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social media has really warped our perception of creativity and hobbies. Stop doing things to post them. Just write. Just journal. Just sketch. Just read. Just annotate. Just sing. Just crochet. Just do the thing you’re going to do with the assumption no one will ever see or know you did it. Stop performing. Just enjoy it.

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🐴🦁🤨?

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You won't get media with messier, more nuanced, more realistic queer characters if you keep flying off the handle the second a fictional character has sex, does drugs, swears too much, or acts vaguely like an asshole.

You won't get more diverse queer media with wider stories if you can't handle it when queer artists make art that is raunchy, crude, edgy, and gross.

You won't get more diverse queer media if you shut everything down the second it does something you, personally, get squicked out by.

You will never get more diverse queer media if you contribute to the way queer media is picked apart, raked over the coals, and held to unreasonably high standards.

You will never get what you want if you keep tearing queer artists down for their weird experimental art instead of learning how to say, "this isn't for me, that's fine, and I'll be over here in my own space."

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Minnesota’s Giant Rainbow and Leather Pride Flags

June 28, 1998. Both flags measured approximately 50 feet wide and 75 feet long.

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(🔞 warning for the link)

My commission form is open! https://artbymue.com/commissions

Make sure to check my terms for pricing and process info https://artbymue.com/commissions/commission-tos

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insane men covered in blood. you agree. reblog.

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Jing Yuan in my current sketchbook, colored using kuretake gansai tambi (art nouveau set) and some gouache!

Watch here: https://youtu.be/aC9wqBvY5aI

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My comic FRANTIC LIVE turns 6 years old today!

It's been 6 years since I started posting it online after preparing the entirety of volume 1 for print. Much has changed in these years, and most notably, I haven't been able to update the comic much. It was my first long comic project, and there is no underestimating the amount of work that goes into something like this - especially when you're working in full color.

Eventually, I had to put comic work on the backburner when COVID happened and I lost conventions as a means of income (and tbh, they were not a great one to begin with!)

I think everyone here knows how much I love Mitch and want to tell his story. Volume 1 was made with a strict deadline and intended for print with what limited funds I had, so I had to keep the page count low, compressing plot elements that could've used more love. This has been bothering me for years!

Because of this, I'm pleased to announce that FRANTIC LIVE will be REMASTERED, with @scribbleryn's help to re-do and polish the plot. This is a complete reboot which will be mostly self-hosted so we don't have to censor or tone down any part of it.

Some elements will change, some will stay. It will be the same old Mitch, band, Sam, Gerry… with a host of new characters to support. We will be working on this over the spring and summer and will share more tidbits soon!

Keep an eye on https://franticlivecomic.com (or read the old comic! It'll stay online, as well)

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My comic FRANTIC LIVE turns 6 years old today!

It's been 6 years since I started posting it online after preparing the entirety of volume 1 for print. Much has changed in these years, and most notably, I haven't been able to update the comic much. It was my first long comic project, and there is no underestimating the amount of work that goes into something like this - especially when you're working in full color.

Eventually, I had to put comic work on the backburner when COVID happened and I lost conventions as a means of income (and tbh, they were not a great one to begin with!)

I think everyone here knows how much I love Mitch and want to tell his story. Volume 1 was made with a strict deadline and intended for print with what limited funds I had, so I had to keep the page count low, compressing plot elements that could've used more love. This has been bothering me for years!

Because of this, I'm pleased to announce that FRANTIC LIVE will be REMASTERED, with @scribbleryn's help to re-do and polish the plot. This is a complete reboot which will be mostly self-hosted so we don't have to censor or tone down any part of it.

Some elements will change, some will stay. It will be the same old Mitch, band, Sam, Gerry… with a host of new characters to support. We will be working on this over the spring and summer and will share more tidbits soon!

Keep an eye on https://franticlivecomic.com (or read the old comic! It'll stay online, as well)

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Commission for Wesarloch

All my links: https://artbymue.com/links Commission Info: https://artbymue.com/commissions

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I love how different forms of art are all obsessed with each other. A book tries to capture the feeling of music, a painting tries to depict a scene in a book, a song tries to paint a picture. And it's always insufficient. No single form of art can encapsulate another form of art and capture the essence of it – but it tries, and its attempts are impossibly compelling. All the forms of art are in love with each other and spend so much time trying to express what makes the other kinds of art so lovely.

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OC/CULT x Frantic Live - Illustration

Interior illustration for the OC/CULT Fashion zine that came out for Dokomi 2023. Sam and Mitch from my original comic https://franticlivecomic.com *** My links to other platforms: https://artbymue.com/links Commission Info: https://artbymue.com/commissions

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OC/CULT x Frantic Live - Trading Card

Trading card extra for the OC/CULT zine which was released for Dokomi in 2023. A fashion oriented OC zine - this year's theme was galaxy. Trading cards were sorted by Sun, Moon, Stars and Planets. Mitch showing off a moon-themed watch. Mitch is from my original comic: https://franticlivecomic.com *** My links to other platforms: https://artbymue.com/links Commission Info: https://artbymue.com/commissions

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Getting into the inktober autumn mood 🍂

More on my TikTok / IG / Youtube

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A young Mitch, strumming on his guitar, lost in thought about the boy he likes (which would be @scribbleryn 's Finn)

Rembrandt watercolor, Rohrer & Klingner ink and Talens gouache on Gerstaecker Centenaire 100% cotton paper

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Fynnas. OC belongs to @gutterpupper!