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literally my favorite type of tweet

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“hes a woman to me” IS HE? or are you equating women with submissive character traits you've arbitrarily put on a random man

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I have three jobs that are all unstable. I live in complete poverty as a sole provider to a family of three in the global south. I am on maintenance medicine for hypocalcemia, type II diabetes and hypothyroidism for the rest of my life. My mother is a full time wheelchair user with very low movement, my father is managing a chronic kidney disease, and my sister is autistic with a low frustration threshold. I am their sole provider, and now dealing with nerve damage post surgery- a quarter of my face, and nearly my entire neck has not healed properly- its numb and painful and makes it hard to work for me as it limits my own movement somewhat. If you've ever taken joy from my art or little posts, I would love your help. I am grateful for this second chance at life, I would like to stay healthy and keep living. Thank you so much!

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Hey! All of your drawings do not need to be completely unique from one another. Do you know how many versions and replicas of his Sunflowers Van Gogh actually did? Just draw that naked guy ten times. Reuse that colour palette. Do that pose again. Follow your heart for real, no one can care as much as you do.

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SINNERS (2025) dir. Ryan Coogler

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My heart...

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Little headcanon that just sprouted a leaf

Pearline like Sammie came from a devout family that saw her love of secular music as a threat to her immortal soul but their solution to that was marriage to an older man who could keep her on the righteous path (or at least from shaming the family) as well as provide for her. How young she could have been when that happened I'm not sure because I only know about Mississippi Code 1972 not any of its precursors but if Section 63 setting the age of marriage with parental consent at 15 for girls (17 for boys) gives us any clues it could have been damn young. But maybe in a way she got lucky her husband became infirm early enough to not be so much of a trouble to her and they moved far enough away from her kin nobody keeps much of an eye on her. She'd had affairs before Sammie I think but nothing with the consideration or attention he gave her of course. Also it wasn't just singing that got her in trouble it would have been the dancing too. Possibly the dancing moreso. Do I have to try to write or cite sources about the complexities of in-community policing of the black female body and sexuality. It's a well covered topic, right?

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I see the hype now, the parallels between finding freedom in death which was(/is) a common belief among enslaved and targeted peoples and finding freedom in un-death is enough to make me want to write a whole thesis on this movie

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Hello! Me again and I’d love to know what decisions you made for High Priestess Annie!

Hello again! Well yes of course! Artistic decision for this illustration below the cut! (There was a lot of thinking involved in this one because Annie was def one of my favorite characters in this movie, so long winded explanations below- beware.)

To start, I’m continuing on my flower language exploration quite a bit in this illustration. The flowers featured in the boarder are magnolias, life-everlastings, heathers, and calendulas. I tried to use flowers that are important or used traditionally in Hoodoo (but it’s somewhat difficult to find any legitimate verifiable information on Hoodoo online, so I’m not 100% sure if I got it or not. Genuine apologies if I did not!!!).

Magnolia flowers generally represent perseverance, femininity, good luck, and purity. I chose these because Annie’s character, to me, is essentially a ‘savior’ trope personified. Because of her prior knowledge and desire to protect Smoke, the main cast was able to know what to do to ultimately defeat Remmick. Annie was not able to survive the night, but it was her mojo bag that allowed Smoke’s life, and subsequently Sammie’s, to last beyond the night.

Life-Everlasting is a plant that’s valued for its use in healing spells, and is occasionally burned to cleanse a person or place of disease. This one is a lot more on the nose lol :P

Heather is a plant that’s often associated with spirit work and protection. As I mentioned above, I see Annie as a protector/savior character. She doesn’t necessarily communicate with the ancestors- at least not in the same way that Sammie and Delta Slim do, but she uses the roots that were passed down to her to protect the others.

Calendula (aka marigold) is a plant known for helping spirits pass easier in the spirit world. While her death was sudden and painful, Annie was able to pass on peacefully and meet her child in the afterlife.

Because Annie’s character was so intrinsically linked to each other character, I wanted to include a few different allusions to the others in the background of her illustration.

The moon behind her is home to six candles. Four lit, two burnt out. I wanted each candle to represent a character that is particularly important to Annie. The lit candle on the top of the moon represents Sammie. It’s a thick pillar candle, reaching the end of its life, but still burning nonetheless. The three candles huddled together at the bottom of the moon represent Annie, Smoke, and their child. Their candles are all only slight used/burnt down, because each of their lives were cut short due to unfortunate circumstances, but their individual fires still burn, because they each died with their souls intact. The leftmost candle is Smoke’s, the right is Annie’s, and the middle is their child’s.

