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I think internationally, the veneer is starting to crack.
Please keep screaming at your politicians and in the meantime, do what you can in the present moment to help. None of the money you donate is a waste.

You remember Yasmein right??

27.07.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The fluffy white puppy, #Phainon โ˜€๏ธ

26.07.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 172    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This one gets its own seperate post cause I really love how they turned out <3

29.06.2025 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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big king

15.07.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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going into town โ˜€๏ธ #mlp

15.07.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A watercolor illustration titled โ€œWhat the Creek Saidโ€ by Shimi & Critter. On the left, a small brown wren perches among green leaves. A pale blue creek winds down the center of the image, flanked by lush greenery. On the lower right, a golden-brown wolf pup with white markings bends to drink from the stream, eyes closed peacefully. The background is soft earth tones, blending into warm golds and greens.

Overlaying the artwork is a poem in typewriter-style font. The poem is about a creature walking on four feet, communing with the forest, and feeling known and held by the land and sky. It evokes themes of Therian identity, creaturely grace, and spiritual belonging. The final lines express a longing not for death but for transformationโ€”โ€œto become, in this exalted creaturely stateโ€ฆ to be held at last.โ€

What the Creek Said
Today I walked on four feet,
although two were enough.
The forest did not mind.
The creek was speaking 
โ€”in its clear tongue,
โ€ฆand I bent down,
cupped it in paw-hands,
drank what it offeredโ€”
not to survive, but remember.
I thought I heard my name,
not as the world calls meโ€”
not by word nor brazen human soundโ€”
but in the gentle shape of air,
before shame, before names,
in that hush between a leaf 
โ€ฆand its falling.
I howled, just once and low,
not for sorrow, 
but to join the chorus
already going on without me.
A wren answered.
The cedar leaned closer.
And I, made of fur and salt 
โ€ฆand breath,
I was fed, seen, and known.
Somewhereโ€”still farโ€”
a lamb watches the gate.
But here, right here,
the Shepherdโ€™s hand is moss
โ€ฆand lichen and sky.
I lay down beside the stone.
I do not wish to die. Not now, 
noโ€ฆ not just yet
โ€”But simply to wait.
Not to rise, 
nor to witness,
but to become,
in this exalted 
creaturely
state.

To be held 
โ€ฆat last.

A watercolor illustration titled โ€œWhat the Creek Saidโ€ by Shimi & Critter. On the left, a small brown wren perches among green leaves. A pale blue creek winds down the center of the image, flanked by lush greenery. On the lower right, a golden-brown wolf pup with white markings bends to drink from the stream, eyes closed peacefully. The background is soft earth tones, blending into warm golds and greens. Overlaying the artwork is a poem in typewriter-style font. The poem is about a creature walking on four feet, communing with the forest, and feeling known and held by the land and sky. It evokes themes of Therian identity, creaturely grace, and spiritual belonging. The final lines express a longing not for death but for transformationโ€”โ€œto become, in this exalted creaturely stateโ€ฆ to be held at last.โ€ What the Creek Said Today I walked on four feet, although two were enough. The forest did not mind. The creek was speaking โ€”in its clear tongue, โ€ฆand I bent down, cupped it in paw-hands, drank what it offeredโ€” not to survive, but remember. I thought I heard my name, not as the world calls meโ€” not by word nor brazen human soundโ€” but in the gentle shape of air, before shame, before names, in that hush between a leaf โ€ฆand its falling. I howled, just once and low, not for sorrow, but to join the chorus already going on without me. A wren answered. The cedar leaned closer. And I, made of fur and salt โ€ฆand breath, I was fed, seen, and known. Somewhereโ€”still farโ€” a lamb watches the gate. But here, right here, the Shepherdโ€™s hand is moss โ€ฆand lichen and sky. I lay down beside the stone. I do not wish to die. Not now, noโ€ฆ not just yet โ€”But simply to wait. Not to rise, nor to witness, but to become, in this exalted creaturely state. To be held โ€ฆat last.

โ€œWhat the Creek Saidโ€

13.07.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 198    ๐Ÿ” 103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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queeb

#ozmanthusart

09.07.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Timeskip Amity and Luz from The Owl House, smiling nose to nose and holding a rainbow pride flag around their shoulders. Amity is wearing a black crop top that reads Be Gay, Do Witchcraft. Luzโ€™s purple baseball tee reads: Us Weirdos have to stick Together โ€” the font colored like several different pride flags. Her white shoes have writing on them including Pride was a Riot, Stomp out Fascism, We are all Immigrants, and Trans rights are human rights. Sheโ€™s also wearing a nonbinary bracelet, a fanny pack with a Dominican Republic pride flag, a bi pin, and a bi colored visor. Amity has rainbow colored hair, a lesbian flag in her pocket, pink heart eye sunglasses, and a trans pin that says โ€œprotect trans kidsโ€ Theyโ€™re surrounded by colorful confetti and glitter.

