Transgender fears

[Rabbit]

I was thinking today that I wanted to make a bunch of paintings about transgender fears (therapeutic i guess?). I dunno, maybe I will post them somewhere or print them out and try to get them into a show or something to try and educate people with them? (maybe with a blurb about what the picture is about and examples in the news of these things happening to us?)

Here a quick one I did tonight

[Nero]

Love!

[Alexmakenoise]

I love this idea, and your painting.  What medium are you working with?  If you were in the SF area, I'd do what I could to help you get a show.  If you have a whole body of work like this, it really needs to be seen.

[Rabbit]

Thanks! Glad you like them! I think if I spend longer on them and go larger, it will turn out better P: Right now I work digitally, but have played around with traditional painting (just I hate the mess).

I'm in LA (going to art school) , I haven't run into any other trans artists (I don't think) around... but would think having several people putting in work would be pretty good. Right now it is just a random idea (because, well, I like exploring things I am thinking about in art... and I think it could help educate people a bit... everyone is afraid of something, but I think exposing to the public what trans people are afraid of and our insecurities, they will see we are just like them and want / worry about the same common themes such as if we can find love or standing out in a negative way).

[heatherrose]

I felt it.

[Wolfsnake]

That is powerful. It really makes you feel all those churning doubts and fears and *everything* right in your gut.

[Cindy]

Awesome.

Hit me in the emotions


Cindy

[Rabbit]

Here is another one for tonight (hehe kind of was dodging the homework I should have been doing )

[justmeinoz]

Looks like the homework has been done.  Very powerful and emotional pieces.

If they are quickies, I'd love to see something you really got your teeth into.

Karen.

[Silas]

Oh, my. I, uhm. Wow, my eyeballs seem to be leaking some strange liquid, I'll go take care of that.

The coloring is really nice, and the entire project sounds brilliant. I hope you do get a show so you can educate more people. The pictures are really good.

[madirocks]

Excellent work! Photoshop or Painter?

[Rabbit]

Meh, I really dislike the last one... I was feeling nothing when doing it and it was super literal (with really bad compositing and execution) Oh well, practice is practice! We learn more from our failures than we do our successes in life.

Photoshop or Painter?

Photoshop I really like painter too though.

[Cindy]

I didn't understand the last one.
Cindy

[V M]

Nice work    Would like to see more

[Silas]

I think the last one's a person being kicked out of home.
They're holding a backpack and they seem to have a black eye, so that's what I'm making of it.

[madirocks]

Meh, I really dislike the last one... I was feeling nothing when doing it and it was super literal (with really bad compositing and execution) Oh well, practice is practice! We learn more from our failures than we do our successes in life.

Photoshop I really like painter too though.

I haven't really had an opportunity to use it. I've wanted to though, especially with its toolset. But, I absolutely love Photoshop and Illustrator anyways.

[Sage]

Wow, those are very detailed and expressive.  I like them a lot.  These will definitely inform a lot of people and maybe help them to see our side of things (in case they don't know already), don't ya think?

Personally it takes a lot for me to like digital art, since I'm stubborn and refuse to use a computer to make any kind of art for myself.  I like to get my hands dirty, what can I say?

[N.Chaos]

Wow, Rabbit I'm seriously impressed.
I don't think I've ever seen digital art look that...raw. There's a lot of pain and genuine feeling in there, and usually (at least in my opinion) working digitally seems to strip that. No idea how you managed to pull it off, but you're damn good. I'm looking forward to seeing more of it.

[omja]

Powerful. Mind if I ask which college you go to?

[Rabbit]

Urrgg, I have been so swamped with schoolwork lately that I haven't had a chance to do anymore yet (but!! I learnt a killer new technique that I am dying to try!).

Mind if I ask which college you go to?

Oh, just a visual arts school in Los Angeles (mostly learning 3d stuff now