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linocut and digitals

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I haven't posted any drawn art in a long time and the reason for that is that I started doing crochet, discovered tapestry crochet, went a little craycray about the possibility of turning my prints into pixel art into wearables and then got sidetracked bc all my friends are having kids and I need to use my new skill to make blankets. Hope you guys are having a good year so far!

[sar-soor]

Resources for Gaza/Palestine

On the last day of the strike, and in the days/weeks following the end of the strike, please give your time to these resources and share them with others.

Donation Links:

The PCRF has been able to bring tangible resources to those in Gaza.

World Food Program has also provided food inside the Gaza Strip, and Hind has reported on this a few times.

This PayPal belongs to someone on the ground in Gaza who has been able to distribute aid directly to people in Gaza. You can find more information and proof of these purchases at @helpgazachildren.

UNRWA recently had their funding cut off by the US. They bring aid across Falasteen but you can choose to donate specifically to Gaza on the page I linked.

Gazaesims is a direct way you can donate esims to Gaza to help those inside the Strip stay connected to the rest of the world. If you have any questions about donating esims you can ask me directly!

Anera provides relief items to those in Gaza.

Islamic Relief does work globally. You can choose to donate specifically to their Palestine Emergency Aid program (name might be different depending on if you're on the US site or the global site).

Educational Resources/People to Follow:

DecolonizePalestine is my go-to when giving resources to people who are new to hearing about what's happening in Falasteen. It's a comprehensive, easily navigated archive of the history of Falasteen and the occupation, common myths surrounding the occupation, and resources for learning.

The Palestine Academy has courses on the history of Falasteen, resources on actions to take/education, and resources for Gaza.

IMEU provides news and education about all of Falasteen including Gaza, and provides fact sheets, photo essays, and personal testimonies from Palestinians. You can find their Instagram here.

Hidden Palestine tells the history of Falasteen through photos. They also provide updates about Gaza and other parts of Falasteen on their Instagram.

Subhi is a Palestinian-American who does a lot of work and makes educational videos about Falasteen and Gaza. He also provides many resources and shares news about Gaza/Falasteen in general.

Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer who became well-known after defending his family from being evicted from their home for settler theft in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem. He shares news, provides educational resources, and shares his own videos/writing on the topic of Gaza and Falasteen in general.

Salma Shawa (anat.international) is a Palestinian from Gaza who is not currently in Gaza. She shares videos, news, and resources about Gaza.

Noura Erakat is a Palestinian-American lawyer and activist who shares education, news, resources about Gaza and Falasteen.

News/Coverage/Updates:

Bisan is a young journalist on the ground in the south of Gaza

Hind is a journalist and reporter who has mostly been reporting from the middle areas of the Gaza Strip.

Bayan is a journalist and photographer on the ground in Gaza. She gives updates on what's happening around Gaza City.

Motaz is a journalist and photographer who was on the ground in Gaza until a few days ago. He continues to share news and stories from Gaza.

Princekouta is a Canadian citizen who has been unable to escape from the North of Gaza since the beginning of the genocide. He shares updates on what's happening in the North, which has essentially been cut off from the rest of the Gaza Strip. You can donate to his GFM here.

Miriam Barghouti is a journalist and writer in the West Bank. She shares news/updates about the West Bank and Gaza.

Eye.on.palestine shares videos of people on the ground in Gaza, in the West Bank, and in the '48 territories.

Translating_gaza provides English translations of videos from those on the ground in Gaza/new reports from other sources.

Middle East Eye brings news from Gaza and Falasteen. Here is their instagram.

Electronic Intifada has news about Falasteen along with updates about what's happening in Gaza.

Organizations for Palestine:

Palestinian Youth Movement (resources, actions, organizing, protests)

Adalah Justice Project (actions, organizing, protests)

American Muslims for Palestine (education, organizing, advocacy)

USCPR (resources, actions, updated protest lists)

Actions You Can Take:

BDS provides a list of companies to boycott/pressure to divest from Israel.

Global Protest List

US: Call your representatives to demand a ceasefire now.

Email template for Congress.

USCPR action toolkit.

Canada: Call your MPs.

UK: Write to your MPs.

I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but in case it wasn't clear: continue to spread awareness about what is happening and Gaza and about Falasteen as often and as loudly as you can. When you see news coming out of Gaza, allow yourself to be moved to action. Share news and resources with others, pressure your governments to call for a ceasefire, make sure your money is not going to a corporation that supports Israeli apartheid, and above all else, do not lose hope. The horrors we are seeing now are not normal, nor will they ever be; use the resources and tools you have at your disposal to take whatever action you can to stop the genocide. And when we do get a ceasefire, we must keep on pushing and doing the work until we achieve a totally liberated Falasteen.

