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Some (mostly Splatoon) things I’ve been working on! The picrews are NOT my art, but KetrinDarkDragon’s! I just made my Splatoon 3 octo/ink sonas and ones for my wife and brother lol

Last one is a wip~ been super into fallout lately as well as rekindled my obsession with splatoon (which hasn’t really gone away since 2015 tbf)

More active on my bluesky but trying to post more here!!

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Apparently oversharing is an neurodivergent thing and I do it way too much and don’t realize until after I’ve word vomited at someone 😅

It’s either I don’t talk at all or I talk too much

What do you want from meeee

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I've been working on a project for pride month : > Sketching an autobiographical 4-panel comic showing what married life is like as an lgbtq+ couple! @mytheetarecold and I kept meeting young teens/20s who were queer and had never met a married gay couple irl before, and they said our marriage was inspiring to them. So I wanted to showcase what our married life was like to give hope to others in a similar position.

Spoiler: It's just a regular marriage but gayer XD)

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Hearing someone call me bestie or bff has me thrown off cause

Are you being fr? Or you say that in a joking way 😭

Don’t play with my feelings I will treat you like my best friend if you treat me nice 😔🙏🏾

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I’m too autistic to pass as “normal” and too “normal” to be taken seriously by anyone

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Saving this cause I wanna watch 👀

Homies (short film)

2020 short film. Available on YouTube. Romance, drama.

Plot points:

Slam poetry

Situationships

Friends-with-benefits

Crush

Almost-love

No-men in the timeline of the sapphic dynamic

Black lesbian couple (secondary)

Interracial lesbian couple (main)

POC writer and director

Black sapphic characters:

Raven (Taylor Robinson) Jasmine

Connections:

Raven x Maine (interracial sapphic: black x asian) x Jasmine (black sapphic)

Sex & Nudity - Mild

Implied sex.

Kissing and making out.

Characters visible in underwear.

Violence & Gore - None

Profanity - None

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking - Very Mild

Use of weed.

Use of cigarettes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes - None

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Interracial Lesbian Couples

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The woods

I could feel the wind in my face, the smell of pine and dirt through my nose

I can feel  the crunch of the leaves beneath my feet

It felt cold when I didn’t wear shoes

If it rained it was relieving

Feeling rain drip on my face, 

My hair,

My clothes.

I laid down in the grass

Feeling the wet soil take hold of me

Feeling the earth consume me

I smiled and closed my eyes

Hearing the rain splash onto the roof,

The ground.

I opened my hands and felt the water scoop itself

In the palms of my hands

I chuckled

Feeling something I couldn’t really explain

Understanding the world around me more than anything else

Or anyone else.

I felt…

Free.

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Favourite Non-Fiction / Bio Graphic Novels of 2022

When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers by Ken Krimstein

When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein’s new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII—found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in Eastern Europe in the 1930s, just before the horror of the Holocaust forever altered the lives of the young people who wrote them. In When I Grow Up, Krimstein shows us the stories of these six young men and women in riveting, almost cinematic narratives, full of humor, yearning, ambition, and all the angst of the teenage years. It’s as if half a dozen new Anne Frank stories have suddenly come to light, framed by the dramatic story of the documents’ rediscovery. Beautifully illustrated, heart-wrenching, and bursting with life, When I Grow Up reveals how the tragedy that is about to befall these young people could easily happen again, to any of us, if we don’t learn to listen to the voices from the past.

Finding Joy by Gary Andrews

When his wife, Joy, died very suddenly, a daily drawing became the way Gary Andrews dealt with his grief. From learning how to juggle his kids’ playdates and single-handedly organising Christmas, to getting used to the empty side of the bed, Gary’s honest and often hilarious illustrations have touched the hearts of thousands on social media. Finding Joy is the story of how one family learned to live again after tragedy.

Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis & Hannah Templer

A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic,  The Price of Salt Flung Out of Space is both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, The Price of Salt, and an examination of its notorious author, Patricia Highsmith. Veteran comics creators Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer have teamed up to tell this story through Highsmith’s eyes—reimagining the events that inspired her to write the story that would become a foundational piece of queer literature. Flung Out of Space opens with Pat begrudgingly writing low-brow comics. A drinker, a smoker, and a hater of life, Pat knows she can do better. Her brain churns with images of the great novel she could and should be writing—what will eventually be Strangers on a Train— which would later be adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.   At the same time, Pat, a lesbian consumed with self-loathing, is in and out of conversion therapy, leaving a trail of sexual conquests and broken hearts in her wake. However, one of those very affairs and a chance encounter in a department store give Pat the idea for her soon-to-be beloved tale of homosexual love that was the first of its kind—it gave the lesbian protagonists a happy ending.   This is not just the story behind a classic queer book, but of a queer artist who was deeply flawed. It’s a comic about what it was like to write comics in the 1950s, but also about what it means to be a writer at any time in history, struggling to find your voice.     Author Grace Ellis contextualizes Patricia Highsmith as both an unintentional queer icon and a figure whose problematic views and noted anti-Semitism have cemented her controversial legacy. Highsmith’s life imitated her art with results as devastating as the plot twists that brought her fame and fortune.

