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Hi all! I'm not really on Tumblr often anymore, but if you want all the good disabled and queer OC lore I have to offer, come find me on bsky!

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This is genuinely one of the BEST scar resources I've ever found. As someone who also studied this to accurately portray OCs with burn scars, I can't even begin to describe how useful and well put together this resource is!

Overview of some topics when it comes to drawing characters who are burn survivors.

DISCLAIMER. Please keep in mind that this is an introductory overview for drawing some burn scars and has a lot of generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. I'm calling this introductory because I hope to get people to actually do their own research before drawing disabled & visibly different characters rather than just making stuff up. Think of it as a starting point and take it with a grain of salt (especially if you have a very different art style from mine).

Talking about research and learning... don't make your burn survivor characters evil. Burn survivors are normal people and don't deserve to be constantly portrayed in such a way.

edit: apparently tum "queerest place on the internet" blr hates disabled people so much that this post got automatically filtered. cool!

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I'm beyond excited to be a part of the Demons & Divinity zine from @13daysadvent! Please check out the zine and see how you can support an amazing charity too~

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Just so everyone low vision/blind knows, the bluesky community is really good at adding alt text! I'd highly encourage we bring that culture here too!

Listen, I know we're all exhausted, but we gotta get better about adding image descriptions to disability related stuff. Everyone should be IDing everything anyways, but there's a particularly cruel irony in disability related stuff not being accessible to folks with low/no vision.

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Meet Nsimba: the identical twin of Nzuzi! ✨ Nsimba was the reason his brother and him were taken out of the DR Congo.

As a young child, Nsimba was badly burned and blinded. When his burns become infected, he was taken to a missionary hospital…and then “rescued” to France. The only reason Nzuzi came with him is because he absolutely refused to leave his brother’s side in the hospital.

Orphaned and badly scarred, Nsimba never really made friends growing up—despite a silly and social personality. His education was minimal, but he eventually taught himself English through podcasts and articles—meaning he’s trilingual (Lingala, French, and English). Although, he’s illiterate in all three.

Having no career prospects, his young adult life was mostly spent stuck indoors—working out and listening to audio stories.

At the pestering of Nzuzi (and once he qualifies for disability aid), he eventually attends a school for the blind…which leads to him finally breaking out of his isolation and depression.

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He loves dresses~

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I wish I had the ability and energy to write skin positivity fiction… the amout of milky and smooth descriptions of skin is just…

Idk, there is so little fiction that celebrates and accepts skin that doesn’t fit beauty standards (even while claiming to be body positive): dark skin, hairy skin, rough skin, couperose skin, skin with acne, moles, discolouration, blemishes, bumps, scars that aren’t just “single white slash from a fantasy sword”, keratosis pilaris, vitiligo, eczema, other skin types and conditions and so on

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It’s been forever but here’s a little watercolor I made of cayestone’s (bsky) OCs!

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A little Chamuel work in progress~

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🌟CONTRIBUTOR LINEUP🌟

Introducing the team whose altars you may worship at!

🎨Page Artists🎨

@albloo | @anticiajk | @aruudlay | @azmodeusart | @bitchfitch

@cherrykano | @cosmopoliturtle | @dianeramic | @desansen | @feusus

@evpcomics | @myxineye | @feiyufly | @aro-aceattorney | Grizz

@hekemi | @incessantlark | @jjthebunbun | @kettle-bird | @luneatic-art

@madbrake | @magpied-illustration | @maratycznie | @grrrenadine | @mattibee-portfolio

Morgan Donor | @tarantulacage | @nissolia | @lost-halo-rights | @oneirophis

@ophi-chus | @oukamochadesigns | @panoramicpancake | Penta | @pewpewpew

Phasemoth | @almondcroissantsandink | Rhunevild | @ruderubicante | @sacredsapling

@shaihime | @carelessapples | Soubi Vee | @strangeomens-sketch | @sturmdunkel

@tea--ghost | T.E.W. | @thanatos-requiem | @theartbluebox | @wyrmsfornerves

@comixqueen | @wyllora | @sketchbookofaclown | Zombiegaby

���Writers📝

@ihaveapencilbehindmyear | @crescenttwins | @evtraininguniversity | @jasperygrace | _Scaramooch

@kamiporterbridges | @tiptapricot | @ohmoka | @panoramicpancake | @paxfacere

@recklessfiction | @pocketseizure

🎁Alt Creators🎁

@lumeha | Theoneandonlydee | Xyg

🛍️Merch Artists🛍️

@acrylicfirefly | @anticiajk | @cherrykano | @madbrake | @grrrenadine

@mattibee-portfolio | @shaihime | @pewpewpew | Phasemoth | Rhunevild

@strangeomens-sketch | @teenytinyviado | @vaddiadraws

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[OC] Nzuzi

I found a romper and boots in Walmart I thought both suited him so..... let's pretend they have Walmart in France ok 💁‍♂️

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“No one wants to look at art of OCs” I don’t think that’s true at all…I follow people specifically to see their OCs literally all the time. Bring back being curious about people’s OCs, asking questions about them and hyping them up like we did when we were teens

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Hey, everyone! Have this translated Studio Ghibli guide to watercolours that a classmate sent me.

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[OC] - Nzuzi

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A little Chamuel work in progress~

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Hi all! Can you boost?

I’m a severely disabled trans migrant trying to move to a safer country (away from my trafficker). My visa lawyer bill is due this week…and I’m still over 90% short of meeting my goal.

Art commissions are open here to help fundraise!

Art examples:

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A little Chamuel work in progress~