queer fae

Evan Amrine (they/them) 20s ~ queer ~ trans ~ crip free palestine ~ acab

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ghost hand hooks~ made with reused doll hands, coffee stirrers, and dollhouse wallpaper

the hooks in pictures 3, 4, and 5 could be yours for $35-50 sliding scale if you're in PDX (local pickup only unfortunately). they make great jewelry displays and they're very sturdy as wall hooks <3

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ceramic mushroom plant pot by me :)

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a collage that i made while gallery sitting, traditional instead of digital for once

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bumblebee pin for my dear friend! <3 🐝

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drawings of my partner and i as fantasy characters <3

i haven't done much digital watercolor, but i was inspired by old folktale illustrations

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Ode to Hands and Eyes zine (2023)

a collection of digital collages by me, all made on my phone :)

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a self portrait of me in the campaign: skyjacks world that i did ages ago and never posted!

i drew this soon after my kitty passed away, and i thought it would be cool to have a spirit cat so i could always have her with me. it was very healing to work on this <3

despite being many episodes behind at this point, skyjacks is my all-time favorite podcast and i highly recommend it to anyone who loves queer, anti-colonial, fantasy actual play stories!

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Wrote a little zine about the collective responsibility to avoid spreading contagious illness where we can.

Free digital download of this zine including a format for a printable 6 page poster zine available in my kofi shop.

(I posted this to my personal account before I made this art account so if you’ve seen it before that’s why!)

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hi ! i’ve been wanting to get into embroidery on clothing - what are your methods ? any particular tips for beginners ?

hello, thanks for asking! my advice depends on whether you’re new to embroidery all together or not, but for embroidering on clothing, i’d say:

1. embroider garments that you don’t plan on washing very much. best practice is to just wash by hand or not at all, but you can machine wash hand embroidery with minimal damage IF you plan for it (ie. by doing point 2)

2. use small stitch lengths or couch down long stitches. generally, i try to keep my stitches to less than .5 inches long, but if the design necessitates longer stitches, i secure the long stitch with a tiny stitch going over it. this prevents snagging and minimizes weird wrinkling in the wash. a pocket flap that i embroidered using this method in a bit of a weird way:

when i did this spiderweb, i made sure that all of the longer threads were overlapped by shorter ones :) this is also a good example of what happens to embroidery when you machine wash it. ironing can help, but if you hate the wrinkles just don't wash it.

3. choose placements where the back side is easy to reach! i have made the mistake of embroidering the knee of a pant leg and probably will in the future, but it will save you a lot of frustration if you choose placements like pocket flaps or shirt collars.

4. vary the number (and shade) of threads you use. this is purely stylistic, but i have found that using less threads to do small details and mixing color shades gives a lot of depth to your work! (the ferns below are an example of both techniques)

i'm sorry it took so long for me to respond!! but i hope this is helpful :)

(i'd also love to hear other embroiderers' tips if you have any!)

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a needle book that i made as an anniversary present for my partner!

i did the fern embroidery 3 years ago and it had just been pinned on my bulletin board until i decided to make it into this :)

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i finally found my childhood calico critters and this is the first outfit i’ve made, inspired by my own clothes :)

there’s something about dolls in alternative clothing that always gets me lol

what aesthetic / type of outfit should i make next? 👀

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one of my partner’s cats loves kneading soft things, so i salvaged some fabric from an old panda onesie and i tried this pattern by @daftpatience :) i highly recommend.

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a portrait of my partner’s dog, Bucket <3

i wanted to challenge myself and try a new style with this one, and i found a vintage card that was printed in CMYK halftone so I decided to attempt to copy it :)

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tooth patch 🦷

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the zine part of my final project of my queer studies degree---mostly about my experience with intimate relationships as an AuDHD demisexual.

thank you if you read the whole thing <3

if you're interested in reading the full (35 pg) essay about how asexuals queer normative relationship expectations, email me at [email protected] and I'll happily send it to you!

(the text is copied in the image descriptions in case anyone has trouble reading it)

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Homie gonna share this

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some fern embroidery for spring <3

i’m going to an ostara celebration today! this is the second time that i’ve embroidered ferns, and i’m happy with how it turned out. i started with a darker green and integrated a lighter color as i got closer to the ends of the fronds to create a gradient :)