there is something horrifically grim to it, but illustrations for gaza and palestinians tend to catch more mass attention that actual photos of people. this made me feel incredibly helpless for a long while, seeing both how people would rather look at a neat drawing of red black green and white than look a human in the eyes, and how online platforms would rather push a viral drawing while suppressing those begging for help at the same time.
a way to cope with this feeling has been taking advantage of it to directly guide people to helping palestinians.
if art gets better traction, then there’s an incredible amount of good that can be done by creating art that immediately links to fundraisers. creating art of the many images of those who are asking for help.
within hours of posting my drawing, there has been jumps in the thousands for bashar from gaza’s fundraiser. it’s a small effort in the grand scheme of things. it’s not a fix it. but it’s something good. please take care of each other and do what you can. i think this could help a lot of people if a lot of people did it.
here is bashar. i’ve drawn him, spoken to him, and known him now for a few months. any shares help, any art helps. draw who you see, draw what you see. thanks all
here's an illustration i made for ruba, her husband and their beautiful kids, please if you can donate anything helps even small amounts !! and if you can't donate then share, they're so close to their goal!! 🇵🇸❤️
hey everyone! the raffle kind of stalled with entries, so i wanted to extend it - it will run for one more week, until 1st september. please, consider participating.
the entry ticket is only $5 CAD, and you have a chance to win some cool prizes. more than $5 is considered multiple tickets ($10 is two, $15 is three etc).
along with it, im also raffling three copies of my comic: SALTY BANANA AND BRAEBURN APPLE.
PLEASE CONSIDER PARTICIPATING! THE TICKET IS NOT MUCH AND YOU CAN WIN SOMETHING REALLY COOL! siraj urgently needs your help!
a redraw of the first drawing i posted here to celebrate the fact that ive been in tumblr for more than a whole year posting my shit and havent deleted my blog in panic yippee \:D/ (mushy rant in tags)
hi serious talk time! not my usual kind of post and it’s going to be a little long, sorry! but i’d appreciate some help with sharing 🙇
recently my very very very close friend tads got kicked out from their home alongside several members of their family, including a teenager.
they have emergency commissions open currently! here’s a really cute animated gif of a character i designed they did for me!!!!! this could be you and ur oc!!!
below i’ll link their kofi alongside their twitter, but i’d like to request just as a personal favor that you tip them extra (or even just send a couple dollars and don’t comm at all) to help lighten their workload.
their slots are also limited so if they’re sold out already, just toss them $5!
i love ‘em a lot and know personally that even drawing a little, esp for an emergency like this, takes a huge toll off your energy and health and i don’t want them more stressed out than they are.
thank you always!! here’s their twitter as well
( their tumblr @tadsdy but they’re not as active here!)