Anastasia. 31. Illustrator-Author/Concept Artist/Designer. My thoughts are my own. Nerdy chatterbox Fanfic-a-holic. NO NFTs/NO AI. Kidlit rep by
@BrightAgencyUS
I love that the mangaka works closely with her bestie, who is Deaf/HoH, to capture the nuances of ableist "friends" like this. You can tell this is a lived experience. As someone mildly familiar with SL and learning more, the way he signs even makes me SO uncomfortable.
I see some artists that were bout that NFT life are slowly and quietly deleting their NFT tweets, pushing NFT tweets down their feed with RTs, and are back to pushing their patreons. Crash got people acting REAL DIFF. Watch they gonna act like they were anti-NFT the whole time
@AlexTMcNair
Every moment, every SECOND, every. cut. of. this. feels like a hostage situation. Those too-long pauses were VIOLENT and now I have literal chest pains from this 1 minute clip.
@CamilleCailloux
@Meggadoodle85
I was a teen watching this film for the 1000th time, got to the end, and was like ???? I don't remember these ending scenes? I mentioned it to my mom, and she was like "Oh yeah, as a kid you learned to eject the vhs when he started transforming back to human bc you hated it"😂
@TheGirlWonder23
Major attitude. And it's belittling also. He signs at her like she's a child who is misbehaving, but then other times you can tell he likes the idea of them having their own little world and prefers that other ppl don't learn sign so he can have this exclusive connection to her
@AlHendiify
It will become more overt over time, but for the girlies who have read the manga, we see the entirety of his problematic persona 😬 I also think women generally have a radar for being infantilized in general, so even if we aren't Deaf/HoH, the "nice guy" entitlement is familiar
I get chatty about SL and communication with Deaf/HoH folks bc of what I've witnessed. I don't want to spoil too much, but did ya'll peep how Yuki doesn't sign at home? I only took note of that so fast bc a friend of mine shared way back that this is NOT rare at all. Shook me.
@AlexTMcNair
Is Wendy like...okay? Like is this the producer's fault or is she just freestyling this horrible mess? Because to discuss the death of a young Black man like this is...yeah. It's giving mental illness.
@Karnythia
"why isn't the US like this" UMM it was?! and all I saw from the majority were "there are better ways to protest" and "violence isn't the answer". Like did I hallucinate that?!?!!
@jtylerconway
@ Everyone saying "Kobe would have wanted them to play." Um I really think he'd want them to do what is comfortable and HEALTHY for them mentally and physically. If they want to play they can play an unofficial game among friends in his honor. This was about $ all the way.
Not to be MEGA petty but I kinda want a master list of who chugged the kool-aid with no hesitation to keep for myself. Cuz the betrayal was real. This past year I've learned a lot of the artists I admired are predatory, or greedy fakers. We need better heroes.
I Illustrated a Black nativity for
@middlechurch
that touches upon the refugee crises across the globe. The message of Jesus's birth for me, is that those who seek shelter and are cast aside, are often the most Holy and deserving of love. Have yourself a
#MerryChristmas
. 😌🎄
@shes_rADIAnt
At some point a SOBER decision is made to drive out somewhere, and then another sober decision is made to drink, knowing you drove. In the end THAT decision made while not under the influence is what is being criticized, period.
9x out of 10 fanfiction is about possibility and what ifs and completely new circumstances with canon as backdrop. It is rarely about what's more "right" for the actual story the author gives. It's a vehicle to explore concepts without the burden of creating an entire story world
@BigEsqBae
Businesses that discriminate need to go ahead and say so on the tin. Put the sign up on the doors, add that icon to your website. That way we can all easily boycott. If they believe it so bad they won't mind saying it loud and proud all the way to bankruptcy 🙃
@seunhere
The perverted old man trope NEEDS TO GO. And brother and sister complex type characters are so so so so so WEIRD pls let them fade into the darkness
@SecretlivesTsu
The way he signs lacks warmth. It's agitated. SL involves a lot of body language and facial expression, but O has dead eyes while he signs. Yuki mentions it's "pointed" with underlying emotions of worry, and tbh she's being kind in her word choice bc she's a sweetheart. he's
@bbnojutsu
Better to be safe! Tail wag doesn't just mean happy, it's for high energy in general, dogs can wag when they're about to do some damage also. He seems hype to play with your dog or get to him, but maybe is anx about you who he doesn't know. Baring teeth can = playful or a warning
Loving Yamato as a character and not understanding or ignoring that they're genderqueer just reveals people's IRL prejudices and it's sad. Most male fans refuse to acknowledge it because they find Yamato attractive. It's childish, honestly.
