Hey there artists of the interwebs!
Most of you folks who follow me know me as KaiserNeko of TeamFourStar, creators of DragonBall Z Abridged! You might also be familiar with our line of t-shirts! … or not! No biggie either way.The important part here is this: We’re looking for some new artists to work on some new designs! This will be a paying gig, and we’re down for negotiating out prices in private. They will be one time commissions and we will, in addition to an agreed upon payment, promote your work.
Please contact us at tfsabridged@gmail.com for more details. Please, include a reference of your work (preferably a link to a portfolio of your work) and, if you are already experienced in professional design work, let us know what prices you’re comfortable working within!
We are especially interested in artists who are already experienced in shirt design.
Thank you all so much for giving this a read, looking forward to your submissions.
Spreading the word!
STORY TIME!
So back when the wifey and I were dating (back when we were in college, her in Minnesota and me in Iowa), she would come down to visit me. During one visit, I told her that I really wanted mac and cheese. She was like, “Sure, let’s go get some.” And since my place in college was basically an apartment, I had a kitchen and stuff, so I was really excited. It would be my first attempt at making mac and cheese, but I really wanted to try.
So we went to the grocery store and she grabbed a box of Kraft. I looked at her, confused. “What are you doing?” I asked.
She looked at me and said, “You want mac and cheese, right?”
“Well yeah but I meant real mac and cheese,” I said.
“What?”
That’s when I realized that she had no idea what I was talking about, that she hadn’t had the soul food goodness of mac and cheese. I mean I grew up in Chicago, I thought this was just common knowledge, but apparently it wasn’t. “Oh man,” I said, “Let me show you.”
And so I grabbed all the ingredients I needed, remembered all the times I saw my mom make it (it was what I’d ask her to make when I’d visit over the weekend)…
… and now, 13 years later, it’s still the wifey’s favorite thing I make
So our anniversary dinner consisted of ribeye steak, mac and cheese, and asparagus With Hawaiian rolls, of course, because you have to~
This is just the most recent of countless similar messages I have received because of my Wonder Woman costumes. I am so tired of white, white passing, and anti-Black people from any and all ethnic backgrounds and nationalities looking at me in my costume and telling me ‘You don’t deserve to wear that. Wonder Woman isn’t for Black people.’
It’s nothing to do with ‘accuracy’, it’s racism and I’m sick of it. In before ‘Oh but they just didn’t know about Nubia!!’ Please. You can try to use ignorance as an excuse but you have to ask yourself, even if these people don’t know there IS a Black Wonder Woman, what makes them feel like they have the right to tell Black people what they can and cannot do? What gives them this supposed authority over our imaginations and our desire to create? This mentality is the reason why so many potential cosplayers of color are afraid to even wear a costume.
I can and have sent these people panels, pages and issues of official DC comics full of images of Black Wonder Women (yes, there are more than one!) and it doesn’t matter to them. My skin is still too dark, my nose too broad, my hair too nappy, in their words, not mine. I have been told to my face that I disgrace the Wonder Woman costume with my Blackness. Many other people of color have gone through similar experiences. I know of only one way for us to combat this.
Create, design, display and wear whatever we damn well please. Let our differences enhance our art. Let every single privileged individual who thinks to question our rights to self expression choke on their words. Feel free to be yourself in whatever way you see fit. Do not let other people’s opinions of your race or ethnicity dictate your choices. Don’t let the way they see you have anything to do with who you are.
Jay is amazing~
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nomorelea asked: Don't hug your wifey to pieces. Pretty sure you love her as a whole. Hah. Keep smiling. You're beautiful.
True facts! I need her in one whole piece <3
These quotes are all things that have been said to me in regards to my body and my race. It’s not everything that’s ever been said to me, oh no, not even close, but they’ve been said as recently as last month.
Don’t let the negatives take over, don’t let them weigh you down and dictate who you are. Don’t let them cover up the things that make you, you.
Reblogging because it’s totally relevant for today. Today we can add the following to that list above: Cow, Hippo, Wonder What to Eat Woman, Wonder Bread Woman, Wonder Blob, Wonder Water Buffalo, Blunder Woman, Fat Slob, Wonder Whale, Wonder Why Woman. All in one day. This is not including questions like, “I wonder how she got in that costume.”
The message at the bottom is still the same: Don’t let someone else’s hang-ups cover who you really are. People don’t like a fat, black Wonder Woman? The amount of fucks I give about that is the fattest form of zero.
This is my beautiful, loving, stunning, inspirational, creative and amazing wife. I love how she always speaks out positively about things even when certain people aren’t so positive toward her. We’ve been together 13 years and people can say whatever they want but I love her and you better be damn sure that I’m going to keep making her amazing dresses and you’re going to keep seeing her everywhere.
And if you don’t like it? Then go find somewhere else on the internet to spew your hate and self loathing thoughts because they will not gain traction here.
Reblogging because my wifey is amazing and supportive and I just wanna hug her to pieces <3
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Anonymous asked: Hey, I just...felt like I should say this. I'm a plus sized cosplayer too, but...I worry about cosplaying, in general, because of my weight, so I limit myself to things that are form-hiding (like Monsters) usually, but...You give me inspiration, that I can do this, that even if I end up on one of those webpages, I can just brush it off. You are such an inspiration to me.
This is why I rant so much <3 You can do it, anon, most definitely. And if someone has something to say, if it does get to you, don’t let it stop you, don’t let it keep you down. Does it hurt? Yes. Will it make you incapable of cosplaying? No. Cosplay is about having fun, the word “play” is in the word, and in no part of that word does it say that only certain people can be a part of this. Costume. Play. That’s it.
Cosplay is for everyone :)
These quotes are all things that have been said to me in regards to my body and my race. It’s not everything that’s ever been said to me, oh no, not even close, but they’ve been said as recently as last month.
Don’t let the negatives take over, don’t let them weigh you down and dictate who you are. Don’t let them cover up the things that make you, you.
Reblogging because it’s totally relevant for today. Today we can add the following to that list above: Cow, Hippo, Wonder What to Eat Woman, Wonder Bread Woman, Wonder Blob, Wonder Water Buffalo, Blunder Woman, Fat Slob, Wonder Whale, Wonder Why Woman. All in one day. This is not including questions like, “I wonder how she got in that costume.”
The message at the bottom is still the same: Don’t let someone else’s hang-ups cover who you really are. People don’t like a fat, black Wonder Woman? The amount of fucks I give about that is the fattest form of zero.
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