ID: Op's icon, which is a digital portrait of them done in a vibrant pallette of purple, magenta, yellow, and white. they are a nonbinary person with short hair, round face, with lots of ear piercings and a couple lip piercings. End ID.
what's up, I'm Ash and I do art sometimes.
I'm 25, and an angry disabled fat dyke, which often translates into my art. He/They.
studied fine arts in college, with a focus on figure drawing.
here you can expect to find:
-mix of digital and traditional art
-monster/character designs
-sharing of studies or other documentation of progreas/learning
-sometimes nsfw or involving things like blood/gore. I will try and tag these, but follow at your own risk.
-lots of portraits and studies of people. especially women (I am gay). I use inspiration from people's selfies a lot, and where possible try and credit to op. if I post a drawing of you and you want it taken down just let me know.
-just whatever I feel like drawing tbh.
feel free to interact, send asks, reblogs preferred over likes and all that noise. my main blog is @lunarprincx
Two zines I released at the same time, they have great contrast Imao
"Trauma Like Grief" is a short zine about traumatic experiences or non-death related loss that uses personal experience and advice to try and help anyone else going through the same thing
"Unlearn Fatphobia or Fucking Die" is a short zine detailing the history, societal, and health impact of fatphobia, while not putting up with fatphobic bullshit anymore.
I've started to regard this art as a litmus test for people's mental health. Made from a time was doing much worse, though still appreciate it now that I'm doing much better.
ID: image 1- Photo of an open zine cover. Front cover reads "Tuna Melts + Burnt Toast". The back shows a line going straight, taking a dip down, then up and straightening out. The line is labeled "how you think grief works". below it is another line, that is messily scribbles and going up and down. this one is labeled "how grief actually works"
image 2- Photo of an open zine. (ne has a drawing of a folder with a heart with a pop up that says "storage full!" The Text reads
"in these I'm more hurt by the pain around these people,
with Phyllis I feel a pang for the loneliness I know she felt, and how she went out perusing a dream of being happy and independent again,
and with my aunt I feel the pain of potential rejection that I'll never resolve, and I see my cousins trying to survive after the blow I want to be there for them, but I don"t know how.
They say that grief is the love with nowhere to go, but what about everything else? what about the pain, the regret, the apprehension?
I don't know how to make peace with those.
Really the only real grief I experience is a kind I just sit in bitter-sweetness with
whenever I eat a tuna melt, or burn toast." End ID.
Highlighting my favorite zine, that is less popular (probably due to being longer). It's about grief, and I wrote it after my aunt died.
ID: photo of 4 zines laid out on a table. the zines are "All About That Queer Shit", "The World Is (Still) Ending and How to Cope", "Tuna Melts + Burnt Toast", and "A (Somewhat Pretentious) Ramble About Love." End ID.
my current Zine line up! message me if you want to buy one ($6)
ID: a digital zine showing the flags of various queer identities, as well as defining them.
I finally got around to remaking this! I made a person a long time ago that needed a lot of work, so this is the new version.
if you want a physical copy, let me know!
Reblogs are fine, but do not repost (even with credit)
full transcript under cut
All About That Queer Shit
Homosexuality
Lesbians- Women aligned people who are homosexual. Another term you might hear is "sapphic," which reffers to the attracted between women, or those who experience that. The Lesbian community also has a long history of gender non-conforming members, such as nonbinary lesbians.
Gay- Often used as an umbrella term for anyone who isn't straight (heterosexual), but is also the term for homosexual men-aligned people. Just like with gender nonconforming lesbians, there can be gay people who don't identify as men, but do identify as gay and are attracted to other gay men.
Multisexuality
multisexual is an umbrella term referring to any orientation that includes attraction to more than one gender. the umbrella term exists because several different labels describing multisexuality arose around the same time, as the community was forming. All of these labels are inherently inclusive of all genders, cis or trans.
Bisexual- People of any gender who are attracted to two or more genders. Does not mean attraction to just men and women.
Pansexual- People who are attracted to all genders, with no exceptions.
Omnisexual- attraction to all genders equally, without preference.
Trans+ Community
For many, gender doesn't exist in a strict biological binary. It's important to understand that gender and sex are different things. Sex reffers to a group of biological characteristics, while gender is entirely a societal thing and is defined by aesthetics, behaviors, and expected roles in society, and most importantly self identification.