@DebonairPierre
I illustrated a book with
@frankmurphy2009
and Surya herself about this moment and her skating career in general! Surya is a phenomenal person.
@StarlightThelyt
Y'all replies talmbout "dodged a bullet she had dudes on standby" HOW SWAY when they obv weren't exclusive? 🙄 She chose HIM, he said no so she chose someone ELSE she had chemistry with bc she is ready for commitment. You act like she went and got married or was cheating 🥴
@theoliveranwar
I'm picking the one who didn't tweet something this twisted. 🙃 It's sickening how you brought a BW into the line of fire like this, encouraging your fans to spew hateful speech about her, all to make yourself feel big and sell your brand. Fitness won't fix how ugly that is
@newscientist
To those unbothered by this, consider: Eugenics. Then consider who it harms the most. The field of medicine has a bad track record with using and abusing black folks. Who will this drug benefit in the end? Who would be able to afford it?
@eliciadonze
This is the same fucking person pretending to be like 3 separate people and they're terrible at hiding it. They phrase everything the exact same like are they even trying? This stupid gaslighty tone they always use sets me OFF 😤
@SecretlivesTsu
overbearing and judgmental with how he holds himself when he signs. His face is "closed" vs "open". Idk if that makes sense. A lot of his signs question things she's already said, casting doubts on what she says. "why are you doing this?" "I know you're really xyz" "a friend?"
Salons/beauty shops were once reliable, safe, and sacred third spaces for community building, affirmation, healing, storytelling, teaching and therapy.
Seeing "hair content creators" use it as a means to exploit, traumatize and embarrass, really pains me
Charging a 6 year old $700 is insane.
We need to start boycotting these bl(a)ck hairstylists. It’s almost like they WANT to make it impossible for BW/girls to get access to proper haircare:
@KxxyyS
Nope there are different sign languages same as spoken languages :) just like there is overlap between cultures, there are for sign languages as well, but the languages are entirely different. There is ASL, JSL, GSL etc
@surejennn
Extremely weird. Like was THIS really the story to gossip abt and chuckle at? 🤔 Who judges a deceased boy's appearance??? Comparing followers? Somebody please get her cuz this was not it at all 😓
@shes_rADIAnt
Ride services doing surges is VERY problematic, let me be clear. $95 ubers is nuts but it is STILL what should be done instead of getting behind the wheel. Drunk people not being able to make that choice doesn't change it from being the right one to make and ppl should say so🤷🏾♀️
@meenacraft
@CamilleCailloux
@Meggadoodle85
The DRAMA lmaooo she really had that timestamp LOCKED in her tiny mind and learned how to eject a vhs just to change reality lol and it worked too! Fake news founder 😭😭
Hey babes. My name Anastasia, I'm Black, and I draw while being so. 😌✊🏾 I'm a kidlit illustrator, writer, concept artist and graphic designer. I couldn't stick with one style if I tried. I'm blerdy n' approaching 30. You'll be seeing more of me real soon!
#drawingwhileblack
@GuyGardnersAss
@TheGirlWonder23
Sorry! 🙇🏾♀️my wording wasn't the best w/o context. the signs themselves are done well and not like, "baby SL" or anything, it's everything else: his posture, facial expresskon etc. Body language is a major part of SL. The pointedness of the hand movements too, like Yuki mentions.
