newsletter

please email me at duriantattoo@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the mailing list (-: archive below:

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in November and December. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. I also do freehand tattoos (please email me your availability, placement idea, and budget).

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in August. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. I also do freehand tattoos (please email me your availability, placement idea, and budget).
**frens mentioned that u should check out if u want more cute tattoos in NY: @boiled_wool & @consentual_asexual
1. [folk art exhibit until Aug 18th]
2. Asylum, article with more on the Saint-Alban hospital run by François Tosquelles [read here]
3. Muzika hiwote · Gétatchèw Mèkurya [utube]

*Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in July. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. I also do freehand tattoos (please email me your availability, placement idea, and budget).
- Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
- The Right To Be Greedy - Theses On The Practical Necessity Of Demanding Everything [read here]
- i started a joke - bee gees [utube]

*Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in May & June. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. I also do freehand tattoos (please email me your availability, placement idea, and budget).

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in March. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. I also do freehand tattoos (please email me your availability, placement idea, and budget).

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in Jan. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. I also do freehand tattoos (please email me your availability, placement idea, and budget).

- Solidarity With the Palestinian People (1980), [poster archive]
- Animating the Present (1985), [poster archive]
- The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Frantz Fanon, [pdf]
- Movement for No Society (2018), anonymous, [read]
- Herejía (feat. Suzio Tarik) Kiltreo Oskuro, [soundcloud]

*Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in late Aug & early Sep. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

[Sametka (1967), 15min]
[armed joy (1977), Alfredo M. Bonanno]

*Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in July. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in June. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

[utube, the crying game, from the mooovie]

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in May. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

^1.The Destructive Character, Walter Benjamin, [read here]

^2.Bædan (2012), [read here]

^3.道德经 (dào dé jīng), [read Ursula K. Le Guin translation here]

^4.enoough - mietze conte, [listen on soundcloud]
^5.Revolutionary Letters, Diane di Prima, [read here]

*Above is a chest/back design that I can tattoo any Mon-Fri & Sun in May. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get this or any other flash tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

**Relocation of CC and housing fund QBIPOC members, gofund.me/b786b176

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in April. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

[soundcloud, this time around - jessica pratt]

*tattoo fundraiser in solidarity with defending the Weelaunee forest, Sat 2/18 3-10PM in NY, [IG post]

**(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri in Feb. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

*For Family of Tortuguita, https://gofund.me/eaa17a59

**(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in Jan & Feb. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri & Sun in Jan. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

[soundcloud, Promesses invite abel31 - 11 Décembre 2022]

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Fri in Dec. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Thu in Oct & Nov. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash still available in past newsletters too!
^1.Abolition Transmission, abolitiontransmission.org

^2.The Little Mole in the City, [on utube]

^3.Unleash Your Radical Child, [read here]

^4.59. -> 29.

^1.(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Thu in Oct & Nov. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash in newsletter #16 & #17 that are still available too:

^1.(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for Mon-Thu in Aug & Sep. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. There’s a bunch of flash in newsletter #16 that are still available too :>

^2.Beneath the Concrete, the Forest Accounts from the Defense of the Atlanta Forest, 2022-08-09, on crimethinc.com
The City in the Forest Reinventing Resistance for an Age of Climate Crisis and Police Militarization, 2022-04-11, on crimethinc.com

^3.If you can, please share/help fund my friend’s woodworking school tuition: gofund.me/cc154c3e

^4.Venmo @support4T
^5. Print for sale here: products.virtualgoodsdealer.com/product/duri4n-marviana-print

^1.(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for July 20 & 21, and Mon-Thu in August. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. Designs 89, 91, and 96 in newsletter #15 are still available too :>

^2.If you can, please share/help fund my friend’s woodworking school tuition: gofund.me/cc154c3e

^3.DM @bimb0b0 on IG for yummy fruit gummies :’) (pick up or delivery in BK, NY)
^4. Print for sale here: products.virtualgoodsdealer.com/product/duri4n-marviana-print

^1.(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for May 25 to June 24 in NY, and June 27 & 28 in PVD, RI. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY or PVD and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed.

