#sarula

[leavingautumn13]

another batch of npcs in this spelljammer campaign, this time focused on some early game quest givers [first batch here]. details under the cut

[i have commissions open now]

[frenchy-and-the-sea]

the sheer amount of bullshittery that Fortune's Favor is capable of is astounding. Spending twenty minutes arguing about which inn to try to sneak our huge, expensive magic plinth into, sending in the bard because they are both the most persuasive and also not a tiefling in a town that is historically not great to tieflings, only for them to overcorrect on trying to come across as Not To Be Fucked With (Let My Friends In Or We're Gonna Have Problems) so much so that Val had to step in with her drawling, blue-collar straightforwardness and smooth things over enough that we could spend ALMOST 1K GOLD ON AN INN ROOM FOR THE NIGHT is actually pretty standard for us at this point.

We also tried to get a portable mouth drunk. As you do.

[lyssahumana]

[directedbynoraephron]

"fresh gear" by sarula bao, for the new yorker

[wrenmcdonald]

DEATH & REBIRTH: An Evangelion Fanzine is now up in the shop!

Featuring work by Anabel Colazo, Beto Irogoyen, DARKMEATNOW, Diigii Daguna, Genie Ink, Jake Terrell, Jan Buragay, Jane Mai, Kelly K, Linnea Sterte, Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky, Luis Yang, Mel Tow, Patrick Crotty, Sabii Borno, Sarula Bao, Tia Roxae, & Wren McDonald

Cover by Genie Ink

RISO printed with Aqua, Light Lime, Fluorescent pink, Black (cover), Cornflower, and Bright Red (interiors)

[jesncin]

what are some of your favorite queer indie comics?

OOH! Off the top of my head in no particular order:

To all the White Girls I've Loved Before by Sarula Bao

Crimes by Kelsey Wroten (tho I also love Cannonball)

Shattered Spear by Otava Heikkilä (tho I also adore Sasha from the Gym and I will be reading Home By The Rotting Sea)

When I Arrived At the Castle by E. M. Carroll (tho anything Carroll does I'm a huge fan of and I desperately want to have a hardcopy of their new book A Guest In The House)

Love Condemns Her by Hana Chatani

Wrecked Hearts by Mathilde Kitteh and Luca Oliveri under Peow Studio (some of the stories are hit and miss but the general vibe of space romance inspired Lunar Boy, so it has a soft spot in my heart for that).

Boyish Anthology (butch x butch anthology! Hit and miss stories as most collections tend to be, but the ones that hit are so good especially when butch characters and butch x butch pairings are abysmally rare in sapphic spaces)

Of Thunder And Lightning by Kimberly Wang

Itching, Inching by Arantza Pena

Heat by Jean Wei

In Fair Verona by Val Wise (tho I'd pay attention to anything Val does tbh they're all gold)

Two Gay Little Animals Share Their Secrets by Anatola Howard (I love the You Were My Joker Last Night comic too)

Sacred Bodies by Ver

I don't doubt I'm forgetting some comics that I'll be devastated I didn't bring up here but!! These comics. I love them. Indie comics really scratch that itch where most mainstream publishing can't ever replicate.

[charliemonroe]

Got tagged by @sarula do a fun music poll!

"List your top 5 albums from your top 5 artists (can't have a repeat of the same artist) on a poll, so your followers can vote which album they think captures your vibe the best"

[rivetgoth]

Angel @lysistra tagged me in another one of these :D This time the prompt is:

List your top 5 albums from your top 5 artists (can't have a repeat of the same artist) on a poll, so your followers can vote which album they think captures your vibe the best.

Not including any Skinny Puppy/Ogre projects because tbh I know those will win LMAO. Gotta get more creative lol.

Tagging @otisbdriftwood @captainspaulding @sarula @glass-blown-eyes @otisbdriftwood

Just for fun (but also maybe to help anyone who's unsure and takes voting seriously LOL) under the cut is a song from each album 🖤

Culture Club's Colour by Numbers

Severed Head's City Slab Horror

Martin Dupont's Hot Paradox

IAMX's Metanoia

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's Butterfly 3000

[dutzervonmezzenbrau]

                                       “Fresh Gear“  by Sarula Bao

[barebeautybody]

Reptilia

Models - Dolly and Sarula

Photo - Max Trombly

[jlunnposh]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage Y2K Express Sarula Medium Wash Blue Stretch Denim Boot Cut Jeans Womens.