From the river to the sea 🇵🇸

*note: falasteeni friends please feel free to add on any donation links or resources you know of that i may have missed!

[sevensevenfourfour]

new linocut referenced from Brandon Ballengée's photos of deformed frogs.

[coollittleguys]

This is insanely cool, also those deformities are caused by a platyhelminte, R. ondatrae, to make the frogs easier to catch, so they get eaten by predators who act as a definitive host!

We still don't even really know the worms mechanism of causing the malformations!!

Here she is btw, what a beauty!

[sevensevenfourfour]

First off, thank you so much! :-)

And WOW that's really cool, I had no idea! What an amazing strategy! I wonder how this particular parasite interacts with the frog to get extra appendages? messes with housekeeping genes or something? Also, she is very beautiful, and parasites would lend themselves well to linocuts. It's been a while but I've seen some cross sections of ascaris and those did look quite pretty. I was actually thinking about doing something plasmodium-themed since that guy is my favourite :>

Sorry to ask, but is this picture a cross section or taken from above? is she transparent?? love that for her

[sevensevenfourfour]

Hey! I'm alive! Mostly busy elsewhere, but I still draw sometimes and recently illustrated the main characters of a story I'm writing together with my friend. This has been a fun little sideproject to do :-)

Our story "Plattenleben" follows a friend group of five growing up in the Ruhrgebiet in the nineties. I'd call it drama and coming-of-age, but it's also about gay self-discovery, family dynamics, becoming independent and breaking cycles.

It does have some darker main themes, namely poverty, CSA, physical abuse, substance abuse and mental illness, so if you're sensitive to that, you might want to avoid it (however, we have never shown and will never show sexual abuse occurring onscreen).

It's available only in German on our Wattpad account. If you're interested, please give it a read! :-)

[sevensevenfourfour]

ignorance is fear.

based on Keith Haring's work and recent book bans.

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Men :-)

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tumblr wont show me who reblogged my frog linos first but whoever it was, thank you SO much! this is the first time in a long while anyone has seen and interacted with my artwork and it genuinely means a lot to me to see that other people share my interests and like what i make :>

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bonus creachure

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new linocut referenced from Brandon Ballengée's photos of deformed frogs.

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Cover for a Halloween-themed oneshot collection! :-)

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Fun Halloween fanart in the making! :-)

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Drawing a lot less bc uni but here's some scribbles I did recently! Deidara and two original characters for a co-op novelle (Idriss and Liridon) :-)

Idriss is HOH and wears hearing aids but I haven't really figured out drawing those yet.

[fossilforager]

Happy October and Invertober month! The goal behind this art prompt list is to encourage artists of all mediums to create invert art and learn about these fascinating creatures. I hope some of you participate this month! Do as many or as few prompts as you would like to 🪲🪱🦋🦐🐝🦑✨

[sevensevenfourfour]

The sketch for this one is ancient and I had the thing laying around for a long time bc it was too annoying to see through, but I finished it and maybe I'll pick up the idea again later on.

[sevensevenfourfour]

In order:

8 - Watch

9 - Pressure

10 - Pick

11 - Sour

12 - Stuck

18 - Moon

21 - Fuzzy

23 - Leak

24 - Extinct

25 - Splat(ter)

These are my Inktober entries from the past two weeks. As you can see I missed a few days since I was busy, but I decided not to work through the backlog bc I want this to be just a fun challenge for me. I've really enjoyed drawing my OCs so far. Since I usually just write about them in more general terms (as in, "his skin was dark" or "he was tall"), I'm enjoying figuring out how exactly they look and illustrating my fanfic :-)

I'll be done moving on Oct 31st I hope, so maybe the last entry will be done in traditional media!

[sevensevenfourfour]

Inktober Week 1 in order: Crystal, suit (kinda doesnt fit the theme but w/e), vessel, knot, raven (did two for this one), spirit, fan.

I'm moving house, which is why I'm doing digital art this year. All my art supplies are packed up already and I'm five states over already.

I haven't been super creative lately and I've got a bunch of other stuff on my plate, so I'm focusing on feelgood illustrations of my OC Komadori (and sometimes Deidara haha) that I can bang out in <2 hours.

Two of those, crow and fan, are traced bc I wanted to get the idea out rather than fiddle with the pose for too long.

Sources: Crow and Fan (think it was this one, not sure)

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My recent linocut of a monstera variegata.

The motif is nothing special but I'm really proud that I managed to register it correctly! :-)