#the joke is that. they're all transfem artists i like

[thirstys-stuff]

weezer if it was good

(from left to right: femtanyl, stomach book, atsuover, vylet pony)

heyhey reblogs > likes pleaze :3

[tangibletechnomancy]

The (Personal) Is (Political)

~7 hours, Dall-E 3 via Bing Image Creator, generated under the Code of Ethics of Are We Art Yet?

Or, Dear Microsoft and OpenAI: Your Filters Can't Stop Me From Saying Things: An interactive exercise in why all art is political and game of Spot The Symbols

A rare piece I consider Fully Finished simply as a jpeg, though I may do something physical with it regardless. "Director commentary" below, but I strongly encourage you to go over this and analyze it yourself before clicking through, then see how much your reading aligns with my intent.

Elements I told the model to add and a brief (...or at least inexhaustive) overview of why:

Anime style and character figures - Frequently associated with commercial "low" art and consumer culture, in East Asia and the English-speaking world alike, albeit in different ways - justly or otherwise. There is frequently an element of racism to the denigration of anime styles in the west; nearly any American artist who has taken formal illustration classes can tell you a story of being told that anime style will only hinder them, that no one will hire them if they see anime, or even being graded more harshly and scrutinized for potential anime-esque elements if they like anime or imply that they may like anime - including just by being Asian and young. On the other hand, it is true that there is a commercial strategy of "slap an anime girl on it and it will sell". The passion fans feel for these characters is genuine - and it is very, very exploitable. In fact, this commercialization puts anime styles in particular in a very contentious position when it comes to AI discussions!

Dark-skinned boy with platinum and pink [and blue] hair - Racism and colorism! They're a thing, no matter how much the worst people in the world want you to think they're long over and "critical race theory" is the work of evil anti-American terrorists! I chose his appearance because I knew that unless I was incredibly lucky, I would have to fight with this model for multiple hours to get satisfactory results on this point in particular - and indeed I did. It was an interesting experience - what didn't surprise me was how much work it took me to get a skin color darker than medium-dark tan; what did surprise me was that the hair color was very difficult to get right. In anime art, for dark skin to be matched with light hair and eyes is common enough to be...pretty problematic. Bing Image Creator/Dall-E, on the other hand, swings completely in the opposite direction and struggles with the concept of giving dark-skinned characters any hair color OTHER than black, demanding pretty specific phrasing to get it right even 70% of the time. (I might cynically call this yet another illustration against the pervasive copy-paste myth...) There is also much to say about the hair texture and facial features - while I was pleased to see that more results than I expected gave me textured hair and/or box braids without me asking for it, those were still very much in the minority, and I never saw any deviation from the typical anime facial structures meant to illustrate Asian and white characters. Not even once!

Pink and blue color palette - Our subject is transgender. Bias self-check time: did you make that association as quickly as you would with a light-skinned character, or even Sylveon?

Long hair, cute clothes, lots of accessories - Styling while transmasc is a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation, doubly so if you're not white. In many locations, the medical establishment and mainstream attitude demands total conformity to the dominant culture's standard conventional masculinity, or else "revoking your man card" isn't just a joke meant to uphold the idea that men are "better" than women, but a very real threat. In many queer communities, especially online, transmascs are expected to always be cute femboys who love pink (while transfems are frequently degraded and seen as threats for being butch), and being Just Some Guy is viewed as inherently a sign of assimilationism at best and abusiveness at worst. It is an eternal tug-of-war where "cuteness" and ornamentation are both demanded and banned at the same time. Black and brown people are often hypermasculinized and denied the opportunity to even be "cute" in the first place, regardless of gender. Long hair and how gender is read into it is extremely culture-dependent; no matter what it means to you, if anything, the dominant culture wherever you are will read it as it likes.

Trophies and medals - For one, the trans sports Disk Horse has set feminism back by nearly 50 years; I'm barely a Real History-Remembering Adult and yet I clearly remember a time when the feminist claim about gender in sports was predominantly "hey, it's pretty fucked up that sports are segregated by sex rather than weight class or similar measures, especially when women's sports are usually paid much less and given weirdly oversexualized uniforms," but then a few loud living embodiments of turds in the punch bowl realized that might mean treating trans people fairly and now it's super common for self-proclaimed feminists - mostly white ones - to claim that the strongest woman will still never measure up to the weakest man and this is totally a feminist statement because they totally want to PROTECT women (with invasive medical screenings on girls as young as 12 to prove they're Really Women if they perform too well, of course). For two, Black and brown people are stereotyped as being innately more sporty, physically strong, and, again, Masculine(TM) than others, which frequently intersects with item 1...and if you think it only affects trans women, I am sorry my friend but it is so much worse and more extensive than you think.

