#they also sell some on redbubble!!

[stickersgeorg]

@pikaole mini sticker book page :D I've subscribed to their patreon for years now and so I have a lot of really cool stickers from them. Lots of variety ❤❤❤

[tenowls]

thinking of possibly opening an online merch shop.... it'd prob be mostly prints and stickers at this stage :0

(note i will be shipping from australia)

[beaft]

do any artists have recommendations for places to sell your work online that do the printing/processing for you? i've been using redbubble for a couple years, but i'm real tired of getting the "you just sold an item!" email and excitedly checking it only to find out that i have earned like. 30p.

[berry-s0da]

Here’s my redbubble

I’m going to eventually upload more stuff, but for now here are some of the designs and their previews on products.

I put everything football related on its own folder.

[ashwii]

hai!!!! i have loved your art for the longest time and omigosh IT IS AMAZING ESPECIALLY THE WAY YOU USE COLOR AND AHHHH SPACE. SPACE IS AWESOME💚💚💚

the main thing i have been wanting to ask if you take commissions!!!! i dont know if this has been asked yet but was curious :]

(also have some sweets for your troubles🍦🍦🍩🍩🍨🍨🍰🍫🍫🍭💚)

Hi there, you're so so sweet! I've never taken commissions before and never really had the means to, however recently i was like, "... oh man, i really just COULD if i wanted to, huh?" Like im not 15 anymore, Im an adult with a bank acc, I can do these things if I want XD

if I ever do take commissions, I'll let you guys know! Maybe I'll start off with a red bubble or something someday, tho ehe -w-

[guinevereslancelot]

"pumpkin at the window" watercolor now available on my redbubble! | ig 🧡

[catmemer]

Thinking of making sticker sheets of my ocs.....need to find a site that does that

[southern--downpour]

bonus question: what drawings/fandoms specifically would ppl be interested in bc im honestly just curious

[redgoldsparks]

My very last comic for The Nib! End of an era! Transcription below the cut. instagram / patreon / portfolio / etsy / my book / redbubble

The first event I went to with GENDER QUEER was in NYC in 2019 at the Javits Center.

So many of the people who came to my signing were librarians, and so many of them said the same thing: "I know exactly who I want to give this to!" Maia: "Thank you for helping readers find my book!" While working on the book, I was genuinely unsure if anyone outside of my family and close friends would read it. But the early support of librarians and two American Library Association awards helped sell two print runs in first year.

Since then, GENDER QUEER been published in 8 languages, with more on the way: Spanish, Czech, Polish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portugese and Dutch.

It has also been the most banned book in the United States for the past two years. The American Library Association has tracked an astronomical increase in book challenges over the past few years. Most of these challenges are to books with diverse characters and LGBTQ themes. These challenges are coming unevenly across the US, in a pattern that mirrors the legislative attacks on LGBTQ people. The Brooklyn Public Library offered free eCards to anyone in the US aged 13-21, in an effort to make banned books more available to young readers. A teacher in Norman, Oklahoma gave her students the QR code for the free eCard and lost her job. Summer Boismeir is now working for the Brooklyn Public Library. Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive, apps used to access digital library books, are now banned in Mississippi to anyone under 18. Some libraries won’t allow anyone under 18 to get any kind of library card without parental permission. When librarians in Jamestown, Michigan refused to remove GENDER QUEER and several other books, the citizens of the town voted down the library’s funding in the fall 2022 election. Without funding, the library is due to close in mid-2024. My first event since covid hit was the American Library Association conference in June 2022 in Washington, DC. Once again, the librarians in my signing line all had similar stories for me: “Your book was challenged in our district" "It was returned to the shelf!" "It was removed from the shelf..." "It was moved to the adult section."

Over and over I said: "Thank you. Thank you for working so hard to keep my book in your library. I’m sorry you had to defend it, but thank you for trying, even if it didn't work." We are at a crossroads of freedom of speech and censorship. The future of libraries, both publicly funded and in schools, are at stake. This is massively impacting the daily lives of librarians, teachers, students, booksellers, and authors around the country. In May 2023, I read an article from the Washington Post analyzing nearly 1000 of the book challenges from the 2021-2022 school year. I was literally on route to a festival to talk about book bans when I read a startling statistic. 60% of the 1000 book challenges were submitted by just 11 people. One man alone was responsible for 92 challenges. These 11 people seem to have made submitting copy-cat book challenges their full-time hobby and their opinions are having an outsized ripple effect across the nation. WE NEED TO MAKE THE VOICES SUPPORTING DIVERSE BOOKS AND OPPOSING BOOK BANS EVEN LOUDER. If you are able too, show up for your library and school board meetings when book challenges are debated. Send supportive comments and emails about the Pride book display and Drag Queen story hours. If you see a display you like– for Banned Book Week, AAPI Month, Black History Month, Disability Awareness Month, Jewish holidays, Trans Day of Remembrance– compliment a librarian! Make sure they feel the love stronger than the hate <3

