I love a good werewolf-themed event hashtag. I even tried starting one myself, to middling success. (Pro tip: don’t expect your art-related group thing to pop off if you don’t really draw anything yourself). Enter #Julycanthropy, the preferred portmanteau of summertime werewolves everywhere.
Originally coined (as near as I can tell) on Twitter last year by Tiffany Turrill, Julycanthropy is a great excuse to draw werewolves for an entire month. It’s like Inktober with all of those pesky non-lycanthrope prompts removed. Participating artists generally post their daily drawings on Twitter under the #julycanthropy tag, where the rest of us can enjoy the wide variety of thematic interpretations.
Collective, decentralized events like this are awesome because anyone can do whatever they like, but for those wanting a common set of prompts to work from, may I recommend Maria Nynfa‘s list:
Starting #Julycanthropy ! Made my own prompt list and everything 🐺 Day 1 is "Full Moon" #werewolves #illustration pic.twitter.com/HTA9nIoPJ7
— Maria Nynfa (@maria_nynfa) July 1, 2017
The featured image on this post (used with permission) is a work-in-progress shot by Ben G Geldenhuys – check out the finished piece here.