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@whatsdanimaking.bsky.social
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(she/they) | Illustration, crochet, and other creative endeavors. This is a pro-human being, anti-AI account.

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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hey Chicago! I’ll be vending at the Cultural Arts Fest 4 Gaza at the Logan Square comfort station July 12th from 12-3pm. I’ll be selling prints, pins, stickers, and more to benefit several families in Gaza. Other vendors include ceramicists, fiber artists, and a tarot reader. Come say hi!
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Chicago's organizing community is mourning the untimely passing of Michael Caga-anan Aguhar following a medical emergency last week. His partner, Irina, and their toddler, Zoya, are going to need so much help and support to get through this. Please join me in donating if you can.
gofundme.com
Donate to Honoring Michael Aguhar’s Legacy and Family, organized by Rivka Yeker
Dear community, On Friday, February 20, our beloved Michael Aguhar experie… Rivka Yeker needs your support for Honoring Michael Aguhar’s Legacy and Family
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I’ve slowly been making new work for my portfolio. One of the assignments I gave myself was to create an illustration or two for each season. Here is one of my winter pieces.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I’m still not certain of what my role is as an illustrator in our struggle for a more just world, but one thing I’m thinking a lot about is how we talk to kids about everything going on, from ICE targeting schools to genocide of children abroad, and where they see themselves in all of it.
Horizontal illustration of a protest for Palestinian liberation. At the font is a young girl in a fuscia jacket and light blue jeans sitting on her dad’s shoulders waving a Palestinian flag. Her dad is looking up at her and wearing a kuffiyeh. To their left is the child’s mom wearing a mustard color top and a pink hijab. Behind them are a crowd of people, one of them is holding a sign that says “free Palestine” and another is holding a sign that says “Gaza is in our hearts.”
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🍉✨💚 One last push for our raffle raising money for 14 families displaced in the Gaza Strip. 🍉✨💚 We want to send at least $100 to each family and we are only $400 short of our goal. Entries are just $5. Follow the instructions at tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle to enter
Photo of a red basket filled with watermelon themed gifts including a crocheted beanie, hand made notebooks, prints, stickers, and pins. Above the photo black and red text on a bright green background reads “enter our raffle for an opportunity to win this amazing basket of goofs from local Chicago artists! Only $5! Help us by spreading the word. Tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle”
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Tonight we went outside with candles for Alex Pretti & all those who’s lives ICE has destroyed. We ran into two of our neighbors & ended up singing All You Fascists Bound to Lose together on our little street corner. A small thing, but a feeling I will hold on to as we continue to resist.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Off to visit my family and solidify my role as the weird arts and crafts aunt who insists of giving hand made gifts #crochet #amigurumi
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Uday’s family had to leave their apartment because they weren’t able to pay the rent. After already losing so much, they are back on the streets and desperately need money for a tent. Anything you can give makes a difference. Tinyurl.com/udayfund
Photo of Uday, a 19 year old Palestinian boy and Kemal, a 5 year old Palestinian boy on a dark green background. Text reads “Winter has arrived in Gaza. The cold, rainy seasons means 19 year old Uday must source the clothes his family of seven needs to keep warm. Uday’s little brother, Kemal, recently started school. In addition to clothes, Uday hopes to get him school supplies. As always, they also needs funds for food, water, medicine, and shelter. Your donation helps a family who has already endured so much survive another winter.” There is a QR code and link to the family’s fundraiser: https://www.tinyurl.com/udayfund
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We’re extending the raffle for this sweet watermelon gift basket! Your support helps 12 families in Gaza. Visit www.tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle and follow the instructions there to enter.
