there is something horrifically grim to it, but illustrations for gaza and palestinians tend to catch more mass attention that actual photos of people. this made me feel incredibly helpless for a long while, seeing both how people would rather look at a neat drawing of red black green and white than look a human in the eyes, and how online platforms would rather push a viral drawing while suppressing those begging for help at the same time.
a way to cope with this feeling has been taking advantage of it to directly guide people to helping palestinians.
if art gets better traction, then there’s an incredible amount of good that can be done by creating art that immediately links to fundraisers. creating art of the many images of those who are asking for help.
within hours of posting my drawing, there has been jumps in the thousands for bashar from gaza’s fundraiser. it’s a small effort in the grand scheme of things. it’s not a fix it. but it’s something good. please take care of each other and do what you can. i think this could help a lot of people if a lot of people did it.
here is bashar. i’ve drawn him, spoken to him, and known him now for a few months. any shares help, any art helps. draw who you see, draw what you see. thanks all
hey fellow artists I know that we all want to create huge beautiful peices with dynamic poses all the time but sometimes you just gotta draw a guy just kinda standing there. For your mental health I guess.
there is nothing i love more than people reblogging my art/anims and freaking out in the tags, dkjdfhd it's literally my favourite thing ever. it makes me super happy ;w;
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I FINALLY FINISHED THIS. I'm gonna paste what I wrote on the booru: Meant to be set in an AU where Sandy doesn't move? Sketched before the bci one came out. Only just had time to finally finish it.
I didn't expect such a niche fandom to have a community this hyperactive and positive. You've left the absolute best impression on me, I love this place, and I'm glad I decided to spend some time and energy on these silly jesters and their shenanigans.