Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 (@taplingzines) — Bluesky Profile

8 hours ago

Focus on my sticker sheet stamps for the "We've Always Been Here" Zine! 🏳️‍🌈💕 By @taplingzines.bsky.social

Support the project here! : www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#queerart #lesbianart #queerzine #zines

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13 hours ago

Above art by: worteltje7 on Instagram, @tiffbaxter.bsky.social , @luposlipaphobya.bsky.social , @windwenn.bsky.social

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13 hours ago

A grid of four cropped illustrations with a medieval theme. Top-left, two male knights look at each other as one ties a bandana around the other's suit of armor, the bandana matching his own clothing. Top-right, two women embrace with one holding the other from behind. A highly detailed pattern covers the left side of the illustration, mimicking metalwork of the time. Bottom-left, two knights in intricate, detailed outfits gently embrace. There is a border that looks like stained glass, along with other intricate framing details. Bottom-right, two masculine characters embrace leaned up against a tree overlooking a field of sheep, one sleeping in the other's arms.

Who doesn’t love a good medieval setting with some gay knights?

Queerness has existed for millennia, so here’s a snapshot of a few of the Medieval illustrations from our queer zine!

Live on Kickstarter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#Medieval #MedievalArt #QueerZine #LGBTQArt #Knights

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1 day ago

Check out our Kickstarter and help fight queer censorship, while also getting yourself some *incredibly* beautiful (and multicultural) art!

And remember: Kickstarter doesn't charge until the campaign ends, so pledge now and help make sure the project succeeds!

🌈 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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1 day ago

The lighting is sooo pretty! And I love the way you drew the clothing 💕

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1 day ago

here's the preview of my finished piece for the project! i was immediately happy to be able to represent happy queer Gorals in my piece.

please check the kickstarter out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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1 day ago

Right?? 😍 This is one of our favorite graphics like this, they work so well together!

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1 day ago

Thank you for 1,000 followers here on Bluesky! 🥳

Our Kickstarter is 10 days in and already 57% funded — let's keep sharing it so we can make this beautiful art book filled with multicultural queer joy (and tons of real queer history)!

🏳️‍🌈 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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1 day ago

Thank you!! 😊 We're so glad we can bring some joy to the community right now 🩵

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1 day ago

Since we know shipping can be expensive in some parts of the world (like the Philippines), keep in mind that we also offer discounted packs of 5 or 10 books on the Kickstarter, if you want to do group orders with friends! 👭👬

🌈 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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1 day ago

Above art by: @linnkyleo.bsky.social @mankadavi.bsky.social @artiodaktyl.bsky.social

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1 day ago

A grid of three images, with two on top and one across the bottom, all depicting queer Filipino people. Top-left: two women are about to kiss, dressed in soft white and orange, one of which is wearing more masculine traditional clothing. Top-right: two Igorot warriors are kissing in front of a brightly lit sky, a rainbow framing the top of the image. Both wear traditional Indigenous clothing styles. Bottom: two characters, one transmasc and one transfemme, stand in front of a mirror together, their reflections showing their desired gender presentations as they try on different clothing styles. Another character sits nearby, watching them, while also casually holding a rifle as they plan a revolution.

From queer revolutionaries to Indigenous warriors, here’s a sneak peek into the Filipino queer history celebrated in the "We've Always Been Here" zine! 🇵🇭

Get it on Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#Philippines #Filipino #FilipinoArt #LGBTQArt #Zines #ZineSky #Kickstarter

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1 day ago

Ooh it's so fun to see the process behind the art! 😍

(Also funny enough, keep an eye out for our scheduled post for today, which will be up fairly soon... 🤭🇵🇭)

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1 day ago

Sneak peek timelapse of my piece for @taplingzines.bsky.social! Something inspired by my childhood province, Cavite, its colonial history, and resistance. 🗡️🌈

Please support this project and all the super talented artists who bringing it to life!

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1 day ago

Thank you so much!! 🩵

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4 days ago

A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

An official graphic from Kickstarter that says "Project We Love: Kickstarter" in white text on a black background, with a green decorative circle. In the middle is a pale red heart.

