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Briar Wright
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Writer. Artist. Creative. 33| Enban femme| Versian| xe/xir/xem. Afronative. Getting really into yogurt lately...

Comic colorist, looking for work!

Contact me: Briarwrightofficial@gmail.com
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70% of the lowest income households rent, so...let's look into rent more than mortgages. In that case:

Points to you, Mr. Martin, looks like median rent has risen faster than median income over the last five years.

ipropertymanagement.com/research/ave...

But we're back to my question:
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Yeah, that's neat. Did you know? Food bank usage has been going up every year since 2021?

Feeding America first noticed in 2023: www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/pre...

It went up again in 2024: foodlinkny.org/new-statisti...

And AGAIN in 2025 so far: www.newsnationnow.com/entertainmen...
A USDA bar graph showing food insecurity from 2018-2023. The X-axis shows the year. The Y-axis shows the number of food insecure in millions of people.
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I basically never watch live action, so I can't be disappointed by it. Wildly enough, Link Click is released for free on Bilibili, like China's youtube. It looks like this:

We could have good things too, if we didn't live in America. XP
Lu Guang reaches out for Cheng Xiaoshi.
May 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Of course, the "kids today" take the closet less seriously or don't even consider it to be a real struggle of queerness, bis inherently have fewer stakes in the sort of existential balancing acts gays(*whispered begrudgingly* or lesbians) have to engage in.
A screenshot of the NYT Harris Op-ed: Coming Out of the Closet Was a Liberation. Why Are Some People Peeking Back In? The screenshot is from the middle of the article, with it continuing before and after the words in the image. "...distant one — of the gay cultural landscape? It’s probably not an accident that it’s happening when it’s happening. Today gay men live in a world in which our struggles, our issues and our challenges are no longer seen as central to the L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement. A look at the headlines on almost any given day is a reminder that the fight right now, and very likely for some time to come, is for trans rights and acceptance. And gayness itself is no longer the identity that is most central to the movement, as it was through the liberation years and the first decade-plus of AIDS. A February Gallup poll showed that “bisexual” is now the most frequently claimed label among L.G.B.T.Q. Americans, with 5.2 percent of people opting for it; only 3.4 percent of people call themselves either gay or lesbian. For many younger queer people, coming out versus staying closeted is an antiquated choice, a form of pigeonholing with little resonance in a 21st century that’s more defined by a long drop-down menu of identity options, including ..."
May 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Mine are much tighter, but here's an ok picture of them. They are a mix of 3B-3C mostly.(There's a little section of 4A, lmao. AfAm hair is never one complete pattern throughout the head. Oh god, these are old, that bra is so BAD!)
May 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Obviously, socioeconomic forces have an influence, a large one, but neither wealth nor location are entirely ameliorative. As for discrimination on gender/sexuality: Also no. Do you think the TPoCs are just all going to the bad doctors in the violent neighborhoods?
"Among transgender people of color, 68 percent reported negative or discriminatory treatment from a doctor or health care provider; 27 percent of white transgender respondents reported the same. 28 percent of transgender people of color had a doctor refuse to see them because of their gender identity; 8 percent of white transgender respondents reported the same. 29 percent of transgender people of color reported that a doctor used harsh or abusive language while treating them, and 38 percent reported that a doctor was rough or physically abusive; 8 percent and 5 percent of white transgender respondents, respectively, reported the same."
April 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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1. Revolution Idle
2. Traveller's Rest
3. Slice & Dice 2.0
4. Poker Quest
A screenshot of Revolution Idle: There are ten colored circles in the center, each completing a partial revolution to level them in various levels of complete. The colors, from inside to outside are: -Red -Yellow -Orange -Green -Turquiose -Cyan -Blue -Violet -Magenta -White On the left side of the screen those same colors, in that same order exist as squares with various numbers inside representing the costs of upgrades. At the top, above the circles, is the total score. It reads 6.85 Quindecillion. On the right side of the screen is the various tabs of the game representing different prestige levels and game pages. They read,from top to bottom: -Revolution -Infinity -Eternity -Automation -Acheivements -Statistics -Options -Help -Time Flux -Credits A screenshot of Traveller's Rest gameplay: In the top center of the screen is the Inn the player owns and upgrades throughout the game. It has a red tiled roof, white plaster walls, and wood trim. The foundation is made of gray stone. To the left of it is an outdoor seating section with wooden benches and stools. The tables have bronze candleholders on them. There are two birdbaths made of white stong on either side of the central table. Between the tables is a cobblestone path. To the right of the inn, is a well, made of gray stone, a scarecrow with a red shirt and bright yellow strawhat, and tilled fields. The entire are near the inn is surrounded by brown wooden fencing. In the bottom center of the sceen are various workshops the player uses to upgrade their game. On the left is masonery with a white mortar pool and cut white stones. To the right is a smithy, with a forge that has a roaring orange fire inside, an black anvil, and qunching troughs. At the very edges of the image, wilderness can be seen. This is made of bright green grass, and several types of trees. A screenshot of the opening menu to Slice and Dice: The background is a stone tower done in a pixel style. It takes up the entire screen, with a gradient from a green-gray to completely black from the left to the right of the image. In front of it is the title of the game. "Slice" is designed to look metallic, like iron. The 'i' in the word is replaced by an upward pointed sword. "Dice" is similarly designed, with its 'i' replaced by a downward pointed sword. In between is the "&" sign. It is in bright red in the center of a die. It is on the top of the die, with the rest edges of it being in the same bright red color. The planes of the pie are unfilled, letting the background show through. A screenshot of the gameplay for Poker Quest: The midground is an image of plains with sparse vegetation. In the background are a series of soaring mountainous spires with green sides and a deep blue sky with cirrus clouds. In the foreground sit the UI elements of the game. On the bottom right is the player character's image. It is a picture of the "Druid". She is a plant-creature with spring green hair, and brown skin made of tree bark. She is wearing a brown and gray robe. To the immediate right is her three weapons. In the top left is the enemy image. It is a "Toxic Mechanoid". It is a bright gray robot with two mechanical arms. The accents on the robot are acid green. The to immediate left of the robot are its three weapons. In the middle of the screen sits a deck of cards, face down, and to the left and right, the cards drawn by the player and enemy respectively. The player's cards are: -The nine of spades -The six of hearts -The four of clubs -The ten of clubs The nine and ten are raised, preparing to be used in the player's weapons. The enemy has drawn the eight of diamonds.
April 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Hey, it's #Portfolioday! My name is Briar, and I'm a Black and Indigenous queer comic colorist.

