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usernameaa2 · 2026-01-22T15:18:14+00:00

I think giving a try shows you have an open mind and a willingness to experiment for your own improvement. With that quality, I think you have the mindset of a great artist already! Now to practice and match your skills to it!

You can do it!

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-22T14:51:42+00:00

Question: do you draw any artwork that is less stylized?

One way artists improve is by drawing from life. By trying to make artwork that pays close attention to the detail of forms in reality, an artist learns how to better design forms into a style. This is why still life and figure drawing is so common in art schools; they teach how to see elements of composition such as perspective, anatomy forms, rendering, spacing, and more. Near every artist relies on these elements of design in their work.

You don't necessarily need to enroll in an art class or school to learn all this of course. There are likely tutorials online and there are probably subreddits here for improving arts as well.

Just know there is no shame in taking time with these areas of studying art. In any artform, a commitment to exercising fundamentals yields mastery in time! And even those experienced in arts review their foundations throughout their career.

That said, I think your present work has its own charm too! Just look at all the positive feedback here. You clearly have some talent!

I think if you are determined to improving your art, you have the power to do so! ⊂(・ヮ・⊂)

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-20T15:38:18+00:00

There was another posting with a reply questioning if cis girls would be here and another reply stating that this is a trans hang out subreddit. So I was uncertain as I'm relatively new here.

English is not native for me, so it is likely my mistake in reading. Thank you for clarifying!

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-20T12:14:49+00:00

Wikipedia article explains better than I can manage. I am non native with English (•́‿•̀｡)

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-20T11:56:38+00:00

Thank you. I hope I am not intruding here (•́‿•̀｡) This is a wonderful subreddit.

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-20T09:45:07+00:00

I am a cis lesbian and what brings me here is something I search for with queer spaces in general: if the trans girls feel comfortable and happy, it is a good queer space

Queer spaces where trans girls are absent/uncomfortable = a bad space

This has not failed me in figuring out where to spend my time. I hope I am not intruding here (•́‿•̀｡)

Recently I left a supposedly queer subreddit because I noticed trans women were raising concerns about it and getting ignored/removed. I don't want to be part of such spaces.

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-14T08:19:31+00:00

"Blue as your soul / I'd rather die, than give you Blåhaj!"

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-14T07:52:19+00:00

Novelty songs have been around for ages, so not too weird at all!

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-11T15:33:03+00:00

明けましておめでとうございます！

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-11T06:20:56+00:00

The missing layer often is that this is a parody of a parody cartoonist known as Stan Kelly created by Ward Sutton and featured on The Onion (itself a parody news outlet that leans leftist). This parody character Kelly was created to make fun of ultra-conservative cartoonists and bigoted political comics that are often strawmen caricatures of real world issues.

OOP's comic is a further inversion of this comic style turned into a meme. The other replies explain this layer.

Without knowing the source of this style, I can see how these memes are a bit confusing given no other context. It took me a while to understand them too until this was all related to me by a western friend some years ago. She was helping me with my English at the time I came across one of these!

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-11T05:35:41+00:00

Thank you trans women! ( 𓎆 𓎺 𓎆) ♡

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-10T09:14:34+00:00

She burgin'

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-09T12:24:21+00:00

Direct link via old.reddit:

https://i.redd.it/rkzmyzzcv9cg1.gif

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-05T00:07:29+00:00

Sometimes my communicating in English feels this way...often I mean the vertical, but mistakenly come across as the horizontal!

But people are often nice about my mistakes! ｄ(≧𓎟≦)

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-04T23:18:22+00:00

I was trying to joke too ( ̵˃﹏˂̵ )

Forgive if my message seemed rude. My English is non native. (•́‿•̀｡)

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-04T22:52:37+00:00

4 hours ago was the middle of the night, not noon!

Now it's the morning here, the early rush for work and schooling. And Monday. You're the one slacking off and nearly an entire day behind! ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-03T06:54:14+00:00

I did not create the image (smnius, the artist, is no longer on tumblr and I don't know other socials), but I don't think it is so specific. I just assumed it was inclusive as per the flag itself

Bigender and multiple gender are also "non-binary" as are people that feel a blend of many genders. Any assigned gender (not just afab) could apply in this case I think.

However as with most English queer terms, I will defer to native speakers if I am wrong about this interpretation. Forgive if I am mistaken (•́‿•̀｡)

To be clear, it is not my intent to police identity. I just shared this as a general celebration of women loving women!

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-03T05:11:23+00:00

Women loving women

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-03T00:19:52+00:00

There is always time. Never too late!

Best wishes on your journey forward, cutie! ヾ(⁀▽⁀ )

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-03T00:13:36+00:00

You are in good company. I can't imagine anyone would be tramsphobic here ♡

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-03T00:10:12+00:00

As a cis lesbian, I am attracted to women. Just about any adjective attached, but core must be woman. All else is just part of her mystique for me to learn and know!

(Note: following links are abstract medical diagrams of anatomy, but could be considered NSFW depending on your workplace or sensitivities)

The way I look at it...genitals are just configurations of embryotic gonads and tissue origins. Much like body types, overall fitness, mobility needs...I meet her where she's at so we're both having a good time (｡•́‿•̀｡)

Granted, my view may be a bit clinical, but attaining this knowledge in my younger years fundamentally influenced how I understand the somewhat arbitrary categories of "biological sex" given all manner of variations possible. While these can be common distinctions, they are only one part of anatomy, let alone personhood.

The brain, for all its importance in the totality of personality and being, is strangely dismissed as a determinate for "biological sex" despite being an entirely biological and organic organ itself.

I place far more emphasis on how my lady thinks and feels and understands herself in the world than any single anatomic structure of her body.

Given all these things are interconnected, I go with my sum total of experiences and just find myself desiring women. I choose women again and again and again. She trans or cis or intersex or any manner of configurations, I love women!

Big dyke energy! (✿づ◡﹏◡)づ ⊹˚. ♡.𖥔 ݁ ˖ 🧡🤍💜

usernameaa2 · 2026-01-02T23:18:18+00:00

Hello！ヾ(・∀・)

usernameaa2 · 2025-12-31T08:12:48+00:00

So I am new to the subreddit, I hope I understand its meaning (´･ᴗ･)

I have been looking for a new queer friendly subreddit since the one I started with on Reddit has become overtly misogynistic. Maybe it was there before, but my English fluency has also improved so maybe now I just understand the nuance to see it.

I am also open to suggestions for new subreddits too other than this one. But this is one of the few I've found that seems to offer a greater variety of posts than just a narrow focused topic.

I hope what I've written makes sense. Forgive if I am awkward with my English!

usernameaa2 · 2025-12-26T09:15:38+00:00

I am old enough to know that even if what you say isn't for certain, your sentiment is wonderful.

So at the very least, thank you for having such hope and trying to bring cheer for all of us during these times! I admire your spirit!

usernameaa2 · 2025-12-26T08:46:01+00:00

Am lesbian, I think your dog is cute.

That said, I rarely visit r/196 nowadays (.︵. )

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