#Syra

[madhatter-artz]

i forgot his choker, hes a little soft baby when it comes to u < 3

(my hard drive i down and i am trying to get it working, I also just finished unpacking from the move to the UK <3)

[wgm-beautiful-world]

SYROS ISLAND - GREECE

[mahvaladara]

Lys: The fish was delicious, Syra.

Syra: Nah, it was passable at best! Once you tried my mom's cooking no one can surpass her. Not even Gordon Ramsey.

Lys: Well, I think you did well.

Syra: Thank you for catching the fish.

Lys: It's the least I can do. You're letting me live here for the time being.

Syra: I'm sorry I can't take you to mee my brother sooner. I know I promised. But he has a very frail... huh... mental health, so Fannar has to prepare him weeks in advance before he meets new people.

Lys: Oh. Well, meeting new people can be a bit intimidating. Was I was young, I had such a hard time making new friends.

Syra: I find that hard to believe. You're so cheerful and fun.

Lys: You remember how I used to look like! I was a geek! Still am. My dream was to write fantasy stories.

Syra: You still can!

Lys hesitated and gave her a small smile.

Syra: Maybe you could write a werewolf story! You have all the insight.

Lys: I suppose so...

Syra: You used glasses, you don't anymore though.

Lys: Werewolf sight, makes glasses redudant.

Syra: I always meant to ask that.

Lys: You can ask me anything you want.

Syra: Do werewolves have a knot, like dogs?

Lys blinked repeatedly.

Lys: Syra!

Syra: What?! I always wondered about that!

Lys: And with that one I am going to bed!

He walks away laughing, a flush on his nose.

[scarlett-draws]

Huevember 2023 Day 11

Two OCs I made during Huevember last year! Gallant and Syra respectively.

[abwwia]

Catherine Kernan, Syra #1, from the portfolio Point of Departure, 1983-1984, color intaglio on paper, plate and sheet: 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum

#CatherineKernan #Syra #Smithsonian #AmericanArt #artherstory #artbywomen #womensart #palianshow #art #womenartists #femaleartist #artist

[lvnamuraart]

More doodles of my OCs, because no one can stop me.

[ncmadlc]

[centaurworks]

HUE V2: Syra

A part of HUE: NEOchromatic: https://sites.google.com/view/huezine/releases/hue-v2-neochromatic  Character (Syra) © @CentaurWorks Syra on top of a space cruiser as they fly towards a battle. Her Sword at the ready, as they inch closer to the planet's atmosphere. Say Hello to the first ever Zine Image created (at least by me). When wanting to grow as an artist, I felt like the best way to do that is to sign up for Zines, and one of the few that did accept me was HUE Zines. For this, I wanted to do an image of Syra in space but riding a Space Cruiser. It always felt like something Syra could and would do if they're doing a quick travel to a battle. I especially love how I did the glow and the reflection on the glass below her. I feel proud of this as a stepping stone to greater things.

[epestrefe]

In 1923, Greece agreed to accept more than 16,000 Near East Relief orphans after the evacuation from Turkey. Many of those orphans built a new home (literally) on the beautiful island of Syra(Syros)

After the burning of Smyrna in September 1922, Near East Relief was faced with the task of moving more than 20,000 orphans out of Turkey. The Greek government generously offered to accept the majority of these child refugees. On average, the orphans traveled between three and six weeks to reach Greece.

With the help of the Greek government, Near East Relief had ferried more than 16,000 children across the Aegean Sea by the end of 1923. About 9,000 of the children were Armenian. The others were ethnic Greeks who had been orphaned and displaced during the genocide of the Anatolian Greek population.

More on:https://neareastmuseum.com/2015/10/09/syra-the-island-orphanage/

[autoacafiles]

[actressstill]

Model #syraakhtar in green #syra https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci8KyHtPVLY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[slurpinpuffs]

hi yall! let me take you on a journey i went on today

it's pretty long, but read more to learn about some rather obscure black musical artists! ^u^

okay, so i found this song on a random Spotify playlist a long time ago and i *love* it. i love it a lot, all the women on the song have such amazing voices, but my favorite is the girl who sings the "respect the melanin, papi!" part (we'll get to her name later)

so i came back to this song today and was like, "i wanna hear more of them, especially my fav girl!" so i go to Google and look up NxxxxxS

oh, he was the producer i guess? the song's on his album, but he's not the singer. okay, let's look at the feature then, M.A.N

uhh, okay, that's not them either. i don't really know who this is honestly? but it's not the 3 women on the song, so i kinda don't care. let's find the music video for more details!

wow, they're really beautiful... but what have we learned so far?

the song is all English, but they're French!

the song has an artist named Senpu who apparently played bass? why were they not on the Spotify?

the girls are a group called Girls Do It Better(?)

two links!!!

to IG links, one to @man.bowdown (M.A.N again???), the other to @gdibcrew, which i assume is Girls Do It Better Crew

oh. neither of these pages exist...

i was able to find another IG page just by searching for gdibcrew, tho!