I specialize in bold colors and dramatic lighting. I've worked previously on Strange Bedfellows(Ariel Ries) and with Arledge Comics.

Email: Briarwrightofficial@gmail.com
A scene in an alley at night. There are two characters, Danny Phantom and Batman, standing in the alley. Danny is in ghost form and the only part of Batman that is visible is his cape from the back. Danny is responding to a question Batman has previously posed. Danny: Look dude, I already said no to the last billionaire in a cape that tried to adopt me. A pair of pointy ears isn't too far off from that Frootloop's hairstyle either. A night scene with a starry sky and a very large moon. The moon is acid-green and glowing unnaturally. In front of it floats Danny Phantom wearing the crown of fire. He has flaming white hair and is wearing a cape with green fur epaulettes. His hands are glowing with green energy. The bottom of the cape flairs out behind him and contains stars and galaxies. Ember Mclain from Danny Phantom stands in front of a bright Magenta gradient background. Swirls in darker pink and purple fill up the empty space behind her. She is wielding her signature pink guitar with cyan flames and is wearing all black clothing with bright green accessories(a belt, a bracelet, earrings, and choker necklace). Ember is facing the floor and light from beneath by pink light and the glow of her flaming cyan hair. A black witch, with dark brown curls, leans against a leafless, barren tree in front of bushes in the woods. It is nighttime, and the scene is lit by an eerie orange glow. Her eyes glow red in the darkness. Her left arm is draped over a lit Jack-O-Lantern with a winking face. She is wearing a wide brim witch hat, which is purple with a bright pink ribbon, and an asymmetrically cut dress with a tight bodice. The bodice is deep red. The skirt of the dress is high in the front, exposing her thighs, and goes long in the back. The skirt start red at the top, near the hips, and transitions through pink into purple at the ends.
April 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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For the second bit of #WIPSnips for today, why don't we have a section from an upcoming chapter of "The Foundling and the Hunter"? "Money" hasn't come up but a few times, but this context is the most interesting. #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #DannyPhantom
“Oh, Divine’s Grace, only a child could mistake me for a noble.” “Nobles have Titi’s… same job? You protect the forest, and come when people need help, and keep the balance.” “All of this is very true, ghostling.” “Then…” “The first issue is nobles are born noble. They inherit the title and power, they didn’t earn it, not like my profession Ĉasistoj or my title ‘Skulker’. The second issue is, unlike me, they don’t do any work. They claim they do all of those things, but they usually take money without working for it to make war with each other for the right to control more territory.
February 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Trying to get back on the wagon with this. "Whim" isn't used much as a full word in either of my current WIPs, but here's a fun segment from "Bittersweet Future" of Jack Fenton's political opinions while waiting to meet the President. The description might be currently relevant.
A sceenshot that reads: Wanting to bring the GSU under closer control of an authorized branch of the military was completely understandable, if utterly ridiculous. There was already legislation going through both houses of Congress to officially establish the GSU as a separate branch of the military. Though it had stalled out recently as the aftermath of Austin loomed large in the public consciousness. Another reason Colorado needed to succeed, they needed more public goodwill, the passion of declaring the end to the War beginning to cool. Jack smoothed out his face as a frown threatened to inch its way across it. Now was not the time to look unsure or weak. The aide stopped just outside of the door, waiting to be allowed to enter by the underpaid goons in suits the President employed instead of proper security. He’d decided to chose his own security, contravening tradition entirely, and the men—and they were all men— he picked were hulking mountains of flesh. They looked more like wrestler or body building champions than inconspicuous security, but such was the whims of the empty headed populist the country had elected. Besides, the President had told him, their guns were the real stopping power. It’s best they look intimidating instead of invisible. They left them hovering outside the door for some minutes. Before long, he realized it wasn’t a legitimate delay, but another attempt to demoralize him, make him feel trivial. Pathetic.
February 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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:3 It tasted very much like Banana, but the cake part was vanilla. Very good basic structure though, so I'm going to turn it into a coconut cake with coconut milk and shredded coconut flakes next time. Tropical Cake time!
