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(my half of an art trade with @jackalspine!)

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Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts

My comic for “Queer Compassion in 15 Comics,” a collaborative anthology that blends social science and art to illustrate LGBTQ+ experiences of compassion. You can read it online for free, or purchase a physical copy at that link :)

I was asked to write a statement about this piece, which I will share here:

There are some difficult feelings in the comic about estrangement, belonging, and cultural longing. The story didn’t click for me, though, until I started reading the stories of others in the community from the research. There’s a lot of beauty in there, but there’s also a lot of hurt. I wanted to squeeze everyone’s hands and somehow find the perfect words of comfort— and isn’t that all that anyone wants to do when they see family going through it? So I started thinking of it as a call-and-response between you, at your lowest point, and the ghosts of your ancestors. If they could talk to you, what would they say? “Look—you’re safe and fed.” “You’re alive.” “How magnificent!” “You can cry, but wouldn’t it feel better if you did it in the shower?” “Now hold my hand and walk with me.” “Take care of yourself.” “Brush your teeth.” “Text her back.” “We love you.”

It’s surreal to share this. I began working with the anthology crew in 2021, towards the beginning of my undergrad. In just under a week, I’ll be graduating. This project has been living in the back of my brain for the past three years, a source of comfort and catharsis. Now we get to inflict it on all of you, hahahaha…!! Sincerely, I feel so lucky to have been able to participate in it. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who leaves their touch on this anthology— scientists, artists, interviewees, readers, and beyond.

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"if you ship this thing it's because you're too naïve to understand that it's toxic and that you wouldn't like a relationship like this" actually it's because I see one of them as a mentos drop and the other as a bottle of coke zero and I want to watch the mess they'll be together

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A few (more) of the better names I've come across in Regency era newspapers recently.

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He heard something.

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I’m in love with this gif. The way the cat is tucked in and kneads the air. How they immediately reaches for the teddy bear. How it’s lodged into the cat lovingly. The way the cat holds it. The face. The face the cat makes squished up against the toy. The way the cat grips it. The cat looking back on the audience at the end. I could stare at this gif for an hour straight and still be enraptured by it. Fucking Cozy.gif

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It would be real fucked up if anteaters and aardvarks and armadillos and pangolins were all like herons. Instead of like themselves the trundlers

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Pets love to show up like Hello i am Mystery Wet :)

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Reblog for a larger sample size, if possible.

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This is a real coyote skull, hand-painted with acrylics with a starry sky and Canis Major constellation design. One of a kind! It’s available for sale in my shop.

New blog! Follow me for more of my art.

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Heyyy look who's back

I was commissioned a complex work, so I want to do warm-ups before i get started on that everyday. My old drawings from the Hyena Week last year got some attention recently, so why not do it again? These ones will be more stylised, tho, since what I want to focus on is my style. This will also serve as practice for a project I have in mind :]

Anyways, poncho hyena (Hyaena brunnea) for monday!

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ID: a digital drawing of a brown hyena. It looks semi realistic, and it's standing towards the left, showing its whole body, its face looks at the viewer.

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Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) for thursday!

cant believe i almost gave up with this one

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ID: a digital drawing of a spotted hyena laying down and turning its head towards the viewer. The background is yellow and blue.

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Finally, the one that made me decide it was hyena week, the submayeen :)

C. crocuta again for sunday

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suria helping me test out some new brushes

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Gremlin type of animal