Graphic: an illustrated black womanly with flowers in her hair. Text: FAMILIAR|UNFAMILIAR: Where Your Black Identity Gets to Define Itself. What stories emerge when we stop translating ourselves for others? What happens when Black community creates from lived experience—without compromise? Applications are open to join the 2025 Cohort. No art or storytelling skills required. This will be a trauma-informed expertly led healing and play place. We will: - Explore Black archetypes who've shaped our lives and identities - Create collaborative stories that reflect our authentic experiences - Contribute to a visual art project capturing our shared wisdom The result? Ten powerful, authenticated, and layered Black archetypes with their life lessons, brought to life by visuals, and sound—created by us. In the Fall of 2025 after we have had our own showings, we will show the work to the general public This is for you. 100% FREE | Online/Hybrid | Minnesota-based but open to all black-identified folx.

StuffStud.io is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the MNState Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Hmm. I’m glad you’ve found your best patterns. Pretty neat. I just usually stuck unless I’m in some kind of writing community. I need the interaction and mutual excitement. Haven’t found that consistently with folx, but I’m trying. Thanks for sharing your process! Audhd solidarity 🙌🏾✨

You wrote 14 books in four years? What? How does that even happen?

I want this

Your art is lovely. I’m looking to work with people who have some overlap with my identities (black, queer, trans, neurodivergent) and can best understand and capture the nuance as it’s written. It’s a big project with a small start, so there’s always room for people and supporting artists like you

They are on my profile

I’ve posted pictures of my art on my page

This is my art style, for reference. Looking for Cinematic realism with slightly exaggerated features .

Aaah. I see. Thanks that’s helpful. I’ll try to be careful with my hashtags!

Thanks for sharing. I’ll get back to you soon.

How do I know if someone is a bot? What should I be watching out for?

The art in my profile is mine. I’d like to be in that ballpark but am open to improvements or enhancements. But that’s more in the detail work. I’m looking for gorgeous dynamic visuals as storyboard sketches for now.

Yes. It’s stuffstudio

The artist should have experience storyboarding and be able to perform art at or above my art skill level, see my photo gallery for reference. Additionally, they should have experience translating stories to dynamic visuals, great at collaborating and timely. Lived experience preferred -bipoc, trans

Yes. I’d need sample work of storyboarding, and for the person to be able to extrapolate action lines in the script to dynamic art in my art style that holds my story with reverence.

Currently looking for dynamic compositions. I’m also an artist so it’s likely that i will do detail work, or get a small team who can draw in my style.

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What do I need to know about summoning bots? I’m new here. O no. What have I done? 😂

Ha. Definitely not a bot. For real for real

Looking for a storyboard artist with an engaging eye to help with rough sketches for an animatic for a proof of concept Black, Trans magical realism short film/video game teaser. #storyboardart #commission #artistscollaborate #gamedev #signalboost #animation #blackartists #transartists #shortfilm

Love the feedback. The focal point is meant to be the church then the environment and finally those silhouettes.

Thank you! And thank you for this perspective. I’m glad the magic and subtle horror is evoked. You hit it all on the head here. The line between sinister and good is a lovely reflection.

What is this?

Tis the season. Hope you get a little tenderness and rest

This is amazing

Lol. Dang. It be like that.

Yes! ◇♡☆♡◇

Come on, Artist!! This is gorgeous

Talk about it. That’s a whole thing

Well done🥳

One million million percent. Couldn’t be me