rachbananas

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kaider brainrot every hour on the hour

kaider because why notttttt

wow has it been a while :3 a redraw for u all ❤️

not tlc or renegades related BUT it's almost the end of the quarter and I needed this oof

Reblog art guys. Seriously.

heyy sorry for being so inactive :// college be busy

anyways, here are the best girls :))

Omg how have I not seen your blog beforee I love all your artt💕

aww that's so sweet thank you 🥺🥺

also I'm so sorry for not posting as often, college stuff be kicking my butt. Don't worry though, I still love y'all ❤️❤️ new fanart will be coming soon

The anime filter on my fanart - kinda cute, ngl :))

Pass the happy! 💕🌼 When you receive this, list 5 things that make you happy and send this to 10 of the last people in your notifications! :) <3

1. Reading a favorite book on a day when I have no other responsibilities

2. The very happy dogs in the dog park near the library :)

3. Painting with watercolors in the backyard

4. Drawing digitally while listening to K-pop or the Magnus Archives

5. Making bread with my dad & cooking with my mom

Any of my followers are welcome to do this :))

@ofwolvesandbutterflies @winterrhayle @kaiderforever @cerenoya @fluff-n-die @honey-harper-official @jacihayle @novadreamer95438 @cinderswrench @furryevanderwade

kinda a messy sketch, but then again that is Cinder's vibe soooo

My part for russian Tolkien zine 

Podcast started Two Towers! So here’s the first three chapters ✨

ik it's a bit late, but I'm gonna do the Six Fanarts challenge! Please send in six characters from different fandoms that you would like me to draw :)

got into digital art again after a while

Anyway, here's Cinder, what a cutie :))

aesthetic Danna :))

Hey guys, it's me again. I won't be as active on here in the weeks to come because I'm starting my first year of university and things are gonna be crazy for a while. This isn't goodbye, I'll try to post as often as I can!! Love y'all 💜💜

Ok, I was pretty sure I followed you, but then I guess I didn't so I followed you again! this is super random but just wanted to clarify :) also LOVE YOUR ART!!!<33333

THANK YOU!!!! You're super awesome, I love how you hype up content creators :))) y'all are much appreciated

Don't be shy, send in those asks :))

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Oscar's presumed aesthetic - idek why I made him look like a tiktok eboy lol

I feel like Adrian would have an artsy/vintage aesthetic (idk, I've just been obsessed with this style lol)

Old vs current fanart :) 2016 vs. 2020

Nova and Ruby in aesthetic outfits (idk I was bored haha)

forest spirit - y'all have any ideas for names?

Cinder and friends :)

Could she be Cinder? Probably. Am I obsessed with medieval AUs? Probably.

I just went through your entire blog, and Damn!!!!! you're literally SO TALENTED!!!!!!!!! why are some of your artworks getting only like 4 notes????????? you deserve like at least a thousand!!!!!!!!!! I love your art so much, and nothing will change my mind.... Have a wonderful day!

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AAAAAA THIS IS SO SWEET I CAN'T 💜💜💜

I mostly post TLC and Renegades fanart (sometimes Studio Ghibli redraws), so those usually get the most notes lolol. I'm so glad you like my artwork though!! And a huge thank you and lots of hugs for all you guys gals and nonbinary pals who like my fanarts...I love you all 💜💜💜

This!!! This hits so close to home for me especially as an Indian person. It's honestly so hypocritical when this happens too, because the same people that mocked our culture, or food, or way of life pull a 180 and suddenly feel like they can appropriate it because apparently it's cool now.

(OP said it better and I also apologize for cutting in, but this is so important)

you know what? i’m gonna say it. atla was a huge part of my childhood. it was definitely a step forward in regards to cartoons.

but the racial insensitivity is staggering. and i wanna talk about the amount of exploiting there is of south asian culture specifically. i’m south asian, indian specifically, and i grew up watching this show that was supposed to be “different” and “inspiring” for people of colour.

except there were little to no characters with dark skin who had importance and were explicitly made out to be south asian. that was fine. i was used to not seeing characters on television who looked like i did. except this show used my culture. they used my culture and they couldn’t even bother putting in good characters who looked like they remotely belonged to that culture, even if they were minor and not part of the gaang.

first of all, the show has a lot of influence from Hinduism—the word avatar (avatāra) itself means “descent” in Sanskrit, referring to the incarnation of a deity in human form. where did Hinduism originate?

indus valley, or what we now call pakistan, a south asian country. the entire concept of chi or prana, as it is referred to as in Hinduism, is a reoccurring theme in atla; your vital energy, your spiritual energy. this is another one of the religion’s influences on the show.

atla also talks about the seven chakras. this is another concept from Hinduism, and in the religion, they must always be unblocked for your prana (the term from Hinduism) or chi (the Chinese term which is used the show) to flow smoothly. chi is your life energy.

so. guess who helps aang out with his chakras?

right. this guy. the only blatantly south asian character we’ve gotten so far, and you wanna know why it’s so blatant? because he’s literally an indian stereotype. he’s the only obviously south asian character so far in the show and he’s a racist portrayal of enlightened practitioners of Hinduism. great.

oh, and before i forget—

do their foreheads look familiar? oh yeah, that’s because it’s literally copied off of this:

this is Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. they used a religious symbol in Hinduism to make a couple characters look cool. well, combustion man and p’li both have these third eyes, so we can assume they are at least south asian coded—but what are their characters like?

villains. unhinged. insane. we don’t even know combustion man’s name—we just know he’s a contract killer who would murder a child for the right price. p’li wants to dismantle all forms of government and let the world reign free in chaos, and finally she is given a horribly grotesque death: she gets her head blown off.

for all of the culture references that are important pieces of this show, you’d think there’d be an area that has south asian people. there isn’t one. i’m not going to speak about the other loads of racism in atla because i don’t belong to those cultures, but here’s my two cents.

this show was written by white men who did the bare minimum. it’s nothing worth praising.

Danna and the lepidopterans :)

hey guys, I've just started an art account on Instagram, and I'd really appreciate it if you could head on over and check it out! I'll post as often as possible :))

@trash.panda.paints is my username