Welcome friend. ٩(^◡^)۶ Come to browse my wares? I'm Sol/Zhi, and I'm an artist, writer, self-taught heart surgeon and game developer! ✨ I realized my old pin had old crusty art so now I'm finally updating with recent food.
BLACK characters with pink hair are peak character design. Pink hair and brown skin stay undefeated as a color combination and pink fros can look like bubblegum
I don't think people understand.
Muslims wash their hands before prayer. Cleansing is extremely important. You cannot begin to comprehend the grief that is on display here. "I swear I won't wash them, I won't wash my hands, how else am I supposed to sleep near my kids."
It's 2020. You're a small artist who has been dreaming of a bigger platform, for more opportunities, for potential clients. An artist with 20k followers looks you dead in the eyes and tells you followers don't matter. Your commission post has 2 retweets and they're both yours.
i really feel like overfamiliarity on the internet has become such a massive problem that people have straight up forgotten how friendship actually works. you not gonna befriend that skilled, talented artist with 20k followers by sending them a random dm that just says hi bro
I can't stop thinking about how a Black, 25-year-old person on here tragically passed from long covid and their last tweets were them trying to crowdfund for bills. :( I can't stop thinking about about it. I've been crying on an off all morning
Niggas with 20k followers will get up on here and tell artists with 10 followers to hike up their commission prices and be deadass silent when nobody bites which is extremely weird to me like you have a big-ass platform you better be ready to boost smaller artists then?????
it’s 2020. you’re a Black creator whose work is suddenly getting attention due to Black people being murdered on the street. the attention is bittersweet. people promise to keep this energy even though you know in your heart of hearts that’s a lie (and you were right).
Followers DO matter. Don't let that industry artist with 20k followers try to convince you otherwise. They forgot where they started. Fuck that. Us creatives can create everything but an audience. People NEED to engage with your work if you have any chance out there.
historians 100 years from now are going to look at tonight, 11/5/2020, & analyze the connection btwn destiel becoming canon, putin stepping down, that one racist twitter artist rping ted bundy, new system of a down dropping, & the Bolivian president being attacked with dynamite
Black creators have every reason to be angry right now. It isn't until we are murdered that we end up on the covers of magazines, it isn't until we're murdered that our books sell, or people shower our art and music with the love and care we CRAVED when we were alive.
it's really messed up how nonblack people get praised to the heavens for having/drawing Black characters, but when Black people create stories/Black characters they're fighting for their right to live because they're drowning in a sea of racists and death threats
ain't that some shit? that noelle gets to do this and will still have a flourishing career and adoring fans and make good ass fucking money and still get to create? meanwhile Black creators everywhere gotta be PERFECT and never miss a step, not even half a step, or be RUINED
> destiel is canon
> tumblr rises from the dead to congratulate spn fandom
> putin steps down
> spn writer says bernie would have congratulated destiel
> us presidential election on day 4
oh yeah naw we not doing that whole "we love/support Black people" thing only after another tragedy again. we not taking shallow support, we taking cash fucking money, Black folks, drop them cash apps, them paypals, them venmos, all that shit down bellow. pay tf up.
Bro the way that Black people/creators have to be perfect at all times, perfect execution, "perfect personality," perfect talent, perfect first draft, perfect plot, perfect characters, perfect etc for y'all to support them when your white fav continues to be mediocre I'm, ,, ,,,
Kindness is a far better fertilizer than anything else that's out there. If someone's skills are lacking, you can't help them grow with potshots and "brutal criticism" or whatever. In order for someone to be "good" they have to be allowed to be bad first. It's not rocket science.
he literally still has his umbilical chord still attached. came into this word and was greeted with immediate violence. i wish every zionist that dies goes to hell no matter what.
what happened to following people cause you think they're neat and not expecting a follow back? gone are the days where you earnestly interacted with someone's art or writing or work and retweeted and supported and responded to their tweets with humor and boundaries? 😭
I don't go here but I just saw people raise like 20,000 dollars for a billboard over a canceled show in like 2 hours and I can't stop thinking about how people don't have access to water or food or homes or need medical assistance and the genocide happening and like... ? 😭
white people don't get too comfortable, your siblings about to act a fool, we need your open purses more now than ever. Black people drop your ko-fis, paypals, cash apps, venmo, etc down below because we already know the next two months about to be fucked up
friendship is about authenticity and having the same hobbies and being pleasant to be around and capability and like 78 other things, sometimes friendship is a really slow process, sometimes it's quick with others. you can't force a friendship or even a follow back.
an INSIDE joke?!??!??!? INSIDE?????? So you mean to tell me this racist-ass shit was a REOCCURRING joke in your circle? A'ight Noelle I'm going to need you to start some kind of organization helping Black creatives or something, I feel like you need to start paying reparations
@starlightmau
Hi. I just want to say that I am so, so sorry for what I said. I fucked up. This was the image I was referring to, an inside joke with the crew that I didn't think twice about. It was exceedingly careless and I'm sorry for the hurt I caused.
not only because it's unfathomably sad, but also that could easily be me. I can't stop thinking about how people raised 20,000 dollars in mere hours for a canceled TV show and that poor disabled person passed while trying to raise 500 for bills
I don't know you guys I'm just really bummed out that Black people will never see the type of support that we deserve and see people give so freely to others unless the most brutal and horrific things happen to Black bodies 😐
the next time you think "Black artists are getting more attention than me and it sucks" or "why can't i participate in x Black challenge" or "i wish my art got as much attention as x Black artist here," remember this.