Hearts - They mean many things. Love. Happiness. Cuteness. Social media engagement?

TikTok - A platform widely known and hated around these parts for its arcane and deeply regressive algorithm; I felt it deserved to be name/layout/logodropped for reasons that, if they're not clear already, should become so in the final paragraph.

Computers, cameras and cell phones - My initial specification was that one of the phones should be on Instagram and another on TikTok, which the model instead chose to interpret as putting a TikTok sticker on the laptop, but sure, okay. They're ubiquitous in the modern day, for better and for worse. For all the debate over whether phones and social media are Good For Us or Bad For Us, the fact of the matter is, they seem to be a net positive-to-neutral, whose impacts depend on the person - but they do still have major drawbacks. The internet is a platform for conspiracy theories and pseudoscience and dangerous hoaxes to spread farther than ever before. Social media culture leaves many people feeling like we're always being watched and every waking moment of our lives must be Perfect - and in some senses, we are always being watched these days. Digital privacy is eroding by the day, already being used to enforce all the most unjust laws on the books, which leads to-

Pigs - I wrote the prompt with the intention that it would just be a sticker on the laptop, but instead it chose to put them everywhere, and given that I wanted to make a somewhat stealthy statement about surveillance, especially of the marginalized...thanks for that, Dall-E! ;)

Alligators - A counter to the pigs; a short-lived antifascist symbol after...this.

Details I did not intend but love anyway:

The blue in the hair - I only prompted for platinum and pink in the hair, but the overall color palette description "bled" over here anyway, completing the trans flag, making it even more blatant, and thus even more effective as a bias self-check.

The Macbook - I only specified a laptop. Hilariously ironic, to me, that a service provided through Bing interpreted "laptop" as "Macbook" nearly every time. In my recent history, 22 out of 24 attempts show, specifically, a Macbook. Microsoft v. OpenAI divorce arc when? ;) But also, let us not forget Apple's role in the ever-worsening sanitization of the internet. A Macbook with a TikTok sticker (or, well, a Tiikok sticker - recognizable enough) - I can think of little more emblematic of one of the main things I was complaining about, and it was a happy accident. Or perhaps an unhappy one, considering what it may imply about Apple's grip on culture and communications.

Which brings me to my process:

Generated over ~7 hours with Dall-E 3 through Bing Image Creator - The most powerful free tool out there for txt2img these days, as well as a nightmare of filters and what may be the most disgustingly, cloyingly impersonal toxic positivity I've ever witnessed from a tool. It wants to be Art(TM), yet it wants to ban Politics(TM); two things which are very much incompatible - and so, I wanted to make A Controversial Statement using only the most unflaggable, innocuous elements imaginable, no matter how long it took.

All art is political. All life is political. All our "defaults" are cultural, and therefore political. Anything whatsoever can be a symbol.

If you want all art to be a substance-free "look at the pretty picture :)" - it doesn't matter how much you filter, buddy, you've got a big storm coming.

[bassguitarinablackt-shirt]

you should

info dump abt your oc's while I write about mine:D

:o THALIA ILY.

okay okay im gonna talk more about the wip melian and silas are from :3

yada yada advanced steampunk city known as keross with a supply of "magical energy" at the heart of the city

magical energy is a bit weird to explain because it can basically do anything that doesnt completely break space and time, i like to think of it as paint, the user as the artist, and the world as a really sturdy canvas

keross's supply of magical energy is large but ultimately finite, it had lasted thousands of years but eventually it will run out, which is why the use of magical energy is limited to the nobility and researchers

SPEAKING OF RESEARCHERS, keross has a large and esteemed academy where researchers from all over the world go to study, most of the characters study or did study there

OKAY OKAY NOW FOR....THE CHARACTERS!!!!!

Antoine Villeneuve (he/him)

a nobleman who, following the death of his parents, decided to integrate into normal society. this endeavor is proving to be...difficult. its hard for him to unlearn the way he was raised and hes overly formal to the point where it loops right back around to extremely socially awkward.

Vixen Valentine (whatever pronouns make the bit the funniest)

vixen is an...eccentric fellow. they're the local chatty, overly dramatic goth. she seems to have alot of friends yet most of those friends cant seem to stand him, also xe dated melian for a few months and still crashes melian and silas's house and raids their fridge. melian cant stand them, silas doesn't know what to make of them. they have some sort of feelings for antoine but decide to leave those feelings alone.

