What I’ve Been Working On Lately – My First Ever Piece Of Embroidery!

This tapestry has been worked on almost entirely while riding the bus.

It’ll be a hamsa, eventually.

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You may have noticed that parts of this painting are done in different styles/with different techniques. This hand is painted similarly to a “grisaille,” base shadows painted with color built up in thin layers of glaze.

Local idiot SHOCKED that it’s more enjoyable to paint, rather than complain about not having the time to paint.

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am about to read preacher: is there any heads up yall want to give me before i dive in? i tried searching online and didnt see any post related to my Q so hope am not being annoying

If you sent me a question about Preacher, I haven’t received it. Maybe tumblr ate the message?So, not knowing what your question is specifically, general content warnings for Preacher that I would give are lots and lots of explicit violence, drug and alcohol abuse, rape, domestic violence, child abuse, referenced/off-screen bestiality and pedophilia, use of racial slurs, religiously motivated child abuse, basically all characters that experience same-gender attraction are in some way evil, and there is a huge lack of people of color in any capacity. Oh, and lots of blasphemy, if that’s a problem for you.

Hey, your Bobby Hill comic was recently re-posted on Reddit, and it's the first time I've seen it since training to become a therapist. Do you have a background in therapy? Or a background of going to therapy? Because I have to say, the therapeutic style you used for Bobby in the comic is top notch. If you were a peer of mine I'd offer a few minor critiques, but really, amazing job.

Thank you!

I have been to therapy, and I do work in mental health. It's not something I talk about in-depth on this account (or any other account, honestly) due to the confidentiality of the work. Additionally, who I am on this account is not who I am in my mental health work; similar to how who I am at work is not (all of) who I am in my personal life.

my beloved is unto me as myrrh

original collage illustration available for $35

9 x 12in

Ink, marker, water color, and product packaging on found cardboard, coated with matte varnish for increased durability

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Pretty Alien

Ok, so this is going to be the first in a series of pieces. And it has a backstory.

I was working the night shift and it was totally dead and I was super bored and I got to thinking... technically speaking, Sailor Moon is an alien. She's from the moon. So why does she look like a human?

And then I thought, maybe her Sailor Scout uniform is actually what she looks like, but in attempting to describe Sailor Moon's alien physiology, eye-witness accounts were mistaken for a description of a costume, not an actual body.

So, Sailor Moon's pigtails, bangs, and the little whiskers that I've given her, aren't hair. They're sensory organs, like antennae. The red "gems" described in her uniform are actually poison glands, which are brightly colored to gain the attention of predators. When subject to pressure, they secrete a poisonous liquid, kinda like Cane Toads. The "collar" of the costume is actually a wattle that Usagi's species uses in mating displays. It's inflatable!

Kinda like this:

As for the bunny nose and upper lip... Well... her name is Usagi.

The kanji at the top of the image is bi (pretty) uchuu (extraterrestrial) jin (person) and the katakana at the bottom is the phonetic spelling of Sailor Moon.

I'm sure that Kyozuka sensei would be pleased to see that I'm keeping up my calligraphy skills, all these years after her classes.

If anyone with a better grasp of japanese than me has any corrections, I'm happy to hear them.

Nerd rant over.

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Dreamed that I opened a book an there were beetles hiding in the pages. I turned the page and there was a snake. I flipped the book over but the snake came at me. I grabbed it’s tail and smashed it against the wall but it wouldn’t die. I wrapped it up in plastic bags to suffocate it but I could feel its body thrashing. I felt terrible. I didn’t want to prolong its suffering but I didn’t want it to hurt me.

Dreamed that there was a tornado outside the house. Everything was dark and the whole house was shaking and when I looked out the window, I could see the tail of the tornado dragging down the road. I lay down on my stomach and put my hands over the back of my head. My grandmother walked through the dark and shaking house as if nothing were wrong.

mrrrl said: whoa! the first panel looks almost embossed

Thanks! I’m trying to imitate the look of risograph prints (like the ones I got done for my illustration zine) so I've done the line work in ink and then I'm doing pencil shading on separate sheets of tracing paper. My plan is to scan the pages, color in the clothes/characters/objects with one color, overlay the pencil shading in a second color, and then lay the line work over that in a third color!

I mean... I could have done the whole thing straight digital... but I like to make my life more difficult.

Your painting “Pretty Bunny/Ugly Hare" has really resonated with me and made me cry. Thank you for creating it. It's beautiful and I love it.

Oh wow, thank you so much. I’m so glad you connected with my work.