^2.If you can, please share/help fund my friend’s woodworking school tuition: gofund.me/cc154c3e

^3.Cute movie recs: Bound (1996) & Mona Lisa (1986)
^4. The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions (first published in 1977), by Larry Mitchell^5. Print for sale here: products.virtualgoodsdealer.com/product/duri4n-marviana-print

^1.(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for April & May. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed.
^2.Born in Flames (1983), fictional documentary

^3.We The People NYC IG, linktr.ee/Wethepeoplenyc

^4. The Anarchist Review of Books, snippets of essays “A Dumpster Has Possibility, The Artificial Obvious of Carrot Quinn” by Corinne Manning, and “All Together Now” by Dean Spade
^5. linktr.ee/allassnogas, allassnogasnyc@gmail.com
^6. Print for sale here: products.virtualgoodsdealer.com/product/duri4n-marviana-print

^1.(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for February and March. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed.
^2.我们家 (our house) infoshop, ourhouseinfoshop.noblogs.org, ourhouseinfoshop@protonmail.com (email them for address)

^3.Weatherproof NYC IG Venmo: @weatherproofnyc

^4. The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions (first published in 1977), by Larry Mitchell
^5. The Dispossessed (1974 sci-fi novel), by Ursula K. Le Guin
^6. Locating An Indigenous Anarchism (2005), by Aragorn! [read online here]
^7. What is Solarpunk? (2020), video by Saint Andrewism [watch on utube here]
^8. Classic design in the world, published by Seigensha

^1.Print for sale here: products.virtualgoodsdealer.com/product/duri4n-marviana-print
^2.DJ ELISE [soundcloud], [VIBETOWN stream]

^3.[Weatherproof NYC Instagram] Venmo: @weatherproofnyc

^4.[The Breakfast Collective IG] Venmo: @breakfastcollective
^5. (UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for 11/22-12/07. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed.

*(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for November 2021. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed.

^a.(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are tattoo designs for August/September. Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed.
^b.@needles_in_arms, @wr4th.co, @_lil_kimchi_bitch_, @shaky__j, @boiled_wool
^c.Sunshine (2007), Sci-fi/Horror movie
^d.Paypal.me/pools/c/8C4l3CsoHJ
^e.[The Breakfast Collective Volunteer Sign Up Sheet] [Friend of a Friend IG]

🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE!

^a.gofund.me/ef23337e
^b.thesalonnyc.org
^c.Above are available tattoo designs for July/August. (UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!)
^d.Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz
^e.Serenity (2005), Sci-fi/Thriller/Horror(imo) movie
^f.Strange Days (1995), Sci-fi/Thriller movie

🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE!

𝓓ⓤᖇ𝓲❹𝓃
05/25/2021

Hello! This is my 7th newsletter that includes new tattoo designs, booking info, and other things I would like to share with you.

And thank you to everyone that took part in the wind chime raffle last month! We raised around $425 for the Survived and Punished Mutual Aid group. The winner was contacted and the wind chime is on its way to them (-’:

Tattoos

(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are 10 available tattoo designs for June.

Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. In June I will be tattooing on Sundays, Thursdays, and some other weekdays.

My studio also has stricter regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which I will inform you of while we confirm your appointment. Please also wait ~2 weeks after getting the COVID-19 vaccine before getting a tattoo— I’ve heard the vaccine affects how tattoos heal, so it’s better to be safe!

Support Needed

Please check out these collectives/funds that are ongoing efforts, and consider supporting if you are able to:

- Individual seeking funds to recover from a domestic violence situation
Please send funds or reach out with affordable legal services ASAP. Venmo: @daiju-eds, Cashapp: $theezenoir

- Send funds to family fleeing domestic violence situation in Portland
“My two sons, dog and I are in a motel fleeing from a racist domestic violence situation. We we’ve been threaten and had the police weaponized against us by white people. We’re also looking for permanent housing in the Portland, OR area. Please DM me with leads.” Venmo: @macsledg, PayPal: macsledgeart@gmail.com, CashApp: $themacsledge

- Victim of racist transphobic attacks seeks funds for surgery
Ken Folk and their friends were violently attacked while trying to defend an elderly woman and her granddaughters. Please send funds through Venmo: @ken--folk, Cashapp: $kendallcurry1

In-person support in NY:

- The Breakfast Collective looking for volunteers
“The Breakfast Collective’s goal is to aid in the creation of an inclusive community where people of color, trans people and low income folks are centered. We aim to do this with love, gratitude and respect for the communities that already exist and for the ones that will come after.”
The Breakfast Collective is looking for more POC members that are willing to help with either social media coordinating, driving to transport supplies, and breakfast table organizing. Dm them on IG for more info!