Black and red text on a neon green background reads “Enter our raffle to support 12 families in Gaza and have the opportunity to win this amazing basket of goods from local Chicago artists! Only $5! Help us by spreading the word. Tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle”. Below the text is a photo of a gift basket containing watermelon notebooks, stickers, a crocheted watermelon hat, prints, pins, a gift certificate for a custom pet portrait and other items.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
My little sister asked for some colorful wall art for her birthday so yesterday I made her this gouache painting on a piece of recycled wine mom wall decor from the thrift store. This was really fun and I’m quite happy with how it turned out. #gouache #painting #artistsonbluesky
Gouache painting of a a light blue arch on a background of black sky with white stars. Inside the arch are blue stars and two pink flowers. The painting is sitting on top of old newspaper pages with a paint palette to the left and two paint  brushes above it. Gouache painting of a a light blue arch on a background of black sky with white stars. Inside the arch are blue stars and two pink flowers.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
There’s still time to enter the raffle for a watermelon gift basket supporting several families displaced in the Gaza Strip. Entries are $5 each. Follow the instructions at www.tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle to enter ❤️🍉🇵🇸
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
It was my birthday a few days ago and I made myself this impractical but so dang cute froggy hood 🐸 Pattern by MJ Off the Hook Designs
Dani, a white nb person with brown hair and eyes wearing a light green crocheted hood and cowl with frog eyes on top
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
My crochet work is still a bit wobbly but with every project I’m learning. For example, I figured out while making this bunny that up until now I have been crocheting everything inside out. Oops 😅 #crochet #crochetbeginner #amigurumi
Purple chunky crocheted bunny rabbit
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I’m part of group in Chicago supporting several families in Gaza and we’re raffling off a watermelon gift basket! Inside you’ll find a bunch of goodies including a certificate for a custom pet portrait! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/chi4gazaraffle to enter The drawing and winner will be determined in January!
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
nativeorganizing.org
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Have you ever wanted me to draw your favourite bird? Well now's your chance, I've donated a commission to the #Creatives4Sudan charity auction which is now live. You get to pick any bird and receive a print of the finished piece! 👇 app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #BirdArt #SciArt #ArtSky #Birds
Text says, Bid to have me illustrate your favourite bird! Receive a print of it too! Images show an original illustration by loadofolbobbins of a Barn Owl in flight. The perspective is as if you were looking up underneath the owl as it’s swooping with claws beneath it to catch pray. It’s wings are together behind it caught in the upward flapping motion. The colouring of the owl is a combination of creams and browns with dark speckled markings across the body, underwing and head. The head of the owl is a slightly richer, almost orange brown. One big black eye can be seen looking beyond it’s claws, intensely focused and there’s a trail of brownish feather beneath it which look almost like a stripe that leads to the small pointed yellow beak. The background is inky wash in dark blue. Underneath this is an image of a hand drawing with an apple pencil on an ipad a sketchy illustration of a bird. Creatives for Sudan.A poster announcing Creatives 4 Sudan auction now live raising life-saving funds for people escaping genocide in el-fasher bid today galabid.com/creatives4sudan
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’m really enjoying the process of crocheting. Thanks to adhd, however, I keep thinking that I’m following a pattern exactly and yet have made 3 very different sized cats…😑
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Last day to enter! Contribute any amount to Uday’s family & share your receipt in the comments (or DM for my email if you’d like more privacy) for a chance to win a custom pet portrait. Holidays are coming up & this would be a really sweet gift! www.tinyurl.com/udayfund
Illustrated white dog with black mask and ears with a light blue/green bandana on a pink background Illustrated white curly haired dog with a green bandana on a light blue/green background with some daisies Grumpy looking gray cat with yellow eyes on a lavender background, blue and pink flowers in the foreground. The name London is hand lettered at the top.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I’m pretty sure I missed a stitch or two so they’re a little wonky. But I’m still quite happy with how these two cute little cat loafs for my nieces turned out. #crochet #crochetbeginner #fiberarts
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Uday’s family urgently needs $700 for rent. Donate any amount this week for a chance to win a custom pet portrait. Share a screen shot of your donation receipt in the comments or if you prefer more privacy DM for my email address. www.tinyurl.com/udayfund
An illustrated grumpy looking darn gray cat with yellow eyes on a purple background with flowers in the foreground. A happy looking small dog with white curly fur on a mint background with daisies
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Update, bluesky doesn’t allow you allow you to dm screen shots so you can put yours in the comments or if you prefer a more private channel, DM me and I’ll give you my email
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Donate any amount to Uday and DM me a screen shot of your donation receipt to enter to win a custom pet portrait. Please share and help me spread the word, my reach here is so small. Tinyurl.com/udayfund
