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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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Claire Keane

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Aqua Utopia|海の底で記憶を紡ぐ
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Origami Around

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if i look back, i am lost
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this is the sideblog of @ahcoffeebeans. I mostly reblog photos and fandom stuff. follow my main for my art and gamewriting
Girl Pictures by Justine Kurland
Front and back endpapers from Hikari no Hito, a 1997 doujin by Saho & Manaka. In person, what looks grey is in fact metallic silver, and the paper has a beautiful texture to it.
I Am Not Your Asian American Doll: a comic for AAPI Heritage Month 2023
I usually spend a lot of time editing and fine-tuning my comics so that they come across as polite and inoffensive. But honestly, I’m really tired of the way Asian cultures and countries are treated / talked about while Asian people themselves are excluded, and thought it was about time I really let my rage out lol.
id in alt
bumping one last time before AAPI month ends!
I was very nervous posting this because of my decision to not restrain/limit my tone in writing this comic, but I don’t regret it one bit. Thank you for your support 💖🇵🇭🇰🇷
“I Am Not Your Asian American Doll” turns one year old today! To honor its anniversary and this year’s Maysia I’ll share some of the artistic choices behind the comic.
My main inspiration was the work of feminist artist Barbara Kruger, who you may know from “your gaze hits the side of my face” and “you construct intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men.” I wanted to pair really shocking, striking words with high-contrast monochrome images as she did.
I chose eyes (and lack thereof) as a central motif. In conversations about art and media history, the “gaze” of the audience is a way to exert power. Who is made into the passive subject, and who gets to be the all-seeing viewer? Who is the subject being portrayed for? Hiding the Asian figures’ eyes demonstrates their lack of agency and establishes them as the subject rather than the viewer.
The skyline on page 5 includes Namsan Tower, as some readers pointed out. (You may have also been clued in from the page’s respective alt text, which describes this as the Seoul skyline.) Though numerous Asian countries have been victims of imperialism several times over, Korea was specifically in mind here. It was Western powers who Korea was split into the North and South, and their colonization and exploitation has led to extreme poverty even today, despite the country’s glamorous facade and rising international stardom.
As many guessed, pink was chosen for its association with sexualization and femininity, although of course fetishization of Asian cultures affects all genders. I also wanted to pick a dark, shocking pink that reminded the viewer of blood; in fact, it is used to color blood here on page 6. I was really happy that the color palette was limited but still legible. (But drawing the large food spread on page 4 with only three shades of pink was definitely a huge challenge.)
Here are some thumbnail sketches I made when planning the comic. You can probably recognize some of the final pages — and see how others evolved!
I want to thank everyone for their overwhelming support for this comic. I never could have dreamed of such an amazing response. To my Asian siblings across the world, you made me feel less alone. To non-Asian allies who lent me their ear, thank you so much for standing with us and listening to our struggles.
Usually I’m extremely careful to write my comics in a palatable tone, but for this piece I decided to not restrain my anger. I understood that by making this decision I would be sacrificing readership, and that many people would be much less willing to listen to me because of my tone. Nevertheless, I truly believe that any and all of the harassment I received was a small price to pay for such an honest piece to be seen.
Thank you all, again! Please consider supporting my most recent fundraising project, an Inumaki Toge themed fundraiser for aid in Gaza.
Final note: THIS COMIC IS NOT FOR TERFS 🏳️⚧️
Roter Engel (Red Angel), Karl Mediz, 1902
Oil on canvas
A comic about friends
I've got a crush on you 💘
patreon // buy prints here
Nobilis 4 Preview
Nobilis 4: A Preview by Jenna Moran on Patreon. Join Jenna Moran's community for exclusive content and updates.
Preview and rough layout of the first hundred pages of Nob4 is up for patrons, along with boring incomplete explanation of delays and why they will likely continue! Feel free to get it from a patron or subscribe-for-$1-then-quit (I'm not sure if patreon currently charges first month immediately or not) if you feel the need.
everyone give jenna money and start playing nobilis
Secret Samol pinch hit for banneduser on Bluesky! "Depictions of any of the above ships comforting each other after a tough fight or even just a bad day" -- I couldn't resist drawing Veile and Elena being bunkmates and a little gay about it
Official Artwork for Parasite Eve ‘パラサイト・イヴ’ (1998) by: Tetsuya Nomura
trucks for girls
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an angel we deserve
i will say about sangfielle and this has always and will continue to bug me (in a minor way.) is people calling each others characters friends and i KNOW why because it's the standard for a ttrpg party (usually) and the players are friends but these characters are truly the most coworkers ever. of all time possibly
@ahcoffeebeans2 envisioning an office au
bonus (you are correct about this):
the earth watcher 🌏
Human versions of Jasper, Peridot and Lapis Lazuli by Rebecca Sugar.
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