A 16 year old Owasso student who died after being beaten in the head by three other students. They were nonbinary and a citizen of the Choctaw nation. They lived in the Cherokee reservation of Oklahoma. They had complained of bullying about their identity prior to being assaulted. Police are claiming their death was unrelated to the assault they experienced just a day prior.
Nex enjoyed nature, minecraft, drawing, and reading. They had a cat named Zeus.
I grew up near this region. I have identified as nonbinary since freshman year of high school. I'm a citizen of the Muskogee tribe. I was bullied in high school. My sister is much the same as me in most of this. I hate to think either of us could have been this poor child. They didn't deserve this. I can say from first-hand experience that the handling of bullying in Oklahoma schools is pretty much non-existent. This situation makes me so incredibly sad. This did not need to happen.
I hope Nex rests peacefully. Hopefully, something good can come from this tragedy. Hopefully, we will see change.
Tried something new with this! My kickass gal, Ceifia Be’sashi: tactical fashion designer, model, and girlfriend of @straypurplebread’s turian, Spectre, Nex Galius.
I then left it messy for artistic reasons and Definitely not because I am Lazy and have the attention span of a gnat on caffeine.
Fun fact: this was my first time drawing an asari! How had I not done that yet?
Oh! And here’s a WIP shot I took (i May Have Forgotten to flip the canvas back whoops)
Nex Benedict should still be here, alive and well. They were only 16, they are the same age as me. No child should EVER go through what Nex went through even before their death, regardless if a child is trans or not. Trans children should NEVER be scared of going to school everyday in fear of getting bullied or worse, KILLED. What children are people exactly trying to protect again? Because its clearly not children like Nex Benedict. Im so sorry Nex, I hope you can rest peacefully now, the world has failed trans children once again.....
here's a repost from 2019! this sold a few years ago but I wanted to bring it back around with some better photos this time. click the photos for higher quality and more details!
it's on a 16x20 inch panel and I used clippings from star trek magazines, scrapbook paper, gel pens, and acrylic paint! I actually hated this when I first started. I got really frustrated with it and then put it away for a year before coming back to it. it looks totally different from the original!
I'm available for commissions and have some other stuff available so check out my pinned post if you're interested!