An illustration of a white dog short haired large dog with a black mask and ears in a mint bandana on a pink background An illustration of a small, curly haired dog in a green plaid bandana on a sea foam background with daisies
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
The absolute hubris of me deciding that my first ever crochet project would be a blanket that requires ONE HUNDRED granny squares. What was I thinking? 🥲
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A federal judge says he will order the release of over 600 people who have been detained by ice on bond. If it’s within your means consider donating to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. We will need to raise a lot of money to get everyone home. www.mibfc.org
Screen shot of a Chicago tribune headline that reads “Federal judge says he’ll order released of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond”. Below the headline is a picture of three ice agents in full tactical gear.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This summer I helped my mom clean out my grandma’s art studio. I ended up leaving with a few of her crochet hooks with the goal of learning how to make a granny square and 5 months later, I finally did. Gotta say, learning to do handwork in this era of mass vomited AI slop feels very, very healing.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Spent the afternoon drawing birds at the Field Museum and I have two highlights: 1. When a bunch of kids on class trip stopped to tell me “you draw good!” 2. The happiest face I got when one kid told me she likes drawing anime and I flipped my sketch book open to a drawing of Sailor Jupiter
Pen and ink drawing of a barn owlPen and ink drawing of Sailor Jupiter
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I’ve had these iron on letters sitting in my craft supplies for over a year and decided I needed a new shirt to wear during the Hot Chocolate race on Sunday. #icemustbedestroyed
A black cropped tshirt (front side) reads “FUCK ICE” in white letters. The U of “Fuck” is replaced with a smiley face patchA cropped black tshirt (back side) reads “ICE MUST BE DESTROYED” in white letters
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
TODAY 10/12 2pm-5pm @ the Logan Square Comfort Station. We’re having a fundraiser for 7 families in Gaza. There will be live music, and vendors selling all kinds of cool stuff including crochet, ceramics, jewelry, prints, pins, and stickers. It’s gonna be a gorgeous day, come say hi!
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Trying to do anything when you have a cat  In other news: Come out to the Cultural Arts Fest for Gaza tomorrow at the Logan Square Comfort Station 2-5pm! I’m gonna be selling so much cool stuff and raffling off a custom pet portrait
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
If you’re in Chicago & feel horrified by what ICE is doing & are unsure of where and how to get plugged in to resist, come to the information tent at the Cultural Arts Fest this Sunday at the Logan Square comfort station 2-5pm. There are many roles in this fight and we’d love you to join us.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Cats Not Cops will be available as an 8x10 print or a 3” sticker at the Cultural Art Fest for Gaza, this Sunday 10/12 2pm-5pm @ the Logan Square comfort station. We are raising money for 7 families displaced in the Gaza Strip who need money for food, clothes, medicine, and tents before winter 🩷🖤💚
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This Sunday, Chicago! Come out to help us raise money for 7 families inside the Gaza Strip. I will be there selling pins, stickers, prints, hand painted and sewn notebooks, bracelets and more. My reach here is very small so please help me get the word out, especially if you’re in Chicago ❤️
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Literal and abstract watercolor watermelons that will soon be one-of a-kind notebook covers 🩷💚❤️ 🖤
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I’ll be selling pins, notebooks, stickers, prints, and more Sunday, October 12th at the Logan Square Comfort Station to raise money for 7 families in Gaza 🍉 There will be a bunch of other super cool vendors. Check out the thread to see who all will be there 👇🏼
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I will be selling these one of a kind, screen printed, hand bound notebooks 🐍✨ (along with lots of other hand made items) at the Cultural Fest for Gaza at the Logan Square Comfort Station on 10/12 2pm-5pm. The fest is raising $ for 7 families in Gaza. Hope to see you there! #logansquare #artfest
A stack of 4 handmade notebooks with a screen printed python on the front in various colors including black, purple and green.A photo showing of the hand sewn spines of the notebooks. Thread color includes green, lime green, orange, and neon pink. On the front of each notebook is a screen printed snake
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I’m working on a big old stack of felt watermelon pins, hand stitched notebooks, & so much other art for the Cultural Fest for Gaza on 10/12 from 2-5pm at the Logan Square Comfort Station. I’ll be donating 100% of what I make to 7 families in Gaza, including Uday’s. Hope to see you there! 🍉🍉🍉
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
✨10/12 at the Logan Square Comfort Station!✨I will be selling prints, stickers, pins, notebooks & more at the Cultural Art Fest for Gaza on behalf of Uday’s & six other families. There will be food, live music, and art vendors. Hope to see you there! Follow @chifest4gaza on instagram for more info.
Water color style art of four red poppies on a light yellow and white background with a fishnet border like that of a kuffiyeh. Black text reads “Cultural Art Fest for Gaza. Help us raise funds for seven families inside the Gaza Strip. Sunday October 12th 2:00-5:00pm. Logan Square Comfort Station 2579 N Milwaukee Ave.