Timeskip Amity and Luz from The Owl House, smiling nose to nose and holding a rainbow pride flag around their shoulders. Amity is wearing a black crop top that reads Be Gay, Do Witchcraft. Luzโ€™s purple baseball tee reads: Us Weirdos have to stick Together โ€” the font colored like several different pride flags. Her white shoes have writing on them including Pride was a Riot, Stomp out Fascism, We are all Immigrants, and Trans rights are human rights. Sheโ€™s also wearing a nonbinary bracelet, a fanny pack with a Dominican Republic pride flag, a bi pin, and a bi colored visor. Amity has rainbow colored hair, a lesbian flag in her pocket, pink heart eye sunglasses, and a trans pin that says โ€œprotect trans kidsโ€ Theyโ€™re surrounded by colorful confetti and glitter.

Text:

I still cannot believe I got the chance to work on such an incredibly special show ๐Ÿฅน Lemme rant for a sec:

Thereโ€™s so much more to The Owl House than just Lumity, but watching these girlfriends fall in love in canon really touched my life and the lives of so many queer kids around the world. I was so honored to play a small part in Luzโ€™s coming out story and her relationship with Amity.

Iโ€™ve visited middle schools, high schools, and colleges around the US where I spoke to classrooms about my job on TOH, and so many kids told me how much this show meant to them as young queers, artists, and neurodivergent weirdos. We need to be supporting those kids and their futures now more than ever.

Nobody can diminish your light ๐ŸŒˆ

Queer rights are human rights. Joy and Pride is resistance. Expression and Nonconformity are threats to power. So is Humor, and Art, and Love, and Communityโ€” all precious as they are vital, especially in times like these.

Trans rights are human rightsโ€” the right to privacy, autonomy, and deciding whatโ€™s best for our bodies is between us and our doctors, not our governments. Anti-trans laws reflect fascist ideals, the lavender scare, and racist segregation throughout history.

Immigrant Rights are human rightsโ€” the rights to travel, seek asylum, build a life for yourself, share your culture with others. Immigrants are a disruption to an ethnostate.

Heroes and Villains from The Owl House, though fictional, represent and embody these very real concepts from our world. And thatโ€™s just part of the reason why this show genuinely resonates with me and so many people.

Ok enough rambling from me, I hope you enjoy the art and please stay safe out there โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉท

Text: I still cannot believe I got the chance to work on such an incredibly special show ๐Ÿฅน Lemme rant for a sec: Thereโ€™s so much more to The Owl House than just Lumity, but watching these girlfriends fall in love in canon really touched my life and the lives of so many queer kids around the world. I was so honored to play a small part in Luzโ€™s coming out story and her relationship with Amity. Iโ€™ve visited middle schools, high schools, and colleges around the US where I spoke to classrooms about my job on TOH, and so many kids told me how much this show meant to them as young queers, artists, and neurodivergent weirdos. We need to be supporting those kids and their futures now more than ever. Nobody can diminish your light ๐ŸŒˆ Queer rights are human rights. Joy and Pride is resistance. Expression and Nonconformity are threats to power. So is Humor, and Art, and Love, and Communityโ€” all precious as they are vital, especially in times like these. Trans rights are human rightsโ€” the right to privacy, autonomy, and deciding whatโ€™s best for our bodies is between us and our doctors, not our governments. Anti-trans laws reflect fascist ideals, the lavender scare, and racist segregation throughout history. Immigrant Rights are human rightsโ€” the rights to travel, seek asylum, build a life for yourself, share your culture with others. Immigrants are a disruption to an ethnostate. Heroes and Villains from The Owl House, though fictional, represent and embody these very real concepts from our world. And thatโ€™s just part of the reason why this show genuinely resonates with me and so many people. Ok enough rambling from me, I hope you enjoy the art and please stay safe out there โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉท

Itโ€™s still Pride Month in the Boiling Isles ๐ŸŒˆ

(Been so fixated on drawing Pokรฉmon boyfriends I almost forgot Iโ€™m a lesbian LOL)

I still cannot believe I had the chance to work on such an incredibly special show ๐Ÿฅน

Some personal rambles on the next slide

02.07.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1567    ๐Ÿ” 335    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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I just wanted to draw something cool

#art

30.06.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Butch Yang Week is just 21 days away! Check out some of our contributors.

#RWBY

30.06.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Bellabirthday Blake!!!!!!!!!!

#RWBY #RWBYfanart #Blakebelladonna

19.01.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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happy deltarune everyone! it was my pleasure to contribute more concept art to chapters 3 and 4. excited to see it out in the world ๐Ÿ“บโœŒ๏ธ

04.06.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11855    ๐Ÿ” 1343    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A poster for Mondo I made a year ago. AD Josh Manderville and beautiful typography by Nolan Fleming

04.04.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3773    ๐Ÿ” 1060    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
camila from the owl house holding luz around her waist. luz is a toddler and flipping upside down with a smile on her face.

camila from the owl house holding luz around her waist. luz is a toddler and flipping upside down with a smile on her face.

found this old au art that's pretty cute. from a commission.

