xani's sketchbook

- hey yumi, can you make me a clancy beanie for the show? (send pic from pinterest) - this one is really easy. - :o

a piece of my january this year. everything was a mess in my life, rejection after rejection, but on the 26th i went to my first twenty one pilots show, and fulfilled one of my life's dreams - my inner teenager is so grateful that this happened. it had been years since i'd been to a show, and it was the first time i'd been to a show this huge. i've never put so much effort into dressing up, doing my makeup, and taking posed photos even though i was shy (away). i wanted this day to make up for the terrible month... and it was so much more than i expected, my heart left full. thank you tyler, josh and all the staffs <3 tnx yumi for the beanie and my boyfriend for all the pics and company that (rainy) day.

I made a comic of a scene from the new season of Squid Game that touched my heart... Living in Brazil, which has one of the highest rates of trans deaths worldwide, and seeing this series made in my parents' home, South Korea, an extremely conservative country, this scene really resonated with me. In 2021, South Korea's first trans soldier, Byun Hee-soo, was tragically found dead in her apartment. That's why the existence of Hyun-Ju's character and her story is so crucial for visibility and rights of the Korean trans community, who still face marginalization today. This particular scene, where Geum-Ja, an elderly woman, has this heartwarming conversation with Hyun-ju, moved me so much that I wanted to recreate it in my style. Here's hoping for positive changes in Korean society, where one day real trans actresses can appear in major shows like this without facing backlash 💜