One of my favorite commissioned projects I got to work on this year. HP asked me to create coloring pages that centered around diversity and inclusion. They gave me 100% creative freedom to do what I wanted and paid me well to do it. Download the free pages here.
It is so important to see color because every color has power and meaning. From a young age we assign certain behavior to particular colors without realizing that it is harmful and something we must unlearn. For this reason, I will always put black women and girls at the center of my work. I understand that dark skin is far too often devalued, misrepresented, and overlooked.
Sky Hairstyle is a updo, braided bunned hairstyle with long front details.
30 colors (20 Base Colors+10 Fantasy Colors) Brand New Texture New Mesh Compatible with hats Smooth bone assignment Minor Transparency issues HQ compatible
Back in middle school, my friends and I used a very simple coded language for writing secret messages. I saw some posts about needing to hide one’s beliefs from partners/bosses/parents so I wanted to share it with you! These would also be great to incorporate into sigils since they are simple lines and dots.
I just had a super sad realization about the first few months the girls had in Amphibia, and the trauma it had on the girls, specifically Anne.
Look at the other girls:
Marcy spawned in Newtopia, and immediately won the favor of the king, and was admired through the city.
Sasha was a bit less fortunate. She was imprisoned, but she at least had stable food, shelter, and companionship with her guards. And after she got out of prison, she earned a high rank of command, and was respected and looked up to by the toads.
Anne woke up completely alone. No one in sight. No food. No shelter. Maybe a few snacks in her bag, but nothing substantial. I can imagine her calling out for Sasha and Marcy. Then her parents, then for somebody, anybody to help her, and she is met with silence. She had to fight for her life or run from monsters who wanted to eat her. She had to sleep in caves with no coverings or blankets. She had to hunt for food which was not built for her human stomach.
She lived like this for a few weeks. A 13 year old girl.
Even after Sprig found her and the Plantars adopted her, she still felt alone, as the citizens of Wartwood were antagonistic towards her. She was ignored, labeled a monster, people hid their children from her out of fear. She probably was used to it, being bullied for being different. Not only because of her heritage, but also (if you accept this headcanon) for being trans.
God this show is dark.
Allow me to make this worse- Polly and Sprig were alone when their parents were eaten by herons. We get some illustration of them hiding somewhere, but I can’t stop thinking about what happens while they’re in there. Do they hear their parents die, or are they snatched up and swallowed while Polly and Sprig are hidden?
Polly is frequently described as a baby in the show- and their parents died a few years before the show took place. Imagine little TINY Sprig doing his best to listen to his parents and keep Polly safe like a good brother, and then…they’re gone? “Mom? Dad?” Those moments when he an Polly emerged from their hiding place to realize their family was really GONE. Not just gone, but killed in a terrifying and painful way.
Sprig and Polly were alone and hidden away while Hop Pop was off somewhere else, how long was it before he came back? I’m sure the Plantar kids had help and support from the townspeople once things settled down and the herons were gone, but to have their only family vanish or die violently in front of them and they didn’t even have Hop Pop to comfort them.
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