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Hello everyone! Want to get some art from a Palestinian artist while also helping Palestine? I'm going to be running a raffle this week for Gaza Soup Kitchen, the winner will get a Tarot card from me! These tarot cards I usually charge upwards of $300 for due to complexity and time, so if you are pulled, you can receive one for as little as a $5 donation!

You can have multiple entries based on your donation. One entry starts at a $5 donation, multiple entries will be at each increment of $5 (ex: $10 = 2 entries, $15 = three entries, $20 = four entries).

A winner will be pulled on August 3!

Link to the form

Gaza Soup Kitchen's website (you can donate either through them or their GFM here. I will accept receipts from either):

Rules:

You must have proof of your donation to Gaza Soup Kitchen. I will not accept any entries that do not have proof of donation. I have two examples in the Google form of receipts I will accept + please crop out or censor any sensitive info.

I will ony be accepting entries through Google forms - this is how I will keep track of everything and then transfer to sheets for the raffle.

I will only be focusing on donations for Gaza Soup Kitchen. Please only send me your receipts from them and not any other org.

Communication will be through the desired email listed in the form. If you have any questions or concerns, please send me an ask or a message through my art email: alsudaniart@gmail.com.

I will not draw any hate imagery or sexual content (non-sexual nudity is totally okay).

Thank you everyone!

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Miles apart, miles to go

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And there is a silence so soft, it’s only memory,

Like the way your voice always sounds when you sing to me,

But I can’t hear it now

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trying desperately to find a face claim for harellan and i have so many CLOSE options but no winners yet, pls swing your best suggestions my way

closest option so far has been adelaide kane, her parents’ face claims are julianna marguiles and johnathan rhys meyers

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i have many thoughts about the article yesterday, as do we all, here is the only post i wish to put out there

the following statements can all co-exist and none of them nullify the others (not exhaustive):

- “i actively and strongly do not like veilguard” and “the team should be proud of what they accomplished given the circumstances”

- “i have real and valid criticisms of veilguard” and “it isn’t fair to blame one individual team or person for these issues”

- “i strongly believe the writing was bad and ruined the entire experience/my favourite character” and “the team did the best they could with the time and resources they had, and despite how badly they were treated”

- “veilguard was the biggest media disappointment i have been through and has broken my heart as a long time dedicated and supportive fan” and “i support the devs, believe they endured development hell, and hope they find somewhere soft to land and show off their true talent. i am excited to see what they might create next in a positive and nurturing environment.”

- “i need to be vocal about my disappointment and find community in that to be able to process this because it is important to me” and “it is only a video game and there is a wide line between valid criticism/pain and harassing devs/being rude”

- “i mourn what i know veilguard could have been” and “i take what enjoyment i can from it and choose to leave the rest behind”

- “this article doesn’t change any of my criticisms about the issues veilguard had and the places it fell short” and “this article sheds a lot of light on how capitalism and horrific management can ruin a game, and devs in this industry deserve better”

- “i am so hurt by this experience and this is really hard for me” and “the devs were more hurt by this experience and i acknowledge that their mistreatment is more important than any disappointment i feel about a video game”

Ultimately: there is room for pain and anger, but also compassion and understanding. Criticism doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing stance. And loving the game doesn’t make the criticisms invalid. But most importantly - stop prioritising a video game over real people. ✌️

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“There’s power in stories, though. That’s all history is: the best tales. The ones that last. Might as well be mine.”

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Inquisitor Harellan Lavellan, reporting for her fit check 🫡

((Solas already has matching fits for WE&WH and post-VG canon but the temptation to do one for the post-VG AU is strong))

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Thank you for finally making it happen 😭😭😭💚💚💚

a little birthday gift for ma vhenan @nvthedasmode🥺🥰

a healthy dose of much needed catharsis tbh

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Wise men say only fools rush in.

Continuing the mural learning curve with a Solavellan mural because I simply do not value my mental wellbeing.

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Sleep in the casket you made; you’re gone, sucker

Inspired by Sucker from the Arcane soundtrack, ft. a Dark Solas variant. Not perfect by any means but I am still learning 👉👈

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Another watercolour practice with Solas because I refuse to get a personality.

(Found the reference shot on Google, holler if it’s yours!)

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this is illegal actually

damn. just realized that there is a repeated visual motif of solas bent over in physical agony representing the crushing weight of his guilt and shame throughout his murals

which is later reflected during the culmination of that same cycle of regret, with the same exact body language, even grasping at his chest or head in the same way as his depiction in the murals

and then i remembered the full meaning of "solas"

and in the end, bolstered by the inquisitor's words, he does

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More Solas sketch practice 🥺

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1 hr watercolour study.

Reference pic by Fenrelmercar.

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This is five minutes of my life I am never getting back.