Resistance In Joy

Happy Juneteenth, everyone! He's a poster I designed for my local Juneteenth celebration!

Rapunzel or whatever

(would it be too messy of me to call it out?)

An old comic of mine, maybe I'll redraw it...

The First 2 pages of a comic I made, remind me to post the rest

Here's fan art I made of Howl and Sophie

hmmm

Two more pages from my comic...

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Some art I made inspired by Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill

Some cool Stuff me and my sister has made

Have I posted this here? this was inspired by the short story of Carmilla the vampire

Here is 1/3 illustrations I created inspired by ugly jugs. Ugly jugs come from enslaved Black Americans. They weren't able to have proper gravestones so they would use jugs to mark them instead. They would embellish these jugs with ugly faces. They believe these ugly faces would scare off the devil and allow people's spirits to pass to heaven. I choose a panther here because they are a fierce animal that has often been used as a symbol of strength by the black community

I chose a red clay color here because it reminds me of the red dirt that is characteristic of the South. along with the fact that slavery was very prevalent in the American South, so this ugly jug practice would be commonly seen there

Also, with the water in this piece may suggest this mug may be used, or maybe been sitting outside for a long time and collecting water, also alluding to a long tradition of "pouring one out" Maybe it was poured into this jug, maybe it'll be pour out from this jug. I like to keep the story of this jug open-ended, maybe this jug is a bad omen keeping the spirits from passing on, maybe not the case, I haven't decided.... maybe you can decide