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been in a bit of a slump artistically speaking

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help my friend eslam rebuild her life

so since january i've been in touch with a young woman named eslam mohammed. she's 24, she's from gaza, and she's passionate about drawing and photography. she has an instagram with posts dating back to 2018. even with everything she's going through she still goes out of her way to ask me how i'm doing all the time; we chat about what's going on in our lives and we wish each other luck with difficult things. she's a very real person with a very kind heart

when she first messaged me on bluesky in january she was living in egypt and raising money for her family who were still in gaza - money for things like food, medical treatment for her injured sister, and eventually evacuation. since then, that fundraiser has met its goal thanks to the donations and efforts of a lot of generous people (including the folks at wayneradiotv who featured her gfm during their palestine fundraiser stream!). now, after spending so much time and energy raising money for her family, she's started a chuffed campaign to raise money for herself. she wants to buy a new camera so she can return to her photography work, as well as continue her education

i've been trying to boost her fundraiser on bluesky and i keep thinking i should share it on here too, where i don't have a character limit and i can say everything i want to say. it took me a while to write this because i want it to be right. this matters a lot to me and i want to represent eslam and her situation the best i possibly can; i hope i've accomplished that. if you could donate to her or even just share this post i would really appreciate it

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request for paragothia on bsky

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1. "did you make jvj cunty" is such a powerful sentence

2. if you embroider this I wanna see!!!!!! that would be so fucking cool I love fiber art

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the other day i watched this video where an artist talks about how he started out doing megaman sprite edits and used what he learned from that to go on to make his own original pixel art. i thought that was cool and i wanted to try it for myself so i edited some stardew valley sprites! honestly i think they're pretty good for a first try

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Gonna be so real if a 12 year old traced my art and put it on their school binder I would be so fucking honored

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i haven't posted anything in a while........have some kidpix doodles

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INTEREST CHECK

reblogs greatly appreciated!

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nick 4 artfight @featheredcritter

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Hello,

I am Mahmoud from Gaza, writing to you today with hope in your kind hearts. We are facing difficult circumstances in Gaza that you are likely aware of, and as a family, we are living under extremely harsh conditions. We urgently need your support to provide our daily necessities such as food and medical care for my father, as well as to secure our travel and evacuation from Gaza.

The situation is worsening day by day, and we are doing our utmost to cope with these circumstances, but we now desperately need your help. We hope that your compassionate hearts will support our donation account to extend a helping hand to us during this difficult time.

https://www.tumblr.com/mahmoud-ziad/756516829178003456/have-we-become-so-desensitized-to-this-scene-or

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kid pix deluxe 4 stopped working on my computer so i tried out the browser version of the original kid pix

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around the time I made my griz and misto collages I also made a tugger one but I never posted it fsr???? so here it is

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@summerturnip's character laga for artfight

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normal girl

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I WEAR MY SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT I WEAR MY SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT I WEAR MY SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT

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a glamour cat and a conjuring cat