The LGBTArts 'n' Crafts Thread!

[Mina Kobold]

That looks amazing, Juniper! ^_^


PS: I actually made a piece for the Day of Remembrance too, but I completely forgot that I could add it here. Sorry! m(_ _)m

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[mistformsquirrl]

Yeah, saw that one on DA Keveak, was awesome then and is still awesome now!

[Eldest]

I like both the pictures, the colors on the wings of Juniper's are especially nice. (No idea why those in particular are nice, but they are to me.)

[Lentrax]

Something I wrote for Zorg a while back that I thought I would share. Not really LGBT related, but still worth sharing.

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We who are broken understand what it is to be shattered.

To stare into a world with but a fragment of who we are.

We who are broken can only help but watch as the whole take charge of their destiny, while we helplessly pull our souls together.

We who are broken cannot help but wonder if one of the fragments of our lives, one of the hundreds of pieces of ourselves we try to mend, one of a million shattered hopes and dreams is not our true self.

And that we didn't just cover up ourselves with a pale reflection of what we were.

[TaiLiu]

Something I wrote for Zorg a while back that I thought I would share. Not really LGBT related, but still worth sharing.

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We who are broken understand what it is to be shattered.

To stare into a world with but a fragment of who we are.

We who are broken can only help but watch as the whole take charge of their destiny, while we helplessly pull our souls together.

We who are broken cannot help but wonder if one of the fragments of our lives, one of the hundreds of pieces of ourselves we try to mend, one of a million shattered hopes and dreams is not our true self.

And that we didn't just cover up ourselves with a pale reflection of what we were.

Ah, poignant words. Dabrowski wrote something about this too, though he took a more positive stance:

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Be greeted psychoneurotics!

For you see sensitivity in the insensitivity of the world,
uncertainty among the world's certainties,

For you often feel others as you feel yourselves.

For you feel the anxiety of the world, and
its bottomless narrowness and self-assurance.

For your phobia of washing your hands from the dirt of the world,
for your fear of being locked in the world's limitations,
for your fear of the absurdity of existence.

For your subtlety in not telling others what you see in them.

For your awkwardness in dealing with practical things, and
for your practicalness in dealing with unknown things,
for your transcendental realism and lack of everyday realism,
for your exclusiveness and fear of losing close friends,
for your creativity and ecstasy,
for your maladjustment to that "which is" and adjustment to that which "ought to be",
for your great but unutilized abilities.

For the belated appreciation of the real value of your greatness
which never allows the appreciation of the greatness
of those who will come after you.

For your being treated instead of treating others,
for your heavenly power being forever pushed down by brutal force;
for that which is prescient, unsaid, infinite in you.

For the loneliness and strangeness of your ways.

Be greeted!

[Jaycemonde]

Oh, we're posting poetry?

For a friend of mine who's not in great shape. He's got a good chance of being alright, but it's been hard on all of us. I know it's really rough and crappy as far as poems go but whatever.

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requiescat in pace, leki azeri

legacies are eternal.
stay safe, arekan.
soar to new highs
among audial peaks and clouds
of synesthesia; pure sensation
pure sound.

just because we weren't there for you
just because i wasn't there
doesn't signify our disappointment
or contempt.
you have nothing to apologize for.
we're the ones who must
explain ourselves
for ignoring your presence
as if you were a mere annoyance.
we are sorry. we love you.

i only wish you'd told us sooner.

[TaiLiu]

Oh, we're posting poetry?

For a friend of mine who's not in great shape. He's got a good chance of being alright, but it's been hard on all of us. I know it's really rough and crappy as far as poems go but whatever.

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requiescat in pace, leki azeri

legacies are eternal.
stay safe, arekan.
soar to new highs
among audial peaks and clouds
of synesthesia; pure sensation
pure sound.

just because we weren't there for you
just because i wasn't there
doesn't signify our disappointment
or contempt.
you have nothing to apologize for.
we're the ones who must
explain ourselves
for ignoring your presence
as if you were a mere annoyance.
we are sorry. we love you.

i only wish you'd told us sooner.

Ah, nice! I like the rough stylistic choice.

[Togath]

Not sure if this fits the thread.. but ti couldn't hurt to post
I made some onigiri today

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Salmon for the filling, and an average medium grain rice.