One last thing--calling out and confronting antiblackness (whether it be intentional antiblackness or unintentional antiblackness) is not and will never be discourse. if you're unfollowing/blocking Black people for being rightfully upset about antiblackness... Well
"it's not about follower count" NIGGA, HOW?!?! what do you mean???? Telling small artists to demand industry rates for their art and then not supporting them yourself and not at the very least using your HUGE platform to help them get more exposure is sooooooooo weird hello??
It's so, so unfair that Black people get the most support during overwhelming tragedy and it shouldn't BE like this and it IS, it is and it sucks, it is and every single nonblack person needs to be better because I'm so fucking tired of this shit
adhd is buying a frozen pizza 3 weeks ago and then getting a craving for pizza today and remembering you got one in the freezer like a miracle that came from the grace of the gods themselves but it was just your lack of object permeance keeping a tasty pizza away from you
People do and will tear apart a Black creator's work and rip it to utter pieces on the smallest mishap and give passes to everyone else and, hell, the Black creator in question doesn't even have to mess up for that to happen. It's very scary being a Black creative.
creative work doesn't just "get popular" from sheer strength of will, popularity is heavily dependent on how much people interact with it, or rather, how much FUN people have engaging with the work. That is the most powerful tool for success and why creators thrive on engagement
it's so hard being a Black creator. people are always like "create your own characters!" and then we do and it's either no one cares or we get bombarded with the most vile anti-Black shit possible for daring to create in the first place 🧍
this is so fucking weird gen z are children... high schoolers... no matter the context, why are you so hung up on what teenagers are doing....??? let kids be kids??? they're KIDS and you're probably my age. Disturbing tweet, stay out of kids' business
nonblacks i just wanna say, look out for your Black mutuals/followers because i'm just seeing a lot of bs today especially, and usually it's just other Black people going hard for Black people, so if you see somebody going through it, please just, be there for them them
Hello everyone, my name is Solange and I'm a writer. I primarily write science fantasy (see:
@a0webnovel
, my ongoing webserial) but I am also the head writer for
@ValiDateGame
. I love dark, broody antiheroes and debilitating existential dread, nice to meet you!
this is why we must continue to put Black creatives at the forefront and go harder than ever before for them. This is why the conversation has been about Black artists for months. If you're not making way for Black artists right now, it speaks volumes, and we see you.
Hello, I'm Solange, the author of Division by Zero, an LGBTQ+ science fantasy webnovel
@a0webnovel
! If you love disgustingly-op planet-destroying magical girls tasked with preventing the multiverse from eating itself because God decided to peace out, this is the story for you! 💫
If you don't want to put out a public apology because you're afraid your own fanbase/followers will attack the people you've hurt, all that's telling me is that as a content creator/artist, you've been really loose and lax on where you stand with a lot of things
I'm not going to lie it's super refreshing seeing Black people/Black creators flourish but after the whole world pretty much admitted to ignoring Black creatives all across the board for no reason - and seeing people segue back into that now that BLM is not as "trending" - is 😑
I'm just gonna refresh everyone's memory and say all this stuff started because I responded to Javi's (now deleted) tweet here. so the fact that the conversation started here and went to people being disgustingly antiblack and dismissive of antiblackness today is beyond me
People still complaining about Blacktober 3 months after the fact is a good indication of how nonblack people move in their antiblackness. Blacktober was a completely innocuous event and people still sour about it 91 days after. Rent free in their heads for 2190 hours.
Here's the thing. There's so many different types of rap, so many different genres of rap, so many different styles and flavours of rap that you racist mfs will get on this app and be like "b-b-b-but it's all about guns and gang violence!" when that's .02% of rap as a whole
nobody pointing out how white people are just straight up joking about colonizing people of colour and wearing "what their ancestors did" as a badge of honour for a sick punchline is going to be my villain origin story
came back to say i made these tweets because of
@MOLENAIDE
's gorgeous iconic oc and if you aren't following them and their soft, soft dreamlike storybook art you're playing art twitter on hard mode cause look at her U____U !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That being said, can we all come together and spread Wayna's ko-fi? They're being violently harassed for giving a character dark skin and Black features, and I really want to give them some sunshine because I know this is very difficult to have to endure
It's easy for someone with 20k followers to look down at everyone else and say 'followers don't matter' as they swim in all the opportunities they simply would not have if they only had 20 followers. It's so easy. Been at the top for so long, forgot what the bottom felt like.
