Happy Last Day Of Pride Month! I Just Wanted To Sum Up What This Month Means To Me As It Comes To A Close.
Happy last day of pride month! I just wanted to sum up what this month means to me as it comes to a close.
To understand what June means to me, I should probably first state my relationship with the LGBTQ community. I am someone who spent years struggling to find an identity that “fit”. Eventually, I realized I am happiest unlabeled. I like being able to explain the aspects of myself that I have analyzed to oblivion and feel too complex to be just one term. I do not care if people call me a straight man, an asexual woman, a nonbinary lesbian, or any combination of terms in the world. If you hear my description of my identity and pick a label for me, even if I do not agree with it I am still happy you heard me out and tried to understand me to the best of your ability.
You might think that I don’t belong in the LGBTQ community if I don’t identify with any queer labels but I present you with this: if I also don’t identify with any cisgender or heterosexual labels, where do I belong in this world? Nowhere? If gender and sexuality are both on spectrums, where do the people who acknowledge the existence of the spectrum within themselves belong? To me, the LGBTQ community is for people whose identities do not conform with being cisgender and/or heterosexual, and I can assure you that my identity is not that of a cishet woman in denial.
With all of that background out of the way, I feel slightly more comfortable speaking on what pride month means to me. Pride month, in the simplest terms possible, is a time to celebrate what makes your identity “unconventional”, specifically in relation to gender and sexuality. It’s a period where the LGBTQ community can unite under the idea of being proud of their queerness, whether it be being trans or gay or aromantic or bisexual or genderfluid or anything in between. I love pride month. I love seeing flags everywhere and videos of parades and just the joy and love radiating off of everyone’s faces. Pride month is a time to be unashamed of who you love. It really doesn’t matter whether the person you love is a romantic partner you’ve known for decades or a friend you met five minutes ago. Pride month is about sharing who you are with those who are important to you on a personal level, and with the world on a group level. It’s about being honest with the people you love, but also showing those who may be struggling with their identity or in places that may not be as accepting that they are not alone and that it’s okay to be “different”. It sounds reporterish and stereotypical to say that it’s powerful, but it is genuinely moving to see so many people unite under those two words- pride month- to celebrate what makes them different rather than what they have in common.
In conclusion, all I really wanted to say is pride month is a beautiful way to unite with people, whether it be parents, lovers, friends, neighbors, or even strangers on the internet. I hope that someday every LGBTQ person in the world will have at least one person to celebrate their identity with during pride month.
P.S. congratulations to Thailand for being the first Southeast Asian country to pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. I am sure this June will be a pride month the people of Thailand will never forget. Hopefully many more countries in Southeast Asia and around the world will follow suit soon.
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Hello everyone!
As I’m sure most people are aware, the genocide in Palestine has been getting worse and worse with Israeli forces bombing civilians and restricting aid from reaching survivors.
The death toll keeps rising and I want to do everything I can to help. Unfortunately, I do not have enough money to donate regularly, so I’d like to encourage others to with my artwork.
I am new to taking commissions, so I’m going to have to ask for everyone’s patience as I find my footing. Prices are firm and I’m not open to negotiation (remember, this is for Palestine).
Commission Information
Prices
Headshot: 5$
Bust: 10$
Full body: 15$
Add Color: +5$
Add shading and color: +10$
Add background: +10$
Additional characters: 50% of other character price
Other Information
Payment through my Venmo will go directly to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) but, if you don’t have Venmo or would like to donate to a different Palestinian charity, I will also take a screenshot of your digital receipt/proof of your donation as payment as well.
Some charities you can donate to are listed below, but this is not an inclusive list so others are welcome.
ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid)- organization that aims to provide humanitarian aid to Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon.
Doctors Without Borders- an organization that provides medical assistance to victims of violence in Palestine and other countries facing genocide.
Islamic Relief Fund- provides relief to people in Palestine.
UNICEF (United Nations’ Children Educational Funds)- provides vaccines, medical aid, education, and other resources to children in Palestine.
Gaza Funds- various gofundme’s from families living in Palestine
You can contact me here or on instagram.
Guidelines
Will do:
Humans/humanoids
Object heads
Furries (anthro and otherwise)
Fandom (characters, ship art, oc x fandom, etc)
Gore
Wont do:
NSFW
Mecha (sorry :/)
Racist/homophobic/bigoted themes
Proship stuff
Not sure if your request fits within the guidelines or have any questions? Just ask! I’d be delighted to answer.
You’re challenged by professor Lacey and professor Hue!
I was chilling with a friend a while ago and we decided to watch that one stop motion animation Pokémon resort series on Netflix. We LOVED it and I decided to make some Pokémon ocs inspired by it. I love the idea of normal ass people in the Pokémon universe, so we got Cal Lacey with Plusel and Minun (named Addy and Minnie) and Rosey Hue with Smeargle (named Bagel)! They are my comfort straights.
Below the cut are doodles of the two (and their Pokémon)
Hehehe, feral Carmine
Some angry Carmine doodles for you my friend :)
When characters are angry, my guilty pleasure is to draw their hair fluffing up like in Ghibli movies.
how did they get in there???
The Reaper Farmer and The Doctor
It was like pulling teeth to get this stupid thing finished. I wanted to add a background but I’ve just about reached my limit, so you get color. Just imagine they’re right outside the clinic.
ANYWAYS, this is The Reaper (aka the farmer), my stardew valley oc :) He’s a big ol’ shadow person (Krobus’s species) whose taken up residence in the abandoned farm just west of the town. He enjoys farming, pickling, and long walks on the beach /j
The below images are his first concepts:
Also I realized there aren’t a ton of shadow people (I learned later that there are specifically NONE is town according to Krobus’s wiki) so I made some. Can-Can lives in trash cans and eats the trash while Brutus and Grandma live in the mines :D
……..they don’t take too kindly to learning that Reaper is getting buddy buddy with the townsfolk,,,,,
Ignore that I’m shipping the reaper with Harvey. I am being self-indulgent 😔
I’m having a lot of fun with this character. I like thinking about how he’d interact with the other villagers and shit. I wouldn’t say to expect more drawings of him, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to meeeeeeee…
Dave and Jack dressed as Snow and Heat miser!
Happy holidays everyone!
Me and my friend are doing a small challenge where we draw a little something for 12 days leading up to Christmas. Today, I bring you something that’s been on the back of my mind ever since I listened to Snow miser’s song this year. Jack’s voice actor, Dylinthedark, actually did a cover of their songs (linked below), so I thought it was fitting.
EDIT: Just so everyone knows, DylinTheDark got hacked recently so this video is no longer available. Go sub to his new channel so he can get back on his feet again!
Ok so I got the Teal mask dlc for Pokémon scarlet for Christmas and I had an idea for a pairing I’ve never seen before!
(Edit: btw I haven’t finished the dlc so please no spoilers!)
Y’all know team star’s fairy boss, Ortega, and the new character, Kieran? Yeah.
Don’t ask me how they meet considering they live in different parts of the world. It could be that team star is doing community service there, but I really don’t know. :)
Here’s a design that I drew Ortega in for his casual wear
Alright thanks and goodnight *outro card but it fades and I’m dead on the pavement*
Hi! Can you draw Meditite? Please.
✨ Oh? You encountered a shiny Meditite! ✨
Did you know that Meditites only eat one berry a day?
Also I caught a shiny Meditite in Scarlet that I named Meringue, hence why I drew this one shiny too.
MUSCLES!!!
Smaller post for today. I just really liked this doodle of my 2 fav common cookies and wanted to share :)
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