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Dani (she/they) @artsandlabor.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Uday & his family are living on the streets in Gaza City where the iof is continuing a ground invasion. They need to get out now but do not have the $ for transportation or a tent. If you have anything you can spare, please help them out. The situation is desperate. www.tinyurl.com/udayfund
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I know you are seeing an overwhelming number of asks and the need in Gaza is overwhelming. But it’s countless donations some big, some just a few dollars, that have helped Uday and his family survive the last 23 months of hell. chuffed.org/project/uday...
A photo of a 19 year old young man, Uday, who has light brown skin and short black hair, wearing a bright blue shirt and standing in front of the remains of a building in Gaza. Black text on a pink background reads “Help a family of seven stay alive in Gaza.
My friend Oday is the eldest of five siblings. His family have lost their home and income due to the violent occupation and genocide in Gaza. They are currently sheltered in a place where the occupation forces are advancing and there is constant bombing. They are in danger every day.
Your money will help Oday's family pay for travel costs to evacuate South, a tent to live in, and food. All these things are extremely expensive due to scarce supplies coming into Gaza, and huge commision costs.
Scan to donate: [QR code here that links to https://chuffed.org/project/udayfund]
Thank you for choosing to make a difference.”
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I just updated my portfolio with lots of new work and am now accepting projects for fall/winter. I also have a new email address! Say hi at hello@daniknightillustration.com www.daniknightillustration.com
daniknightillustration.com
DANI KNIGHT ILLUSTRATION
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
When I got laid off I thought I’d finally have time to work on all my personal projects. Instead I spent 6 months recovering from burnout and tending to my mental health 🥲 I’m just now very slowly finding my way back to creativity. Here’s a just for fun collage I made for our apartment.
Collage with magazines and gouache. A large head of a blond woman with bangs and a fur hood peeks over green hills looking down at a lake. The creature from the black lagoon rests their arms on a log next to two large flowers: one yellow, one orange. To the right of the flowers are large green palm fronds. Behind the fronds is a partially nude woman with her back facing us. We can only see her from the waist up.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Got those post #socialism2025 blues and decide to watch Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States while folding laundry and was reminded of Chicago’s deep history of resistance and of these portraits I made a while back of two of my favorite badasses, Emma Goldman and Lucy Parsons 🥖🌹✊🏼
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Dani (she/they) @artsandlabor.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Every day Uday and Hamza message me asking why people don’t seem to care anymore, and I try to assure them that people do care, there is just so much need. If you can give anything at all, I promise it makes a difference, even if it’s just letting a scared teenager know they aren’t forgotten ❤️‍🩹
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Uday and his family have to evacuate again. Imagine surviving what he has been though, returning to his destroyed home with the hope to rebuild, only to be forced to leave again. Please support him if you can, and take these free phone backgrounds I made as a thank you 🇵🇸❤️ tinyurl.com/udayfund
Hand draw watermelons in a repeat pattern on a pink background with white squiggly lines. Hand drawn watermelons in a repeat pattern on a mint green background with little white flowers
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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today in 1969, The Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots announce their Rainbow Coalition. The Rainbow Coalition was a class-based alliance against poverty, gentrification and police brutality in Chicago, IL.
Blue sky in the background, with white lines in the shape of clouds. Below the sky, a large building spanning from the left to the right of the image. On the bottom right, a crowd of people holding signs, a white flag with a black panther on it, and a Puerto Rican flag. In the forefront, a portrait of Fred Hampton with a hat, turned to the rights. Layered on top of his chest, rainbow bars outline the words "We say we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind. Fred Hampton".
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van cartier @christopherxci.blacksky.app · 03/04/2025
ChatGPT consumes so much water and energy each week that it could power entire countries for YEARS and folk act like you told them to kill their selves cause you want them to write their own emails and not to steal art. 😂
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Omg this little farmer 🥹 🍓 #WIP
Screen shot of an illustration in progress in Procreate which is of a white person with a gray bob and bangs in a brown sun hat and dark green jacket holding a box of strawberries on a lighter green background. Illustration is incomplete and the figure is only drawn from the waist up.
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Dani @whatsdanimaking.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Odai, Hamza, Khalil, and Nermeen have since been able to return to the ruins of their homes, where they wish to stay and rebuild, but are once again threatened by displacement as Israel breaks the ceasefire agreement and is blocking aid and bombing refugee camps. The cruelty is astounding.
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