Maia Kobabe, 2023

The Nib

[dunmertwink]

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[trashcreatyre]

Just realized I could make a charm outta this....... not right now..... but I could.........

Gay as hell to be gay tbh

[sureuncertainty]

i might have to open commissions again or like... start doordashing or something bc this is ridiculous i’m not getting scheduled enough hours and i am so broke it’s not even funny

[asterism-os]

This disability pride month you should consider supporting me, a queer + multiply disabled college student who needs to be able to afford her basic needs without a steady income! Ko-fi: if you use this link you can get 20% off any my commissions listings! You can also click here if you just want to donate/want to pay full price. Redbubble Shop: I sell queer pride stickers here! Working on some disability pride ones too for this month.

My Ko-fi goal is set to $800. I know that's a lot to ask for, but anything helps. Seriously. Even if you can't afford to buy/donate I'd really appreciate a reblog.

[ink-the-artist]

Do you use AI to touch up or generate your illustrations or only for collages/edits? Are any of the designs you sell the results of AI photo generation or editing?

I use it for photo-manipulation/collage art and it’s generally pretty obvious when I do, and I also put “ganbreeder” or “artbreeder” (it’s new name) in the tags (which is also where I list the mediums used for the art)

I think the only art where it’s not super obvious is the lamb game post

The backgrounds are photo-manipulation/collages of both regular photos and some ai pics, less than I set out to (I wanted to give the settings a dream-like feel which fucked up ai images are good for) the fucked looking closet on the right in the first pic is ai, and the walls and background of the second pic is ai (the floor isn’t) this is listed in the tags of that post as well.

I’ve also been using ai images for inspiration for horror art for a long time now where I try to mimic the incomprehensible look of old ai in drawings.

I sell one ai image photomanipulation thing on redbubble and I’m pretty sure that’s it. The tumblr post for that art has ai listed in the tags, I don’t usually add tags or description when I upload redbubble designs since I assume most people buying them are coming from my art blog.

I don’t use ai to generate my illustrations or to touch up my art. I do most of the work in my photomanipuation art I just use old ai images instead of regular photos bc of their fucked up looking quality lol

[deboracabral]

GOOD NEWS

Been getting a lot of asks about that crab design. Unfortunately it's not available anywhere at the moment because I don't have it as a digital file and my scanner is dead. I'll see what I can do when I have time during the weekend though. Thank you all for the interest 🦀🦀

[fairiedance]

Bulbul with Palestinian Flag

When I asked my friend about birds from his home the first thing that came to mind for him was the bulbul.

This little guy is the white-spectacled bulbul, a medium-sized passerine described as "conspicuous and noisy". They're common around Palestine, my friend has many fond memories of them. I have just added this drawing of one holding a Palestinian flag to my shop.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from this design will go to my Palestinian best friend to help him afford to bring his girlfriend over to America and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. You can find the design here printed on a lot of different products.

You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options (shirts, stickers, notebooks, etc).

Also funny story when I first looked up bulbuls my friend wasn't checking too closely what photo I had up on my phone and I spent a long time believing the red-whiskered bulbul was from Palestine (it's not, it's from south Asia). So much so that I actually drew the wrong bird at first. Oops. So, I probably won't sell this guy because he doesn't make a lot of sense as a symbol for Palestine (maybe I'll repurpose him into an unrelated design after the war) but here you go, solidarity for Palestine from this lovely little tropical frugivore:

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far, I really appreciate you. My friend is hunting now for a new living space to accommodate his partner when she gets here. Housing as a grad student is always a nightmare, I'm so grateful that you all are helping with the deposit. My friend is also doing his best to figure out help for his family back home (a chaotic situation, just getting in contact with some relatives has been a mess so far). I'll try to add some updates as things progress (as usual, vague to protect their privacy).