 2022 to the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project which aims to reclaim and teach the Wampanoag language to return language fluency to the Wampanoag Nation.

I just added some new stickers, including: 

raccoon

mourning cloak butterfly

mallard

And the remaining stock of two patron-exclusive stickers from last year

ruddy duck

snep bleps (snow leopard)

Shop Here!

Also if you’re a patron of any level, you just received a 30% discount code you can use on ANYTHING in my shop, grab that here.

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This is a commissioned set of button designs for personal use by a client. They wanted a set of illustrated buttons as well as a logo with the message "Stop Ag Sprawl", to show the species that are being impacted by habitat destruction as a direct result of commercial farming.

Species depicted are: jaguar, Sokoke scops owl, and monarch butterfly (shown here as a caterpillar on milkweed).

If you would like to commission me for illustrations and/or logos such as these, patrons get discounts! Check out my information and pricing here on my website.

Patreon supporters $3 and up got to see all of the sketches and concepts that went into these final pieces. If you want to get a closer look at my process and behind-the-scenes content, pledge today!

Patreon.com/thornwolf

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Commissions Are Open!

From Nov 14-Dec 1 2022 I’m accepting public commissions, something I don’t normally offer outside of Patreon supporters. Come check out the menu and grab yourself or someone special a little treat! These will be finished as they come in, so plenty of time for holiday gift giving.

Click below for full menu, pricing, and to submit your request: https://www.thornwolf.com/commissions

If you’re a Patreon supporter $5 and above, you get discounts on any commission service I offer!

https://www.patreon.com/Thornwolf

Thanks for the boosts!

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Here are some commissions I did the last time I was open for a better idea of what you can get!

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Working on something I’m super super stoked about, but not ready to share publicly yet. Y’all can see the full updates on my Patreon, but here’s a teaser!

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A watercolor coyote portrait created as part of an effort to practice wet-on-wet watercolor techniques. I'm particularly fond of the effects I was able to achieve in the background with the mixture of sage green, copper, and forest green tones. 

Original available! Browse available original paintings in my shop here.