Pretty big fan of Auguste Rodin, but he *did* do some centaurs here and there.

cant go wrong with the masters

unironically a huge fan of bob ross's landscape paintings
loved gerald brom when I was a kid but I havent revisited that in years
Zdzisław Beksiński is an inspiration for the vibes and also a name I never remember off the top of my head so I always sound like buzzfeed calling him that polish artist who does the nightmare landscapes.
genuinely had an intense love/hate relationship with salvador dali's work when I was younger
Ralph Bakshi is... an interesting guy

UMMMM
do storyboarders/directors count because I like 1 of the 2 things patrick mchale has worked on a LOT (otgw)

Glyvees and Seb McKinnon are my most recent favs! Special shout out to Andrew K Mar cause I like sticky note art

important addendum does tove jansson count as furry

Nooo she’s too accomplished!

okay that ones my favorite then

the beauty of the world

Huge fan of Robert Valley's work

Especially his work on TRON Uprising and Love Death & Robots

Kojima

Big fan of Dragan Bibin's paintings 🖤

ive been tryin to get some of dragan bibin's feeling of quiet intense threat in some of my persona projectssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

you're a really good art, yes you are!

who's a really good art

big on Bruce Nauman imho

For a sec I thought you were going dog mode

"Who's a really good artist? Yes you are, yes you are!"

Haha, my obscure pic would be one of the first people I ever commissioned: Ben Fleuter. He does badass monsters (and can do wicked furries too, though he doesn't do that stuff 99% of the time).
https://bsky.app/profile/benfleuter.bsky.social

takashi murakami , ffo / ffo_artist / anti-disney princess , & carlos fonseca / cfonsecaart

Came across N.O. Bonzo and Sugarbombing World recently.

Non furry artist ( challenge difficulty: Impossible )

A LOT! But. Recent encounters I've had that left a mark might be more interesting.
Interesting landscapes I'd like to be in
Jason Anderson https://jasonandersonartist.com/
Laura Bifano https://www.laurabifano.com/

Barry Windsor Smith
Robert E. McGinnis
Edward Gorey
Brothers Hildebrandt
Keith Parkinson
Quinton Hoover
Dorian Cleavenger
Dennis Beaveaux

Lots n Lots...

John Currin

dangerous question. get ready

irt comics, cartooning, and illustration leans: sally cruikshank, larry marder, roberta gregory, jim woodring, carter goodrich (i knoww. i know sorry. his new yorker pieces blow my tits clean off), jeff smith, linda barry, a lot of the old greats that almost feel more embarrassing to mention like dan decarlo, will eisner, and bushmiller; gladys parker, jackie ormes, william joyce... i think i have to cut this section here or ill keep goin

in sculpture: nancy grossman, louise bourgeois, louis wain (i really love his cat sculptures more than his illustration work! love them both though), duchamp, orlando dutton

in painting and other """"fine art"""", a distinction i trust anyone knows is goofy: kandinsky, tamara de lempicka, masahiro ito, too many of the fauvists to name, hardy hill, too many neo expressionists from the 80s to name also, and uhhhh lemme throw in viktor tsoi

Yoshitaka Amano!

Any of the "70's sci-fi" artist spring to mind

https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/

wayne douglas barlowe and simon stalenhag are two really big inspos for me

Simon Stålenhag!

A king

Uhhhhh I like
– Wiktor Wasnetsow (?)
– Gerhard Munthe
and kind of everyone who is in their radius of style.

I also have this list saved somewhere...

– Yitanran
https://bsky.app/profile/yitanran.bsky.social
(I'm so jealous of their rendering)

– HongFuzi RedAxe
https://bsky.app/profile/hongfuzi.bsky.social
(jealous... renderingggg)

– Max Hexadriven Zhang
https://nevrender.carrd.co/
https://bsky.app/profile/makkes.bsky.social
(They did some LoL Darkin Wars art were Aatrox looks hot af: https://nevrender.carrd.co/assets/i.....jpg?v=57e5af94
and their shading is hot af. And interestingly they also have some furry stuff.)

– Deerchip
http://bsky.app/profile/deerchip.bsky.social
https://deerchip.creatorlink.net/
(wild proportions, but lovely shapes. I wish I could mix color with lines so naturally?)

– Zigzag Art
https://bsky.app/profile/ziggyzagz.bsky.social
(love their efficient dynamic sketchy lines)

– Peter Wartman
https://bsky.app/profile/peterwartman.com
(Avatar Comics artist. Lineart!!!)

And

- Leroy Van Vliet
https://www.artstation.com/leroyvanvliet

- Luci H
https://www.artstation.com/luci_h

Aaaaah. Stopping now, promise.

M.C. Escher has been a favourite of mine my whole life, I find there's something kinda comforting about his work.

I discovered Zdzisław Beksiński a few years ago, there's nothing comforting about his work but he painted some fascinating pieces. I can't believe I hadn't heard of him sooner.

But probably the greatest artist as far as I'm concerned is whoever did the portraits of Elvis and Jesus on black velvet that my grandfather picked up in Tijuana in the 70s. Classy as fuck.

jung gi and since he passed, peter han for drawing

then some american painters ive been liking are naturally leyendecker for great color shapes and expression, nc wyeth for strikingingly distinct value shapes, then walter everett for even harder color shapes

McBess.
His site - https://mcbess.com
One of his recent songs - https://youtu.be/r9iYyqr6ibs?si=9fK3pD5IX8yr8bjp << the transition of scenes in this one when the character starts to "trip" or transform is so fucking good jesus christ.

This man does art, music and animation! He also happens to do some of the absolute cleanest and most clever of transitions between frames I have ever seen in my life. I'm also just a sucker for the art style.

For literature, I gotta go with my homie Sir Terry Pratchett <3.

For Sculpting, I actually really love the quality of this guys work and find this ability absolutely fascinating! https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21433566/

Y'all ever hear of Jean Giraud? The guy did crazy surrealist sci-fi that I think you might dig. I read Moebius 3: The Airtight Garage for my pals' book club that was bomb.

yes you are, yes you are!!!

Andrei Surnov my beloved. But damn, there’s so many great artists I’d like to name so I don’t know where to start.