A top-down photo of a vanilla coffee cake covered in powdered sugar. There are three lengthwise divots in the cake. Each is filled with bright yellow banana curd.
January 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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#broke appears some 44 times in Bittersweet Future, mostly metaphorical descriptions of emotions like 'broke into giggles.' However, in the spirit of the previous day's Snip, let's have some more about those child soldiers. #AmWriting #WIPSnips
“Of course, they know people who died; they live in Amity.” They made it sound simple, pat, neat. Some factoid found in a children’s Fun Fact’s book or pulled up for a trivia game. “You can’t just ask people that, Williams.” “Lay off! I haven’t met anyone from Amity or Austin or whatever, I just wanted to know—” “—What? If we had some friends who bit it? Or maybe some family? Want to know if they came back as ghosts and the GSU had to hunt them down?” “No Gray, what the fuck…” The silence stretched out as they finished their march across the cafeteria to get in line for lunch before physical training. “But, I mean, did some people—” “—Holy shit, Williams, your brain is as thick and meaty as your pecs.” “Come on, rocks for brains, be sensitive for five seconds.” “Everyone lost someone in the attacks, Williams.” She cut through the arguing, voice quiet and heavy with emotion. “You know, they even had to dig out preschoolers from the rubble? Squished completely flat sometimes, just a smear of blood and broken bones. They had a lot of closed casket funerals, on account of the debris or the ectoburns, or you know? Plasmius has ecto-electric powers. Some of them were charred blacker than this floor, nothing but ash and burnt flesh stretched over exposed bone with crispy tendons and fat.” “Enough Gray, you’re gonna scare the ghost virgins in our little group.”
January 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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#game is used some 21 times in Bittersweet Future so far. Not surprising, considering the length of the story. I think this one is the most intense. #AmWriting #WIPSnips
“Intern, I see you’ve scored high enough on your assessment to earn a place on any team. Did you have one in mind?” “Retrieval.” “Intern Gray, I appreciate the enthusiasm, even the skill, but that’s no place for an intern.” He’d thought she had more sense than this. He felt his lips pulling downward with his brows, trying to form a sneer. No, that won’t do. He had to redirect her, not seem condescending. “Sir, you’ve read my profile, seen my scores, why the hesitation?” “That’s real combat, young lady.” “We signed a waiver.” “This isn’t a game! There’s no glory, respawns, or mercy. That isn’t a place for children.”
January 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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#wish shows up some two dozen times in this WIP so far, mostly claiming someone has a "death wish". I decided to pick a different use for this Snip. This is from Bittersweet Future. #AmWriting #WIPSnips
“Come on, there’s no use putting this off. It’s not like delaying the inevitable is going to save you from being tossed out on your butt.” “Our parents aren’t going to toss him-” “Shush, let me dream.” Daniel closed his eyes while a serene smile took over his expression. “You are a terrible person. You know if you throw me out of here, the GSU will literally kill me.” “And you have to know that I don’t give one solitary fudge covered strawberry about that fact.” “Oh yeah, keep working for the psychopath of the year award Daniel, I’m sure the GSU needs competition.” Jasmine frowned over her shoulder at her younger brother. “You don’t have to like him, God knows I don’t, but could you stop wishing for his demise…at least out loud?” She watched as his amused smirk dropped back into a flat expression.
January 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Ah, this one was an interesting choice of words. #spin is actually a measure of time in the story, so there are a few instances of it used in non-standard English ways. Once again, this is from The Foundling and the Hunter. #AmWriting #WIPSnips
With a sigh, they settled onto the ground with enough to force to raise a cloud of Treacle pollen. They shushed the ghostling’s frenzied sneezing and settled it closer to their right side, held steadily on one knee. “Boy, I’m going to attempt to read your memories. They are stored inside your core, so I will have to connect with it to do so. Even if you can’t make sense of them, if the memories are in there, I’ll be able to get information about your parents.” More staring, but this time his eyes were burning with bright focus instead of hazy and crossed. Curiosity perhaps? “It will not hurt ,” they thought the creature only had a rudimentary understanding of pain, but better forewarned than not , “and it should only take a few spins.” They rolled their shoulders and got as physically comfortable as possible, before reaching for the child’s core. “Just stay calm, and stay still.” So explained, they pressed their right hand into the child’s chest and concentrated.
January 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Hm, seems like a fun game! #WIPSnips

