I was not able to wear purple today, so I wanted to draw something to still show my support for bullied gay teens in the wake of the recently publicized suicides. I want to add something though, something I feel the “It Gets Better” campaign has really overlooked. The problem isn’t that gay teens are having trouble coping with bulling.

THE PROBLEM IS THE BULLYING. How would it be acceptable if this was a support movement for beaten housewives? Would we be content with just saying “It’s going to get better?” Here’s a suggestion. How about “I promise to do everything I can to put an end to homophobic bullying”? Educate yourself, educate those around you, and speak up when you hear someone say something hurtful. It’s all good to wear purple and show support, but the most important thing is to speak up and make a difference.

The characters on the right are from my upcoming comic series, Nightingale. (Click here for more concept art.) Sofie (Nightingale) is making the ASL sign for “Love.” (Can also mean “I Love You.”) Emily was signing “Spirit,” but she’s been interrupted. XD

Pictured from left to right: Sister Claire, Gabrielle, Evil Cat, Snowy, Sofie (AKA Nightingale), Charlie, and Emily.

I am SO tired, this was very hard to put together- I loathe group pictures, but this was even weirder than usual due to my two completely different styles. XD;

Desi Charmer Witch by `Yamino on deviantART

Young Steampunk Warlock by `Yamino on deviantART

Cheerleader Witches by `Yamino on deviantART

Here is a much anticipated final image, commissioned by the Bark+Bite blog for this Gaga article!

Feel free to tweet/reblog it around on Gaga communities if you feel so inspired. It would blow my MIND she tweeted about it. If you do tweet, please credit me @Yamino! <3

P.S. Sorry about the watermarks, but I’ve learned my lesson since the last time one of my Gaga pics went viral and everyone and their mother was trying to make a profit off it. XD;

Guiding Light by `Yamino on deviantART

Sneak peak of an unfinished, POSSIBLE future comic panel. Sometimes i get ideas for scenes and just sketch them out to see how they look, and I really liked how Young!Catharine turned out in this one.  Note that she is wearing a novice uniform, like Claire’s.

This was inspired by my discovery that I can turn my voice into a guitar.

Smoker is the vocalist of Freen in Green, the animated band! I not only provide her vocals, but all our album/concept art, too. Here’s our site if you want to hear our music! http://freeningreen.wordpress.com/

You can also see the rest of my FiG artwork and news by clicking my Freen in Green tag. <—Or clicking… here!

Ever since Emy made that adorable Sister Claire fanart for me, I’ve been wanting to thank her with a fanart of my own. Today I finally had time to read through her webcomic, "Trying Human," and I highly recommend it. Her artwork just gets better and better, and I love the character designs too. Oh, and it’s about aliens. What more could you want? XD

I like 8′s design a lot. I was also amused how she kind of seems the opposite of Gabrielle- dark color palette, short hair- despite also being designed as a "sexy business suit" type. I really wanted to put them in a picture together, and this was what happened. Both girls in their environment! Well… sort of.

P.S. This is a censored version of the original picture, where Gabrielle was topless. I figured I could keep that one as a donation incentive or something. XD

8 belongs to Emy, Gabrielle belongs to me! (Mwahaha)

I’m going to be interviewed live by the Webcomic Beacon this Sunday! Be sure to tune in. It’s traditional for interviewed artists to draw the mascot, Becky. I went a little overboard (as usual) and totally redesigned her. You can see the original design here: http://webcomicbeacon.com/art/