having taste is half the fight

Sol R. / illustrator + designer / TX / instagram @handsomegeniusonlineforever

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Process

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process

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1. Westboro Baptist Church girl standing on the flag, photographer unknown

2. "Dyke" 1993, Catherine Opie

3. Police conduct a raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York on June 28, 1969, Getty Images

4. Portrait of Marsha P. Johnson, photographer unknown

5. IF I DIE OF AIDS-FORGET BURIAL-JUST DROP MY BODY ON THE STEPS OF THE F.D.A 1988, David Wojnarowicz

6. Stormé DeLarverie, The Jewel Box Revue

7. Original pride flag by Gilbert Baker on display at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in San Francisco

8. The first legal same-sex marriage ceremony in the USA, February 12, 2004, between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Liz Mangelsdorf/The Chronicle

Images created using colored pencils and sticker paper, all 3x3" or smaller.

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Black ink drawings from my tattoo curation project. Lifted mostly from art history books. Give me a year and I'll give you one

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"Thank You Kiichiro Toyoda"

plastic Toyota logo (salvaged from 2014 Toyota Tacoma), plastic Crucified Christ figure.

Every car I've crashed was a Toyota, every time I walked away unharmed, and every one of those cars made a full recovery. A cross to hang above your front door to bless your travels 🙏

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Always kind of thought they had a unique bond, had to see it through. goodbye to the month of June 🏳️‍🌈

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significant images, April

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Detail shots. Colored pencil + digital painting still life for David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ (1992)

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“Then the day when the sadness comes. Then we ask, 'Will the sadness which makes me cry, will the sadness that makes me cry my heart out, will it ever end?' The answer, of course, is yes. One day, the sadness will end."

Colored pencil + digital painting still life for David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ (1992)

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Winter Still Life, Gold Duck, December

Colored pencil + Photoshop

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WIP

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young, goth and living in a car

acrylic gouache collage

February 2020

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Forgot that I made this, thanks for showing love y’all I was so depressed when I made this lol

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Winter 2, Gold Duck, January

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Winter 1, Glass Fish, December

Detail

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Winter 1, Glass Fish, December

Detail