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What It Actually Feels Like To Be Helped In Crisis A personal reflection on what it actually feels like to ask for and receive mutual aid during a crisis, and what is important to understand about material aid to marginalized artists.

“When the helpers and the allies show up, it feels like a return to something fundamental about humanity... You feel that this is why we, we artists and progressives and bleeding hearts, will outlast whatever tries to bury us.”

You’re saving our entire butts and I wrote about it.

selfie sketches! had to cut myself off to work on actual job stuff. thanks for participating!

We need to talk about Peregrine Lake.

A femme faun creature with green hair and golden eyes floats in a transparent background. She is wearing a fun, summery fit and floats next to a tiny mascot comprised of a flower and vines. She looks happy!

I'm sorry I haven't been online much. Been doing things behind the scenes while also trying to help my community in little ways.
I plan on coming back to streaming full time either this week or next. I even redesigned my vtuber and even got a new model. I'll let you know when first stream is!

How do we build momentum? Lift each other up.

Infographic on spotting self-sabotage in communities. Three signs: 1) Dilutes the Purpose – off-topic nitpicking; 2) Replaces Curiosity with Caution – fear or futility messaging; 3) Drains Morale – leaves people discouraged. Passing comments add clarity, use curiosity not fear, and leave participants stronger.

Infographic on countering sabotage. C Concrete facts- verify; O Orient to purpose; M Mind morale; P Protect the point; A Acknowledge don’t accuse; S Steer to solutions. Each step pairs with research showing how clarity, purpose, empathy, and small actions restore cooperation.

So we've been trained to sabotage our own movements from within and it worked on all of us I'm afraid! ESPECIALLY if you're marginalized. But here's how to stop it. Save these. These go in your phone now. REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.

I made an RTX ON model for MOONBTCH!

For my dear artists:

*Commissions and Patreon are censored due to Insta stupid conditions

An official comic book permission slip granting you, yes you, permission to make a comic.

Seems like a good day to post this again.

Print it out.

Frame it.

Hang it on your wall.

Make your comic.

Idk if you still need a doodle reference but I got this one from like a year ago if you're still looking!

Reminding everyone, PLEASE, DO NOT sub to your favorite content creators through phone apps as it not only charges you more, it also takes a higher % from us AND to top it all off blocks the money from being received for 30 fucking days for some goddamned reason.

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YouTube video by Jared Henderson Amazon removes your right to download Kindle books

Because lots of people looking for an e-reader this Christmas didn’t know: ANYTHING BUT A KINDLE.

In 2025 Amazon locked your e-books, so you cannot download them or put them on any devices but a kindle!

You pay full price to rent your books. Just another reason to avoid Jeffrey.

tomorrow! tune in!

ICE Out - Fundraising Nail Polish **Shipping Update** Shipping will continue once more ingredients have arrived for this polish. Orders should go out in about 2 weeks. Ice Out is a blurple based polish with a blue/aqua shift and pink ...

If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund

Ooooh let’s NOT let an eviction happen to Amihan too!

Another way to help Minnesota by donating directly to local efforts on the ground -

Serious thread:

What we are seeing and hearing is and has been traumatic. Secondary + tertiary trauma exists. Some advice:

- Resistance is not only in the streets and physical presence. It's great, it's impactful visually etc: it is not the only way. Written, verbal, social, etc. Find your niche.

important message to all bluesky users

Yeeees that looks great! Your color changes look really clean!

A man in a long coat smokes in front of a church window. The church window has two angels facing a figure holding a morning star… beneath his feet is the word MARROW. The title of the story he is from. In the bottom left is the artist signature: Loutellstales. With a request not to repost this work.

Concept drawing for a queer, dark fantasy, colouring book.

An idea @theazrai.com and I have been talking about and which I would really love to do. Life permitting.

Text reads: “AI GIRLFRIEND” Over an illustration of a bloated, monstrous, creature with many eyes, polluting its environment, with sharp, predatory, teeth, and a sickly, glistening, bloated, body. Its hand is outstretched in front of its hungry, drooling, maw, towards a man, apparently ignorant to the danger, who stands just in front of it, admiring a dangling torso of a pretty woman. Extended from a proboscis from the monsters head.

An artistic response to a post I saw from the Hell Site.

Battle Bard's Substack | Battle Bard Art | Substack A place for all my personal musings about creativity and life! Click to read Battle Bard's Substack, by Battle Bard Art, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.

I realize I've not been on a lot. Mostly focusing on helping my art block and healing.
But hey I made a substack! You can subscribe by email and it's super free. Idk if you're interested but if you want to see my art, my thoughts, and some insights you can see them here:

battlebardart.substack.com

The scam website that is trying to steal money from artists is back, new logo and... very hastily made website.
Be wary of them, block and report and warn other artists.

I just worried so hard about something I gave myself a 4am panic attack and hurt myself (abs specifically) which I need to be resting after surgery. Which is neat.

I can't stop worrying but I got to, man. I fucking got to

I just need things to be ok somehow, you know?
I need sleep

This is enraging. But the fight is never without hope. Share, spread the word, do what you can to help out!
Fight isn't over! Not by a long shot!
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As someone who just went through something similar it's a lot on the body and even more when you gotta worry about the money. Help a wonderful human out of if you can! 💗