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YESSS!!!

bb sola and monica are really getting along 🥹

some homemade yuri

sola belongs to @sunflowrhills !

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Happy Phineas and Ferb day!!!

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Are you 🫵 pissed off about the Lilo and Stitch monstrosity remake? Do you want to know how you can actually make a difference in supporting the people and ecosystems of Hawaii?

Tourism is a big issue in Hawaii (which the remake got rid of the original's commentary on because it makes foreigners look bad). I'm not gonna promote it, BUT I know that realistically, thousands of people arrive here every single day by the airplane-ful. And the majority of them aren't educated on the socio-cultural and economic impacts of tourism. SO, I'm making this post in an effort to educate visitors. If you or someone you know is visiting or moving to Hawaii (whether by circumstances in or out of your control), here are some suggestions on how you can give back!

You can donate to the Hawaii Community Foundation, which has been instrumental in giving aid to the displaced community of Lahaina after the Maui wildfires in 2023. They also provide scholarships to students of under-represented communities.

If you're interested in visiting Kualoa Ranch, you can do their Mālama Experience where you get your hands dirty giving back to the ‘āina (land)!

There are other organizations you can join to volunteer with, too, like Kupu and Mālama Maunalua. Check them out; maybe you can help with a beach cleanup or plant native trees! These are both non-profit organizations that accept monetary donations.

Visit the Bishop Museum to learn about Hawaiian history and culture! They also have events focused on sustainability and conservation.

If you're visiting Hilo on the Big Island, go visit the Laulima Nature Center! They're a non-profit aimed at protecting Hawaii's native species, and they even have an online store that ships to the US mainland and internationally! (After I post this, I'm gonna head on over and get myself a manu o Kū pin ♡)

A few other tips I have:

DO: Respect the locals' homes. Several beaches and hiking trails have access points in residential areas. Please be mindful to keep your voices down when passing by, and park ONLY in designated parking areas.

DO: Wear reef-safe sunscreen! Sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate are banned in Hawaii because they are known to damage coral reefs.

DON'T: Approach wildlife, particularly honu (sea turtles) and 'īlio holo i ka uaua (Hawaiian monk seals). Stay at least 10 feet (3 meters) away from turtles and at least 50 feet (15 meters) away from monk seals. If you see someone harassing animals, report them to the statewide NOAA Marine Wildlife Hotline: (888) 256-9840. You can also contact the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources.

DON'T: Collect sand, rocks, or other natural items to bring home with you. This is to protect the ecosystems and also out of respect for Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians), who have cultural beliefs regarding lava rocks in particular. Taking lava rocks is extremely disrespectful.

DON'T: Litter! Please throw away your waste in proper trash cans. If you see a bin that says "ʻōpala," that's a trash can!

Many Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) are moving to the US mainland because the cost of living in Hawaii has been driven up so high (because of people moving here), they can't afford to live in their ancestral home. So, if you are going to visit or move to Hawaii, please:

- Make the effort to support local businesses, especially those owned by Native Hawaiians!

- Educate yourself and your loved ones about actual Hawaiian culture!

- Try Hawaiian food, like poi!

- Learn some Hawaiian words and don't be afraid to ask how to pronounce words correctly!

- Donate to a food bank!

- Watch films and read books written by Native Hawaiians!

My hope is that whoever sees this post will use it to educate themselves, their friends, and their families who are considering visiting.

My background is in sustainability and the environment, so that's what I know to suggest off the top of my head. If any Kānaka Maoli read this post and have suggestions to add, please do!

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Happy birthday @partycoffin !! I have been working on these small animatics for a little bit now and thought it was a perfect time to finally post them. Absolutely loved working on them and want to do more in the future!

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Just to make a point, every time I finished a panel of this I would export it as a PNG on the perceptual setting and use it as a color reference for the next panel

IT'S BAD

PLEASE CHECK YOUR COLOR SETTINGS

EDIT: If you're still having problems, it might help to switch from "Save/Save as" to "Export (as a) Single Layer". Just. Make SURE the box labeled "Expression Color" is set to RGB. I've been messing with this all day, and it looks like this combination of settings will allow exported PNGs to maintain their colors perfectly. To you. So far both Discord and Toyhouse still only display desaturated images and I cannot for the life of me figure out why

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"Study of Bras de Seine A Giverny, 1885, Claude Monet"

did this quick study of one of Monet's works I saw visiting Musée Marmottan Monet :^) The moment I saw it, I knew wanted to study it and get better practice with my watercolours !! enjoy !!

Here's the picture I took of the painting when I went !!

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gave my darling welcome home OC a bit of TLC 💕🏠

re-introducing Sola Petal, that one hippie sunflower with boots made for walkin’, dancin’, playin’, and overall a havin’ good time

might rework a ref sheet with info about her, soon!

ALSO! Heres some doodles hehe (speed paint is so fat i might upload it later)

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heiii!!! just wanted to say i love your work

what motivated you to start everything? what motivates you today??

Hello! I had this in my Draft Questions all day! I really wanted to think about it. It's a very somber answer, so I apologize! Welcome Home has been through so much, it's been with me for a very long time. If I think about it's most recent iteration, the One we Know now, I think there were a few different things that had me bring it Back. I was experiencing hardships I couldn't swallow and had to generally deal with alone due to life circumstances- I didn't want to be here anymore, this collective here, you know? All I had was my artwork and by extension Welcome Home, so it became my sole reason to keep Progressing forward and spent a majority of my time doting on it as a result. Eventually the motivation became exploring who I was as an individual and an artist. Today, that motivation is still there, the feelings are too, and now to see it to its completion. I'm not sure what will happen when it is finished, admittedly, but I hope I can see it end. I lived for my work, I still do now.

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as the semester violently rolls to an end, here are some landscape paintings i created of some french scenery for my advanced landscape painting course :^)) plz enjoy 🕺💥

have some generic names for these paintings, might change them later on :^P

1: Étretat Cliff, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 16" x 12"

2: Mont Saint-Michel, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 12” X 16”

3: Wheat Fields in Auvers-sur-Oise, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 16” X 12”

4: Red Villa, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 12” X 16”

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are you lost babygirl?

no?! what makes you say that?

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i am lost within the depths of my mind, plz send help

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i made another meme

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some more doodles of pepper 🐓💥

close ups :0

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sorry for not being active as much, but i went down the chicken run rabbit hole (for 6 months🫣) to the point where i made my own little chicken 🐓

her name is pepper and she’s french (derogatory)

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she has my whole heart, literally <3

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i did it aheheheheheeee !! was tryna export the animation into a gif and failed miserable, so hopefully it wont hurt ur fingers to click the play button every so often :^0 template of the page was done by TaoXta0 on twitter! <3

here's some up close shots of the sheet!!

look at her little greenhouse home ahehehehhe >:^)

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made a welcome home oc 🥺 her name is sola petal and she's the resident musician/conductor/music personnel i might make an official "sheet" later on, just got to daydream about her more ☀️

oh, and here's a silly one i drew next to howdy a caterpillar and a sunflower standing side by side? yez plzzz