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The weather’s been sweltering so I got my upper arms out for the first time in, well, years, the other day. The fact that I felt self-conscious about it in my own space, around my family even, goes to show how much fatphobia seeps into our subconscious, especially as a (small) fat person. Fat people deserve to get our big, wobbly upper arms out! We deserve to wear tank tops and bandeaus and backless things and muscle tees and shorty shorts and whatever else we like, without feeling shame or self-consciousness! The world: sucks for fat people (particularly superfat and infinifat people who also have to deal with not being able to find Fashionable Clothes in their sizes). Our bodies are absolutely fine the way they are! They should be unremarkable, because all bodies are different and there is NO one body type or size or shape or weight that determines anyone’s worth, health, or attractiveness. Anyway, fancied drawing a babe with arms like my own, wearing fun clothes in the summer heat, getting good n sweaty. 🌞✌🏼
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🦂 ITCH 🦂 i get asked a lot about how i come up with the characters i draw/whether i use references... i think it’s safe to say everyone can, by this point, tell i use myself as reference. to begin with it was just efficient and useful- take a picture of myself doing the thing i envision my character doing so i can get the anatomy/poses/clothing folds down. but over the last few months i’ve noticed that this practice has evolved into something more. it’s still the most efficient way to acquire a reference, yes, but now there’s also joy in it. the more i draw characters based off of my own body, the more comfortable i become with how i look. as a non-binary trans person i personally still experience dysphoria with regard to my body, but drawing my body type over and over again makes me see it outside of the cis-het male gaze, and that’s where the comfort for me lies. i have learnt to be much more at home in my softness, my roundness, my stretch marks, my big nose, my body hair, my wobbly bits, and everything an AFAB (assigned female at birth) person is actively conditioned to hate about themselves. the act of examining pictures of myself closely has become powerful, glorious, because when i do so i’m looking at myself objectively, through the eyes of an artist, not through the lens of the patriarchy. it’s so easy to look at yourself with judgement, disgust, sadness, fury- it’s encouraged by the patriarchy and by capitalism (how can they sell you things you don’t need unless they make you feel incomplete as you are without them?) but there’s so much profound beauty in observing yourself just as you are, as a whole person, not just your softness, your roundness, your stretch marks, your big nose, your body hair, and your wobbly bits as separate entities to be dissected and scrutinised. take a minute this week to look at yourself objectively - without the judgement you would usually bring to the mirror - and look at yourself kindly, through the eyes of an artist, of a friend, of family. see yourself as a whole human being, with empathy and compassion, a person who has good days and bad, a person whose history and ancestry shapes their body. let yourself love you. ❤️(instagram)
Hi there! First of all I loooove your work so so much. Your style is so unique and original, and your choices are so refreshing. One of the many things I love about your art is all the details in it (I always zoom in and look at every tiny thing hidden in there, it's a delight), and especially the fact that your characters have body hair. That's lovely to see. As someone who feels very self-conscious about it, I would love to see some facial hair on feminine-presenting characters. All the best!
hello! thank you so much for your kind words! i’m thrilled that those little details i add in (that frankly i hardly think anyone will ever notice) are things you look forward to and actively seek out in my work! that’s so kind. 💛
as for body hair, i’m so pleased it’s something i include in my pieces that you feel speaks to you- as a fellow hairy human being who also used to battle with self-consciousness over my body hair, this is a struggle i totally understand. i try to include facial hair on my femininely-presenting characters too, but your message made me go back and look at some of the ones i’ve done and re-evaluate whether it’s obvious or noticeable enough. and it isn’t- you’re absolutely right to point it out as something you’d like to see more of because it’s something i’d like to see more of in art in general too. it only makes sense that i start with my own. i hope when you see it within my next pieces going forward that it makes you feel a little less self-conscious and maybe even a little bit beautiful, because body/facial hair has absolutely no bearing on anyone’s beauty and/or their worth. thank you for an excellent reminder. 💛
❣️ a fun lil experiment with a monochromatic palette and screentones ❣️
i say this all the time, but real talk; i’ve been having a hard mental health time of it lately, and little things about social media have been exacerbating my anxiety, depression and ocd. this is a thing i made tonight with shaky, clammy hands from feeling real dysphoric after scrolling through instagram, in an attempt to channel my anxious energy into a way to vent. the constant veneer of perfection, productivity and performance on social media is difficult enough to deal with already, but when you’re a queer person of colour who also happens to be chronically ill, looking through your feed can be a real drag (and not in the fun, subversive, queer way). i guess this is a thing acknowledging that even just the little things can build up and be A Lot, so if you’re feeling the same way, pls remember you’re not alone and i got a lotta love for ya. 💛(instagram)
feeling so very, very proud today. the indian supreme court has decriminalised homosexuality by getting rid of section 377 of the penal code- a relic left behind by colonial rule. we’ve a terribly long way to go in changing attitudes towards LGBTQIA folks in india, but this is such a positive and historic milestone in that fight. i’m so relieved for every queer indian person that won’t have to be a criminal in their own country for simply being true to themselves; i’m so glad that this is a step in the right direction for queer indian folks to feel shanti (peace, liberation, rightness in the world) at last. 🇮🇳🏳️🌈🇮🇳 (instagram)
🏹 BALANCING ACT 🏹 this one’s been in the works for the longest time, but it’s done at last! it’s about how being a woman/fem person in our society is a delicate balancing act of all the minutiae of life to begin with, made worse by the constant misogyny, racism and transphobia faced by fem folks. we’re just trying to keep all our damn plates spinning whilst at the same time suffering the very real pain inflicted upon us; it ain’t easy to say the least. 📌 shouting out to all the women and non-binary babes reading this- i see the work you do just to stay afloat and i appreciate you. ❣️(instagram)
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