Bringing this series back for
#kacchakoweek2020
~ I enjoy a certain ship dynamic and I'm not ashamed lol and I promise I'm doing thr Fakir/Ahiru this time! also I hear it's
#zutaraweek2020
? Let's goooooooo
THEE funniest part is that if you're even a BIT familiar with Hayao Miyazaki from interviews/ statements, this dialogue is SO OFF lmaooo can you imagine him being so emphatic with praise toward some rando? 💀💀 based on this, he loves her more than his own son 😭
Obsessed with this person lying about working on a Ghibli film. The best is this part is her making up a line about how impressed Miyazaki was to meet her.
@jnasty_btc
@_nopename
@YamilRomanPSN
Well the thing is we didn't assume people who didn't trust the vaccine were "crazy" until those people started giving crazy ass reasons. 🤷🏾♀️ And it doesn't help that ERs are hitting max capacity bc the same camp of folks are ingesting horse dewormer and gargling bleach instead
It's unbelievable how the image of "artists", creative jobs, liberal arts etc has gone from something that was stereotypically seen as a faux career for stoners, hippies and bleeding hearts with 0 utility, to this army of blueblood, gatekeeping, capitalist sharks in like, a year.
@SecretlivesTsu
I think it's important to note that Oushi's SIGNING is well animated but the nuances that make us uncomfy are elsewhere. So bravo to the studio! bc Oushi's interactions with Yuki are supposed to be a bit...off-putting, but not from a TECHNICAL perspective, but a relationship one
#HollowKnight
is one of my favorite games PERIOD, and when Silksong was announced, I was inspired to pay homage in a major way. Here is just the start! More to come <3
@TeamCherryGames
, thank you for everything. I hope to send the completed deck to Adelaide when it's done! 😭🙏🏾
@jpbrammer
It's like he's waiting for someone to surpass him or start something fresh and new at ghibli in a way he approves of but nobody does so he comes back 😂
@TheRealVatubuli
@ThatBlokeBenX
So someone comes along that speaks not just one, but TWO of their ancestral languages (which is relevant since you were speaking on mother tongues hello?), and you're dismissing their perspective bc it goes against your own echo chamber and bias. Super original 🙄
@theferocity
When you're living your purpose, loved, supported and comfortable in your truth like TB is, haters just look messy trying to shake you up. Tabitha is VERY centered and Ms Williams is simply not qualified to shade her. 😶 TB had that uno reverse card and a draw 4 waiting for sis
I just wrapped illustrations on a book about
#SuryaBonaly
titled Fearless Heart! Co-written by Surya herself alongside the amazing
@frankmurphy2009
. It's out in January and I'm so thrilled to share this work with everyone.
#drawingwhileblack
@ammaar
As a working kidlit illustrator/author, this makes my heart ache. Not only for the trivialization of a sacred creative process, or the theft and splicing of my peers' work, but for the joy you took in producing something so hollow, claiming it's meant to inspire children...
@herder_of_cats
@blacklionking73
She felt safe to leave bc someone was with her and she could worry less about this creep stalking her back to her car and trying something. I understand your point, but when it's life and death, I'm not taking chances.
@GistReel
I'm tired of vids like this being shared for shock value tourism with no context. :/ people get the wrong understanding and pass judgments on this app enough as it is.
@BizarreLazar
This boss took the time to review the cameras, obviously LOOKING for someone to needle just bc, but didn't take the time to review the employee's performance. This is a cut and dry example of micro management. He cleared that f around to find out gap in record time.
