Some amazing cosplayers got together to show support for Hong Kong after the Blizzard controversy. For those who didn’t know, Blizzard banned pro Hearthstone winner for supporting Hong Kong and took away his prize money.
So many American companies, Blizzard, NBA, Hollywood, and countless more and censoring free speech in fear of angering China and losing out on Chinese money. It’s ironic when Blizzard’s slogan is “Every Voice Matters” and their games features heros fighting for justice.
Let’s show them such hypocrisy won’t be tolerated!
Meanwhile the people of Hong Kong are fighting hard for their own freedom and democracy against the totalitarian regime of China.
I was born and raised in China myself and I saw first hand the extreme level of censorship and nationalist propaganda people are subject to. If you speak out in China, you will get disappeared. Don’t let this happen to the people of Hong Kong, stand for what is just.
Don’t let greed for money speak louder than freedom.
A new teal color and lotus head ornament has just been added to my Koi Lantern Kickstarter! Thank you all for supporting this project and helping us surpass the stretch goals!
It’s been a long time since I’ve been so angered by the injustice happening in the art community. For those who don’t know, the photographer Zhang Jingna (@Zemotion) had her work stolen by Jeff Dieschburg, and the stolen work won a €1,500 prize.
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You can see for yourself what an exact copy Jeff did of Jingna’s original work. Normally, when such blatant plagiarism comes to light, you would think the reward would be revoked and the thief should face the consequences. But that hasn’t happened for some reason.
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This reminds me of a similar experience I had 12 years ago when a girl also copied my work and won first place at the Scholastic competition. She had copied everything, including the poem I wrote for the painting, word for word.
Continuing my series about the recent wildfires that turned our sky red. I noticed in my past posts a lot of people thinking this is caused by stupid gender reveal parties. Gender reveal caused 1 fire, but the other 650 fires were caused by an unprecedented dry thunderstorm.
I've lived in CA for over 20 years and I've never seen thunderstorms in August during drought season. Unlike other parts of the world, the normal climate in CA doesn't get storms until winter. This storm is the remains of Tropical Storm Fausto which caused over 11,000 lightning
strikes resulting in over 2 million acres burned, turning our sky red like the apocalypse.
This is what climate change looks like. Not some stupid gender reveal caused by the mistakes of a few, but the collective consequences of us all failing to protect the only home we have.
When life gets me down, I put it on canvas to help make sense of it all. These are some of my darker themed paintings from the past 10 years. Making my art book has been quite a journey, it made me look back at all of my creations, and the emotions that shaped me.
In other news, I’ll be adding more signed and stamped art books to my Kickstarter this Saturday at noon PST kickstarter.com/projects/yuume…
Thank you all who supported me over the decade and helped me become the artist I am today <3