[mw-537]

Contrabass Conversations Illustration by Sarula Bao

[frenchy-and-the-sea]

DMs gave us a creation myth nursery rhyme in game last night and I've been rereading it over and over all day. I LOVE this world they've built and I'm SO glad that we're getting to explore more and more of it!

[lyssahumana]

[thinkinglookingdoingspring2023b]

Schyler Hoard - Portfolio Reviews

This portfolio is by Brooklyn based graphic designer and illustrator Sarula Bao. I first became familiar with her work through The New Yorker, for which she designs frequently. I appreciate her portfolio because of the fact that the simple, white background really grants the platform for her artwork to pop. Her illustration and design style is very maximalist and colorful, so having a white backdrop is beneficial for seeing her work clearly. I also liked how the homepage of the website demonstrated her works in enlarged format and with ease, as the viewer can scroll and look through as soon as they open up her website. Overall, I love her design style and the applications of her work - I think her portfolio very effectively displays and conveys her talent.

This portfolio website is from one of my favorite photographers, Elizaveta Porodina. Porodina's photography style is so distinct and creative, and I adore her work. I found this portfolio interesting because I am mostly familiar with Porodina's work through Instagram, and I believe that is the platform she is most active on, so I enjoyed comparing the ways in which she displays her work via curated website and curated Instagram grid. On her website, I liked how her works were displayed via a scroll feature, and were organized through a clear, easy to follow grid system. I also liked little playful features such as the animation of Porodina's name when I hovered over it with my mouse. What I found the most interesting was that all of her works were not on her website - she had a section dedicated to select works - but she also included a link to her Instagram, which is a lot more extensive. My experience and perception of Porodina's portfolio is that she may use a dual-portfolio system, with using Instagram and social media to enhance her traditional website. I think this is unique and a great way for designers to distribute their work.

[jesncin]

Firstly, I loved Lunar Boy and congrats on the Harvey nom! Also wanted to know if you have any recommendations for stories (any medium, any demographic) that you think has a nuanced take on the intersection between race and queer/trans identity? it's really easy (for me at least) to feel pretty doom-and-gloom about the overwhelming whiteness of queer rep but no! the intersectionality we crave is out there! you just have to look for it!

p.s I really enjoy your approach to criticism and have enjoyed reading your recent posts. I genuinely think it's making me a more thoughtful viewer.

Thank you for the kind words on Lunar Boy and our media criticism!! ;0; Ooh yes! Here's my list of recs for QPOC stories:

Our Dreams At Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani. While race isn't directly talked about, it's still specific to the realities of being queer and Japanese. This short manga series inspired a lot of Lunar Boy.

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender. YA novel about a trans masc Black teen going through love triangle shenanigans and self discovery.

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (this author does a ton of sapphic novels I believe). YA novel about two girls starting a rival henna business but perhaps?? Love?? Happens??

The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa. This MG graphic novel is available for preorder now, and is written and drawn by a friend of mine :3 the story is about a 2 Spirit child who wants to create a ribbon skirt to wear for the upcoming powwow.

Sergius Seeks Bacchus by Norman Erikson Pasaribu. A collection of poems (translated into English by Tiffany Tsao) covering an array of genres and stories. Beautifully touching queer Indonesian writing, I recommend anything Norman writes.

These are harder to find but for more queer Indonesian film there's Memories of My Body (coming of age story about a Lengger Lanang dancer, Indonesia's drag dance tradition), Lovely Man (a religious young woman seeks to reunite with her estranged father, who is now a waria sex worker) Madame X (extremely camp queer SUPERHERO MOVIE about a trans woman fighting a violent hate group).

Idk if this is available anymore, but I adore To All The White Girls I Loved Before by Sarula Bao. A short comic from Short Box's annual digital Comics Fair (which I recommend keeping an eye out for comics in the indie scene). It's about the author's unflattering desire to assimilate with the white girls she had crushes on. Some pages are on her site.

Those are what immediately come to mind for me but I'm sure I'm forgetting more!! These are the ones that directly engage with the intersection of being queer and POC, as opposed to a character being incidentally QPOC.