in terms of explicitly furry artists, some of the more prominent influences over the years have been kenket, gothwolf/theatimos, koul, mrmosstopher (who unfortunately no longer exists online), godsofsummer, kardamon, scpkid, sgrech/nii_raskola, captyns, lundi/dirtsecret, stigmata/jonathanvair, and surely many many more who have currently slipped my mind. you can probably dig through my furaffinity favourites to get more of a feel if you're curious.

i've spoken a bit about this one before, but when i was a kid first getting into art, i used to take a lot of influence from the works of chris van allsburg (you might know him better as the author/illustrator of "the polar express" and "jumanji"). i loved his use of contrast, how he would take everyday scenes and juxtapose them with completely foreign elements, all rendered in painstakingly beautiful pencil sketches.

i'm also just a big photography nerd, so i love looking at photos, both professional and amateur. i like to try and capture that amateurish quality in my art, since i think it can add an extra level of "humanity" to it, like someone was actually there to capture that moment.