Re: ‘You should make art for the love of it, not for the money.’ Is a good idea in theory but not good advice in practice. Especially when aimed at working class artists. An artist has the same 24 hrs in a day that any worker has & it isn’t flawed to want compensation for your time. 1)🧵

If you ask me about art I literally cannot shut up about it. I could discuss art all day. Not only the practices but theory on artist culture in a digital age, the misapplied idea of art as leisure for working class artists & how it stunts wealth building, all of it. Ask me anything brother.

If you watch nothing else today, watch this. And if you can, engage with it. It costs nothing to show some support to a queer creative couple that has inspired many others you know and love

please I would like to know what your room/cabin themes would be on this property because I am delighted by them

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful. I love you all today as well♡

He is the sun / but I am the moon / hung like a ghost in the sky when its day and he’s lighting me too #criticalrole #widomauk

some expressions of my favorite gal ♥️

I made a big version of the character design sheet that old comics used to use, if you want to use it. it could be useful #characterdesign

YOU 🫵 can turn your phone into a MEDIEVAL 🏰 manuscript and it WILL ✅ change your LIFE

Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word! RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇

The Mighty Grand Piton (2019), dir. Wesley Louis, The Line An impressive short film made to look like the trailer for an even bigger project -- a project that's on the way, according to the studio

one of my favorite things to do with extra cash around the holidays! "Transanta is a mutual aid project that connects anonymous gift-givers with trans youth who are unhoused, in foster care, or otherwise without crucial support they need to thrive." www.transanta.com

1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care. “These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence." Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...

“In the early days it was a lonely battle. Studio heads whom Taylor had made lots of money for hung up on her … Some of her friends and advisers told her to stay away from HIV and AIDS because it could end her career.” www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...

I had a gay male nurse during my early transition - old enough to have grey hair. He told me he thought us younger queer folks are wonderful and brave, and I had a surprise cry. I’d never been spoken to like that by an older queer person. The AIDS epidemic stole from all of us. I’ll remember.

[🔊] Good thing Nox knows his fringe botanicals... A Marrow comic page- turned animation. A style I'm experimenting with at the moment since I love to animate & work with sound as well as art.

Periodic reminder: if you care passionately about online privacy, security, anonymity, and not having to fear bullshit speech restrictions, one of the best US organizations to put your budgetary dollars for it is the Free Speech Coalition: www.freespeechcoalition.com/join

We draw from the infinite pool of our souls, and none will stop us. And today I wanted to paint another wave dragon so I did! Posca markers on canvas ✨

oh my god it’s literally December. someone will pay for this.

Well after putting a stop to perishing from preventable infections: -Create games that teach people of all ages social skills, emotional grounding techniques, and encourage community -Create interactive themed spaces digital and physical -Eventually open a Storybook Inn and entertainment center

-Start a Storybook inn -Volunteer locally giving free art lessons to 2SLGBTIQA+ youth -Design children’s books based on recognising misinfo & encouraging curiosity -Get involved in local crafts movement & assist with website development for senior artists -Do a social worker’s course

[🔊] Good thing Nox knows his fringe botanicals... A Marrow comic page- turned animation. A style I'm experimenting with at the moment since I love to animate & work with sound as well as art.

If anyone is able to help me recover what was lost from this unpaid invoice, you may do so through ko-fi. I'm so sick of this, but I don't really have a choice in the matter. I unfortunately did $300 worth of labor, with nothing to show for it. ko-fi.com/therosecleric

For legal reasons, I cannot disclose more than the following: An invoice amounting to $300 has not been paid to me, despite contacting the contractor multiple times. This is also the case for several other creators. This is not the first time creators like me have been neglected. 🧵

Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED GET IN IT patha.nz/resources-an...

Beyond the pale.

When I was a kid, the only Native representation I saw in cartoons was A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special. I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!

escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator

I was trying to look up a Bob’s Burgers clip and I couldn’t find it. I thought I had written a pretty good description in search. But then I looked back at what I wrote and 😭😭😭

I run customer-facing teams and getting a deluge of complaint calls between Thanksgiving and NYE is literally a nightmare scenario that risks turning into a cascade (a couple people quit, more work for the rest, so a couple more quit, etc) we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE

Powerful.

“Poor people have a right to art!” They sure do. So get to it.

TAPS SCREEN For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!

WELL. Fate has intervened in a fun new way. We have less than two months to move out of our moldy Quebec rental to Ontario to submit this application or leave the country! We can do it. All we need is a boost. Thank you for protecting a couple of trans artists on our way to a stable life! 💚

This has been so hard for Az and I’m really proud of everything he’s accomplished against frankly insane odds. If you wanna little insight into these series of unfortunate events, go look at Az’ Patreon.

Haha eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

A sort of rough WIP 🧚

Lugia chewing undersea cables #art #pokemon #cyberattack

I made! Stickers! They’re handmade! TY guys for asking! 😭😭 gdbee.store/collections/...

Then: Chose video games & art over acting for screen because I’m anxious & didn’t like the vulnerability of being Seen on camera. Now: I’m in a reveal-all docuseries on YouTube with my beloved that leans heavily into vulnerability as the main source of fundraising for our future.

The Songbird

Thank you for the shares, you Legends!

Feeling very grateful for all the support on our GFM today-Az is editing the latest episode of the Last Threshold & like all of 'em it's a doozy. If you'd like to join the fray for two trans gays as we battle Mouldlords & fight to retain status in Canada check out our GFM: gofund.me/19f232b9e

Morning.

Using my voice as a creator to put out a small PSA on how to disable the new feedback feature on our favorite overly-nosey payment processor. Reminder to never comm details on payment websites, and to never directly link your payment pages to your NSFW work.

1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us. In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward. These are the people I'm remembering today.

It's Trans Remembrance Day today. It's a day to memorialize those we've lost and to remember the living trans people that are still here to fight for. A great day to make a donation to you local lgbtqia center or to Trans Lifeline: give.translifeline.org (print available here: bit.ly/3Ka5b0t)