Hi mastodon.art!
I've moved here from mastodon.social, am entirely new to the world of all things art, and am merely aspiring at the moment. Got myself an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and have been doodling around in Procreate. I'm hoping to get inspired and learn from all your amazing pieces of artwork.
"'Link In Bio' is a slow knife" by Anil Dash https://anildash.com/2019/12/10/link-in-bio-is-how-they-tried-to-kill-the-web/
The idea of advertising as "paying for a link" is an interesting perspective.
Jason Wilson on Australian wowserism, our thirst for authoritarianism, and our need to rediscover revolutionary sentiment http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/09/australia-needs-to-challenge-authority-if-were-going-to-confront-water-fire-and-climate-crises
One cannot 'meet in the middle' with someone that won't even recognize your humanity. One cannot 'compromise' with a person that thinks reoccurring abuse and harassment is ok. There is no common ground to found with someone who believes enduring toxic communities is a path way to safety, because we all know it's not.
I'm all about working with people to build better spaces, but bigots don't want better spaces. They just want to feel better about their non-sense.
Fuck that and fuck them.
I haven't uploaded here in a while, so here is one of my favorites from this year! I was commissioned to draw Wilbell as she appears in Atelier Escha & Logy. #kariavalonart #art #MastoArt #atelierseries
Amateur photographer, amateur coder, general geek, aspiring artist.