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mona 🧿 they/them 🌈 iranian-american illustrator | links

[parthenogene]

as the economy in iran is rapidly collapsing under the weight of amerisraeli war, worsening sanctions, and indefinite internet blackout, queer and trans friends of mine are facing increasingly dire economic conditions. some friends and I are trying to raise funds to keep them afloat, particularly trans women facing acute housing insecurity

if you are able to spare anything at all, it would go a really long way. inflation and currency exchange is so bad that $50 could pay someone’s rent in tehran for an entire month, so every little bit counts

please write ‘donation’, and please don’t put any country or city names in the description 🙏 we are endlessly grateful for your generosity, it truly saves lives

Paypal: @nojin

Revolut: @nojanv

[nazarjoon]

hello mona jan <3 i don't know if you've heard this phrase in persian before as your bio says you are iranian-american, but a slang term i've heard in my high school for when you are happy is, "my heart became glittery/ghalbam aklili shod". this is how your art makes me feel.

i've never heard that before that's so cute!! ✨️ the only people ive ever been able to speak persian to are my parents so most of the slang i know is super old school and lame 😭

[nazarjoon]

store is back open ₊ ⊹₍ᐢᐢ₎

[nazarjoon]

THANK YOU for the Afro-Iranian representation. Some forget that community exist. We have some awesome Afro-Iranian celebrities.

of course!! there are many iranians who are convinced black iranians dont exist in iran :/ it's genuinely tragic to ignore all the different cultures that contribute to iran's history and heritage

for anyone who'd like to learn more about afro-iranian history i would recommend reading the color black: enslavement and erasure in iran

it's open source & the link leads to the website where you can read or download it!

there's also the collective for black iranians instagram page that platforms black iranians & their stories

[nazarjoon]

Hi, do you do commissions? If yes, where can I find more information?

this is such a late response i apologize ;_; i do accept commissions!!

you can email me at [email protected] if you are interested in commissioning me

if you'd like a commission of a character or something along those lines, i'd totally be down :3

if you have a bigger/long term project in mind, i can let you know if/when i could work with you if you email me a project brief <3

[nazarjoon]

آرتِت خیلی قشنگه، هموطن.❤

مرسیییی 🥹💕

[nazarjoon]

i feel a bit silly saying this but i'm so excited to have found your art! i discovered persian rugs only very recently and fell absolutely in love so when i saw your store and how explicitly iranian its inspirations are i couldn't help but sweep through haha

tysm!! it's genuinely crazy how many different types of rugs fall under the category of "persian carpet" and they are truly an unending source of inspiration for me. there was a time when my art wasn't inspired or informed by iranian art and culture, and the idea of that is so foreign and odd to me now haha

here is a 3d rug i saw at the national carpet museum in iran 4 years ago that i think about daily

[nazarjoon]

hii, i have quite a few messages in my inbox that i haven't answered. some have been in there for a couple years now and i wanted to genuinely apologize for not responding!! it's one of those email adjacent tasks that makes me anxious, but now that ive been back on medication for a bit i think im ready to tackle it lol. just posting this for accountability

[nazarjoon]

khorshid o mah/ the sun and the moon

do not reuse or repost my art

[nazarjoon]

available as a print

[nazarjoon]

flowering 🥀

[nazarjoon]

decided to make an 11x14 print of this design for myself bc i had extra paper & time to waste 𓃵

most of my gallery wall prints are small, so i wanted to get some medium and big size stuff to put up. until i can afford to actually do that i have to make my own stuff i guess :')

[nazarjoon]

the vengeful sphinx

[nazarjoon]

guarded

[parthenogene]

as the economy in iran is rapidly collapsing under the weight of amerisraeli war, worsening sanctions, and indefinite internet blackout, queer and trans friends of mine are facing increasingly dire economic conditions. some friends and I are trying to raise funds to keep them afloat, particularly trans women facing acute housing insecurity

if you are able to spare anything at all, it would go a really long way. inflation and currency exchange is so bad that $50 could pay someone’s rent in tehran for an entire month, so every little bit counts

please write ‘donation’, and please don’t put any country or city names in the description 🙏 we are endlessly grateful for your generosity, it truly saves lives

Paypal: @nojin

Revolut: @nojanv

[nazarjoon]

bunny & bear under the sea

ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ *.❤︎₊ ⊹ 𑣲₍ ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ ₊˚.༄

[nazarjoon]

drowning under the watchful gaze

this is the first painting i made in 2025. i wanted to paint something without a sketch beforehand just to see where it would go. it felt so plain that i decided to add a border to it using another piece of paper, and in a way, it sort of became a paper collage 🌿

it's been over a year since i painted this, and i still feel the same way i did then, i think. i wrote and rewrote this caption a bunch of times, but all it really boils down to is that im extremely anxious and it makes me tired. and im tired of being tired :')

[nazarjoon]

new freebie sticker! this goes out w all your orders from the sh☆p (>ᴗ•) !