~Moon-Struck~

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context is this quote by her:

2. The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism Within US Slave Culture by Vincent Woodard

3. "Abolitionists turned the tables on Europeans by accusing them of being cannibals when they ate sugar tainted with the flesh and blood of slaves."

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The Rodeo Rule: you only have to do it for the first time once.

The Rohan Rule: if you are at a social function full of new people and you want to be liked, find someone doing important work like setup or food prep and offer to help.

The Tutorial Mode Rule: to navigate an unfamiliar situation where you fear you will mess up an interaction, preface the interaction by mentioning that you've never done this before, and let them know if you have a specific concern or question.

The Rocket Science Rule: most new things you want to try seem very complicated but are simple when taken step by step.

The [X] Will Remember That Rule: if you need to make small talk with the same person on a regular basis, try to save one fact or current event in their life from a given conversation and bring it up next time you talk.

Tuesday, Wednesday tread through muck

Thursday maybe eat a duck

It’s Friday, Flat as Fuck

Over 500 years spent trying to cut down a whole trunk of human culture.

Old habits die hard 🫐🍦

My 3rd comic for my VIS2 class, the theme was “habit” and I found myself deciding between Smilk’s habit of not sleeping and Vanilla’s habit of skipping meals. This comic is actually based off a scrapped comic idea I’d originally written out back in October.

The colors took me a bit longer than usual, but I think it was worth it. Originally Shami’s room was going to be the same color scheme as Vanilla’s, since they’re in the Vanilla Castle, but I ended up changing it last minute to a distorted blue version.

I feel like if Shami were to come stay in the Vanilla Kingdom he’d modify whatever space he’d been given to fit his own aesthetics (to an extent). His room would be filled with books, artifacts, and most importantly, all his art projects. And since it’s his own personal room, it’d be more cluttered than other spaces since he doesn’t have to present it to anyone.

I’d like to, at some point, plan out both of their rooms fully (maybe for a longer comic or something), and maybe make 3D models of them. I want to give Vanilla’s room a little more personality, even though I feel he wouldn’t use it all too much (aside from maybe to sleep).

Old habits… sleep hard? 🫐🍦

A “sequel” illustration to my last comic “Old Habits Die Hard”-! You can find it pinned on my profile ^u^)

I’m currently writing a “sequel” to this that focuses on PV’s issues, though it may take a while since I have finals coming up soon.

It’ll also be a bit… heavier in terms of subject matter. I’m currently writing out a loose script during my free time. Depending on how long it ends up, I may make it into a physical book-!

I do wanna say, I’ve addressed it in my story and on Twitter but- please don’t ask me if my art is a Jambound reference. While it’s flattering people think I could write like Jamma, it’s quite diminishing to have people constantly thinking something I worked really hard on was made by someone else.

braiding hair <3

Patience is a key

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