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the world is a better place with trans women in it

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Goooood morning, the SUCCULENT Kickstarter is LIVE! 🌵🪷🌵

I had an absolute blast co-editing this anthology of twelve sexy, trans-inclusive sapphic comics. @discordcomics and Ollie Hicks and I spent the last year working with an outstanding lineup of writers and artists to put this 200 page book together-- these comics are hot, humid, dirty and FUN.

"Our theme is a Garden of Sapphic Delights. Femme flowers, sappy butches, genderqueer lesbians, trans femme wives, fleshy dykes and thorny switches"…......

........need I say more?

Comics are good.

(I've got a sexy comic of my own in the anthology too, of course… the pics in the middle are from my 13 page comic, Prickly Pair.)

Help us reach our sexy sapphic goal by backing the Kickstarter now until May 15!

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Basic Money Guide for Comic Artists and Other Freelancers

Do you know the difference between a traditional and a roth IRA? No? Ok, sit down and read this zine. Basic Money Guide for Comic Artists and Other Freelancers is a 12 page risograph zine designed for print in blue and red ink.

If you're a comics person, an artist, a writer, any kind of creative or any kind of self-employed person trying to make it work in the US and you don't know how to save money or pay your quarterly taxes... well, I can try to help!

Disclaimer: I'm not a money professional. This guide is extremely basic and serves as an introduction to some terms and concepts that will start you on the right path towards financial literacy. I'm just a dumbass who has been doing this for a couple years, sharing what I've learned.

Read it for free here: https://www.renstrapp.com/basic-money-guide

Options to buy and download the PDF ($2):

Patreon

itch.io

Gumroad

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Applications for our upcoming scifi project are now closed! We can't wait to go through your submissions.

Everyone will receive an email by April 3rd with the results.

This illustration is lovingly borrowed from @owlyjules 🪐

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Apps close tomorrow at noon eastern!

APPLICATIONS OPEN: Artist apps for our LGBT/POC inclusive pulp sci-fi book are open until March 29th at noon eastern! We’ll close apps if we hit 1000 submissions so please get yours in soon.

If the link is not there, it means applications have closed.

Here is the link! https://forms.gle/9MEGCaHaBWg7yVpa6

Apps close after 5 days, OR 1000 apps. The app will be open for 24 hours minimum so everyone can get a chance to apply :)

You will get an email confirmation upon submitting the form. If you do not, please submit it again! If you have issues, please EMAIL us with your concerns - we can’t safely troubleshoot in comments, and we don’t accept DMs.

Huge thank you to @owlyjules for the art in the announcement image <3

Reminder about our applications: PLEASE do not submit porn or gore in your highlight art. Blood and nudity are ok, porn and gore please no.

Hopefully it goes without saying but we do not accept NFT art or AI generated art.

Questions about the application or project? Check out this post to see if it’s already been answered. https://www.tumblr.com/novaandmali/745306584459198464/artists-wanted-were-making-a-new-book-filled

Thank you for your time and energy with your applications - we can’t to read through them all <3

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Get those apps in!! We’re loving what we’re seeing so far and can’t wait to get this project going 💕

APPLICATIONS OPEN: Artist apps for our LGBT/POC inclusive pulp sci-fi book are open until March 29th at noon eastern! We’ll close apps if we hit 1000 submissions so please get yours in soon.

If the link is not there, it means applications have closed.

Here is the link! https://forms.gle/9MEGCaHaBWg7yVpa6

Apps close after 5 days, OR 1000 apps. The app will be open for 24 hours minimum so everyone can get a chance to apply :)

You will get an email confirmation upon submitting the form. If you do not, please submit it again! If you have issues, please EMAIL us with your concerns - we can’t safely troubleshoot in comments, and we don’t accept DMs.

Huge thank you to @owlyjules for the art in the announcement image <3

Reminder about our applications: PLEASE do not submit porn or gore in your highlight art. Blood and nudity are ok, porn and gore please no.

Hopefully it goes without saying but we do not accept NFT art or AI generated art.

