I noticed the times I went to conventions or looked through an online gallery I would have to dig a few pages back to see any birds, or really anything that isn't some type of canine. Some artists I asked and they said they could do birds but didn't have any in their binder...
Dogs, wolves, and foxes may be the most popular fursona choices at any one time, but showing off your art of birds, dinosaurs, extinct species, just about anything, seems like an easy way to stand above the rest and get commissions from the lesser represented fursonas that just went through binders at five other tables and did not see a character like themselves a single time.
Impress us. Tempt us. Make us remember you.
(This is also kinda introspection to why I don't have a lot of art commissions of myself aakgjhsdjkgsfh)
Honestly the more variety of species I get the more fun I have puzzling out how to design them.
