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Disabled artist/vintage media collector who likes Chibita an incredibly normal amount. ✨ 30. He/Him 🏳️‍⚧️ ✨ Pr*ship DNI ✨ 18+ followers only ✨ Read Coursing Constellations: https://coursingconstellations.the-comic.org/

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · Mar 1

It came to me like a dream

A redraw of a panel from a Haus of Decline Steven Universe comic, where Garnet says "I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Steven," and Steven replies with "Damn". Here I have drawn Chibita and Nikki re-enacting the panel. Chibita is standing angrily, ready to punch someone, while Nikki is lost in thought with a dreamy smile on her face. Chibita is saying "I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Nikki". She replies "I think... I've got the inspiration for another piece of the Wishful Aurosa outfit!". Chibita is a short, bald man with a single hair atop his head and three whiskers on each cheek. Nikki is taller than him, with her curly hair tied back into two half plaits. The rest is sprawling out behind her.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 7h

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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Joe ☔️ @onomatopotarto.bsky.social · Oct 22

I once read an article saying that conversation is like a dance and wanted to draw something inspired by that for #ISAD2024. Luckily, I had the perfect duo for the job. #DefinePhoria #OC #Stammering #Stuttering

An illustration of Rin and Emmet, dancing and laughing together. Surrounding them are multiple speech bubbles, dancing around them too. Emmet's are fluent and large, whereas Rin's are dysfluent and separated. Neither of them are any less valuable than the other. The two of them are wearing ballroom gowns, Emmets is gothic inspired with a transparent shawl over the upper arm and torso, whereas Rin's is open backed and jade coloured. They have flowers in their hair that match their partner's dress. Emmet has light brown skin and his long, dark brown, straight hair is tied back. He has a mole above his lip. Rin is a pale, bald man with freckles on his cheeks and back. There is a rose tattoo on his neck which is just barely visible. The background is a dark teal colour and there are sparkles above them.

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 10h

EMMET'S BRACE IS ON THE WRONG LEG IN ONE OF THOSE ILLUSTRATIONS GOD FUCKING DAMNIT

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 10h

Missing my boys <333

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Joe ☔️ @onomatopotarto.bsky.social · Oct 19

Various illustrations I drew while developing #DefinePhoria: A story following two stealth trans men who were childhood friends. After a one night stand years later, both unaware of this fact, they come to realise the true extent of how society's desire to hide them destroyed their lives #OC

An illustration. It is sunrise. My original character, Rin, is kneeling on the end of a bed, entangled in phone wires. He is holding a phone up with one hand and the other is swirling some of the wire around a finger. His face is covered in smeared makeup as he looks behind him at the person sleeping next to him, the man the other end of the phone wire is leading to. There is mascara around his eyes where he has been crying, he is very distressed. He is wearing a nightgown and a semi-transparent robe with fur on the sleeves and bottom. He has pale skin, many freckles on his face and shoulders, and a long, curly, light brown wig on. The bedroom and Rin are coloured in warm, pink tones. All around the bedroom are phone wires, some in the background and some blurred in the foreground, Rin positioned between them.

An illustration of Rin and Emmet dancing on the ice in the middle of a dimly lit ice skating rink. Red lights are illuminating their bodies as they look at one another longingly, Rin with his hand on Emmet's cheek. They are wearing identical outfits: a glittery, red dress with a low cut back and ice skates to match. Emmet also has a leg brace on for support, his long hair is also blowing behind him. Rin is bald without his wig on. A red sash is threaded over their arms and shoulders, splaying out around them.

Another illustration of Rin and Emmet, standing at the top of a flight of stairs with a spotlight shining on them and water behind. They have their heads together as they weep, frozen mid dance. Rin is dressed in his disguise, freckles and tattoos covered up and a wig. They are both wearing cream dresses, Emmet's more alternative style. Going up the stairs are various objects: a bloody tissue, two mobile phones from around 2010, one with a cracked screen, two cracked wine glasses, an old digital camera from 2005 with a memory card, and two pairs of skates. One is made for figure skating, and the other, more damaged one, hockey. Behind them are other flights of stairs and different versions of themselves walking up them. Adult Emmet is walking with his pet goose, while adult Rin is walking upside down with a hockey stick. Child Rin is sat on his stairs, staring out into the abyss behind. Child Emmet is underwater, sat with his head in his hands, deep within the water. Bubbles surround them.

One final illustration of Rin and Emmet holding their pet goose, Sprinkles, who has a bow around her neck. They are sat down and looking forward into nothing dramatically, Emmet with a calm smile while Rin's is slightly panicky. The picture is in the style of those 80s portraits where people take a photo with their pet and then a larger image of the pet is inserted into the photo. I have done this with Sprinkles, except she has been drawn realistically instead of in my art style. Emmet has light brown skin and long, dark brown, straight hair. He has a mole above his lip and is wearing a gothic Christmas jumper with a black trench coat. Rin is a pale, bald man with freckles on his cheeks and shoulders. He has roses tattooed on his right arm and neck and is wearing a long, glittery, red dress, paired with Christmas pudding earrings. One of his front teeth is chipped. The background is black.