- Comida Pal Pueblo needs food, nonperishables or PPE to distribute to families in north Brooklyn
Help Comida Pal Pueblo feed 150+ local families. They have 2 locations where you can regularly drop off nonperishable and PPE donations: @lacantinebushwick (DAILY 10AM-4:30PM)⁣, & @maydayspace (WED, FRI, SAT 1-5PM)⁣

- Rally for Palestine
Check @WOLPalestine for upcoming actions in NY.

Thank you again for being a part of this newsletter! Feel free to email me with any questions/comments, and stay safe!

~Duri4n
05/25/2021

🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE!

𝓓ⓤᖇ𝓲❹𝓃
04/27/2021

Hello! This is my 6th newsletter that includes new tattoo designs, booking info, and other things I would like to share with you.

First, I want to mention this wind chime raffle that’s ending on Sunday (UPDATE: raffle has ended!):

This wind chime is made of pewter aliens and connected with beautiful chains by BBEAUTY SSUPPLY. We are raffling this until 05/02/2021 at 11:58 PM (EDT) to raise funds for the Survived and Punished Mutual Aid group.

The S&P Mutual Aid group is a project of Survived and Punished NY, a grassroots prison abolitionist organization that exists to end the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

To enter, please contribute what you can to bit.ly/SPNYSpring and email me a screenshot of the receipt email.

I’ll reach out to whoever’s randomly picked on May 2nd for shipping info!

Tattoos

(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are 7 available tattoo designs for May.

Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. Currently I am only tattooing on Sundays and Mondays.

My studio also has stricter regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which I will inform you of while we confirm your appointment. Please also wait 2 weeks after getting the COVID-19 vaccine before getting a tattoo— I’ve heard the vaccine affects how tattoos heal, so it’s better to be safe!

Support Needed

Please check out these collectives/funds that are ongoing efforts, and consider supporting if you are able to:

- Ongoing Mutual Aid Fundraisers Related to COVID-19 Distress in India
Live doc by volunteers collating ongoing mutual aid fundraisers for COVID-19 emergency in India.

- Find a Permanent Home for the Bushwick Free Store
Members of Bushwick Mutual Aid have been distributing hot meals and other items on a weekly basis at Maria Hernandez Park. Help them fund a permanent walk-in free store/pantry.

- Detained Migrants’ Commissary Funds @farhiatato is raising commissary funds to support asylum seekers, and long-time residents of the US, who are stuck in detention. Having money in their commissary accounts means that individuals can access better food, purchase medication and hygiene supplies, communicate with loved ones, and find legal advocates during the pandemic. Paypal.me/farhiatato, Venmo: @farhiatato, Cashapp: $farhiatato

In-person support in NY:

- Distributing Groceries & Meals in BedStuy
“All are welcome to join us in Von King Park at the corner of Lafayette and Marcy each Saturday at 3pm. We welcome anyone who’d like to take home a box of food as well as volunteers to assist in packing groceries. Just show up.”

- The People’s Table looking for Spring Clothing Donations
“We are a mutual aid network for the people by the people. At Myrtle Broadway every Tuesday at 12pm with water, PPE, & basic necessities!” They are currently looking for spring clothing donations (raincoats, panchos, umbrellas, rain boots, etc). DM them to coordinate pick up/drop off.

Thank you again for being a part of this newsletter! Feel free to email me with any questions/comments, and stay safe!

~Duri4n
04/27/2021

𝓓ⓤᖇ𝓲❹𝓃
03/26/2021

Hello! This is my 5th newsletter that includes new tattoo designs, appointment availability, and other things I would like to share with you:

Tattoos

(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are 6 available tattoo designs for March and April.

Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. Currently I am only tattooing on Sundays and Mondays.

My studio also has stricter regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which I will inform you of while we confirm your appointment. Please also wait 2 weeks after getting the COVID-19 vaccine before getting a tattoo— I’ve heard the vaccine affects how tattoos heal, so it’s better to be safe!