It's irritating when people claim they're "reimagining" the magical girl genre when there's like 2810938109231 magical girl shows/manga that get INCREDIBLY dark that been out for like, decades............ just say you don't understand the genre and go
Being Black in any creative industry means if you're too loud, too Black, too loud and Black, you'll get blacklisted and blocked by people who hold a substantial amount of power, sway, popularity, and influence in the industry you want to be successful in.
'demand more during this pandemic' okay... i get it... it's hard being a creative during this time... but bro... lemme find out niggas sitting on hella money during this pandemic like we didn't get get 1 (one) stimulus check in March and unemployment not the worst it's ever been
still FUMING about this. Noelle living COMFORTABLY, living the DREAM, fat fucking fandoms, fanart, compliments, touching lives all over the world, young and old, opportunity at the FINGERTIPS and I'm a broke fucking Black creator working a 9-5 coming home from work to THIS
ANYWAYS...... so since noelle gets to be racist and stuff and make slavery jokes, stan a/0 for clear skin, written by me, an actual Black person, with a mostly Afro-Asian cast 😌
Hello, I'm Solange, the author of Division by Zero, an LGBTQ+ science fantasy webnovel
@a0webnovel
! If you love disgustingly-op planet-destroying magical girls tasked with preventing the multiverse from eating itself because God decided to peace out, this is the story for you! 💫
even if sai scamming fuck every single last one of y'all i ain't forget y'all gave a random white boy like 80,000 dollars in 7 hours for absolutely dog shit nothing, run sai them dollars lmfaooooooo
in the industry telling smaller artists that they need to be charging just as much as you do for art: .....................either open your fat fucking purse or get them the same opportunities you have with your huge 20k following, wym it doesn't mean anything i'm still on this
i find it a little weird when nonblack people comment on the whole 'Black people in media always have white hair' thing cause as a medium brown-skinned Black person i was always told i couldn't have colourful hair period cause i'd look ugly 🧍
We REALLY need to talk about how how much east Asians profit off of Black culture because they be making OBSCENE AMOUNTS OF MONEY pretending to be Black and taking heavily from us. Awkwafina is worth 4 fucking MILLION DOLLARS and built her ENTIRE career off Black caricature
Big artist twitter, let's talk about how y'all were just sitting there when popular Black artists were getting sent death threats and months-long harassment for drawing characters with darker skin and coily hair. Y'all don't even give a fuck when racism is happening to THEM.
I'm sorry I just woke up but I'm so confused, like I get it, I do believe everyone should be getting paid more for their art and for their creative work no doubt, and I know this conversation happens like every year but to the big 20k-following artists who already have both feet
i really can't help but be bitter about all those big accounts talking shit about people calling out antiblackness not even a few days ago but they're deadass silent when people are being violently, VIOLENTLY racist on a Black artist's design right now, as we speak
the fact that this person’s last tweet before dying was a fucking crowdfund begging for help. it’s a perpetual cycle of grief and death while begging for a pittance of humanity in our last days.
"maybe your art just isn't good enough then"
A'ight bet. TEACH THESE NIGGAS then................. I better see you mentoring hella small artists then and fostering that talent that you think isn't "developed enough" or should "stay a hobby" since they can't charge your rates smh
Fuck it bro I'm fighting back all this AI nonsense by starting a hashtag uplifting
#HumanArtists
!!!! Let's all post our human-made, gorgeous, gorgeous art in this tag today 🥹♥️
Nothing will ever be more wild than seeing an industry artist being like "people on this website think once you reach 10k followers your rent is instantly paid" and then you read their bio and it's like "i work for nickelodeon"
@/BlackDGamer1 is getting ratio'd SO FUCKING BAD that HE'S TRENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "gatekeeping" lIKE you guys don't understand, Imagine taking an L SO MASSIVE that not only are you receiving a 7,000 and STILL going ratio but you're trending on twitter for being DRAGGED
Nonblack people once again being mad at Black creators for making their OWN spaces and giving each other boundless, unconditional support because we'd never get that support nonblacks, never in one million, billion years, is extremely fucked up
the "20k followers" side of art twitter really treats smaller artists like complete shit like there's literally no camaraderie or sense of teamwork or wanting to nurture their talent or nothing it's literally just "maybe if you didn't suck so bad / stop undercharging pls qwq"
It's Black History Month! It's also the 1st of February, meaning health insurance ate, rent is due, and Black people might just be down bad in general because we in a panny. Black people, let's see them cashapps, ko-fis, paypal links, venmos, etc. Allies, retweet and/or give!
Man this pisses me off cause Black creators on here can't even let the attention and praise settle before y'all start pulling 5 hashtags out of the woodwork. Not to mention most of that praise and attention is from fellow Black creators?? If y'all don't retweet some Black art smh