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Canis Albus

@canisalbus / canisalbus.tumblr.com

Decaying gracefully ◦ Animal artist from northern Finland ◦ FIN/ENG they/them please ◦ miserable Catholic dogs, macabre, vintage ◦ CW artistic gore, mild nudity ✦ Links ✦
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What if I told you that RoobrickMarine went and wrote an entire novella starring my 16th century dog couple? It's very canon-adjacent, well researched and thoughtfully put together, has inspired me a ton during these past months and it's now publicly available at AO3. I highly recommend it.

✦ Separation ✦

#content warnings for sex violence self harm and general angst#six chapters 41K words#people who have asked for longer stories of these two please give this one a look#I've watched this unfold since late may? early july? and it's been an exciting experience#I'm not a writer I think it's better than what I could've come up with#honestly though the way he managed to get inside Machete's and Vasco's heads was uncanny their mannerisms and thought processes are spot on#some of the events aren't canon but they might as well be#and most of the background details and backstory tidbits are accurate believe me he's very well versed on their lore#big history nerd so the worldbuilding is intense#you get to meet the dog pope#there's saint sebastian#roommate hijinks#it gets kind of bleak at times though so be mindful of that#it's not all fluff and good feelings#Separation#Heinaven#RoobrickMarine#own characters#own art#artists on tumblr#CanisAlbus#Vasco#Machete#anthro#sighthound#dogs#canine#animals#if you end up reading the whole thing it would be really sweet if you left a little comment as a thanks for his hard work
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✦ Siesta ✦

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I was pondering a lot rencently if there would be any way to sculpt Vasco so the 2 figures could interact in some meaningful way. Seeing this little comic inspired me to quickly plop the test file into a rendering software :D

#hhhh the dogs. THE DOGS#this lighting is taking my breath away it's so ethereal#bathed in pale golden glow#also first time I'm noticing that hairline crack on Machete's muzzle#has it always been there or did you add it for this piece#to make then look even more like marble statues#I like Vasco's expression he's got that 'smiling with eyes' look that I often try to give him#and it still looks realistic and fits with the style without coming across too humanized or cartoony that's impressive#I don't know if this was intentional but I think it's neat how Vasco is facing the light source and Machete has turned away from it#they look like they belong in some well lit and airy gallery room in the sculpture wing of some fancy art museum#gift art#lunegrimm#own characters#Vasco#Machete
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rndm-entity asked:

Do your dogs see color like human do? Dogs in real life only see blue, yellow and grey, but Machete and other characters seems to wear red and similar colors a lot. So I was just wondering if they evolved to see the full spectrum of colors

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It would be kind of interesting from worldbuilding perspective if they couldn't see all the colors people usually can, but I think it'd just make me sad in the long run. Red and orange are my favorite colors and I use them a lot in my art, if my dogs couldn't see them they wouldn't gravitate towards them. I'd have to rethink the visual aspects of their culture.

#answered#rndm-entity#Vaschete lore#bright red is such an eye catching and widely used color our society would look a lot different if it wasn't there
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Anonymous asked:

Vasco and Machete in the triassic cuddle as dogs

Thats all i can think about from ur latest post

I think about the triassic cuddle often.

#answered#anonymous
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aggiepython asked:

if machete were a bacterium he'd be Serratia marcescens. it produces a vivid scarlet pigment, was first discovered in italy, and was possibly responsible for medieval miracles in which blood (probably bacterial growth) appeared on communion bread. (idk what vasco would be? maybe Staphylococcus aureus because some strains produce a gold-ish pigment...)

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Scarlet red ✅

Discovered in Italy ✅

Responsible for suspected eucharistic miracles ✅

Bacteriasona confirmed ✅✅✅

#what if we kissed in an infected respiratory tract and we were both bacterium#answered#aggiepython
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Anonymous asked:

If Machete and Vasco were insects, Machete would definitely be a white plume moth (Pterophorus pentadactylus) but what would Vasco be?

I've never seen a living thing that looked this much like a windblown tuft of asbestos fibres.

For Vasco, I think I'm going to go with african peach moth (Egybolis vaillantina) that someone suggested earlier.

#answered#anonymous#bugs#cw bugs#insects#cw insects#the asbestos bug looked vaguely familiar and it turns out we have them in Finland! they're called valkosulkanen
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in-comes-the-night asked:

Hello! I absolutely love the art you made of my little critter.. the one that fears flies lol. She likes rolling in grass a lot. Whenever I set her down in the grass she simply drops. I was wondering if I could use the art as a background on my phone? Thank you so much for drawing her!! I think you captured her very very well :)

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Ah, I'm glad you liked them!

Of course! You can use the art however you like, as long as it's just personal use.

#answered#in-comes-the-night#say hi to her from me 👋
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Anonymous asked:

I think Machete should be allowed to dig a hole. For enrichment reasons.

Just stick his snout in a hole and woo woo the anxiety away

canisalbus answered:

I received this ask after posting art of the dogs in their four legged forms, but imagine if we were talking of him in anthro mode. Just digging holes in the Vatican gardens, sticking his face in them and screaming.

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Machete, to the Vatican’s head gardener. "I need a Grotto added to this garden, now." "To... to improve the garden, your eminence?" "So I can scream violently about why Italian city states need stop killing each other over a Puttano bucket, but that too Alfonso."

#pffgtchgh#Machete
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Anonymous asked:

I think Machete should be allowed to dig a hole. For enrichment reasons.

Just stick his snout in a hole and woo woo the anxiety away

I received this ask after posting art of the dogs in their four legged forms, but imagine if we were talking of him in anthro mode. Just digging holes in the Vatican gardens, sticking his face in them and screaming.

#answered#anonymous#a tantrum hole#for enrichment
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