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so stay the fuck away from my fish

@velvetandclaws-blog / velvetandclaws-blog.tumblr.com

cis, 24, south england, Perpetual Black Woman Stan™, q muslim, self-proclaimed writer, dc comix enthusiast, and way too invested with fictional characters (esp. poc characters), and their goddamn drama. also, anime or whatever
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okay so here’s the deal

i’m really proud of this book. and i know people, particularly tumblr people, dont tend to have a ton of money. SO. i made the book free for the next 3 days, so you guys can go get it, and see if you like it. and if you do, which i think you will, then you can spread the word to your friends. 

  • its a mlm romance
  • with a native american main character
  • a diverse supporting cast
  • and the actual real word bisexual
  • discussion about anxiety and how it doesn’t end with romance
  • a really fucking cute main couple
  • ITS GOOD. READ THE SYNOPSIS. I PROMISE. 

so yeah. it’s free! NOW YOU REALLY HAVE NO REASON NOT TO GIVE IT A CHANCE.

GUYS GUYS GUYS i HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE AND YOU SHOULD ALL GO CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING BOOK!!!! I’m only 1/3 of the way in but it’s been consuming me all day! I barely managed to do my job I was so distracted! I can’t wait to get back to it. Reason Number One is a good book!

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Gabourey Sidibe - Portrait by Sam Spratt

A while back, I asked Gabby to come to my studio. Work immediately began and the beginnings of several sketches and pieces started to come together, but I didn’t want to rush the main painting so I shelved it while the usual pattern of clients interrupting personal work took over. Many paintings never get finished or see the light of day, both personal and professional, but Gabby was special. I wrote these notes back during her visit:

Her time in my studio was mostly light, filled with her bubbly energy as we cracked open some beers, exchanged embarrassing drinking stories, taking group photos as if we’d known each other for more than the actual hour we had, and her trying to convince me that she has an actual medical condition where she finds everything adorable. You’d be fooled too if you were lied to by an Oscar-nominated actress with her talent. But when I asked her, stripped of any pretension, that if I were to paint her, how she’d like to be portrayed, she said “I don’t really care about how I’m portrayed” and then she paused and continued “I guess … did you ever watch the show Community? Ya know how the school’s mascot is the human being? I mean, I don’t want to be a grey faceless spandex blob like that, but I’d like to just be a human being. Not someone’s message or idea of what I stand for because of what I look like, just a human, how you’d paint me if I were anyone else".

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Hello graphic makers!! You’re probably aware that there is a huge problem on tumblr with whitewashing. As a predominantly disney-based blogger, the whitewashing I personally see are from the disney fandom, so I’m going to use screencaps from those movies to show you several quick techniques so you’ll see just how easy it is to have your pretty bright and pastel colour palettes and not whitewash characters of colour.

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