the almond croissant

A Thing Like You and Me, chalk pastel on paper

shei dupur theke bikel howar time ta miss kori

Jokhon dupurer alu sedho bhaat ghee-lonkar songe khete khete ghumonor somoy chole asto

Ki re, taratari kha, tokhon theke chibiyei jachish toh" ma bole uthto

Janala er grill er modhye diye ghore asto bristir chaat, bheja matir gondho and shei sheetol thanda baatash

Kolbashish ke joriye dhore kokhon je chokh pore jeto, aar mone pore naa....

Miss kori shei chotobela, jokhon chilo na kono badhobadhokota

Chilo na atirikto klaanti

Chilo na mukhosh pora lokeder kaarsaaji

Miss kori shei somoytai....

আমি সেই মানুষটা আর নেই

মিলিয়ে যেন গেছি ঈশ্বরে~

for your next poem/story

Āguna - fire

Amader - ours; belonging; sense of community and collectivism

Ami shobai ke bhalo chai - I want everyone to be good

Āśā - hope

Bolo na janoa kichu - say something, please

Br̥ṣṭipāta - rainfall

Buddhiman - intelligent

Cā - tea

Chokh - (or cōkha) eye

Chomotkar - said when one looks at something in wonder; magnificent

Cirantana - eternal

Diganta - horizon

Ghore - home

Golpo - stories

Haashi - (or hashi) smile; laughter

Kichu na bola jay - don’t say anything

Kotha - words; speech

Moner agun - the burning fire within one’s heart; passion, desire

Mukhosh - mask

Phula - flower

Prem - (or prēma) love

Raag - anger; rage

Samprīti - harmony

Shundor - beautiful

Śubharātri - goodnight

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 ⚜ More: Word Lists

The first photo is from 1956. It shows a Black woman watching members of the Ku Klux Klan (a terrorist, racist, far-right organization focused on white supremacy) walking along a sidewalk in Montgomery, Alabama (USA). I couldn't find the photo's author, but most sources state that it was taken in 1956.

The second photo shows members of the Patriot Front group (a white supremacist and nationalist group, formed in 2017, that openly advocates what they call "American Fascism") traveling on the subway during the 250th anniversary of the U.S. independence in Washington D.C., while a Black woman watches them. The photo is by photographer Cheney Orr, taken on July 4, 2026, 70 years after the first photo.

GO OFF BESTIE

a) It's a mix between 'I like to draw like this' but there is definitely inspiration from other artists b) yes, 'style' is something I practice and will continue to practice. It's probably not so easy to tell from my flight rising skins and art, since I default to a comfortable style and I don't even use textured brushes for my FR skins.

I look at a lot of other people and how they draw. It's healthy and everyone should do it. For me, it's not really 'I want to draw in the style of x person' but identifying something in their art I really admire and would like to do as well as them. When I'm trying to get better at lineart, I look at extremely accomplished comic artists (and a lot of my times my friends, LOL) and try and pick out what they're doing correctly that I can improve on.

It's similar to the concept of doing master studies. If you admire someone's 'style', try and identify what makes that style appealing to you. Then draw a few things for yourself trying to pick out what those things are. If you're doing technical studies like that, it's good practice to either not post them or credit the original artist.

Style = technique + familiarity. What I call my 'lineart style' or 'colouring style' is just what I consistently do, whether its unconscious or intentional. Sometimes when you work at getting better in certain technical skills, your 'style' will naturally evolve as well.

Lately lineart-wise I've been admiring French comic artist Moebius' work. His use of negative space and texture is very very cool!