This bit is from The Foundling and the Hunter. #AmWriting
“No.” Well, that’s great, back to no leads. They sighed and ran a hand through their hair. “Food?” He reached up for the jerky again, and they dropped it into its dirty little hand. “How long have you been—” No. That wouldn’t work. The boy likely didn’t understand time. They pointed at the sky. “Green.” The ghostling looked up at them and chewed on the jerky. They stayed pointing at the sky. How could I ask the next bit? “Was the sky ever not green?” “Yes.” So, it’d been at least a cycle since the boy had gotten here. It couldn’t be longer than two; it wouldn’t survive that long without energy or shelter in the Wilds. The thaw had been two cycles back, but they’d patrolled the entire length of their territory all yestercycle to check the thaws progress. “Been here,” they pointed down at the flowers, “the entire time the sky changed colors?” “Yes.” The ghostling started licking his hands, and they winced. The soil here could have Olive Pox in it.
January 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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An example of the discourse in question.
A screenshot of twitter containing trans discourse around the IKEA shark. Pictured is a embroidered plushie shark with golden stars to represent top surgery scars. it is compared to the transmasc OC, which has brown skin, long black hair, and is nude. Underneath is a twitter user named "SwanFavored" who has commented: "It's not transmasc art, that persons body is clearly AMAB, the hands choking her pulling her under add insult to injury with those fuck ass forcibly detransitioned mastectomy scars" A user named "Joy Moone" is quote retweeting a user named "Somethingmoder" on twitter. Somethingmoder's original tweet says: "I hate blahaj and this whole discourse is a bit silly(most of them are)...but it really seems that trans women aren't allowed to have our own "culture" unless it's stuff nobody else wants to touch (the pumpkin meme and such). We can't even ha..." It continues, but is shortened in the quote retweet. Joy Moone responds: "yeah this is literally my only point too, i don't really care much about the shark itself other than that it obviously evokes a transfem due to the contemporary associations, and putting top surgery stitches on transfems simply evoke another meaning (conversion therapy)."
January 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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I genuinely love this piece, so it's the header or background all over my social media. A big part of it is related to it being the last piece my mom saw me finish.
A black witch is sitting in the woods, leaning against a leafless tree. One arm is resting on a carved Jack-o-lantern that has a winking smile. Behind her are several bushes. The lighting for the entire piece is warm orange.
December 1, 2024 at 11:38 PM
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I made this for the Year of the Tiger in 2022. I still love the background and lighting here a lot. Title: Lunar Tigress
An orange tiger girl with wavy black hair poses on a starry background. There is a pink sun haloing her head, and her tail coils around her left leg. She's wearing a blue and gold dancer's outfit adorned with large yellow stars.
November 27, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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I had a lot of fun painting the colors for this one. Tried a different technique for the first time here.
A blue skinned, green haired woman stands on the right side of the image. She is drawn from the waist up. She is wearing gold and red hairpins with blue jewel dangling from the ends. Her off-the-shoulder dress is dark blue with red and gold accents. On her left shoulder are two large red flowers with green leaves. In the background are pink and purple flower petals.
November 26, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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Continuing to post art, because I have to get more settled in some time. This one is titled: Wicked Witch of the Woods.
A black witch is sitting in the woods, leaning against a leafless tree. One arm is resting on a carved Jack-o-lantern that has a winking smile. Behind her are several bushes. The lighting for the entire piece is warm orange.
November 22, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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Danny Phantom, and several blobs, fly out of an open ghost portal. The "mundane" world is rendered in black and white, while the ghosts and the portal are in bright neon colors. The colors "bleed" into the real world under the portal.
November 19, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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A "little baby man" version of Danny Phantom is trapped in a beaker under a pile containing books and lab equipment. In the background is an active portal with swirling green colors.
November 19, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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I'm moving over here now, so I might as well post some art and get comfortable. Have some of the work from the Green With Envy event earlier this year. It's open to anyone, in fandom or out, so if this inspires you, come join us next spring!
Danny Phantom wearing an astronaut suit floats in the middle of space. He is cradling a moon floating between his hands. The image has a pink, purple, and dark blue color palette. In the background is a representation of the Pillars of Creation.
November 19, 2024 at 12:07 AM