punch a pyjak

i like it too :)

“If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”

2026 - 2025 - 2024 - 2023

in spite of it all, happy 2026 pride.

you can download current and past hi-res versions of these over at my ko-fi (ok to print for personal use): https://ko-fi.com/mxmorgan/shop/freedownloads

you can also snag shirts here which go to various orgs: https://mxmorgan.threadless.com/collections/pride

these get reposted a whole lot from here to reddit to twitter to tiktok and on and on, and i don't personally care whether or not i'm credited. i made these for everyone to use, enjoy, and find meaning in them. i appreciate folks who do credit me, but if able, please at least link to the threadless shop in the previous post - folks can get an official shirt where 90% of earnings go to trans led orgs focused on mental health (which is an important matter in general, but very personal to me) and not from a scam bot site selling AI-churned maga garbage where you probably won't get one anyway. i also suggest downloading the files from my ko-fi - they are free/PWYW and you can use them to make your own shirt, patch, embroidery project, whatever. tips are always nice, cuz i do like a pizza now and then, but never required for download.

very lazily tbh lmao

I don't use proper shading that often, so I use gradients and noise to cheat my way to some measure of depth in my coloring :')

Usually, I'll make a base color layer that I can clip a folder with color layers on top of, like this

if my lineart is clean enough, I can do a base color layer very quickly, using this tool:

Then I'll start filling in flats (and usually doing some blush and hair gradients to draw focus to the face)

Then comes the gradient layer (at 30-ish% opacity) and I'm not kidding when I say I've used this exact gradient image for every single drawing I've done in at least the last decade. Violet gradient my beloved

Then I throw a noise layer on top, also at 30-ish opacity

Then I color the interior lineart (I usually leave the exterior edge of the lineart fully black)

And lastly I'll copy the sketch and dunk it on top on a multiply layer at varying levels of opacity depending on what looks good. I erase parts of the sketch using a big kneaded eraser so I'm just left with a hint of the sketch. I just think it looks kinda neat and it emulates something a little more traditional looking.

DYK that's was the point of the game? It was invented by Eleanor Abbott for children hospitalized with polio. The disease would effect mobility among other things so Candyland focused instead on bright colors and engaging illustrations rather than complicated gameplay to encourage the imagination of bedbound children. This post, and this comment, is a testament to Abbots genius in when she made this game.