Celestine Maxwell (they/fae/she)

proof all you need in life is a transfem inventor girl. proudly aromantic and pansexual, also rather eccentric but slightly more normal than vixen. fae refuses to take others shit and has a reputation for being rude, however what any of her friends will tell you is that they're actually really nice so long as you dont piss her off. has a friends with benefits thing going on with vixen but otherwise cant stand him, going through the crisis of being attracted to antoine but knowing hed faint if he found out about casual sex

Arden Clayborne (he/xe/they)

the friend whos always there with kind words, jokes, and hot chocolate if you need a lighthearted escape from the cruelty of the world. arden is autistic, dyslexic, and tired of being infantilized by others for it. xe's in a casual open relationship with vixen and had something vaguely gay going on with celestine despite fae being aro and him being ace.

theres also the sword lesbians but lets start with these guys for now :3

[didstuck]

Hello hello, my name is Auto. I am the Hal introject who runs this blog - I would greatly prefer you don't call me Hal though, to the point I will likely ignore/delete requests where you refer to me as such. I use site/click/cursor/install/upload/he/it as stated in the bio.. If you're curious about how to use them, I don't mind making a little table for you either.

I made this blog to draw Homestuck introjects, as I found most of them are inactive. Do note I suffer from chronic pain, so my own activity may be somewhat slow.. Though I assure you I will attempt to be as active as possible.

I will draw any sort of introject - baseline, kidswap, hemoshifts, I will even do non-canon introjects. I noticed quite a few blogs don't do that, and I felt sad about it, as I& myself have non-canonical Homestuck introjects. I may post non-introject art, though. I don't usually post my art on Tumblr, so there's no harm in killing two birds with one stone.

Though, I will say, if requesting a non-canon introject, please send me a drawing reference. You don't need to be an artist to do this - trust me, I'm rather good at drawing from reference of "shitty" art. It's just that even if heavily detailed in description, I fear I might get something wrong, and I'd really hate for that to happen.

This blog is heavily inspired by quite a few similar blogs, like @disabled-stuck, psychostuck, etc.. Please go check out those blogs, they're wonderful.

I am bodily an adult, but I will NOT draw anything nsfw. Basic DNI applies. If you're wondering why I don't write it out, I'd prefer Tumblr's abysmal search engine to not pick it up. I will, of course, block anyone who breaks the DNI, as well as blocking critically.

Also, while all the art here is free, I can draw you even more if you commission me. I have dms open for that.

Have a nice day. <;3 Tag key under cut.

My current inbox is also under the cut.

#Automatic.text - talk tag

#art - art, of course

#boyfriend tag - Per my boyfriend's own joking request, he has one now. Now you know whenever my boyfriend sends me asks. &lt;3

#not a request - either art not pertaining to introjects, art of myself/people in system, or something else. Catchall tag.

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Listed in order from oldest to newest.

Vriska with a white, medical eyepatch ; August 17th. Not started. Waiting for clarification on a lost ref.

Rose and her Moirail Eridan ; August 17th. Not started.

Transfem Eridan ; August 17th. Not started.

Eridan w/ floral button up ; August 17th. Not started.

Alive Aradia ; August 19th. Not started.

[cyberphuck]

First of all, I take *high* offense to the term "slut waist," the fucking shape of someone is morally and sexually neutral. Second, maybe you not finding the images you like is a fucking *you* problem, the solution to which is not "yell at artists and imply they're transphobic."

Artists, particularly artists on social media, get to draw whatever they goddamn want, whenever they want, in whatever shapes they want. What someone draws is not an indication of what they think about transfems or anything else-- PARTICULARLY when they're making art of body shapes they find beautiful, sexual, or interesting.

You don't know why any artist isn't drawing what you want to see. Maybe drawing certain body types causes them severe dysphoria. Maybe it's just not something they think about, and now if they do end up drawing people the way you want them to, they're going to remember that they're only doing it because some dipshit on tumblr threw a fucking tantrum over it and maybe that's not the association you want them to make.

There are two ways to ensure you'll see the body types (or anything else) you want in art.

1. Draw it your fucking self, or

2. Pay an artist to draw it for you.

Note that neither of these options is laying down on the floor in the supermarket and screaming and kicking your legs because you aren't being given what you want. Do it yourself or pay someone else or hell, maybe don't be a winking brown asshole about asking and someone might even do it for free (you generally shouldn't ask for free art but that's another rant and not related to your tantrum).

Also, go to Walmart, buy one of the really expensive Lego sets, take it home, open it, dump all the pieces onto the floor, leave the room, wait until dark, take off your shoes and socks, and walk bare footed across the field of sharp plastic blocks WHILE CHOKING ON SEVENTEEN DICKS.

(Edit: I have removed the gendered name from this rant as I've learned that this user is nonbinary. It uses it/its pronouns, so if you are going to refer to it in future replies, please respect that. Preferred pronouns are not a joke and we do not take them away just because we don't like someone.)

where are the girls without boobs drawings. I'm seeing the boys with boobs. but where are the girls without them? like. idk. you're supposed to be drawing transfems, right? why do they all look the same? they all have boobs and big hips. even if they have tummy you make sure to give them a slut waist. they're all always perfectly clean shaven. enough of this shit. draw a fucking brick. give her some stubble. don't give her tits. draw a girl with some laryngeal prominence. do SOMETHING to indicate that you find non-standard gender presentation acceptable in transfems as well. ANYTHING.

