Kari, Estradiol Ascendant 🏳️⚧️
@transarcana.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️Trans Lady into the Occult, Cryptids, Comics, and Queer Theory.
Also, buy my stickers so that I can keep making stickers! https://www.etsy.com/shop/TransArcana
Also, buy my stickers so that I can keep making stickers! https://www.etsy.com/shop/TransArcana
And if you'd like to support this Trans artist, and show your support for trans people AND opossums, how about a lovely sticker? www.etsy.com/listing/1904...
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
And if you'd like to support this Trans artist, and show your support for trans people AND opossums, how about a lovely sticker? www.etsy.com/listing/1904...
I read Swamp Thing: Love and Death, by Moore, Bissette, and Totleben at 12, and it was incredible. It presented my young mind with the idea that faith could be subjective, that evil was selfish and petty, and that love could find its own way. I was introduced to Horror and Beauty and Love.
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I read Swamp Thing: Love and Death, by Moore, Bissette, and Totleben at 12, and it was incredible. It presented my young mind with the idea that faith could be subjective, that evil was selfish and petty, and that love could find its own way. I was introduced to Horror and Beauty and Love.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Nothing to see here. Move along.
At 40, I'm still learning new things about myself, and "Make Room for Love" by Darcy Liao came at the perfect time for me.
I normally have a hard time identifying with the protags in romance novels, but not this one.
Queer, cozy, sapphic, and leftist. Give it a read! darcyliao.com/make-room-fo...
I normally have a hard time identifying with the protags in romance novels, but not this one.
Queer, cozy, sapphic, and leftist. Give it a read! darcyliao.com/make-room-fo...
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
At 40, I'm still learning new things about myself, and "Make Room for Love" by Darcy Liao came at the perfect time for me.
I normally have a hard time identifying with the protags in romance novels, but not this one.
Queer, cozy, sapphic, and leftist. Give it a read! darcyliao.com/make-room-fo...
I normally have a hard time identifying with the protags in romance novels, but not this one.
Queer, cozy, sapphic, and leftist. Give it a read! darcyliao.com/make-room-fo...
And with any other artist, I'd reflexively write these off as stylistic choices.
But when you brag about your AI use and found an AI startup, one that specifically designs characters in an anime style, I feel like you lose the benefit of the doubt.
But when you brag about your AI use and found an AI startup, one that specifically designs characters in an anime style, I feel like you lose the benefit of the doubt.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And with any other artist, I'd reflexively write these off as stylistic choices.
But when you brag about your AI use and found an AI startup, one that specifically designs characters in an anime style, I feel like you lose the benefit of the doubt.
But when you brag about your AI use and found an AI startup, one that specifically designs characters in an anime style, I feel like you lose the benefit of the doubt.
I'll admit that color and light aren't my forte, but when MtG hires an AI specialist to make them a card, AND the light sources on the art don't seem to line up: sus.
Toph is backlit from the right.
Her belt is lit from the foreground left.
Her left arm has a shine from the front right.
#Toph
Toph is backlit from the right.
Her belt is lit from the foreground left.
Her left arm has a shine from the front right.
#Toph
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'll admit that color and light aren't my forte, but when MtG hires an AI specialist to make them a card, AND the light sources on the art don't seem to line up: sus.
Toph is backlit from the right.
Her belt is lit from the foreground left.
Her left arm has a shine from the front right.
#Toph
Toph is backlit from the right.
Her belt is lit from the foreground left.
Her left arm has a shine from the front right.
#Toph
Reading 'Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Artist' by Poppy Pesuyama and not only is it heartfelt, cute, and emotional, it’s got amazing moments that made me literally laugh out loud.
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reading 'Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Artist' by Poppy Pesuyama and not only is it heartfelt, cute, and emotional, it’s got amazing moments that made me literally laugh out loud.
As winter approaches, the kodama are on the move.
Now where, exactly are they going?
(If you want some to take home, please check out my etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/TransAr... )
#kodama
#spirits
#yokai
Now where, exactly are they going?
(If you want some to take home, please check out my etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/TransAr... )
#kodama
#spirits
#yokai
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
As winter approaches, the kodama are on the move.
Now where, exactly are they going?
(If you want some to take home, please check out my etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/TransAr... )
#kodama
#spirits
#yokai
Now where, exactly are they going?
(If you want some to take home, please check out my etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/TransAr... )
#kodama
#spirits
#yokai
Can I offer you a pile of tentacles in these trying times?
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Can I offer you a pile of tentacles in these trying times?
Something like ...?
November 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Something like ...?
Good morning, everyone. I have chosen chaos today.
November 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Good morning, everyone. I have chosen chaos today.
I am the Ghost of Damaged books! Woooooo! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I am the Ghost of Damaged books! Woooooo! 👻
Just finished Cheer Up and it is one of the sweetest trans and queer narratives I’ve read! It’s comforting, empathetic, and so beautiful that I ended up tearing up at the end. Hats off to Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social Val Wise @valkwise.bsky.social and Oscar Jupiter for a lovely comic!
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just finished Cheer Up and it is one of the sweetest trans and queer narratives I’ve read! It’s comforting, empathetic, and so beautiful that I ended up tearing up at the end. Hats off to Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social Val Wise @valkwise.bsky.social and Oscar Jupiter for a lovely comic!
Found these cute little guys growing on my walk. I guess all the rain we’ve been having is letting the fungi have a fun time ^_^
#mushroom
#mushroom
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Found these cute little guys growing on my walk. I guess all the rain we’ve been having is letting the fungi have a fun time ^_^
#mushroom
#mushroom
Do … do you think they know?
October 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Do … do you think they know?
Am I just being overly picky, or did Pokémon Legends ZA use AI slop *in* their game?
(Context—these are paintings in a museum in-game, depicting buildings/locations from earlier games)
#PokemonZA
(Context—these are paintings in a museum in-game, depicting buildings/locations from earlier games)
#PokemonZA
October 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Am I just being overly picky, or did Pokémon Legends ZA use AI slop *in* their game?
(Context—these are paintings in a museum in-game, depicting buildings/locations from earlier games)
#PokemonZA
(Context—these are paintings in a museum in-game, depicting buildings/locations from earlier games)
#PokemonZA
It’s a good day for frogs, especially 17th/18th century artist Matsumoto Hoji’s wonderfully round and displeased ones.
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It’s a good day for frogs, especially 17th/18th century artist Matsumoto Hoji’s wonderfully round and displeased ones.
As part of a lesson on comics, I once showed Gary Larson's "Luposlipophobia" comic to my gen-z students and asked if it was a comic by formal definitions.
Their consensus: "That's a meme."
Their consensus: "That's a meme."
October 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
As part of a lesson on comics, I once showed Gary Larson's "Luposlipophobia" comic to my gen-z students and asked if it was a comic by formal definitions.
Their consensus: "That's a meme."
Their consensus: "That's a meme."
Don't forget this lovely piece for the Eventide bundle by Christopher Moeller
October 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Don't forget this lovely piece for the Eventide bundle by Christopher Moeller
Screw you, Cricut. I’ll take the soreness from hand-cutting my own stickers rather than deal with your anti-community stance.
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Screw you, Cricut. I’ll take the soreness from hand-cutting my own stickers rather than deal with your anti-community stance.
Adding a little color to an old sketch.
A friend just in time for Halloween!
A friend just in time for Halloween!
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Adding a little color to an old sketch.
A friend just in time for Halloween!
A friend just in time for Halloween!
Me, when the microplastics make me unpalatable.
September 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Me, when the microplastics make me unpalatable.
I just had to make it
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I just had to make it