[mistformsquirrl]

Been feeling really bummed of late, lots of anxiety and gender dysphoria. However I think I've come up with a method to combat the latter, at least a bit.

I spent some time drawing a "what if" picture of what I wish I could look like if I ever tried to transition. It's imperfect, as with all my art, but I'm happier with it than anything I've done in awhile, so that's something.

Here's the DA link go here for pic.

And under the spoiler is a smaller version if you don't want to go to DA:

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I need to shade it yet, but I'm happy with where it's gone so far at least.

[Rain Dragon]

Your picture is pretty. 「I hope some day you get to transition」

I only post with something you have probably already noticed. The knees/lower legs and hips seem really out. I think it solves the leaning thing as well.

I really, really like it though and only noticed after I had been looking at it for a few moments already.

Even though they have pink, I wish I had those socks...

EDIT - Looking at the socks more, I like the feet posing.

[Philemonite]

*Hugs*

I'm here for you if you need someone to talk to.

I actually saw in your Squirrel Arts thread first and for some reason I thought it was inspired by Caroline.

[Eldest]

Is pretty! I like it, though can't see anything wrong with it.

[Irish Musician]

Been feeling really bummed of late, lots of anxiety and gender dysphoria. However I think I've come up with a method to combat the latter, at least a bit.

I spent some time drawing a "what if" picture of what I wish I could look like if I ever tried to transition. It's imperfect, as with all my art, but I'm happier with it than anything I've done in awhile, so that's something.

Here's the DA link go here for pic.

And under the spoiler is a smaller version if you don't want to go to DA:

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I need to shade it yet, but I'm happy with where it's gone so far at least.

She is quite gorgeous. Only thing I'd watch out for is making the skin tone too close to the dress's color. They are almost blending up there by where the dress meets her chest.

[mistformsquirrl]

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you liked it! I'm planning to shade it tonight/tomorrow, so that should clear up the blending issues with the dress I think. Though if that doesn't work I may just darken the dress a bit hehe <^_^>

[mistformsquirrl]

Updated the previous picture - I added shading!

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[Irish Musician]

Updated the previous picture - I added shading!

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Absolutely loverly. The shading really helped and the darkening of the pink dress did as well. Beautifully done.

[Zorg]

Really nice Mist

Done some arts:

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All modern AU Attack on Titan stuff for something I hope to get round to starting - basically two already unlikely friends get cast as Romeo and Juliet in the school play and tons of gayngst hilarity ensues!

Since it's AU i'm using existing designs for the most part, but modded a little in some cases, tending towards the manga designs than the anime.

[mistformsquirrl]

Thanks you two! I've been having a rough go the last few weeks so it feels good to put something out that's well received.

[Irish Musician]

Really nice Mist

Done some arts:

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All modern AU Attack on Titan stuff for something I hope to get round to starting - basically two already unlikely friends get cast as Romeo and Juliet in the school play and tons of gayngst hilarity ensues!

Since it's AU i'm using existing designs for the most part, but modded a little in some cases, tending towards the manga designs than the anime.

1) Love this so much. All of the different everythings makes this awesome. The drawing is also done quite well and I get where you are going with it.

2) As a lighting/sound guy.....Nail on the freakin' head with those two

[Lycunadari]

Not really LGBTAI related, but as there are several Frozen fans here, I guess I can post it here.

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[Rinno]

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Hm, not really related, but something little made by me I think someone might be interested in. Lenght 55cm or 21inch, made from spring steel. This counts as crafts, right?

[Philemonite]

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Hm, not really related, but something little made by me I think someone might be interested in. Lenght 55cm or 21inch, made from spring steel. This counts as crafts, right?

I don't know where the LGBT+ part comes in, but awesome craft.

[Lycunadari]

I wrote something.

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First, I tried to forget
But what use has this wish?
It will never come true
And there‘s no room for healing in it.
But it seemed better, easier than accepting the truth.
I wanted so badly to forget
How you subtly, without me, without anyone noticing,
Destroyed my ability to fly.

For a long time,
It didn‘t matter.
I was too young for flying anyway.
Sometimes I felt a distant ache
And a longing to touch the sky.
But I thought nothing of it, I would fly in time, right?
Once, a dark thought crept up to me, a dark memory.
But I pushed it away, buried it deep in the back of my mind
Never to be told, to be forgotten.

