"Read The Sign, Tim!"

people talk all the time about “primal instincts” and it’s usually about violence or sexual temptations or something, but your humanity comes with a lot of different stuff that we do without really thinking about, that we do without being told to or prompted to

your average human comes pre-installed with instincts to:

Befriend

Tell story

Make Thing

Investigate

Share knowledge

Laugh

Sing

Dance

Empathize with

Create

we are chalk full of survival instincts that revolve around connecting to others (dog-shaped others, robot-shaped, sometimes even plant-shaped) and making things with our hands

your primal instincts are not bathed in blood- they are layered in people telling stories to each other around a fire over and over and putting devices together through trial and error over and over and reaching for someone and something every moment of the way

Responding to a pandemic in the world’s wealthiest and most powerful nation:

I’m sorry but every time I think about that time Martin pulled a knife on Peter, this is the only image that comes to mind

That was nearly fifty years ago, and I have never seen indigo again.

A personal piece in between commissions. See: “Altered States” by Oliver Sacks.

“If you promise to stay alive just a little bit longer I promise that we are going to make this world a place worth living in by any means necessary. I ain’t giving up. I swear.” 

Spotted in Clackamas, Oregon

when lenore dove comes to me now, she’s not angry or dying (…). she’s grown older with me, her face etched with fine lines, her hair touched with gray. like she’s been living her life beside me as the years passed, instead of lying in her grave. still so rare and radiant.

prints + merch + commission info pinned to profile :)

@unpretty

Marsha P. Johnson

One of the leaders of the LGBT+ movement in America, she was known not only for her strength and bravery as an activist, but also for her boundless generosity. If you complimented an accessory of hers, she’d give it to you.

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This is part one in a series of animated portraits I’ve been working on this summer of women I admire!

Panic

During and after Season 3, Five experiences terrible panic attacks. They’re worse at night, when she can’t run the thoughts away. Sometimes Sam can get her to calm down, but sometimes all he can do is hold her and talk softly until it runs it’s course.

Here’s another Dan. Still feeling out his design, have no idea about color palette yet.