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I've been feeling down about my art lately. 😥 I'm probably just going through a period of growth, it seems silly but it's frustrating that everything I draw looks like I drew it. I'm having a hard time appreciating my art for what it is...

What do y'all like about it?

(If you feel up to sharing.)

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I'm so excited to share the piece that I illustrated for the @vashwoodbigbang

My awesome partner @eirosachaion wrote a super cool space opera mecha AU, come check it out on AO3! It was a challenge to draw some mechs but I love some scifi so it was one I was so excited to tackle.

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I'm so excited to share this piece I did inspired by @shastafirecracker 's fic: Wildflowers (PLEASE please go give it a read it's SUCH a treat) ~Artist ramblings under the cut~

Wildflowers grabbed me by the neck and wouldn't let go and I really really needed to illustrate something for it inspired by Ivan Bilibin's work. This piece was a bit of a behemoth, but once I got the poses for Vash and Wolfwood nailed down I just went hog wild with trying to add in as many little references to the narrative of the fic as I could. At the end of the day I'm proud of how it turned out but most of all I'm really happy Shasta likes it.

(Here's just the lineart too, just because I like it a lot on its own!)

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An homage to the final arc of Trigun Maximum

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My first fursona reference sheet! I've been chipped away at them for a while but I finally feel happy with where they're at!

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Woe sketchbook dump be upon ye:

Under the cut: unedited pics of my sketchbook in all its messy glory. Contains: Trigun, self shitposting, hands, animals, Star Wars, Dungeon Meshi.

Enjoy~☆

Thanks for coming along~💜

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That being said: how do y'all feel about sketches? Cause that's what I got atm and I could just dump em here.

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Please please please donate to the PCRF

Or donate to the Cartoonist Cooperative's e-sim drive that provides a handy guide to how it works and why it's important

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AN UPDATE to our e-sim drive, we've now raised $7500! People in Gaza still need e-sims and support urgently!

Right now, you can still get art from members of the Cartoonist Cooperative in exchange for e-sim donations! Find out more at the linked website!!! Art @meghanlands

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I've been having fun doing these little paintings lately 💜 Here's one I made for my dearest @vacuousmermaid 's desk at work.

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I don't think people truly understand the gravity of Rafah being bombed.

There is nowhere left to go.

The lowest cost is $5,000 USD to flee to Egypt. There has been people paying over $10,000 USD.

That is the only option

Pay or die.

Rafah was the only place in Palestine promised not to be bombed. That promise is broken.

1.5 million people have nowhere to go!

Reminder, if possible, please donate to the PCRF, ANERA, Islamic Relief, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Defense for Children International - Palestine, Doctors Without Borders, and all other trusted organizations.

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He's late for work

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Lil guy

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Hey you! Do you like manga? Yes? Awesome.

How about cottagecore lesbians? Whimsical living in the forest vibes? Anthropomorphic talking animals? Peaceful, sweet, and gentle slice of life stories? Cottagecore lesbians?????

Let me introduce you to Hakumei and Mikochi by Takuto Kashiki.

It's a slice of life manga with each chapter being a new little story about a piece of the two titular character's lives. They're often incredibly mundane things like: going to the store for a good bottle of booze, getting a haircut, or having a picnic. The stakes are often very low, but it makes for a very relaxing read, and all of the stories are so sweet.

In one Hakumei and Mikochi are helping their friend who just moved in, a tiny beetle, pick out furniture. In another the pair go bar hopping looking for the best izakaya foods.

Each one sparks so much joy.

Oh did I mention the cottagecore lesbians yet? Well, Hakumei and Mikochi are practically married.

They live together in this tree. Hakumei (the red haired one) is very often mistaken as a man. There's even a whole side story where her boss that she works for doing construction suggests she brings her torn uniform home for her wife to repair and nobody blinks until he realizes that Hakumei is actually a woman (but she's still bringing stuff home to her wife). Mikochi is the more femme one who is an excellent seamstress and cook and is equally cool.

Is it explicityly said that they're in a relationship? Sadly no, because this is Japan and it isn't labeled as a yuri manga but let's just say the subtext is very heavily there...

The art for the manga is also GORGEOUS

The pages are lushly details and beautifully balanced so that they feel rich and not cluttered. There's also a heavy emphasis on food with no detail spared which makes for Gibli level mouth watering dishes.

The human characters in the story are canonically very small so it makes for very cute interactions with the animal characters like tanuki or cats who are very big. But this scale is actively acknowledged through the world building where things like rain are a lot scarier when you're the size of a mouse.

Anywho! I have nothing but praise to sing for Hakumei and Mikochi and it's a manga I think deserves a lot more recognition (I think there's like 3 of us out there reading it). It's a peaceful slice of life queer coded story with nary a fanservice to be seen and it's made by a male mangaka. (Or as far as we know a male mangaka.)

I don't have any doubts that it can be found online to read for free and I encourage you to give it a try! But it's also actively being published and is pretty readily accesible in the manga section of major book stores. Only one volume gets released a year, we love a mangaka given a resonable publishing schedule, and it's always a gem.

So please give Hakumei and Mikochi a try! I promise it doesn't disappoint! 🥺

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Reposting this 4 year old Donkey-sona because I still really like her. I had just gotten my dip pen and I was messing around with the Zebra Comic G nib and some walnut ink.

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I decided I was doing hourly comics at 2 thanks to a friend and my very busy day

I'm doing hourly comics day (but probably won't get them all done today) but I'm posting here for accountability to finish them