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so after fussing and then forgetting for, like, 9 months, it's come to my attention that i think i've been linking to the YINZ CITY website wrong this whole time. i THINK i fixed it now?? please??

anyway you can read YINZ CITY for FREE on the official website, hopefully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if this link doesn't work, you can also access it thru the ugly github address by clicking here. consider picking up issue #5 physically from my etsy store, linked in the original post :')

YINZ CITY ISSUE #5 IS HERE!! it was released in spring/summer BUT IT'S HERE ON TUMBLR NOW! have you ever had a coworker who's like, a little too enthusiastic? and a little too friendly? and you kind of wish they'd chill out a little? well issue #5 is told from that coworker's perspective-- thru the eyes of Kit, the youngest of the 4 main characters in YINZ CITY. costarring Nabokov, everyone's favorite weird girl. this comic is a love letter to baristas everywhere, and a tribute to a special place here in pittsburgh.

check out this preview and then go read the full issue for FREE on the site!

you can buy a physical copy from my shop! YINZ CITY will always be free to read, but it is written/drawn to be read as a physical book.

NEAT!

#YINZ CITY #issue 6 is in the works i promise!! #i desperately need to update all the art and text on the site so maybe you shouldn't look at it after all

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patchwork curtain for my bedroom, using some really ugly fabric squares my friend thrifted :')

#i guess they're less ugly and more absolutely not my style whatsoever #quilting

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my boy Teddy :')

#original #catboy #teddy #transmasc #a tube with arms and legs

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~ M O R O N ~

sketch experiment that turned out better than i expected ^_^ soon to be a patreon print

#original #higu rose #catboy #queer artist #haven't been drawing a lot lately so have this... thing #new OC for this year: neon billboard cat friend

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never posted these Momoko stickers i sent to my patrons (if you sign up i will send you stickers)

#yinz city #original #momoko #momoko doll #so obsessed with my momoko doll that i made her into an oc

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used some very light non-fusible interfacing to make an applique of a screen print. i used a straight stitch, but i think i'll try free-motion next. first attempt is janky, but now i have a gigantic catboy applique to play with :') part of a larger quilt project i'm working on

#quilting #fiber arts #i don't know why i pinned it that way at first. please forgive me.

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i don't think i posted this, but here is a corny video i made last year of drawing the prodigal boyf illustration over here. sometimes (like once a year tops) i make and post videos like this on patreon!

#yinz city #queer artist #drawing video #drawing process #ink #im a mangaka for real #inking #Youtube

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i let patrons pick which chapter of YINZ CITY to draw next >:) will it be Seti or Isaiah? the results... are a secret...

#i hope you enjoy isaiah's “one year later” haircut #yinz city

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MY COLUMBO QUILT, aka the quilt i only worked on while watching Columbo. flannel with some linen scraps i found (and cat hair). i think the backing was a vintage pillowcase that i ripped...

#QUILT POSTING HOURS BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #quilt #fiber arts #fiber art

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i am a contributor to this anthology!!! i am STOKED to see it in print!! please reblog and share with your friends and fam!!

I worked on Becoming Who We Are as a co-editor and artist! It's a great book. Please consider backing the Kickstarter to preorder a copy, and tell your friends about it!

@naomiyaki @fruityhag @vicomart @sagecoffey @vagrats

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i've always been quietly pleased with these pencil bag photo lol... they're on my shop eh. ehhhhhh???

#from when isaiah was still lightskint

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the link to the yinz city website doesn’t work for me… are too many people trying to go to yinz city at once. or is my computer bad

here's the link to the actual github site it's hosted on! https://higurose.github.io/yinzcity.github.io/index.html

it's been giving me trouble too, sometimes you have to try it in another browser. i think the domain name host is having some trouble, which is GREAT and i LOVE THAT! i'm looking to transfer somehow

thank you so much for asking!!

#yinz city

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endless supply of stickers of Teddy, my catboy lol... you can find them on my etsy shop!!

#teddy #higu rose #original #stickers #emo #catboy #cursed emo trans catboy #i would love to make a doll of him one day but that's a challenge i'm not ready for

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YINZ CITY ISSUE #5 IS HERE!! it was released in spring/summer BUT IT'S HERE ON TUMBLR NOW! have you ever had a coworker who's like, a little too enthusiastic? and a little too friendly? and you kind of wish they'd chill out a little? well issue #5 is told from that coworker's perspective-- thru the eyes of Kit, the youngest of the 4 main characters in YINZ CITY. costarring Nabokov, everyone's favorite weird girl. this comic is a love letter to baristas everywhere, and a tribute to a special place here in pittsburgh.

check out this preview and then go read the full issue for FREE on the site!

you can buy a physical copy from my shop! YINZ CITY will always be free to read, but it is written/drawn to be read as a physical book.

NEAT!

#YINZ CITY #queer comics #queer artist #bl manga #uhhhhhhhhhhhhh #higu rose #original #black artist #black comics #qtpoc #transmasc #pittsburgh #comics

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shame on me, for i never shared this quilt i made for my ma a few years ago >:) made from bedsheets and random fabric i had for years. very simple straight stitch quilting on the machine. ma loves it!!

#quilt #fiber arts #she sent me the second photo :)

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posting about quilt things on my patreon :^)

#fiber art

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“There is no universal human body, but a multiplicity of gendered, racialized, and sexualized living beings and organic tissue.” –Paul B. Preciado, Testo Junkie

#i just wanted to paint some meat and put a cool quote behind it #testo junkie #meat #higu rose #digital painting #i drew this months ago and forgot to post it here? oops