KagiArts

A bit of a fresh start since my other art blog is currently a side blog! @KagiArts on Twitter, Bluesky & now Tumblr ♥

[kagiarts]

So I uh, figured I'd make a separate art blog so I can more easily follow and interact. My current art blog (@/kagi-arts) is actually a side blog, so all follows come from my main which always makes me feel a bit weird for some reason.

I'll try this out for a bit and see whether it works out!

[kagiarts]

Got sad a while back because I wanted to work on a regression/reincarnation story arc, but I didn’t want to use my usual OCs… Then I had an epiphany and realised I have unused characters I can totally rework to fulfill that need.

Reintroducing Laika “Lakeh” Richards. But don’t get too used to this look because he’s gonna, like, die immediately. Hah. But it’s fine, he’ll come back as someone totally cool and similar…right? :3c

[kagi-arts]

Still mad that there isn't a Gogeta tsum yet so I made my goddamn own!!! 😤

Eyeballed/referenced from my Vegeta tsum and started after a very quick mock up.

I can never fully test run anything, we wing it and Create or Perish.

[kagiarts]

Sylveon cooldown 🎀

Really into doodlin’ pokemans right now ;v;

[ferahntics]

Egads, Ferah posting twice in one day. (ignore that we're past midnight shh)

Warrior of the Mind fits these two so well, I realized.

[kagiarts]

Fast-ish redraw of an old thing I never finished (original & WiP under the read-more).

I feel like coming to terms with ssj wouldn’t be a particularly pleasant experience, especially for those who reach it through rage.

Sometimes it’s good to kind of prove to yourself that you have actually grown, especially when you’re not feeling great about yourself.

[vaspider]

I think a lot of the time people get overwhelmed by everything that's going on right now, and sometimes I do too. I was thinking about that the other day, and reached a place where I was trying to fold my mind around accepting all the things I can't possibly do, because I'm only human, and only one human.

In thinking this over, I remembered reading the fable of the Crow and the Pitcher as a kid. If you've never read it, a crow finds a pitcher full of water, but can't reach the bottom, so, after failing to knock it over, he piles pebbles into it until he can drink from the pitcher.

I've heard various morals for this, from "thoughtfulness works better than brute strength," to "necessity is the mother of invention," and "little acts add up." But like... I started thinking about being a pebble, rather than being the crow.

I don't have to be the whole solution. I don't even necessarily have to be the one person who finds the solution. I just have to be willing to help as much as I can and raise the water level, and help the solution happen.

I'm sure some people will say that sounds weak and defeatist or whatever, which, you know, first of all, fuck you. But this is - in all seriousness - one of the ways in which lasting change is made. Not by big singular dramatic gestures, not by one person burning themself out by somehow doing everything all of the time, but by the dogged and continual persistence of people being present and doing what they can do, over and over, raising the water line.

It's okay to be a pebble. It's okay to raise the water level a little, in concert with all the other pebbles, and get your comrade a little drink of water. Do what you can, when you can, the best that you can, and find your peace with that.

It's okay to not do everything.

It's okay to be one of a hundred pebbles.

[kagiarts]

Shaking the rust off

Working on a ref for Raijin

[kagiarts]

Goddamnit I hate-love her 🫠

[partyhorn]

my explorations lately

[kagiarts]

Shaking the rust off

Working on a ref for Raijin

[hoodiedeer]

Reminder, if you ever pay someone for a commission on Paypal (NSFW OR NOT) you SHUT THE FUCK UP in any text box it gives you.

(No this does not mean try to be a snarky comedian and say it was "bomb materials" or "fuck u" or whatever. Don't play with people's livelihoods, just shut the fuck up and don't type anything at all, it's not that hard.)

[templepriest-motherfucker]

Say it with me folks:

“Eat the rich” means 1%ers and billionaires

middle class is closer to poverty than being a multimillionaire

“The rich” does NOT include children of billionaires (come on we’re at least slightly better than the plagues of Egypt)

Upper middle class children SHOULD NOT feel guilt over having money

Being aware of privilege and using your privilege to help others IS NOT a guilt trip

Constantly feeling guilty helps no one

Billionaires, however, should feel guilty over hoarding wealth.

Upper middle class is NOT rich

Black Lives Matter

Trans rights are human rights

[kelila-rivka]

My uncle was one of the top surgeons in the country. He was upper middle class definitely. When he got cancer, his insurance didn’t cover all the treatments he would need and after 5 years he drained his savings on cancer treatments (while still working most of that time) and eventually died because he couldn’t afford the expensive treatments that might have saved him.

If you are upper middle class and you get sick, it will likely bankrupt your family. It’s fucked.

[olddukeofficial]

For all of the idiots in the notes ^

[dancinbutterfly]

Honest to god - even if you make 6 figures a year? you're closer to poverty than true wealth. Check your shit and remember who your real allies and enemies are guys.

[uvradical]

A 6 figure income is a lot right? That’s say: 223,000 dollars a year Which is 112 dollars an hour. Most people would consider that upper middle class. That’s enough money to have a nice house, go on fun vacations. That’s slight more than the average doctor makes.

223,000 dollars is what Jeff Bezo makes in a minute

the well-off and the rich are not the same. 

[simonalkenmayer]

There was a wonderful study done about 15 years ago I think, that shows that people cannot accurately identify their income bracket. Most people who own a home think they are upper middle class when in fact they are closer to the poverty line. Even people living well below poverty often identify as middle class. The wealth gap is even worse now. I wonder if anyone actually knows their financial standing.

[ngkiscool]

This post is from 2020. Things did not improve.

[kagiarts]

Apparently 2025 is ending with me resurrecting my OCs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[kagiarts]

Intended to doodle something spoopy but Ffan appeared instead, oopsie.

[alexdellamortex]

Van Helsing werewolf appreciation post

[mitesworld]

She loves when my day off is about her

[zinnychibbana]

26. Injured or after a fight

Hana doesn't fight with others, but that one time in the bar with Karin didn't end well... It was a cat-fight from Karin, but Hana did do some punches, you should see how Karin looked after the fight!