Support Needed

Please consider supporting if you are able to:

1. Red Canary Song
Red Canary Song is a grassroots collective of Asian & migrant sex workers in NY. They also organize transnationally with Asian sex workers across the diaspora in Toronto, Paris, and Hong Kong. “Red Canary Song centers basebuilding with migrant workers through a labor rights framework and mutual aid. We believe that full decriminalization is necessary for labor organizing and anti-trafficking.” Paypal

2. Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX)
SSFTX is a grassroots organization in South Texas that provides supplies, resources, medications, and direct relief and support to asylum-seeking, undocumented, and immigrant families. Venmo: @suenossinfronteras, Paypal.me/suenossinfronteras

3. Housing For Black Southern QT Person
“Help AriEl sustain their needs while navigating a compromised living space & seeking emancipation.” Venmo: @feedari, Cashapp: $feedari

4. Support Hieu’s Re-entry Fund
“Hieu was a pre-1995 Vietnamese refugee who was deported [03/15/21] with 32 other Viet immigrants and refugees. Now Hieu faces a new life in a country he has had no connection to since he was a teenager, while recovering from being held in ICE detention for an entire year. These funds will go towards his basic needs, including housing, food, mental health support, etc.” Venmo: @claireman0

Recs & Misc.

1. Atlanta and Abolition w/ Yves Tong Nguyen (03/25/21), hosted by Death Panel on Soundcloud.
“Yves joins [Death Panel] to discuss the aftermath of the recent mass shootings in Atlanta and how to push back against policy responses that would benefit the carceral state.”

2. Anti-Asian Violence and Black-Asian Solidarity Today (07/19/20), lecture with Tamara K. Nopper, hosted by AAWW on utube.
“Nopper’s lecture examines the alarm and growing discourse regarding “anti-Asian violence,” currently circulating in mainstream and social media among pundits, celebrities, and Asian American community organizers across the country. The lecture examines the merging of fighting “anti-Asian violence” with the promotion of “Black-Asian solidarity” in the context of COVID-19. This lecture calls for defunding the police and for abolition.”

3. Clout Culture: Queer Liberation and Social Capitalism (07/19/20), based on a community conversation (07/12/20) hosted by Jewel the Gem and Prof.Ound on Red Voice.
"Revolutionary activity should be the conscientious expression of unconscious striving for liberation by the masses and the margins; but clout culture means we are simply involved because we are loyal to individual figures or formations."

Thank you for your support and for being a part of this newsletter! Feel free to email me with any questions/comments, and stay safe!

~Duri4n
03/26/2021

𝓓ⓤᖇ𝓲❹𝓃
02/10/2021

Hello! This is my 4th newsletter that includes new tattoo designs, appointment availability, and other things I would like to share with you. Thank you for being a part of this! (-:

Tattoos

(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are 6 available tattoo designs for February and March. Please check my website for the most up to date flash, as I will cross out designs that are taken.

Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. Currently I am only tattooing on Sundays and Mondays.

My studio also has stricter regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which I will inform you of while we confirm your appointment. 0-:

Support Needed

Please check out these collectives/funds that are ongoing efforts, and consider supporting if you are able to:

1. The Breakfast Collective BK
I shared this collective last month, but they only have 2-3 weeks worth of funds left. If you can, please venmo: @jan_elle so they can keep serving breakfast through the winter! ! ! “A Queer/Trans POC centered collective serving breakfast out of myrtle-bway every Monday @ 9am.”

2. THORN Self Defense Project
“THORN is a self defense project based in Chicago that works to arm and protect Black and Brown trans women. We are committed to providing and helping facilitate resources to enhance one’s ability to defend themselves through tools, trans-centric learnings, and confidence building. We strongly believe that the liberation of Black and Brown trans women will lead to the liberation of us all.” Venmo: @thornselfdefense, Cashapp: $thornselfdefense

3. Seethal’s Survival and Surgery Fund
“My name is Seethal. I’m a 25 year old Black Tamil Intersex person who is raising funds to cover cost of surgery & survival post loss of my job because of COVID.”

4. Help a black farmer keep his farm
Emanuel is a farmer in North Carolina looking for community support. “Producing on the land allows me to connect with the community around me by providing food, camping experiences, farm tours, workshops, handyman services and special events. I am grateful for any support you can extend.”

Recs & Misc.

Two of my favorite animated films are Pom Poko (left) and Paprika (right).

Paprika (2006) has it all! Thrill, spook, super trippy animation, and beautiful style ! I feel like the director, Satoshi Kon, took parts that worked best in his past works (like Perfect Blue (1997) and Paranoia Agent (2004)), and put it all into a vivid dream that is Paprika. If I ever need to think about the most wildly animated parade scene in a film, it would be from this!

