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XENOFAUNA

@xenofauna.bsky.social

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Atlanta-based analog special effects & illustration, focusing on old school-style suits-and-miniatures creature features. https://ko-fi.com/xenofauna

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · Jan 21

I don't think anyone currently following me hasn't seen this already but I'll make my first post my most recent short film. 99% analog filmmaking, shot on super 8mm film with all in-camera special effects.

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MANSECT! | A Super 8 Special Effects Fantasy

YouTube video by Xenofauna

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 12h

New guy dropped. Halloween costume for Spooky Season 2025, finished this morning. Like 80% bashed together from spare parts.

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 2d

ACAB, yes, but mine is still the Ingram from Patlabor.

XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 2d

Cloud tank shenanigans yesterday with a great crew of friends for our Space Worm short, now titled DREAD PLANET. The titular planet was fabricated by me, airbrushed by Shane Morton. First time ever experimenting with these techniques and the shot turned out SO SICK.

LONG LIVE PRACTICAL EFFECTS.

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 5d

I'll have prints of this available at the next Highfalutin Hags event here in ATL on October 11th and four of the five studies I did for this project are still available for sale in my Ko-fi shop!!

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 5d

Completed Shin Godzilla commission!! Main inspiration was the work of Yuji Murakami - my favorite Godzilla artist, like, ever - but then when I realized I needed to add in the cityscape to balance out the composition I turned to the Ohrai Godzilla '84 poster for reference. Love how this turned out.

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 7d

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 7d

One more Shin Godzilla study + A fresh Gamera. Both for sale if anyone's interested.

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 8d

Update: The prospective buyer for this piece had to drop out and it is now up for sale on my Ko-FI shop as well!

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks!! I recently updated a mini-zine design to include Daimajin so that Daiei had more representation alongside Toho and Tsuburaya!

(Toei still only got one slot tho.)

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 8d

Updated my Ko-Fi shop with a bunch of fresh originals!

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 13d

Some Shin Godzilla studies done for an upcoming commission. All 6x8" acrylic and ink on bristol and all for sale. DM me if you're interested!

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 13d

Have made ten copies of Ultra Kaiju Summer available on my shop if anyone's interested.

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ULTRA KAIJU SUMMER 2025 Zine - Xenofauna's Ko-fi Shop

This is a hand-bound collection of my 2025 Kaijune pieces plus some bonus illustrations! Printed and bound with the Japanese stab binding method, it f...

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 14d

Hit my goal the other day and was able to put in a fresh screentone order and make an art store run yesterday, thanks SO MUCH to everyone who helped!! If you're willing, I am definitely still very much accepting donations so I can, like, feed myself and such. 😅

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 17d

So thankful to everyone who's donated so far!! 😭💖💖💖

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 17d

Ghost Monster SEABOZU!! Recent commission!

Still open for commissions and the rare instances of folks asking me to do Ultra monsters are always thrilling.

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 18d

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Hi there! If anyone is feeling generous, I am trying to fund an art supply restock and could use a lil help! 😅

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 18d

Genuinely it is such a fantastically made scifi movie on its own that I get SO irritated reading all the Letterboxd reviews that seem to just treat it like homework cuz it influenced the creation of ALIEN.

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 18d

I need you all to know how much I am completely obsessed with this movie. It completely rewired my brain chemistry and now I literally think about it daily. When we made the space worm short a couple weeks ago, all I was thinking about was this, Bava's other SciFi thing CALTIKI, and Super Metroid.

𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 19d

Director Mario Bava’s influential sci-horror thriller ‘Planet Of The Vampires’ (aka ‘The Demon Planet’ • ‘Terror In Space’) landed in theaters in Italy sixty years ago this week. 🚀🩸👩🏻‍🚀 #OTD

"𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 '𝚊𝚛𝚎' 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝... 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚜."

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 18d

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Hi there! If anyone is feeling generous, I am trying to fund an art supply restock and could use a lil help! 😅

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 18d

Vampire Lady OC! Getting into the Halloween mood and wanting to do some illustration work to celebrate the season and get away from all the fan art I've been churning out for the last couple months. Hope y'all dig her cuz you'll probably see her a few more times before the season is over!

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 18d

I am strictly a cat person as an adult but I grew up with Pyrs and photos like these bring me so much joy.

XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 21d

Secret Illustration for the 1.5 revision of my Tokusatsu mini-zine!

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · 22d

Me when I go to pick up my cat.

(Daimajin, 6x8 acrylic painting, for sale!)

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XENOFAUNA @xenofauna.bsky.social · Aug 31

Currently struggling to survive as an artist with the ATL film industry tanking so hard over the last two years - my career in set dec is essentially dead. I'd really like to keep making my weird monster nonsense tho so any support folks can offer is hugely appreciated!! 💖

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