My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders by MONNZUSU

In this manga essay anthology, follow the true stories of nine people (including the illustrator) navigating life with developmental disorders and disabilities. This intimate manga anthology is about the struggles and successes of individuals learning to navigate daily life with a developmental disorder. The comics follow the stories of nine people, including: a junior high dropout finding an alternate path to education; a former “troublesome” child helping kids at a support school; a so-called problem child realizing the beauty of his own unique quirks; and a man falling in love with the world with the help of a new medication. This book illustrates the anxieties and triumphs of people living in a world not quite built with them in mind.

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Brad Ricca, Courtney Sieh, Nellie Bly

Beautifully adapted and rendered through piercing illustrations by acclaimed creators Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh, Nellie Bly’s complete, true-to-life 19th-century investigation of Blackwell Asylum captures a groundbreaking moment in history and reveals a haunting and timely glimpse at the starting point for conversations on mental health. “I said I could and I would. And I did.” While working for Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper in 1887, Nellie Bly began an undercover investigation into the local Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell Island. Intent on seeing what life was like on the inside, Bly fooled trained physicians into thinking she was insane—a task too easily achieved—and had herself committed. In her ten days at the asylum, Bly witnessed horrifying conditions: the food was inedible, the women were forced into labor for the staff, the nurses and doctors were cruel or indifferent, and many of the women held there had no mental disorder of any kind. Now adapted into graphic novel form by Brad​ Ricca and vividly rendered with beautiful and haunting illustrations by Courtney Sieh, Bly’s bold venture is given new life and meaning. Her fearless investigation into the living conditions at the Blackwell Asylum forever changed the field of journalism. A timely reminder to take notice of forgotten populations, Ten Days in a Mad-House warns us what happens when we look away.

So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda

Part memoir, part self-help book, So Much Bad For Love guides readers with honesty and humor through how to spot, cope with, and ultimately survive a romantic relationship with a malignant narcissist. Sophie had always been cynical about love—until she meets Marcus. His affection and doting praise melt away her defenses. The beginning of their relationship was a whirlwind romance, but over time she finds herself on uneven footing. Marcus lies. He’s violently angry and bewilderingly inconsistent. Yet somehow he always manages to explain away his behavior and to convince Sophie that it’s all in her head. Sophie comes to realize that she’s become trapped in a cycle of abuse with someone with narcissistic personality disorder. Once she gets out of the relationship, Sophie documents the experience in this bracing, hilarious, and empathetic graphic novel that’s full of advice to readers who may be in similar straits.

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Started playing the Patrick Star Game on Xbox game pass and I’m LOVING IT so much more than I expected haha

As someone who grew up with SpongeBob, it’s so nostalgic and yet feels like an adventure because there are so many things to do!!

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Some arcane art I drew~ jinx and Isha was from November of 2024 after season 2 came out (still has me distraught ngl) and jinx and Ekko from this morning ~

This show has me in a chokehold of emotions so I can’t focus on it for too long but I absolutely love this show and all of its characters so much. The show fr changed my brain chemistry

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Old art spam 🙌🏾

Ranging from 2020-2021~

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The Last Time (Animation Meme) I’m so so proud of how this turned out~

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I got a hearing test done today bc my hearing has been questionable but never addressed my whole life and turns out I have significant hearing loss in my right ear :D

I knew it was coming but I didn’t know how severe it was considering i have sensory processing issues as well. But they said it could be a blockage as my eardrum itself is working fine so maybe it’s fixable!!

I got a test done when I was like 12 and like most of my medical health it’s been ignored (for example I haven’t gone to a dentist since I was 15 🫠)

Part of the test was them putting noise behind my ear (like for cochlear implants) and it was honestly so interesting because it was SO LOUD compared to my ear lmao. But my left ear was near the same. It was so cool because my first test I got at like 16(?) and it was just the beep test.

I’m gonna go to a proper hearing doctor tomorrow (they had a cancellation so I got in super quickly) so we’ll see what my options are haha.

I’m so glad to be getting this stuff done now rather than later.

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The fact that Kamala spoke out to the people even after the election and trying her hardest to keep us together speaks so many volumes.

I wish she could’ve been our president instead of the shitshow we got.

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I had this idea because my wife’s favorite animes are one punch man & one piece. So I combined them!! 🏴‍☠️🥊

I just realized I added in the version from rednote so here’s the original lol

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Garnet~ 🩷🩵 she is one of my favorite gems