Bex's Art

art collab with @xiorc-0714 ! I did the colouring on this one and they did the line art

Hi I am putting on sale the digital PDF version of my 2023 sketch zine to cover some expenses. It's 54 pages for 6 USD, it has a mix of normal Frev stuff, Modern AU, and vampire AU. Check it out if you are interested!

Additionally, the Volume 1 Vampire Robespierre zine is available on Ko-fi now. I stopped using Gumroad because of their new payout policy. As before, all proceeds from the Volume 1 sale will go towards the Palestinian Children Relief Fund.

It’s only earlier this year that I discovered the connection between Deaf history and French Revolution. Apparently, French Revolution is a big moment in Deaf history. It was the first time in history Deaf people were recognised as equal citizens. Signing was accepted as a legitimate language, seen as a natural form of communication. When I first learned about it, I immediately asked a Deaf member at the sign club that I go to every week. He enthusiastically told me lots of stories, mostly about French Deaf people founding Deaf schools during the Revolution (and I soon got lost in all of the finger spelled French names unfortunately). I was fascinated to find so much more to learn, and overjoyed that two of my passionate interests connected.

On Deaf Day back in April, I got the book Signs of Freedom by Paddy Ladd, one of my favourite Deaf authors, and I finally started reading it this month. This is a play he wrote about Deaf history. And here’s French Revolution again:

For the Level 3 exam next spring, I will be making a presentation on Deaf culture or Deaf history. I don’t know what topic I will be assigned yet, but it would be amazing if I can present something related to the French Revolution in sign language!

During the French Revolution in 1791, the National Constituent Assembly abolished the law against homosexuality as part of adopting a new legal code without the influence of Christianity.

happy....

pride

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure he went straight back to Arras to live with Charlotte after he graduated. As a side note, Charlotte wouldn't have 'graduated' with him as women were rarely allowed an education back then (🥲)

Ancient Sea Creature Diorama - Anomalocaris (Cambrian Period).

古代海洋生物ジオラマ - アノマロカリス (カンブリア紀)。

The print is available on my Etsy shop.

OMG we finally finished chapter 4 omgggg it only took over a year 😭 A friendly reminder that you can buy vol 1 of Incorruptible here, both the print version or a pdf if you want to pay whatever price you want for it~

Also...lol a comment @anotherhumaninthisworld made before, made me wanna add this:

Here’s to the ones who deliberately step outside the ranks and ignore categorization. Here’s to the revolutionary who contradicts Newton based on experimental evidence on the diffraction of light; to the journalist who describes eye diseases; to the doctor who advocates for prison reforms; to the lifelong skeptic of lofty pretensions who is turned into a symbol before his blood has clotted.

Here’s to refusing to turn away from the fear and the violence and the treachery and the war; to claiming the guard-post, though armed with words alone. Perhaps, just enough to protect the shared ideals. Perhaps, too much. Perhaps, insufficient; history may have the answer, but how could one know that, when one is in the process of making the history happen?

Here’s to hard decisions made unflinchingly; to cutting through the rush of a new republic like a soldier escaping a siege, decisively and with full understanding of the inevitable defeat; and to words that continue to ring true as we offer complacency to the twin hydras of poverty and injustice in hope that it will be enough to escape them, just this time.

"...que la société humaine y prenne garde, on ne tuera Marat qu’en tuant la misère ; Charlotte Corday n’a rien fait ; tant qu’il y aura des misérables, il y aura sur l’horizon un nuage qui peut devenir un fantôme, et un fantôme qui peut devenir Marat." - Victor Hugo

Happy birthday, Marat.

Some examples of my work. See the commission sheet here.

For portraits:

For illustrations:

If you recall in chap 3, I explored how important the Jacobin Club likely was as a place of connection for Robespierre. I think about that when I read about this boycott/walk out that happened, and the events of the following day- the early impact it probably had on him and the struggle to trust people later on.