Questions about the application or project? Check out this post to see if it’s already been answered. https://www.tumblr.com/novaandmali/745306584459198464/artists-wanted-were-making-a-new-book-filled

Thank you for your time and energy with your applications - we can’t to read through them all <3

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APPLICATIONS OPEN: Artist apps for our LGBT/POC inclusive pulp sci-fi book are open until March 29th at noon eastern! We’ll close apps if we hit 1000 submissions so please get yours in soon.

EDIT: APPS NOW CLOSED - THANK YOU!

Here is the link! https://forms.gle/9MEGCaHaBWg7yVpa6

APPS CLOSED - thank you!

Huge thank you to @owlyjules for the art in the announcement image <3

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ARTISTS WANTED! 

We’re making a new book filled with pulpy sci-fi illustrations based on classic artworks (pre-1800), and, as always, LGBT and POC inclusive <3

Applications open March 25th at noon - the application will NOT be available before that time and will be removed after apps close. HUGE shout out to @ Nukeillustrate for this absolutely stunning piece, lovingly borrowed from “And They Were Monsters.”

The application will NOT be available until that date - we will post it here, instagram (nova_mali), bluesky, and tumblr (novaandmali). The application will be open for five days (March 29th) or until we hit 1000 applications. Please be sure to set an alarm and get your application in ASAP - we will not be able to take any applications through email, dms, or after they close.

A tentative schedule:

Results emailed by April 3rd - everyone will get an email! Sketch due May 15 Final work due June 15 Kickstarter runs July 1-31

We are looking for 50-60 artists (who MUST be 18+ years old by April 3) to join us to create a piece of digital art and/or merch. Traditional art is also accepted if scanned/photographed at a professional level.

We're looking specifically to increase the diversity of our artists, both in regards to race and gender - we want to be including all kinds of voices. Same thing with our art - we're looking to increase the variety of cultures, body types, and disabilities represented.

This is a PAID job. We’ve paid in the range of 200-300 for similar projects in the past, based on a set contract amount plus anything left over after production and shipping, split between everyone. Example: $150 in the contract and $100 extra per artist share. The additional amount will depend on how successful the Kickstarter campaign is.

I’ll post more later this week but first and foremost, get ready to go looking for interesting classical art to re-do into pulpy sci-fi! Your app will ask you what you’re thinking about creating. This is not a final answer but we want to know what vibe, what era, etc what you’re thinking about. 

We’re asking for art pieces that are pre-1800. I want you to really get digging and find some epic cool old stuff, particularly from more women artists and artists of color. Non-Western art is very very much included in our scope of work - we can’t wait to see your ideas!

I know older art tends to have weird people or weird perspectives - that doesn't need to translate to your final art. Just get funky with where you're finding inspiration! We will discuss this in more detail once we’ve hired everyone.

We really want to play with the idea of taking something very very old and make it very very futuristic - it should be funky and fun, and of course full of delightfully gay art <3

I’ll post exactly what questions the app will entail later this week.

The application will include things like: a link to your portfolio (instagram and twitter are NOT accepted as a portfolio) and an idea of what art pieces you’re thinking about and how to transform them.

We also ask for a short artist bio, like twitter style - short and sweet. Please don’t talk down about yourself or your skills - talk yourself up! Make me excited to see your art!!

About us: we’re two non-binary lesbians who really love cats and gay art. We’ve enjoyed our work as a queer publishing house and can’t wait to do more! Some of our previous works include classics but make it gay, And They Were Monsters, and Cover Me Queer.

Check out our work at www.novaandmali.com . 

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We're having a print sale!

Use the coupon PRINTSALE for 25% off any and all of our prints and stickers, including ones from our "classics but make it gay," "Cover Me Queer," and "Paw Prints"

Check it out here: www.novaandmali.com/prints

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We're having a print sale!

Use the coupon PRINTSALE for 25% off any and all of our prints and stickers, including ones from our "classics but make it gay," "Cover Me Queer," and "Paw Prints"

Check it out here: www.novaandmali.com/prints

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ARTISTS WANTED! 

