The tiger He destroyed his cage Yes YES The tiger is out

"The Tiger" by Nael, Age 6

Prints

Had the privilege of getting to design the Portland Public Library's holiday card this year! Really pleased with how this turned out.

'A Cat's Life - Wonder'by Gérard DuBois

if i can impart any one piece of wisdom to y’all, it’s to, whenever possible, assume good intentions

assume people are trying their best, want to be good and treat others well, and that when their behavior doesn’t align with those goals, it’s because of outside factors that are pushing them to their limit

it’s hard to do, it doesn’t always come naturally, but it’s worth it

lol @ immediately figuring it out 4 minutes after this

I still hate it though, just for the record!

Gotta say, I absolutely hate that the only way I can currently access my Tumblr as it is meant to be (ie, with the custom theme subpages!) is through an incognito tab. I'd love any hot tips and/or tricks from my pals who've been here a bit more consistently! I just want to (need to!) be able to access all of my pages with all of our character info for reasons.

But I guess if it isn't at least partially malfunctioning, it isn't Tumblr.

Gotta say, I absolutely hate that the only way I can currently access my Tumblr as it is meant to be (ie, with the custom theme subpages!) is through an incognito tab. I'd love any hot tips and/or tricks from my pals who've been here a bit more consistently! I just want to (need to!) be able to access all of my pages with all of our character info for reasons.

But I guess if it isn't at least partially malfunctioning, it isn't Tumblr.

He is once again so right

How to Finish

I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.

can we please bring back “in poor taste” as a concept

Because at some point it got folded in under “problematic,” and now every damn thing that has Unfortunate Implications or deals with sensitive topics indelicately enough to raise hackles or gores somebody’s sacred cow is treated as a grave injustice or a threat to society. Online activism culture has lost the vocabulary to express “this deals with touchy stuff in a way many people might find inappropriate, and you should probably avoid it if insensitivity on this subject gets you angry/upset, but it’s not promoting hateful ideas or demeaning people or affecting anything but my opinion of the creator’s sense of tact.”

François Schommer

1921: four trans activists had their conversation interrupted by photographer Willie Römer. He took this shot outside Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Science 12 years before Nazis stormed the facility and burned its books. The picture is among the most captivating I've colorized/restored from the pre-war era. You can see each subject's expression so clearly. Gwendolyn Ann Smith, the founder of Trans Day of Remembrance, wrote about the photo a few years ago: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=news&id=263408

Wilhelmine Begas, The Artists Wife Carl Joseph Begas