Transgender- When someons gender identity differs from their AGAB. You don't need to experience dysphoria or want to transition in order to be trans.
Transexual- Aan older term often used in a derogatory manner, however, Some still use it. Transexual means someone who identifies with a different sex than the one they were born with, and may desire to transition using hormones and/or surgery. This can be separate from gender identity.
Nonbinary- Both an identity and umbrella term, meaninga person who identifies outside of the male/female gender binary.
Agender- Someone who identifies as having no gender at all.
Two-spirit- A native specific gender identity, and is also an umbrella term. The idea of gender being a specific binary based off of sex is a very western idea, and many different tribes had completely different views, with some tribes recognizing as many as 5 genders. During and post colonization of North America, many tribes were stripped of their cultures, including their cultural gender identities. Two spirit as a label was Created as a way for trans natives to reclaim their heritage, and define their queerness outside of western
Gender Nonconformity (GNC)- A broad spectrum term used to describe gender presentation and appearance, rather than being an identity. It refers to someone who's appearance and/or physical appearance don't conform to expected gender appearance standards. Many trans people are also GNC.
Crossdressing- refers to when someone dresses up as a different gender than their own. This is different from drag because it's not always a performance or about transgransive gender presentation, sometimes people are just more comfortable that way. Crossdressers aren't perverts, nor necessarily trans, but they can be.
Queer exists both as an umbrella term, and as both sexual and gender identities. It stands for people who don't identify as straight or cis. It's the word that has been chosen to act as a general term for the community, because it's all inclusive and includes people who don't use labels. It historically a slur and can sometimes be used in a derogatory manner, but it is also a label, as well as an academic term.
Intersex people are those who's biological sex don't fit into the established binary (oppossed to perisex male or female). There are many ways intersex can occur(physically. genetically and/or hormonally), but they are not illnesses or conditions that need to be cured, nor can Some become intersex by choice. People with intersex traits are often pressured to confirm to binary sex, but that is due to strong intersexist practices in society and medicine. It's a normal variation within humans, where intersex people make up about 2% of the population- that's around the same rate as natural redheads. Intersex people often also have AGAB, but not all intersex people identify with it. Not everyone who is intersex identifies queer as well, but the community is open for those who do.
Asexual+Aronantic Spectrun (aspec)
Some people find that they dont feel some (or all) attraction. Those people are part of the aspec community. People in this community may also use the split attraction model (sam) where they identify romantic and sexual attraction separately.
Asexual- People on the asexual spectrum feel reduced or no sexual attraction to others. Some are sex favorable (still enjoy sex) while others are sex repulsed (not at all interested in sex), and other are in-between.It's important to understand that asexuality only describes attraction, not libido, arousal, or celibacy. A person can have a high sex drive and active sex life and be asexual, just as a could have low sex drive and not be asexual.
Aromantic- This refers to someone who feels little to no romantic attraction. Some aromantics also believe that romantic attraction doesn't exist, and what people refer to is actually a collection of many types of attraction. Those who are on the aromantic spectrum aren't necessarily asexual because they are separate identities, though many people do identify with both.Just like with asexuality, though, some aromantics are partnered, and engage in what looks like a romantic relationship.
Queer relationships
Another aspect of being queer can be how our relationship structures work. Many of us completely reject the standard relationship model, and have created new ones for ourselves. These relationships defy amatanormativity, which is the societal norm and expectation that everyone wants to be in a singular monogamous romantic relationship.
Polyamory- When a person is open to having multiple committed relationships at the same time, as opposed to monogamy where they will only have one partner at a time. Sometimes people will have a primary partner with other side partners, and others might have multiple partners of equal weight. Polyamory also isn't cheating- it's a consensual relationship for all people involved.
Queer Platonic Relationship (QPR)- An alternative model for partnership that arose from the aro and ace communities, but anyone can be in a qpr. It is attempting to describe a close/intimate relationship or partnership that is inherently queer in nature, but doesn't necessarily follow the guidelines for a romantic relationship or friendship. Some people use this to describe a partnership without romance or sex, others use it as a catch all to indicate a unique queer relationship. Each individual is able to self define their own partnership, and there are no set rules for what qualifies as a qpr.
There are many labels I couldn't include here, and endless ways of being queer. There is no wrong way, no invalid labels, or impossible combinations. Each person knows themselves best, and chooses the what that best suits them, even makes their own.
