A gouache painting of a girl with brown hair and blue eyes in a white head covering with a purple lining and pink embroidery. Behind her is a a pink flower motif within three bands of pink stripes, a paint drip going down the page

A Zorn color palette gouache painting of an older gentleman in a black cap and a paisley black vest with a white undershirt and red tie. He has graying hair and a goatee on a purple splash background on white watercolor paper.

A black and white gouache portrait study painted on a white background with two thin black stripes behind the head at ear level The portrait is of a man in a newsboy style cap with large oval rimmed glassed and a fantastically dramatic handlebar mustache and a little bit of an under the lip goatee. The hair under his cap is short and trimmed. He wears a loosely knotted black neck tie with a dark gray and black paisley vest and just the hint of a white collared shirt underneath.

A full-color zorn palette gouache painting of a white femme/woman with hazel eyes and shoulder-length brown hair wearing a gray tank top against a radiating stained glass sun motif outlined in white against a darkish gray background, the same color as the tank top.

Four older gouache portrait paintings from back in my Watts Atelier Online student days, the first three of which were done using photo reference from their class workbooks for Gouache Phase One.

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almost all except for two sketches are one and then two minute gesture drawings using the @trueref.bsky.social gesture tool although the other two aren’t far from it. i had the timer paused on those though so i’m not entirely certain how long they took.

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eventually. i have so many ongoing projects but i’m relieved to have this study practice when i just need something immediate to do to focus on skill building and honing craft.

landscape studies are from a few photos of hikes and park days in the pnw from over the years. going through all my old photos i’m starting to think maybe i need to actually do something with them. these were meant to be quick so i may do more and then turn a few of these into trading card paintings

i’m sorry that happens. that sucks. the way being public increases our accessibility is always a very real vulnerability. i do think about that a lot.

A young trans girl of about 8 wearing a fuzzy unicorn hat and a trans flag as a cape along with her gym clothes ( A t-shirt, gym shorts, knee high socks, and tennis shoes.) stands holding a soccer ball while surrounded by a wide array of her teammates, gathered around her to show support, with the closest girls each laying a hand on her shoulders affirming that she belongs with them. Big block letters at the top of the poster reads: TRANS KIDS BELONG Then more block letters reading: EVERYWHERE All in black and white digital ink.

A black and white inked illustration that reads: PLANT REVOLUTIONARY JOY With “PLANT” above ground in a field of grass and wild flowers with three large oak trees in the background. Underneath a thin stratum of dirt we see a deeper more intricate layer of earth cut away to reveal the root system underground overlayed by and intertwined with “REVOLUTIONARY JOY”, with PLANT and JOY mostly in large open block letters, except for the A in PLANT, which is fashioned to resemble a solid anarchist “A” in the center of the design. A seed bursts open and grows out of the O in JOY as well, blossoming into a flower above ground while simultaneously spreading it’s roots. There are four more seeds sprouting and going through the germination process all around it.

A digital ink drawing of an enby femme in a bed piled with quilts and blankets and books, an ipad strewn near the foot of the bed and a binder and a few notebooks closer to where they sit at the head of the bed in a cushy nest surrounded by pillows, reading a book titled “WE SEE IT ALL” by Jon Fasman. They look tired and stressed out. A coffee cup is on the windowsill behind them.

An inked poster reads "Rise Up" and "RESIST It's our only hope", showing several people of different ethnicities and backgrounds marching with raised fists, a spectrum of socially-minded signs behind them in a city where trees grow out of broken windows.

A few of my more political digital ink illustrations over the last few years. I have previously made a few of these available as coloring book pages as well as open to free use for protests, distributing, and wheat pasting. I may do so again soon. I will be sure to link to the files here when I do.

a black and white digital ink drawing over green pencil of a group of protesters in masks and hats and keffiyehs linking arms to block rapid response scum and a cop from gathering folks stuff into an open rapid respond truck in the background already full of garbage bags and trash cans and a mattress. in the far background a shocked bystander is filming the whole thing. in the foreground another protester in a hoodie and knit cap with a mask is handing an older woman in a knit cap and space blanket and mitts a hot cup of coffee. the patch on the back of one protesters jackets reads WE TAKE CARE OF US as she and the others stand arm in arm.