[ #theowlhouse #luznoceda #camilanoceda #moroserart ]

03.04.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A trans boy whose body is ravaged with a fantasy illness called "white leprosy". He hides behind a large snail shell, as a metaphor for protection, for having his own metaphysical place of safety. He has a small "lamin" in front of him. A maranao wooden tower after the indigenous people of the southern Philippines. Curling plants, wildflowers and weeds and other fauna and snails gather at his feet.

A trans boy whose body is ravaged with a fantasy illness called "white leprosy". He hides behind a large snail shell, as a metaphor for protection, for having his own metaphysical place of safety. He has a small "lamin" in front of him. A maranao wooden tower after the indigenous people of the southern Philippines. Curling plants, wildflowers and weeds and other fauna and snails gather at his feet.

A safer place, in a softer world.

04.04.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1129    ๐Ÿ” 399    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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spoilers spoilers spoilers

23.10.2024 03:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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the loneliest amazon...i <3 absolute ww

30.10.2024 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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1. When your son comes back home

2. Longing for her memories

3. DeVoid hasnโ€™t revealed herself yet. Just biding her time until her memories and powers come back. But until then, she's still got bills to pay

4. DeVoid watches My Little Pony: FiM

29.01.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1521    ๐Ÿ” 138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids to Begin Here are action items to protect your immigrant neighbors, answers to common FAQs, and insights to debunk anti-immigrant propaganda

Multiple cities reporting that ICE raids have begun.

I'm an immigrant & human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, the actions each of us can take to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.

No paywall. Please share widely.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

23.01.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4841    ๐Ÿ” 4220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117
Poster for Park Planet featuring Princess Guinevere.

Poster for Park Planet featuring Princess Guinevere.

Original poster I painted for the Knights of Guinevere teaser. Been a while since I painted but I had a lot of fun. ๐Ÿ’™โœจ

19.01.2025 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14154    ๐Ÿ” 2196    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.

Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.

19.11.2024 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4579    ๐Ÿ” 3499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 350    ๐Ÿ“Œ 266
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Posting these again because I don't like how the thumbnails cropped the full images ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Character design exercise based on 3 random emojis! (2021, 2022)

#conceptart #characterdesign

19.11.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 521    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nobody asked, but I thought it would be fun to post the sketch for those who might want to practice lineart/coloring/painting/etc.!

Tagging and credit is greatly appreciated if you plan on posting โค๏ธ

#RWBY

30.12.2024 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 303    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
illustration poses of a young girl wearing very 90s clothing: a pink cardigan, acid-wash jeans, big pink sneakers and her brown hair has blonde bangs, a very 90s style. In one image she touches a mirror and sees her reflection: a more traditional blue pinafore wearing blonde Alice. In another she's got four playing cards and the rests are poses of her running around to show movement

illustration poses of a young girl wearing very 90s clothing: a pink cardigan, acid-wash jeans, big pink sneakers and her brown hair has blonde bangs, a very 90s style. In one image she touches a mirror and sees her reflection: a more traditional blue pinafore wearing blonde Alice. In another she's got four playing cards and the rests are poses of her running around to show movement

a few years back, I did a concept art zine reinterpreting Alice in Wonderland as a generational thing, with each character representing a different subculture of the 60s/70s/80s and then Alice herself being from the late 90s!

I'm gonna post it here!!
๐Ÿงต1/??
#artpost

first of all, allice herself:

20.01.2025 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1470    ๐Ÿ” 257    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
comic of hunter from the owl house dealing with hand pain.
Hunter: eugh

comic of hunter from the owl house dealing with hand pain. Hunter: eugh

second page of the comic
Hunter: ick. (he starts smacking and scratching at his hands, before Flapjack pulls on his hair to get him to stop)
Hunter: Okay, okay! Quit it!!

second page of the comic Hunter: ick. (he starts smacking and scratching at his hands, before Flapjack pulls on his hair to get him to stop) Hunter: Okay, okay! Quit it!!

old art of the day! this comic had some grimwalker headcanons related to palistrom wood being an ingredient (1/3)
#toh #theowlhouse

21.11.2024 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a comic style page with three different panels of hunter with flapjack on his shoulder

a comic style page with three different panels of hunter with flapjack on his shoulder

a two-panel comic of flapjack pulling on hunter's hair
Hunter: Haha! You're so weird!
Flapjack: (Made you laugh! Haha!)

a two-panel comic of flapjack pulling on hunter's hair Hunter: Haha! You're so weird! Flapjack: (Made you laugh! Haha!)

two drawings of hunter wearing a sweater that says "#1 fan of birds". the left one has the text "without bird" on top with hunter looking irritated. the right one has the text "with bird" and flapjack is now sitting on hunter's shoulder.

two drawings of hunter wearing a sweater that says "#1 fan of birds". the left one has the text "without bird" on top with hunter looking irritated. the right one has the text "with bird" and flapjack is now sitting on hunter's shoulder.

I really did use to draw a lot of hunter and flapjack... I still miss this bird every day actually ๐Ÿ˜ญ
#toh #theowlhouse

22.11.2024 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Knights of Guinevere Trailer Colorscripts

17.01.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2846    ๐Ÿ” 532    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

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