"We've Always Been Here" has been featured by Kickstarter as a #ProjectWeLove !! And we're only one week into the campaign! 🌈

If you want some beautiful art celebrating queer history (and queer joy!), check it out and get yourself a copy!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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2 days ago

an assortment of rough sketches, showing arlo in various outfits.

official graphic promoting our kickstarter, showing various illustrations contained within, as well as the cover of the book.

sneak peak of my illustration for the "we've always been here" zine! @taplingzines.bsky.social
It was such a joy to work on, I even learned how to use the csp perspective ruler o.0!
I wanted to design an outfit for arlo that would confuse the hell out of all the other cisnormative socialites :3

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2 days ago

Thank you!! 🥰🩵

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1 week ago

🎉 Live on Kickstarter! 🎉

We've Always Been Here: A multicultural art book celebrating queerness throughout history, with illustrations from over 50 incredible artists! 🌈

Get the book and limited edition merch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#ZineSky #Zines #LGBTQ #LGBTQArt #QueerArt

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2 days ago

A screenshot of the We’ve Always Been Here: A multicultural LGBTQ+ art book Kickstarter, showing 15,035€ pledged of a 27,000€ goal. There are 21 days left.

We made it to €15,000!! This is amazing progress and one step closer to making this joyous queer art book a reality. 🌈

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

If you see this, please share to help get us to our goal! 💜

(P.S. Ships from the EU, so no VAT/import fees for EU backers!)

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2 days ago

Above art by: @sadfarts.bsky.social @guoldu.bsky.social @womenof1000.bsky.social @tapiocawizard.bsky.social and akaiitori on Tumblr

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2 days ago

A grid of five images, with four longer ones circling around one in the center. Top-left, two women in the pre-Hispanic Amazon swim together, embracing in the water. Top-right, two Sámi women snuggle together inside a lavvu (a type of traditional tent-like home). Bottom-right, two women from La Tolita Island in Ecuador wear traditional jewelry, shown at the shoulders as they walk and smile together. Bottom-left, two masculine characters share kisses on the nose, one bending over the other from behind. In the center, two Ticuna women embrace in a boat while wearing attire from their recent wedding, including multiple different types of feathers and jewelry.

Our queer history art book celebrates all sorts of cultures across the world. This of course includes plenty of Indigenous queerness! 🪶
(One of the mods behind the project is two-spirit, too!)

Support the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#Indigenous #IndigenousArt #2Spirit

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2 days ago

I'm part of this awesome project with some aroace representation 🐟

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2 days ago

A traditional watercolor work in progress, showing two Black men sitting in a bathtub in the royal baths of the Alhambra. They both have cloths around their waists and are peering at each other, about to kiss. One has a cane and burn scars on his leg. The watercolor is somehow shaded so well that the shape of their body and the way light from above falls on it is all clear! It’s just a little pale for their final skin tone (as it’s only one layer of pigment).

Another WIP picture from when I was painting my piece for @taplingzines.bsky.social !

I have no idea how I managed to make their skin look so realistic in just one layer of watercolor honestly ✨

P.S. Find my Muslim gays and a bunch of other queer art here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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3 days ago

Thank you! We really had an amazingly talented team!! 🥰

(We're definitely aiming to do more zines in the future too, for anyone that might be hoping to apply... 👀)

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3 days ago

Art by: @strandedziggy.bsky.social @inkythoughts.bsky.social @hortensjjja.bsky.social @rejka.bsky.social @leeminarium.bsky.social @thinginthedirt.bsky.social

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3 days ago

A grid of six illustrations. First, a trans woman in traditional Jewish clothing does embroidery outside. Second, a Korean couple kisses, with the one in men's clothing showing in the mirror as her true transfemme self. Third, a Polish gay couple wear traditional clothing, one of which is transmasc. Fourth, a transmasc person with his chest bound in cloth gets a hand-poked tattoo on a sailing ship. Fifth, a T4T Victorian couple share a kiss on the nose as they find euphoria in swapping their clothing. And lastly, a transmasc person sews his own clothing, reclaiming the traditionally feminine craft for himself.

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans joy and resilience is more important than ever. Here’s a glimpse into a few of the historical illustrations of trans people thriving, loving, and being loved in our queer history art book! 🏳️‍⚧️

Get a copy here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#Transgender #TransJoy #TransArt #ZineSky

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4 days ago

"We've Always Been Here" has been featured by Kickstarter as a #ProjectWeLove !! And we're only one week into the campaign! 🌈

If you want some beautiful art celebrating queer history (and queer joy!), check it out and get yourself a copy!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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4 days ago

Above art by:
okenki on Tumblr
@collophorid.bsky.social
@martiwikiwi.bsky.social
@artiodaktyl.bsky.social
@noahdeaart.bsky.social

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4 days ago

A five-image grid with two squares on top and three on the bottom, all featuring cropped art of dogs from the We've Always Been Here zine. All are rendered in very different styles, two are traditional art while three are digital, and they are in a wide variety of poses.

Throughout our zine's Kickstarter, we'll be sharing collections of queer and cultural identities (and some other themes) featured in the book!

But, to start, let's show off some of the dogs of the zine! Aren't they all so cute? 🐶

Support our Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

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