okay, so it's a women's collective in Paris. cool! but it's a private account with 0 posts, so it's pretty much dead. but there's a website li--

ah, that's down too :p

at this point, i tell this story to My Lovely Partner and they find a Vogue article titled Paris Girls Do It Better! Meet the City’s New DJ and Fashion Collective:

wow, still so beautiful... and there's more than 3! the collective debuted in 2014 apparently.

the article tells us a lot about these girls, their background and influences. check it out if ur interested!

even better, the article links to all of their Instagrams!

unfortunately, all of the links are either broken or lead to the wrong pages (the girls likely changed usernames) except for three:

Bibi Seck, who's a DJ. not one of the girls in the song, but i'm happy to have found her

Kyo Jino, the aforementioned male stylist who also wasn't on the song, but does have some really nice fashion on his page

and Khleopatre, who is a make-up artist, model, and art director with her own makeup line. notably, not a musician or any of the women on Brown Sugar, but i found a cool and artsy interview of her, so check that out if ur interested in her. she's really stunning and super unique

okay, so we learned more about GDIB, but not much about the specific women in the song, the point of this entire journey!

let's just google Girls Do It Better some more and see if we can find anything else

oh hey, a YouTube channel! only 4 videos, but it'll do.

OH BUT WAIT THAT'S HER

it's one of the girls from the video!! :O and she's the one from my favorite part of the song, too!!!

it's a freestyle rap called Singeries!! the video calls her Kitsuné Kendra, so i assume she's also Khenndrah from the article earlier

the vid also links to her Instagram, which links to her most recent single, ivresse (French for intoxication), on her new YouTube channel which has a bunch more songs, storytimes, and vlogs n stuff!! :D

she also performs at the Coyote Club with a non-binary artist named Sun Afrika!

okay cool, we found one! but what about the other two? it doesn't seem like all three of them made any other music as a trio sadly, but i found one thing!

a French interview on a site named Konbini linked to a JOUR/NÉ post on Instagram that tagged the girls. the three rightmost girls are the ones from the Brown Sugar video as far as i can tell, and the girl on the left seems to be another DJ/producer on the collective. according to the Konbini article, Yamiko and Bibi Seck are DJs/ producers, so the left girl may have been one of them, but it doesn't seem like she goes by either name anymore at least.

Unfortunately, @/noramens was a private account, but it was the same private account as the link to the name Lil' Felisha on the Vogue article, meaning that was at least her artist name at the time.

the next tagged account @/syra.mariah was active and open!

and just like that, we have another Instagram secured! it looks like whatever her name was in the Black Sugar era -- according to the article, Rainbow, Echo, and Lil' Felisha are singers in the GDIB collective, so she probably went by either Rainbow or Echo -- she now goes by SYRA!

her last song was in 2021, but her last video, a music video for her song Believe, was released a year ago, so she's still active! she has a really beautiful voice and style, so i'm super happy to have found her too!! <33

unfortunately, after googling around and searching Spotify, YouTube, and Soundcloud, i wasn't able to find any more info on the third girl on Brown Sugar, Lil' Felisha. based on the fact that he tagged Instagram page is privated with 1 post, and the fact that Lil' Felisha doesn't seem to be an artist on Spotify, i have assume she isn't really making music anymore. a bit of a disappointing end, as i really loved her performance in that song, but i'm honestly happy i was able to find the other two girls

so, in the end, here's who was singing on Brown Sugar:

(still not super sure who M.A.N is...)

thanks for joining me on this rly long story, sorry for keeping so many unnecessary details, i just wanted you all to experience the journey with me <3 go listen to Kitsuné Kendra's newest song ivresse (i also rly love Singeries on the old channel) and SYRA's newest video for Believe! and also, go listen to the song that started this whole thing, Brown Sugar! i promise, it's a really good listen. peace and love or whatever!!

[the-tigrou]

And here is a brand new commission freshly done ! This design what a bit of a challenge, but the colors really did everything ! 

 Syra ©  @DragonRider8991

[mahvaladara]

Syra and Lysander sat together eating the food she had prepared. For the most part, neither of the two talked. There were a hundred questions she wanted to make him, and he had a look of a man who wanted to give a hundred answers back, but after three years, neither of the two knew how to start.

Lysander: When did you move to Chestnut Ridge?

Lysander was the first to break the silence. Syra smiled looking up at him.

Syra: Early this year. Mom and dad gifted me this plot of land a horse so I could pursue my dream of becoming a rancher.

Lys: I saw you riding a horse. You're quite good.

Syra: I'm learning. Haven't won a beginners tournament yet, but I hope to in the future. What about you, where were you the last three years?

Lys: Moonwood Mill...

Syra: Why didn't you come visit me! One day you just disappeared and I never found the way back to the Mill! And after I told your parents I found you, to make it worse!

Lys: I couldn't... When... huh...

Syra waited, seeing the way he struggled.

Lys: You're the one who told my parents where to find me?

Syra: Yes... Did I do wrong?

Lys: No... Hmm...

Syra: What happened?

[scarlett-draws]

Huevember 2023 Day 12

Another one of Gallant and Syra! They love each other so much, it'd be a shame if they got cursed by a hag.

[gleniferskydays]

hi it's me you're all in danger 🔥