Perform empathy. Please. Perform the fuck out of it. It's so good to act with kindness. I hope it penetrates to a place where you feel it, too, but if you must act some way, act the right way. I'm not here to judge your authenticity, I just want you to be kind, thoughtful, and mortified by meanness.

2024 Winter postcard for my Patrons! This is part of my story, #Widderwood, showing the cultural depiction of death's mare taking away bickerment letters- end of year cards airing grievances for the new year. www.patreon.com/coyoteprince

people will always point to having too many commas as the mark of an amateur writer but not really diagnose why that happens, so here is a helpful question to ask yourself: does this sentence need the comma, or was it you pausing before deciding the second half of the sentence

You will look at my paranormal cowboyfriends again and you will like it #art #cowboy

Having a mind fuck today: watched a 60's doc on extreme poverty in Appalacia, realized my blood family /is in it/, then realized shit is still pretty much the same (automation in capitalism ruining people's lives)

I'm trying so hard to be understanding (what with how aye eye has been pushed AGGRESSIVELY) but I'm increasingly becoming exasperated by how many people admit to relying on it now for "creative ideas". What the fuck is wrong with people? You can't even *try* to find inspiration?

(Jokingly) Having my world crash around me upon finding out the Bungay Hound was complete fiction by 1800s writers and isn't even recorded in the original sources... making Bungay like the black shuck version of Salem. RIP. Their weather vane will always rip tho

I want to elaborate on this a little: For both kids AND adults, sometimes one of the hardest things to do in a big crisis is figure out where and how to help. And often, the best answer to that isn't "reinvent the wheel," it's "find existing efforts and join in."

An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."

I wish digital art could be more travel accessible 💀 I love my trad stuff of course, but I want to draw what I normally draw digitally but on the couch during my bad days. Most tablets and small laptops that can handle art feel so expensive and with planned obsolescence it's like. What's the point

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Hey Did You See Waite's Dick (if you're 18 or older and not at work)

I 100% did not expect the govt to point at banks on behalf of the adult industry. We need to leverage the hell out of this Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds

a reminder for the millionth time: your peers, NOT corporations, are making the media you want !!!!!!!!!

Please keep creating art. Every day of the past 5 years has felt like a swift kick but we need real creation more than ever for morale and humanity

Been learning to sew my own linen clothes, drawing my dog boys being horny, trying to learn more about branches of indigenous & colonial issues, and of course write even more WW this month. Quite the variety, but all I think worthy acts of resistance and fulfilling.

Decided to use these drawings of my oc Minerva as key poses and animate her!

I try my best to answer when I have the rare bandwidth. Especially giving direction on history resources, mimicking historical effects (aged paper etc), and how to learn effectively. You just have to remember that learning takes great, consistent effort on the one seeking it. No easy outs.

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

After some heavy consideration I decided to setup a gofund me for my cat Guts in order to cover her bills and medication as well as her surgery once we can get her levels under control. Every share helps a ton (please ignore the deadname 😔) gofund.me/90ef59e4a

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

The OU giving that bigot weight, her crying "my rights!", and suspending the trans instructor reminds me of something that happened to me in public middleschool. :/ I'll relay it in thread but bigots love to feel oppressed just to punish those they deem as social outsiders

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

Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis. They coined the term “useless eaters”. They tested the gas chambers on us. They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives. That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous. We’re not expendable

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

@gallerynucleus.bsky.social is having a Black Friday sale where everything except Disney products will be off 20% from November 28th - December 1st with the code THANKS20. A number of originals of mine are still available (including this one!) plus prints! www.gallerynucleus.com/artists/vane...

Going to be blunt. As a disabled creative in the US hellscape I am burnt out from constant worrying I'll make enough to keep a roof over me. I can't keep operating under the pressure of capitalist Production. But the only other option is to slowly suffer to death or... quicken the process.

The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.

The fuck when bluesky suspends gorangligovic.bsky.social for sharing Palestinian fundraisers. Please go show Goran some love www.patreon.com/gorangligovic

Been in love w/ watercolor this month

I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.

Hippogryph, but dog #art #mythology

Threw together a sketchbook to try to get past perfectionism www.patreon.com/posts/143871...

I love comics and just overall art so much man I'm so exhausted and frustrated by us all getting beaten down like this. By fascism and capitalism and complacency. If there's something tiny you can do to resist, it's continue to create despite it all, seek self-learning, and try to talk with others

"The only thing that matters in our new economy is monetized attention. This is a problem if you’re an artist who needs time to think about things." Yes.

Being a creative is so funny. I have two mind homunculi that have tormented my every waking moment for years. I wonder if any of the more renowned artists of the past had to deal with this

I've spent over a decade of my life being obsessed with this thing

Drawing ugly is good for you

Drawing ugly is good for you

how does one ask for kindness?

The more I expand my mission to tell my story, the more I recognize the minute signs of how society tends to crush autistic children's confidence from the start, ensuring their failure in adulthood. Was always told I was [r word]. Turns out I have an obsession for psychology, theory, & thinking

Since changing my name cafes have called me Lidia (fair), Lyn (no), Leah (??), Liddie (?????). Going to start collecting them

I have very sadly not gotten to see the new Frankenstein yet but all the nice art and memes I keep seeing are leading me to believe that the creature and Elizabeth make Victor a cuckold. I'm assuming this is just wishful thinking on my part but boy it is entertaining

Waiting on a preorder? Not in my Discord server for updates? I've had to be the main one to pack a surplus of orders, so we're a bit behind. First round is out as of today. I'm in the final push now- the remainder are now expected to hit the PO this Monday Nov 10th.

Hate how well the ADHD trick of "count from 1 to 5 to activate getting up/doing task" works when all else fails. Ridiculous

Instead of some big box tea, make your dollar have more impact by giving Friday Tea some patronage. A small tea house with ridiculously high quality stock (I rec Friday's Afternoon and Earl Grey) www.fridaytea.com

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

hey if you are an artist who depends on SNAP, ✅ share some art ✅ share links to where people can buy from/donate to you ✅ share the thread ✅ share someone else's post too ✅ label NSFW/horror/etc. properly ⛔ no AI #artistsonbsky #supportartists #artshare

Something burned into my brain is how my family lost SNAP for a good long while when I was a teen and actively suffering from malnutrition: Contract worker parents made seven cents over the limit (about $2,400/month of a household for 4 people) Evil.