It took a long time, till I realised that I couldn‘t fly,
A long time till I realised
What you had done.

You broke my wings.
And when I tried to fly,
To spread my beautiful wings for the first time
I fell.
I fell, and I crashed and I burned.
And even while falling I still didn‘t understand what happened.
Lots of explanations crossed my panicking mind –
I thought my wings were to weak, I needed more time, more practise
Or I was ill somehow.

And as desperately tried to live with wings that couldn‘t carry me
Someone reached out a hand to me,
Helped me up and asked –
„What is the reason you can‘t fly?
Have your wings been broken?“
I stared at her for a moment, disbelieving.
But I could no longer hide from the truth.
And I broke down crying.

You broke my wings when I was just a child
Time had covered up the wounds, but nothing healed.
And when I tried to fly
Old wounds had opened up and left my wings,
My life, a broken mess.

Sometimes, there‘s hope.
Some days, I can even glide a bit.
Maybe my wounds are healing.
But sometimes, there‘s only agony.
The pain from my crushed wings paralysing me.
All I‘m able to do is curl up and cry for what I have lost.
And all hope for healing is so far away.


So here I stand,
Feeling the wind in my hair,
Seeing the stars so far away,
Singing a distant melody.
I look out to the sky,
But I can‘t reach it.
Here I stand,
Destined to fly, but turned earthbound.

[Lycunadari]

New painting, this time even somewhat LGBTA related:

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Cyrael (on the left) and Ilya, from my stories. They're both genderless and hermaphrodites (like all elves in that universe) and poly (like most elves). Cyrael is also asexual.


Edit: Found another poem I wrote a few weeks ago.

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So this is how we meet again
A meeting both met with dread and anticipation
I missed you, a lot
I missed your wit, your humour, the way you smile and make me laugh.
But I was also glad I could avoid you, didn‘t have to see your face
How many lies do you hide behind you smile?
I cannot look into your eyes, I must avert my gaze
To hide the tears, I step away.
When I return, I fake a smile, no time for sadness now.

Maybe with time you notice
That I‘ve grown distant, careful, not the same.
You wonder what changed, why I am avoiding you.
I‘m doing it for you, because in spite of everything
I still love you and want to keep you safe
From judging and hate and misery.
So I keep my distance, stay away
To make sure I can keep my silence
And bury the hurt deep inside of me.

But maybe you don‘t even notice.
You never cared that much for me, did you?
(Not enough to spare me!)
I used to think – to hope! – you did, but I can‘t tell it anymore.
You were my idol, I was hungry for your affirmation
Until I realised the truth – one part of it, I think.
One part that shattered my picture of you
And leaves me dead and empty inside.
Because I just can‘t understand the why.

I want to ask you, beg you, scream at you
To tell me how you could do it, how this could have happened.
But I want to spare you the pain of realising that I remember at all.
So I keep silent, still.
And every day I die a little more inside.

[Lentrax]

Lucy, you are truly a muse. You fill me with a desire to do better work, just so it can compare.

Speaking of some work, here is a picture I drew. Not really LGBT related, but a couple people asked to see it when I found it. In case you do not know, it is Asuna from Sword Art Online.

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[Septimus Faber]

I was inspired to write this poem after flicking through this thread. It's entitled "To a Homophobe". I know the rhythm went a bit... odd... in the last stanza, but I quite like it. What do you think?

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Am I different, after all?
Is it your place to say?
And surely I would tell you if
I had the time of day.

I have moved beyond you now,
Above your petty lies,
Know that when I say this I
See fear in your eyes.

What business was it e'er of yours
What I did behind closed doors?
I will say this now to you.
Understand I'm human too.

If you can't, no fault of mine,
For now move on I must,
In the march of progress, some
Must be left behind in the dust.

Actually, maybe if I'd concentrated on the content rather than the meter it would have been better. Oh well, I suppose I just like rhyme.

Also, Lycunadari, when I read "Wings" I almost cried. That was scarily, wonderfully beautiful. Much better than my effort.

[jesley]

I have seen for the first time that LGBT group can be so friendly and well behaved.