#tigrean

[shinkoscribbles]

It's been a rough time, all over the world. Things are changing, and not for the better, and that makes it hard to stay optimistic sometimes. But we can't make the world better alone. We can't fight back the darkness alone.

Through the cold and the dark, it is our friends who help us fight our way back to the light.

Merry Christmas Tiger. < 3

[tigerwriter-art]

Subeta - Darcy

New Subeta pet!! Darcy is a Sweetheart Tigrean, and also a writer! They're well-known for their romances and their generally-sweet nature, though they have their moment of cattiness.

Recently, they've also become known for a rivalry with a reclusive science-fiction writer. The drama has been good for both of their sales, but there's one problem.

Darcy is also the reclusive sci-fi writer, writing under a pseudonym they desperately do not want revealed, and who started the rivalry completely by accident.

(This gimmick would be easiest with social media, and I'm not sure how to work that into my the D&D-setting with the rest of my pets, but maybe they just exist in the future and I don't worry about it!)

Donation Links:

Click for Palestine (Free, quick, and daily!): https://arab.org/click-to-help/palestine/

Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily

PCRF: https://www.pcrf.net/

eSims: https://www.gazaesims.com Crips for eSims for Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza

[kemetic-dreams]

In South Africa, such dances as the Zulu Indlamu, the traditional dance most often associated with Zulu culture, is performed with drums and full traditional attire and is derived from the war dances of the warriors. Also, the military influence of the warrior King Shaka is reflected in demonstrations of stick fighting (umshiza) with which the male teenagers and men settle their personal differences in a public duel.

The Jerusema (or Mbenede) dance of the Zezuru people in Zimbabwe is an interesting kind of hybrid war dance—"hybrid" in the sense that music and dance formed a part of the actual battle-field preparations, themselves, as well as of the ritual dance recalling the battle.(The Zezuru are one of the Shona peoples who were the builders of the great monuments of the Monomotapa kingdom in Zimbabwe between the 10th and 15th centuries.) The dance is a re-creation of a battle strategy developed by the Zezuru in the 19th century against incursions of other tribes in the wake of colonialist expansion of the Boers. The dance, itself, recalls the music and dance used as a diversionary tactic on the battlefield to distract the enemy while Zezuru warriors maneuvered into position; thus, the ritual dance involves the music and dance of the “distractors” as well as warriors with weapons moving into position.

Ethiopia has a long, historical reputation as a place where the weapon dance plays an important cultural role. According to Lucian, a Greek writer from the 2nd century, “The Ethiopians dance also during the battle. The Ethiopian never shoots his arrow without dancing and making a menacing gesture beforehand. He wants to frighten the enemy by his dance beforehand.” The broad range of weapon dances includes the hota jumping dance of Amharic males; the attack dance of the Hailefo; the stick-dance of the Kullo; the Beroronsi Hama Haban, a dramatic dagger dance of the Esa; and the shire, the saber dance of the Tigrean nomadic shepherds

[rahlala]

Commission for Empire on Subeta of their glade Tigrean, Bacchus. This one took me a WHILE, and Empire was very VERY patient. In their favour, this did mean that I learnt a few new things during the year and improved this piece more than if I’d done it in the month it was asked for! 

I have a few more commissions to catch up on, but then I’ll be focusing on my dog-related prints over in my Etsy Shop c: 

[tigerwriter-art]

Donation Links:

Click for Palestine: https://arab.org/click-to-help/palestine/

Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily

PCRF: https://www.pcrf.net/

eSims: https://www.gazaesims.com/ Crips for eSims for Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza

Art Commentary:

I have some new Subeta pets - semi-godly beings representing various aspects of change! Baltassar is the Darkmatter Tigrean, Jasper is the Angelic Jollin, and Melchior is the Glade Bhakoru. I think the art/meme references summarize their personalities, don't know what more I can say! (I will say more when I eventually complete and post references)

Initially completed September 2023

[kidcoreplayground]

Unearthed for Ulrich! I don’t get to do many anthros on subeta.

[xcixthesphinx]

Went to Subeta and saw the reborn tigrean got revamped, I love it #subeta #tigrean #drawing

[aceofdreams]

Chibi commission for Timid on Subeta. It’s so much fun when I’m asked to draw characters I know. :D