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I drew this little two of cups for @shellcollector.bsky.social’s and my wedding invitations in late 2021, early 2022– I found one of the invitations the other day, so I decided to redraw it for fun!

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i remember this magazine cover! i was sixteen, and in the nebulous zone of "not out per se, not not out per se, nearly everyone who looks at me understands there to be SOMETHING going on, even if it's hard to say what"

it's out, go watch it

Made a thing about feeling like you’re “in trouble” as an adult

50. The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A. THIS BOOK IS LIKE A FEVER DREAM. Ex-nun trans man meets thief & shenanigans ensue. THE COLORS ARE SO RICH AND THE SENSE OF HUMOR SO PERFECTLY TWISTED. I LOVE JULES AND CASPER SO MUCH THEY MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS.

37. LOVE/AGGRESSION by @theworldsgreatestwriter.com from my beloved @traumbooks.bsky.social A very queer, very trans parable of friendship gone very, very wrong, set in a magical Pittsburgh that is a shortcut to both L.A. and Massachusetts. DELICIOUSLY WEIRD. traumbooks.com/love-aggress...

58. Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe There is a lot of SUPER WEIRD SHIT happening in these stories, generally queer, often happening in some margin of a capitalist hellscape. Including THE ALL CAPS RANTING CLIMATE CATASTROPHE OF MY DREAMS.

67. LOTE by Shola von Reinhold I CANNOT BE COHERENT IN MY LOVE FOR THIS BOOK. Art & art speak & what art is for & the value of beauty and how we interact with it & also art theory & self-invention & SO MUCH racism. And gatekeeping. SO MUCH GATEKEEPING. I NEED THOUSANDS OF WORDS FOR THIS.

73. An Unkindness of Ghosts by @riverssolomon.bsky.social Speaking of authors who need multiple mentions on this list... Similar themes to Sorrowland mentioned above, but swap out the religious community for a generation ship. Aster is a MAGNIFICENT protagonist. One of my favorite books forever.

since when did settlement get granted automatically because I’m pretty sure I had to pay £4k and also fill out a pretty long application and provide about a dozen pieces of paper evidence and also live here for a fucking decade and pay visa fees and health surcharges the whole fucking time

orng

art with trans flag colors colorpicked from a photo I took of the sky at 7 PM interesting exercise, even if I still prefer more saturated, bright, or vivid colors!

more risograph style digital art

Fun tumblr tags this has gotten

Types of Refrigerator One Could be Turned Into

63. Corrupted Vessels by @flameswallower.bsky.social from YES MORE @traumbooks.bsky.social I am famously a big baby about horror but I loved this! Trans teens squat in abandoned house and try to start a new religion. Culty strong dread vibes, but empathetic. traumbooks.com/corrupted-ve...

Delighted that @scumbelievable.bsky.social manifested into the HV crypt to talk about politics, transgression in art, body horror and her incredible novel "Black Flame." soundcloud.com/user-3179105...

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more risograph style digital art

Obvious solution: let me do a Pinky and the Brain comic and I'll do a parody, following the Animaniacs tradition of parodying things the target audience could not know or care about

My fucken mental health

By Jeffrey T Larson.

art with trans flag colors colorpicked from a photo I took of the sky at 7 PM interesting exercise, even if I still prefer more saturated, bright, or vivid colors!

a witch

parasites

you either grow up diagnosed and get told you're an abnormal person who isn't capable of anything or you grow up undiagnosed and get treated like someone who doesn't deserve to have problems. either way you lose

For Luck in Love ❤️💦 #art

For Burning the Right Bridges 🔥🌉🔥 #art

For Taking Your Lumps 💥🩹🤕 #art