oh hai. realized i had finished inking this piece sometime ago and never added it online here as i immediately got starting on the tonal flats stage for color which is still a wip. this was drawn a little over a year ago to boost a vigil that didn’t end up happening because group infighting.

time-lapse video from procreate

digital pencil drawing of a woman with slightly frazzled hair reaching for something behind her, most likely the hilt of a sword, as she looks lightly off camera LW 12-30

today’s drawing study from my current sketch page with reference from @trueref.bsky.social Neri Cyberpunk Pack!
i’m just gonna keep sketching poses and other gathered photo reference of animals and flowers and landscapes until i figure out what direction i want to go in

a work in progress sketch page of several femmes, with the three outer figures near the corners and edges showing an Asian woman in a tank top with a sweater or hoodie tied over ripped jeans wielding a sword, with her depicted with both a sword and a knife in the full-figure pose where the sword is slung over her left shoulder while her right hand holds a knife with pink and thumb while her other three fingers are splayed on the ground to steady her as she moves from kneeling to lunge position. these is also a large mid-figure with her holding the grip of the sword more deliberately over one shoulder while she looks over the other shoulder. this drawing is left unfinished in the layout phase. the final pose is a closeup showing her propping herself up using the sword to look uo determinedly. the character in the middle of the canvas is a Black woman with an afro that is half drawn in and a half drawn in varsity jacket over a knited and frayed sweater over a shirt. she has her thumbs in her pockets of the jacket and are pulling them out in such a way that adds flow to the overall form and drawing. she also wears a tattered skirt over junco jeans that are all still in a faded layout pencil stage. the signature reads LW 12-29 2025

current page of studies with reference from @trueref.bsky.social ‘s photo packs with Kezz and Alaina! drawn on my ipad using Procreate. have been changing my process a bit just by using a larger brush in the layout.

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

seattle (+ greater seattle area) should prepare to protect our somali community too. we have about 30,000 folks from there and you know they're chomping at the bit to punish us for being so against him

$430/500

cbg/thc edible good. had a 50mg/50mg for a total of 100mg😌 what pain? i’m reading an American Scientist article on the Cosmic Microwave Background and primal radiation and chilling with coffee i’m still a little too nervous to finish it off though because uterus pressure. no dry heaves today pls ty.

“We are more than stories. We are land. We are family. We are community. And we deserve a future where our identities are not commodities, where our truths are not distorted for profit or prestige and where accountability is measured not by words but by actions that build trust and repair harm.“

glad to be in my anti-hero who makes a lot of sense actually era

cbg gummy ftw!
i might be a tad stoned later.
studio folks already have very little to worry about. i’ve been without glasses for almost a year now. if they do attend the talk i won’t even be able to see or recognize them unless we’re up close and personal so if they leave me alone we’ll all be fine

i wish the bookstore sold popcorn.

if i had to describe my mood today tho, despite painful period cramps, it would be “bemused”. i sure ain’t bothered.. just along for the ride today, come what may.

i is in pain but lunch with the Quakers was good and i still has a free cookie that was given to me earlier while vending.

considering i am having heavy period cramps i might get a weed gummy to help with pain levels today which will at least also make me super chilled out at the talk tonight. still have plenty for a book, maybe both books and a cup of tea… we’ll see 👀

i made $50 (+venmo donations although unsure of the amount there and won’t know until friday) in three hours selling twenty papers this morning all before lunch 🥳

When I emailed Wilson’s office with my concerns in October, they responded with boilerplate talking points that suggested I was wrong to question how they are failing to provide the services people actually need and want.

These shelters are not providing adequate food, disrespecting trans folks, failing to treat residents in need, and potentially erecting more barriers to finding housing.

i’m most certainly petty but i punch up

i find this whole thing hilarious actually because it is not unexpected and it means i am effective enough to be considered a nuisance. yippie!

now back to vending while listening to opb until i can find kboo on headphone radio

someone handed me a massive tempeh breakfast burrito 😭🌯💖 so i got a drip coffee with money left on the giftcard and took a meal break. it was so damn good but i couldn’t even finish it. leftovers are in the bag. was gonna listen to the news but ended up just sitting with the city sounds for a bit.