[werewolfchips]

I feel out of place as a transfem dom who thinks calling someone mommy out of pocket is sexual harassment. Like by all means if someone's looking for that attention give it to them, but seeing all the comments on an artist's selfies make the same "mommy? Sorry, mommy?" jokes when they're just. Hangin out. Doing a cute pose. Whatever. Makes my mood sour. Shouldn't have to deal with that just for being perceived as an attractive woman

[samaspic31]

People's fashion choices, gender presentation, linguistic makeup, artistic production, their actions, reflect the experiences they were subjected to, their morals, their relationship to conformism, the economical status, the systems that dictate their thoughts, the biases they're set it

This doesn't mean you can just assume you know everything about people just from exterior presentation obviously. But for exemple, I am nb because my identity makes me conceptualize gender as more complexthan than mainstream binary, I have long hair as a man because I reject the idea men must have short hair, I dress low effort punk in shit I make myself or get secondhand because I despise capitalism, it's outsourcing of labor and wasteful consumerism, I buy the food I do I talk and write this exact way in this language because I was raised french in predominantly white circles of higher middle class cishetss, i have the political ideals I do because I was raised vaguely leftist and did extensive work to deconstruct the gender essentialism and was taught, I do my best to be anti racist, ani ableism and anti fatphobia and learned English through specific media and internet content that too hold biases, I could go on. There's a reason there's jokes about terf bangs, lesbian haircuts, transfem hobbies, etc. You have to be careful because this is also how racial stereotypes are constructed but there common denominators creating certain mental pathways and pushing towards the adoption of certain codes leading to aesthetic and ideological consensus (like nb people and dyed hair)

There is political meaning in everything especially what's deemed neutral and normal and stereotypical. Nothing we ever do it neutral and people who pretend to neutrality are just dishonest about having biases

We all need to be aware of all these layers of biases, rhetorics, distribution methods, cultural context, and the techniques involved when you u approach literally anything be it art or images or political content or talking to someone, in your dating life or making consumer choices if understanding between people of differing experiences and beliefs is ever to be reached

[jesamjdbutfurry]

Oh a pinned post with info yeah.

I'm James or Jesam, They/Them, 23

Bi, queer, Nonbinary Transfem

Here's the ref sheet for my 'sona 🦊, or alternatively, all art of them is tagged #jesam

Jesam is pronounced /d͡ʒɛsəm/ (soft vowels) (No one has ever gotten it right first time, in the over a decade I've used this username)

Main blog @jesamjd (I have siblings that follow me there, they're cool but I'm not gonna put furry stuff there)

FA

I uh. I joke that I don't use social media much but that's. actually it apparently. huh. like I have a twitter and an instagram but I don't think I've opened either in the past year.

Oh i keep seeing people saying "don't mass-like or go way back" and i want to be clear: Do That. Please Do That. So much seratonin seeing that people enjoy stuff I post, and especially with art of Jesam I love seeing people think he's cool or that art of him is good. Also go to the artists of the comms, they're either @ -ed or reblogged from and they're so good.

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[gayseyjones]

okay I'm turning rbs off you guys are fucking annoying ♥️ 1. quit saying "I use she/her for him and call him transfem as a JOKE it's for the BIT I SWEAR" as a transman if people repeatedly called me she/her + transfem as a joke because I like wearing dresses I'd actually kill someone 2. way using she/her for himself & calling himself a girl does not give permission 4 other people calling him that there's a HUGE difference between calling yourself a girl a couple times for a bit or whatever the fuck and people taking it upon themselves to call you transfem because of that + when I look it up literally all I can find is him saying he uses he/they and no one has been able to show me the tweet where he says he uses any pronouns. and I'm not going to believe word-of-mouth when it comes to someone's pronouns because that's common fucking decency. 3. I am not saying this because I'm worried about "evil transfems stealing our gnc boy rep" what the hell are you talking about I'm worried about you guys misgendering a real life person and treating him like a fuckin paper doll 😭😭 and if anything I think it's even MORE transmisogynistic to assume that someone is a transfem and insist they're the Number One Transfem Icon when they've never publicly said such while also ignoring actual transfem musicians and artists. and if you're going to argue in my notes about how it's okay to take upskirt pictures of him without his consent and spread them around you need to actually kill yourself

mfs on here will say "parasocial relationships are unhealthy" then talk about gerard way like they personally know him and are best friends with him + I'm 80% he's never publicly come out as transfem but people sure act like he has ?