did you know that my comms are open??

i have a kofi that details all my commision info!

anything over £5/$5/€5 will receive a doodle (£10/$10/€10 will be a more detailed doodle and £25/$25/€25 will be a doodle sheet)

examples of full illustrations in the read more

hi! I am still looking for a job and still accepting commissions!

i have also posted a new comm type (OC headshots) -- I'm still working on examples for this but i will post the two i have in the read more.

Some closeups of the best graffiti I've ever seen

did you know that my comms are open??

i have a kofi that details all my commision info!

anything over £5/$5/€5 will receive a doodle (£10/$10/€10 will be a more detailed doodle and £25/$25/€25 will be a doodle sheet)

examples of full illustrations in the read more

hi! I am still looking for a job and still accepting commissions!

i have also posted a new comm type (OC headshots) -- I'm still working on examples for this but i will post the two i have in the read more.

killing eve? i hardly know her

I was thinking through what else I’m looking forward to this holiday season and I realized I haven’t mentioned it on here, just on discord, but— MY MOMS BEEN MAKING ME A REALLY COOL ART THING??

I think I’ve talked about it before, but my mom has been a quilter for most of my life and in the last few years started doing these really cool fabric collages, and it was my turn to request one so I asked for a phoenix cause I’m obsessed with this one art piece I did in art therapy ages ago

Anyway, my mom has been working on it and THIS was the last update I got???

I’m so excited for it?? Can’t wait to see where it’s at by the time I get there this weekend

dude holy fucking shit???? this is. beyond insane. i also quilt, though i've never tried paper piecing - though this doesnt even look like that. this has surpassed any and every sort of traditional quilt work. i can't even imagine how this is put together. im just staring at it in absolute wonder. youve short circuited my brain with how beautiful that is, and 'beautiful' isnt a strong enough word for what this is

So, as far as I can tell, this is a technique involving cutting tiny pieces of fabric with the colors/patterns you want and pinning and using fabric glue, and then sometimes sewing over top depending on the size of the pieces (this is what I’ve gathered from listening to my mom talk about it, but I know she learned the technique from a specific artist I can’t remember the name of who sells books and classes). My mom also frequently uses tulle over areas with lots of small piecing, usually as a way to adjust color but also I think cause it’s easier to sew the tulle piece than try and quilt aaaaalll of the little bits and pieces.

Here’s some pics from the workroom when I visited in November, and some pics from in-progress pieces before they were finished, if that gives you a better idea of how it works ^^

And here’s some finished pieces!

Update! I asked my mom for the name of the artist who she learned the technique from! If you’re curious about this style, you can find more info on her website! https://susancarlson.com/

Apparently she’s very generous with free tutorials as well as having books and workshops

Update! Re:technique, it’s mostly glued at first, with extra glue as well as some free motion quilting on top over areas that don’t have tulle over them, and tulle stitched over some areas.

Also updates on the phoenix!

You can kinda see the metallic details on some of the fabrics chosen! I love them. Also a glimpse at some of the bits cut out to use in the tail!

I’ll sneak into the quilting room for more closeups of this and other pieces before I leave ^^

Updates! (First, oops I forgot to get more pics of the work room when I was home; family visits are always busier than expected)

I was given two options for background as my mom was finishing up the bird part—

I ended up picking the greener one cause I love all the gold stuff, and my mom added even more gold details for that mythical feel

So this is the current most recent form!

What is my sister’s fault? Why must this be her life? She doesn’t remember our house. She doesn’t remember her cat who was killed by the bombs. She doesn’t remember feeling warm during the winter. All the good things in her life came and went before her brain could form memories. From her point of view, life has always been this genocide. Gaza has always been destroyed. Home has always been one room with no windows and infested by rodents.

Please help me provide for her. She’s had a high fever for the past few days and the blockade is back. The bombs are starting to drop again. This is going to be so hard and I can’t do this alone.

We are so close to our final goal, please, anything can make a difference even if it’s just sharing!

PLEASE DONATE HERE

✅Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #347 )✅

If this comic made you smile, please help us!!

We are a family of ten trying to survive in northern Gaza. We have a rent of $700 that we won’t be able to pay without help, and we will be at the mercy of the drones and the tanks if we have to leave, on top of having to leave behind all of our belongings. The only food we have left is a bag of flour infested with maggots, everything at the market has become insanely expensive.

My sister Soso is only four years old, what kind of life is this for her? My mother and I have been sick and thankfully we finally got the help of a doctor, but that means we had to pay for the medicine as well. The little money we have left isn’t enough to buy anything in the north.

Please help, I swear I’ll be thankful for anything. Share at least if you can’t afford to donate.

✅Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #347 )✅

DONATE HERE

Thank you to everyone who won’t ignore us 🙏❤️‍🩹

Repost from AJ+

“When our grandchildren ask what we did during the genocide in Gaza, I’ll say I refused.”

"Ella Keidar Greenberg is in jail for refusing to serve in the Israeli army, a decision she announced publicly outside the military recruitment center. She’s currently being held in solitary confinement, according to Mesarvot, an organization that supports conscientious objectors. AJ+ spoke to her before her detention."

A few people in the notes have been fairly incredulous at only 10 refuseniks since the 7th so I'd like to clarify— Ella is the 10th objector to publicize her refusal and imprisonment since October 7th. In September 2023, over 200 teenage settlers released an open letter titled Youth Against Dictatorship promising to refuse service when their draft days came and calling for the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. And we know in November of 2024 Israel released at least 1126 arrest warrants for orthodox settlers who had refused service.

The exact number is hard to say, especially when Israel has an interest in concealing it to keep up their image.

have you guys done that “what kind of reader are you” quiz and if so what did you get

here’s mine

ah here’s the link guys

Can I Please Eat In The Computer Room Tonight? by Nicole Nikolich (2025)

is that person actually "demanding emotional labour" from you or did you follow one shitty therapist on twitter

while we're at it did that person actually "violate a boundary" or have you been reading /r/relationships again

I'm not just speaking as someone who was abused by a partner who loved doing their emotional manipulation through therapy-speak. I genuinely think this is a huge societal problem and it's how we've ended up with, eg, terfs inventing the clearly batshit idea that you can apply a "consent" framework to who gets to exist around you in public spaces and making it a cornerstone of their fascist bullshit

reblog to give your mutuals a djungelskog