Pom Poko (1994) is about raccoon dogs fighting to save their forest from rapid urbanization. It’s a sad film that shows displacement and forced assimilation (and even that cruel fate is only viable for some). The film also focuses on the raccoon dogs’ immense value in pleasure, play, and rest. They are extremely mischievous, sometimes violent, and quick to celebrate! Rewatching this last year made me think of this page in The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions:

Like Paprika, Pom Poko also has a beautifully animated parade scene! The film frequently flips between 3 distinct ways of drawing the raccoon dogs depending on the situation, and it’s done so effectively ! It’s my favorite Studio Ghibli film for many reasons. And it’s interesting this film isn’t as known as all the other Studio Ghibli films—maybe because of the raccoon dog’s giant shape-shifting ballsacks? Or maybe D*sney didn’t like the negative portrayal of a big theme park? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Byzantine Necklace & Earrings, by BBEAUTY SSUPPLY

I also want to share with you the incredible work at bbeautyssupply.com ! Owen makes the most beautiful jewelry with chain weaves and lucky knots *o* Please go take a look!

Super Sour, by Ag

Finally, I want to share this sweet online food zine by Ag, which is full of recipes (-’: I have a tomato fried egg recipe in there too! Please check it out here <3

Thank you for reading! Feel free to email me with any questions/comments, and I hope you have a happy lunar new year! !

~Duri4n
02/10/2021

𝓓ⓤᖇ𝓲❹𝓃
01/10/2021

Hello! This is a newsletter that will include new tattoo designs, appointment availability, and other things I would like to share with you. Thank you for your patience and for being a part of this! (-:

Tattoos

(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are 6 available tattoo designs & placement ideas (scale and placement can be discussed and adjusted) for January and February.

Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. Currently I am only tattooing on Sundays and Mondays.

My studio also has stricter regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which I will inform you of while we confirm your appointment. 0-:

Recs & Misc.

First, I want to share these collectives/funds that are ongoing efforts. Please check them out and consider supporting if you are able to:

1. The Breakfast Collective BK
A Queer/Trans POC centered collective serving breakfast out of myrtle-bway every Monday @ 9am. Venmo: jan_elle

2. Help a Black Queer person pay their bills
A New York-based Black Queer person (who would like to remain anonymous) is in need of financial assistance. Venmo: @kiana-picklz, Cashapp: @$bitchmakena

3. Club A NYC
Anarchists Collective that provides food, groceries, PPE and hygiene supplies to the community out of the Bushwick City Farm in Brooklyn, NY every Wednesday and Saturday from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

4. Help NYC drivers launch a platform cooperative
A driver-owned rideshare platform to become an alternative to the big rideshare companies that run on the exploited labor of a 91%-immigrant workforce of 85,000 drivers.
Funding has ended for this, but they’re looking for volunteers to help make the app happen!

1. Krtek/Mole (first shown in 1956) is an animated series of cartoons created by Czech animator Zdeněk Miler. I watched these when I was really little and recently saw a bunch of the episodes are on utube! It’s even better than I remembered! A super sweet mole character and other animal friends overcome obstacles and adventures together in a beautifully drawn world. Also might be interesting to compare this very socialist kids’ show to American kids’ show classics (like maybe Tom and Jerry)? I’m not sure though I haven’t thought too deeply on this yet :P

2. 大鬧天宮/Uproar in Heaven (1964) is a Chinese animation about the beloved Monkey King (my idol lol). I haven’t seen this particular movie as a kid, but watching it recently, I loved the incredible style and colors. And it is a pretty good re-telling of the monkey king’s origin story if you‘re interested. [The full movie is also on utube]

3. Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018) is a Hungarian animated thriller film. Not too serious of a plot, but a fun watch with cool music and a really interesting use of 3D computer animation! The strange style grew on me, and I love a heist movie..

Our Hands Against The Dusk, by Rachika Nayar

Last but not least, I want to share this beautiful album, by ambient-electronic composer Rachika Nayar, that is available for pre-order. This is my incredible friend’s debut album! I hope you will enjoy with me (-’:

And that’s all for letter 03. Thank you for reading and your continued support! Stay safe <3

~Duri4n
01/10/2021

𝓓ⓤᖇ𝓲❹𝓃
09/13/2020

Hello! This is a monthly newsletter that will include new tattoo designs, appointment availability, and other things I would like to share with you. Thank you for being a part of this! (-’:

Tattoos

(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are 9 available tattoo designs & placement ideas (scale and placement can be discussed and adjusted) for September and October.

Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. Currently I am only tattooing on Sundays and Mondays.

My studio also has stricter regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which I will inform you of while we confirm your appointment. 0-:

Ask Me

For future newsletters, I’m hoping to have a section where I can answer questions— whether it’s advice on tattooing, about other art mediums, more movie/show/comic recommendations/reviews, or completely unrelated (maybe even difficult) questions. :o

Feel free to email me any questions you have, and I’ll try to answer them to the best of my abilities! If the question allows for it, I could maybe illustrate or animate a response too.

Someone asked me if God exists, Sept 2018

Recs & Misc.

1. The Animatrix (2003) is a collection of 9 animated short films. They give backstory to the Matrix universe, like the downfall of humanity, the creation of the Matrix, and individuals’ stories outside of the live-action trilogy. The thumbnail I chose is from the last short (directed by Peter Chung, who also created & directed Æon Flux !), one of my favorites from the collection.

2. A video game I recommend is INSIDE (first released in 2016), a thriller puzzle game set in a mysterious and dystopian world. The art and sound designs are incredible ! I was really lucky my friend showed this to me with no explanation of what to expect, and that definitely added to the experience :’O

3. Dorohedoro (completed in 2018), is a manga by super mysterious Q Hayashida (the only photo associated with her when you search this name is of a completely unrelated actor!) The story is set in a strange and violent post-apocalyptic world full of chaos, mystery, magic, and FRIENDSHIP!! Highly recommend for the friendship and sweet characters, if you don’t mind the gore. It has been made into a show too, but only a few episodes have been released.

I want to thank everyone that got a tattoo from the August fundraising flash designs. A total of $1780 was raised and split between the funds: Homeless Black Trans Women Fund, Disabled Black Sex Worker Fund, and TRANScending Barriers: Housing & Land for TGNC people in Georgia.

And here are some additional funds I want to share that go towards really important work:

- Support the Fight for Incarcerated People's Basic Human Rights

- Help Pay BIPOC SWs & Give Expanded Fund Support

- Fund Access to Resources for Incarcerated and Re-entering Folks

If you can, please continue to support/share these funds, as they are all still ongoing efforts!

And that’s all for letter 02. Sorry this one took so long to send out!! Feel free to email me with any inquiries, and thank you for reading and your continued support! :’-)

~Duri4n
09/13/2020

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07/31/2020

Thank you so much for being part of my newsletter! I'm going to send these out maybe once a month, with new tattoo designs, appointment availability, and other things I would like to share with you. Hope you'll enjoy it (-':

Tattoos

(UPDATE: crossed out designs are no longer available!) Above are 6 available tattoo designs & placement ideas (scale and placement can be discussed and adjusted). All of the proceeds from the tattoos (including deposits) will be sent to these two funds:

1. Homeless Black Trans Women Fund

Organized by Jesse Pratt López

Venmo: @PaegeTurner, Cashapp: $PaegeTurner, Paypal: jprattlopez@gmail.com

2. Disabled Black Sex Worker Fund
Organized by Noven R
Venmo: @noven999, Cashapp: $catsocks

Please fill out [this jotform] if you are in NY and would like to get one of the designs above tattooed. Currently I am only tattooing on Sundays and Mondays.

My studio also has stricter regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which I will inform you of while we confirm your appointment. For clients outside of NY— when it's safe again to travel... I will keep you updated! Thank you for your continued support and patience with me 0-':

Recs & Misc.

I wanted to share these wonderful pages from The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions (first published in 1977), by Larry Mitchell and illustrated by Ned Asta.

Kind of linking back to Mitchell's writing about his experience of queerness in the 1970s— the film (on the right) Torch Song Trilogy (1988) is about a drag queen in 1970s NYC, and his relationship with the three loves of his life. It’s one of my favorite films, and makes me cry everytime.

An animated film I recommend is Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000). The drawing and character designs are so beautiful and stylish ! Worth the watch for the art I think, if you don’t mind some gore and a surprising amount of focus on the romance lolol

And that’s all for my first newsletter. If you have a friend that might want one of these tattoos, feel free to forward them this website. Please email me with any inquiries, and thank you for reading! :’-)

~Duri4n