Darina's Drawings

Darina any pronouns illustrator and architect from Estonia

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Calathea, Priestess of Pharasma

watercolour and gouache on paper

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Calathea, Priestess of Pharasma

watercolour and gouache on paper

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Steps of my Calathea painting

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little plein air in Kadriorg

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A party of Sharn adventurers for @charredlore

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Dauru is my orc paladin character for a DnD campaign we started this week. She's from a tribe of orcs that worships Sarenrae, where paladins are just lauded community service farmhands.

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A bit over a year ago I illustrated a book cover for a ttrpg called Fatebenders. Today it's finally been published, you can check it out on drivethrurpg. The digital pdf is free!

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some of you might remember the court case led by the human rights centre in my country from december - long story short, my wife along with 4 other protesters were arrested at a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine for the phrase "from the river to the sea." it is a peaceful call for an end to the ongoing occupation, but the cops decided it was a call for violence. court is expensive and the case unfortunately is not over yet.

❣️ here is a link to the estonian human rights centre and their fundraisers!! ❣️ they also are currently helping a refugee trans woman reunite with her partner who is seeking asylum from estonia (the country rejected granting her asylum initially bc they're not married, ignoring the fact gay marriage isn't even possible in russia), so any kind of donation or share would be of a lot of help to the organization and everyone they support.

to personally help out, i'm offering pay-what-you-want commissions for the time being; 🩹 so if you donate at the link (after choosing the sum you can skip the isikukood part, it's for estonian residents id number to get tax reduction!) just let me know. visa/mastercard works, as well as basic EE banks of course!

you can just send me a screenshot that you've donated and let me know how much - anything above 2 EUR - and write to me what/who you'd like me to draw. if you donate over 10 dollars/euros i'll do something fancyful best to my abilities and try to match the amount donated..!!! you can send me a screenshot here thru tumblr or over email: [email protected]. and please don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure about anything.

👇👇👇 more details on the case so far below!! 👇👇👇

the lowest court level ended up rejecting the protesters' plead of not guilty after extensive hearings, so the organization is taking the case a step further, to the highest court in estonia. what's more hopeful about the case this time around is that it's the supreme court of estonia and they hold legitimate power to change the laws! which would mean, if they look at this case they would hopefully ultimately end up changing the laws concerning freedom of speech, as currently it is a very messily worded law that basically gives the police too much freedom to arrest people, based completely on personal judgment and held biases. dangerous police state stuff. the supreme court is also more likely to handle this case professionally as the previous court level mostly handles divorce + work disputes...

personally... let me tell you, it's so difficult to watch court hearings where everyone is deliberately obtuse and bullying your wife relentlessly about pointless shit like geography and telling them snidely to try slogans like "I'M WORRIED" at protests in the future instead, as to not stir trouble lol. dude, children are dying out there. acab. i'm also very haunted by the casual racism on such a high state level. it's been a whirlwind of exhaustion all while trying our best to stay active and fight for palestinians rights to just exist as well. sooo fucked up our country is like this. trying my best to stay hopeful about the future. immensely grateful to the human rights centre for their love and support through it all and the important work they do every day.

thanks for reading this long text, my inbox is open if you have any questions! thank you all so much for the support!! ;_;

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My current DND character for the Eberron campaign: Aurelio Cannith the ethics anxiety ex-wizard

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Who hates Tallinn city planning and has been personally victimised by the mayor? Everyone in Estonia probably.

As your friendly local urbanist architect who fist fights the government daily I have good news! It's now easier to make your anger heard.

Every city should feel like a town.

Some activists have just created an app for reporting urban space issues in Tallinn. When you encounter bad design, snow that hasn't been cleaned, a car parked on the sidewalk, somewhere that could use more trees, etc you can mark it on the map with a photo and a comment. The app will then forward the complaint to the department responsible for the issue. You can also point out things about the city that have been done well, if you'd like there to be more of that.

The point isn't just to solve individual annoyances on the street, but also to make our collective needs and vision for the city heard. Maybe one day we'll get a non car-centric city, without me having to resort to violence?

Also if you don't already follow mitte_tallinn on Instagram or FB I recommend you do!

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"I can make him better" this and "I can make him worse" that. I can make soup. who wants soup. @malfunky @darinster do you want soup

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Khirtuin tal Khorval the fairy rune knight fighter

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Khirtuin goes battle mode!

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begrudgingly makes first tiktok

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLoL4peD/?k=1

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an idyllic character commission for a naruto ttrpg campaign

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The archfey in my campaign in his feral form. Losing his heart and mind wasn't great for his health I would say.

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Here's an idea. You see a Z vandalised onto some wall, turn it into the extinction rebellion symbol. It's climate activism now.

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there's a birch outside my window