@tatertotmatt17
@EmmaleeRose19
@Lawson_Photo
@sadgaljaz
No. Black Americans are ARRESTED for 56% of the nation's crime because they are policed twice as much and often wrongfully incarcerated. But please continue to not factor racism in and just assume we're all just SO violent, asshole. 🥱
@DaddyKun16
@OmegaProYT
Consider this: Don't mix drinks and intentions. You want you and your partner, guest, whatever to be of clear mind. Also if someone is flirty byt clearly says with their mouth they aren't available. Stop. Grown folks should know this. Also maybe don't drink with someone underage
@Brieyonce
Oop!! if she ate me up like that this one woulda stayed in the drafts. 🥴 Re-do! I'd be like don't mention the suburbs, my bd, or my tank status and we going to Chuck E Cheese on me 😭😭😭😭
@Nothinbuttreble
A married man preoccupied with the nighttime movements of single women? He must be on the prowl for another mistress and getting frustrated.
My dude really said he respects Ochako's "roundness" as well as her guts??? First of all I'm YELLING. 😭👌🏾 Secondly,.... sweetie I know a full spectrum of emotions are new and developing for you right now but that's called YOU THINK SHE'S CUTE. omg omg
#kacchako
People get so bent out of shape when a pairing or fanfiction story deviates away from canon themes and scenarios but like...that is the POINT of fic. I rarely ever read fanfic of canon pairings because the canon has already provided that possibility for me.
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@eliciadonze
This person wasn't complimenting you, that's for SURE. And I am skeptical they even BELIEVE that it's a compliment—they know this is hurtful. I can smell the envy a mile away. "Don't take this the wrong way" so they KNOW it's out of pocket. got it. 🙃
@Dreadful4Tymes
I really do NOT like the comments going "but this DOES look sus". 🙅🏾♀️ Let's say it WAS that serious (it's not) and these 2 have a close relationship that is more than platonic...uh, so what? There is nothing "suspicious" about being gay, I don't like the implication of danger.
@AlluringlyBlack
@AlHendiify
I'd hoped when Yuki finally stated her boundaries clearly, he would back off, but he doubles down instead and refuses to accept that Itsuomi's way of talking to Yuki is actualizing and earnest, it's REAL communication and connection, not a means to an end like his. It's a shame
@tejuabiolaart
This is doing physical damage to me what on EARTH am I seeing? I'm starting to understand why some artists just use anatomical reference texts that medical students use because this....is so uneducated. Like wth
@JerseyImperator
@I_Exude_Sarcasm
Let your curiosity rest: people absolutely come for women on a daily basis for just about any opinion or image, esp on this app. This is not happening more to men, I promise you that.
@Work_Ethic_
@jiggyjayy2
This was happening before the camera, voting rights, the internet, and booty shorts, so try again. And if you have a spine of your own, how someone treats themselves shouldn't be the deciding factor as to how you treat them. All it reflects is YOUR character.
@halfchun
@GuyGardnersAss
@TheGirlWonder23
Imagine you see a friend and they ignore you at first, then start questioning the other people you talk to. Saying "you call her your friend, huh?", doing something you don't like, and when you say please don't do that, going "Please. You know you're curious." He's overbearing.😥
@koidoodles
@plasticbottru
I fell in love INSTANTLY 🥺 little me was not strong enough to resist the flex. And then he was sweet and sensitive on top? Ashitaka is still the blueprint!!!
Kiri: You respect her roundness? Dude, what do you mean?
Baku: Exactly what I fucking said! 😤
Kiri: So you like that she's...round? Help me out bro.🤨
Baku: Yeah so?! I just think she's-
Kiri: Cute?😏
Baku: ...
Kiri: 😏You lik-
Baku: B-Bring this up again & I'll end you!💢
@SoulKingLives
I'm glad I got to fall in love with OP in the early 2000s before social media really flourished. I was able to have my own experience without weird fans in my business backseat driving. One Pace is so helpful for people wanting to start their journey
Didn't post the yesterday, sorry, I was too busy being IN LOVE ☺️ Happy Anniversary to my player 2! 11 years together and 7 years of marriage! Love you so much, Ryan
Unless you're the creator of a series your fanwork is simply your own wish fulfillment and no better than someone else's. Even if you create for a pair that's canon, it's still not canon bc it's still NOT from the OG author. We're all in this for the same selfish reasons so chill