The two burnt out candles represent Stack and Mary. The one on the left is Stack’s, it’s a bit hard to tell, but it is a pillar candle meant to look like the burnt-down twin to Smoke’s lit candle. These two candles don’t have fires because I wanted the flames to represent one’s soul. Stack and Mary’s vampiric transformation ultimately cursed them to be trapped on earth without souls, but they were still able to find happiness within each other anyways.

The nine stars behind Annie also represent the other Sinners characters: Smoke, Stack, Mary, Bo, Grace, Delta Slim, Cornbread, Sammie, and Annie herself.

You may notice that I chose to depict Annie in her ‘afterlife outfit’. I chose to do this because, traditionally, the High Priestess tarot card has two columns representing the devil and god, which are supposed to imply that to receive the blessings this card represents, you must also accept the good and the bad. From what we were shown, and what was implied in the movie, Annie’s life has not been a particularly easy one, but despite that, she perseveres and is able to find the silver lining, even in the face of death. A lot of the elements in this illustration are representative of death, or misfortune, but Annie crossing over into the spirit world and being united with her child, and, eventually, with Smoke, was an undeniable blessing, even given the circumstances.

On a lighter note, Annie is holding a mojo bag in her lap. She’s protected in and beyond the afterlife!

Also just realized I haven’t mentioned this yet: I chose Annie to represent the High Priestess card because it traditionally represents intuition, spiritual knowledge, and the subconscious mind, which I think suits Annie’s character perfectly!

Ok! That’s all I have for now. Thank you so much for the ask, I really love talking about my art hehehee. And if you’ve read this far, thank you because this was a whole lot longer than I thought it was going to be lol :P

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I would love to hear about the decisions you made for Sammie!!! I love the card!

WELL YES OF COURSE THANK YOU FOR ASKING HEHEHEHEHHEHEHE🫶🫶💖

Representational elements and other such artistic choices for this drawing below the cut!

To start, the flowers around the boarder are white daffodils! I really wanted to look into flower language as well as color language for this project (and for any other subsequent tarot cards I make). White daffodils traditionally represent rebirth, innocence, and new beginnings, which I feel represents the beginning of Sammie’s journey- especially because he is representing The Fool here- pretty well.

On the topic of innocence, the flowers can also be seen as a subtle reference to Smoke and Annie’s child, as the flowers are also associated with them throughout the movie.

Within the Rider Waite tarot, The Fool is the very first card you encounter. It is the beginning of the story the cards are trying to tell. I wanted to show this through what Sammie was wearing. He’s wearing the outfit he starts off with in the beginning of the movie, he is still naive to the dangers lurking around the corner at this point.

I also wanted him to specifically be looking off into the distance, unworried or perhaps unaware about what was happening behind him for the moment.

To me, Sammie is meant to represent creativity, youth, and innocence; everything he touches springs to life simply because it can and it should. The places where he last stepped are sprouting with life in an otherwise desert landscape.

On Sammie’s right is the kl@n members house. It’s far off in the distance, but still close enough to be seen and be a threat. On his left is an open, empty hill. Freedom. It is similarly far off in the distance, and it might take some effort to get there, but it is certainly within reach.

(Also Remmick is hiding in the house, always watching and waiting for the perfect time to strike.)

The fire raging behind Sammie can either be seen as cleansing, or as a warning. If this deck ever becomes finished, I think it could be really interesting to see how others interpret its meaning!

That’s mostly it! Thank you for the ask, I’m always very happy to get the chance to yap about my art!! I am currently working on the second card, so expect to see that soon :D

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0 - The Fool

The first card design for a Sinners (2025) inspired tarot deck I’m working on! I wanted to start with The Fool card, because it represents the beginning of the tarot’s journey, and I figured it represented Sammie from the very beginning of the movie fairly well!!

If y’all would like to hear a little bit about the decisions I made in this piece let me know, because I’d love to talk about them :D

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2 - The High Priestess

The second Sinners (2025) inspired tarot card is finally here!! Featuring the lovely Annie this time :)

As always, if y’all would like to hear a little bit about the decisions I made in this piece let me know, because I’d love to talk about them :D

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Jayme Lawson as Pearline.

“She is a performer. She is a sharecropper who was married off young to an older gentleman and seeks to find her life in these kinds of juke joints. That’s where she seems to come alive. That’s where she tends to have some level of freedom.”-Jayme Lawson.

Sinners (2025) │ Directed by Ryan Coogler.

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to be honest there has never been a fictional character i’ve actually wanted to date. like. i want them to date each other. i don’t want myself as a person to be involved in this scenario whatsoever. what would i add to this narratively? what’s my thematic purpose in the narrative? immersion breaking.