We’re making a new book filled with pulpy sci-fi illustrations based on classic artworks (pre-1800), and, as always, LGBT and POC inclusive <3

Applications open March 25th at noon - the application will NOT be available before that time and will be removed after apps close. HUGE shout out to @ Nukeillustrate for this absolutely stunning piece, lovingly borrowed from “And They Were Monsters.”

The application will NOT be available until that date - we will post it here, instagram (nova_mali), bluesky, and tumblr (novaandmali). The application will be open for five days (March 29th) or until we hit 1000 applications. Please be sure to set an alarm and get your application in ASAP - we will not be able to take any applications through email, dms, or after they close.

A tentative schedule:

Results emailed by April 3rd - everyone will get an email! Sketch due May 15 Final work due June 15 Kickstarter runs July 1-31

We are looking for 50-60 artists (who MUST be 18+ years old by April 3) to join us to create a piece of digital art and/or merch. Traditional art is also accepted if scanned/photographed at a professional level.

We're looking specifically to increase the diversity of our artists, both in regards to race and gender - we want to be including all kinds of voices. Same thing with our art - we're looking to increase the variety of cultures, body types, and disabilities represented.

This is a PAID job. We’ve paid in the range of 200-300 for similar projects in the past, based on a set contract amount plus anything left over after production and shipping, split between everyone. Example: $150 in the contract and $100 extra per artist share. The additional amount will depend on how successful the Kickstarter campaign is.

I’ll post more later this week but first and foremost, get ready to go looking for interesting classical art to re-do into pulpy sci-fi! Your app will ask you what you’re thinking about creating. This is not a final answer but we want to know what vibe, what era, etc what you’re thinking about. 

We’re asking for art pieces that are pre-1800. I want you to really get digging and find some epic cool old stuff, particularly from more women artists and artists of color. Non-Western art is very very much included in our scope of work - we can’t wait to see your ideas!

I know older art tends to have weird people or weird perspectives - that doesn't need to translate to your final art. Just get funky with where you're finding inspiration! We will discuss this in more detail once we’ve hired everyone.

We really want to play with the idea of taking something very very old and make it very very futuristic - it should be funky and fun, and of course full of delightfully gay art <3

I’ll post exactly what questions the app will entail later this week.

The application will include things like: a link to your portfolio (instagram and twitter are NOT accepted as a portfolio) and an idea of what art pieces you’re thinking about and how to transform them.

We also ask for a short artist bio, like twitter style - short and sweet. Please don’t talk down about yourself or your skills - talk yourself up! Make me excited to see your art!!

About us: we’re two non-binary lesbians who really love cats and gay art. We’ve enjoyed our work as a queer publishing house and can’t wait to do more! Some of our previous works include classics but make it gay, And They Were Monsters, and Cover Me Queer.

Check out our work at www.novaandmali.com . 

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The Werewolf Hunter

I drew this for @novaandmali And They Were Monsters art book anthology! They have a couple copies left for pre-order here xoxo

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72 HOURS LEFT - make sure to order your copy of our monster art book "and they were monsters." The art for this book is gorgeous and you don't want to miss it 💕

Check out this sneak peek from @artofelaineho

Check it out here:

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The Werewolf Hunter

I drew this for @novaandmali And They Were Monsters art book anthology! They have a couple copies left for pre-order here xoxo

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72 HOURS LEFT - make sure to order your copy of our monster art book "and they were monsters." The art for this book is gorgeous and you don't want to miss it 💕

Check out this sneak peek from @artofelaineho

Check it out here:

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My monster loving piece is free!!! Thank you to @novaandmali for yet another amazing artbook experience! If you missed out on the Kickstarter for this book pre-orders are still available at their shop :D

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My illustration for @novaandmali's And They Were Monsters art book! This project was so much fun to be a part of, and I'm excited to share the full version! 🥰

The book celebrates monsters and their lovers, inspired by old movie posters and campy pulp fiction.