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Joe ☔️ @onomatopotarto.bsky.social · Nov 24

Alt outfits if they were in an RPG #OC #DefinePhoria

An illustration of my original character, Emmet. He is dressed as a gothic ballerina, en ponite, wearing an outfit inspired by his goose, Sprinkles. His hand is on his chest and he is looking up with a tear falling down his cheek. On his knee he is wearing a fabric, support brace, and a bow tie is around his neck. His long, straight hair tied back in a bun, and he has a mole above his lip. There is a bottom surgery skin graft scar on his arm.

An illustration of my other character, Rin, posing with a hockey stick behind his back and a flirtatious, smug smirk on his face. On the floor in front of him is a hockey puck. He is wearing a leotard, frilly sleeves and cape, high heels, and a bow tie around his neck. Rin is a hairy, bald man with freckles on his cheeks and shoulders. He has flowers tattooed on his neck, arm, hand, and ankle.

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Joe ☔️ @onomatopotarto.bsky.social · Mar 3

Not your puppet (cw blood)

#DefinePhoria #OCs #OCSky

An illustration of Rin sitting inside a music box, dressed as a wind up doll. Rin is a bald, freckled man, with pale skin and a rose tattoo on the side of his neck and down his arm. He has ripped the key from his back and is holding it defensively as he stares angrily at the camera. His eyes appear dull but express nothing but rage. Blood stains are on the back of his dress and fingerprints are scattered around the key. His dress is adorned with golden details, the top half looking like a blossoming rose and the bottom half decorated with golden figures resembling Emmet. He has long hair, is also wearing a dress, and holding a bunch of blooming roses. These same roses also sit on Rin's crown, however half of it is missing. The key he holds resembles the symbol for "female" and has been stabbed into the floor, shattering the glass around him. There are roots starting to emerge from the cracks. The whole painting is a pink hue.

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 10h

They actually do feature in February's Chibita art but that's February, FEBRUARY

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 10h

God I need to draw Rin and Emmet again

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 11h

Tbh it doesn't really surprise me considering some of the fan creations I've seen of the game. You don't try to "redeem" a rapist or make them into cutesy meme material. As someone writing their own story focused around an SA victim, the thought of doing this sort of shit with it makes me feel sick

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 11h

There’s been a few other things I’ve seen from the devs that have made me grimace tbh. It’s clear they don’t understand their own story’s message at all, which is sad because I’ve heard the game is actually really good. The fact that it’s a woman being commodified too is just the icing on the cake

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 12h

I’m a sexual assault victim who has considered suicide to an almost fatal extent, I’m allowed to be disgusted at that being sold as a “cute” figure

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 12h

And yes, I have seen the face plate

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 12h

… Why are we selling the pills a character overdosed with as a fucking preorder bonus now?

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 18h

Julia and Talia have been having a fun day. They shouldn't have any worries at their age. Can you help to provide them with a proper shelter before winter comes? gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #MutualAid #SkyAid 🍉

A three year old Palestinian girl and her one month old sister share a pillow in the corner of a tent. The baby looks curious, almost conversational, whilst the older girl is grinning in delight.

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Plant's Spoopy Era 🐍🦈 🖤🤍💜 Tired but Trying 🪴💤 @exhaustedplant.bsky.social · 16h

Just in case anyone is interested, I'm selling my legends ZA figurine 🥹 I believe it was an EU/Canada exclusive :')

ebay.us/m/gU8qtL

#pokemonza

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Yume 🌌 @yumeparadox.bsky.social · 1d

for whoever needs to hear this: i promise you 30 is not old and tbh 40 isn’t either. you will still love your interests as boldly as you did in your 20s and for as long as you decide to

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Trinket 🌺 @trinketfox.bsky.social · 1d

while I'm revisiting old pages. why did I go so unnecessarily hard on the art for this diamond planet

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 1d

What It Sounds Like - Huntr/x, they could never make me hate you

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

not to repeat the obvious but: if they are doing this to one of the most famous Western activists alive, imagine what they are doing to the people whose names we will never know

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

Greta is an immensely impressive human being and despite her well-intentioned downplaying of her experience what she endured was torture. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 1d

I'm getting good at... perspective shots? Is this an alternate universe?

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 1d

I don't need to say his name, you thought of him didn't you?

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 1d

My friends whenever they get the notification that I've sent them new art www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwzP...

Shit it's Roger

YouTube video by Alcaz

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Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 1d

Tommy Robinson going to Israel. Fucking poetry

Rain 🌧️ @karabita.bsky.social · 1d

Lol looks like I was on the waiting list for gender affirming speech and language therapy, I just had to wait over a year (glad to see nothing has changed since I was a kid)