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A question regarding species in an upcoming piece. by Sparkyopteryx

I'm finally taking the plunge and making a couple pieces for the local convention BLFC this coming May. I'll be sticking with the theme of "Utopia/Dystopia" and I've already got really solid ideas that I can start sketching out now, but I'm in a quandary for one of them that will be entitled "Pyramid Scheme:" What species should I make the subject? He's going to be a corporate suit and is going to incorporate imagery that heavily hints at corrupt "secret police/Big Brother" undertones. But I cannot decide on a species to make him; I'd like a balance between something genuinely interesting for me to draw while it still being the kind that will be appealing to potential furry buyers. I was leaning heavily towards either jackal, domestic canine or (my personal favorite) hyena. I'd also dig doing a vulture but I'm not sure that would sell...

So hurl your ill-concieved or well-educated ideas for a species at me! Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated, since even though I will not have a table, this will be the first time I will ever be showcasing my art somewhere publicly, let alone even selling it.

A question regarding species in an upcoming piece.

Sparkyopteryx

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    I love a vulture, but I'm a bad judge of saleability. An owl could work on an avian theme (think Secret of NYMH). Or you could give it an Egyptian flair and appeal to the scalies with a big scary crocodile.

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      Yeah, the idea of the vulture I really like. If I was already certain that I could sell it I'd have already decided on such! Someone else suggested cobra, which definitely goes along the same vein as the crocodile.

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    Bull, or bear thinking wall street...

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      Heh, good idea actually. I've already gotten a lot of great suggestions so it's going to be hard to decide...

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    SO MANY NEAT NORTH AFRICAN BIRB TO CHOOSE.

    IBIS (OF MANY), EGYPTIAN VULTURE, OTHER VULTURE, LAMMERGEIER....aaahm....

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      I'd do an entire series like this with nothing but birds, no fooling. If I don't end up simply doing a vulture of some kind of species, I'm thinking I'll be doing some kind of cyberpunk/Art Deco Egyptian-inspired art series that will be entirely separate to this, and then there will be all of the birds. I'm really digging on that Ibis idea especially...

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        I am totally not at all even a little bit biased when i say i REALLY LIKE THIS IDEA