Blurry Place
Added 2021-05-01 23:02:25 +0000 UTCI've always been curious about animal's dreams, especially highly sentient ones who never get to live full lives. Do caged circus elephants dream of tall grass they've never touched?
So here's a little story about that.
PS: I dunno if I'll ever post this one publicly... Last time I drew "The parts of a cow" and all the parts were labeled a different word for "friend" the comments were so mean and angry I had to turn them off for the very first time!! D: So I'm glad I can share art here and (hopefully) not receive any death threats, lol...
Comments
Hey Tun, just wanted to let you know that this piece, and subsequent research had led to me cutting out pork completely! I'm also taking a long hard look at beef consumption. 😢
Rhiannon Walsh
2021-05-29 22:58:58 +0000 UTCWow, this piece literally made me cry. I think I need to do some soul searching...
Lee
2021-05-08 19:18:01 +0000 UTCAha it was a poor attempt at a cancle thankfully and I'll judge that person for eating babies! You could post it with comment restrictions but do whatever is healthiest for you. The meat meanies always find a way in getting in to give their two cents
Mel Jarvis
2021-05-05 19:10:54 +0000 UTCAlso I’m sorry people were rude to you too!! I can’t believe someone tried to cancel you omfgg... when I first got a twitter I searched my name and one person was like “does anyone else get super bad vibes from that little Tunny person?? I feel like they’d judge me for eating veal” which like yeah maybe true lol. I don’t search my name anymore
Little Tunny
2021-05-05 19:00:05 +0000 UTCI know it’s literally so confusing?? And yeah twitter loved to show me those and it would just make me so mad!! Like I’ve been picked on for not eating meat my ENTIRE life can y’all please just leave me alooooneee!! I might get around to posting this on twitter, despite their bad tweets the comments weren’t half as insane as instagram’s. It was literally relentless hate, 100’s of mean comments on there for my cow friend drawing. From people who clearly love animal art?? The cognitive dissonance is so wild
Little Tunny
2021-05-05 18:51:28 +0000 UTCOof I cant imagine having that reach... Thats actually a very good idea, twitter things I'm interested in all the anti-Vegan viral tweets. But it's a shame people who are following you for cute animal art make you afraid to show this kind of work. I'm sorry Tunny.
Mel Jarvis
2021-05-05 18:45:39 +0000 UTCYeah it’s just so hard when you’ve got 60k people to piss off! And there’s a huge push on twitter to frame vegans as racists and “the ones who are ACTUALLY destroying the environment!!” I literally had to mute the word vegan/vegans for my own sanity. Like I do not see the same hatred for people who buy plastic free stuff. Such weird guilt
Little Tunny
2021-05-05 18:28:36 +0000 UTCLast time I posted something vegan I had people get mad at me too and one of them tried to "cancle" me. It's sad how people choose to react when they feel guilty.
Mel Jarvis
2021-05-05 18:16:10 +0000 UTCThis is very lovely. I think there is an unacknowledged part of many people that feels very guilty and uncomfortable with the meat/dairy industries. The automatic, self-protective response is shutting out information and lashing out at the people who brought it up in the first place I still eat meat when I get food at restaurants, but I've been trying lately (since reading Braiding Sweetgrass) to spend even a few seconds to express gratitude towards their life and sorrow about the conditions they've likely had to endure. I feel like most people have a very "all-or-nothing" response to meat consumption, but it's important to acknowledge the gray space of moderation, as uncomfortable as it may be.
Kai Kishimoto
2021-05-03 15:33:00 +0000 UTC(T^T) (T^T) (T^T) (T^T) (T^T)
Nug
2021-05-03 14:25:54 +0000 UTComg death threats?? that’s awful. this is a beautiful piece, Tunny. it’s thought-provoking and really makes you wonder. im glad you can post your art here and feel safe. i hope nobody ruins that for you.
Ves
2021-05-03 00:34:09 +0000 UTCThis made me sad. You're really good Tunny
NarizRoja
2021-05-02 18:10:41 +0000 UTCThis is so beautiful but sad I can’t think of any better words for how it makes me feel
Fox
2021-05-02 13:40:53 +0000 UTCi love this so much, it's so sweet <3 and i'm sorry people are so full of hate that a lovely cow drawing could get them riled up.
Jess Anne
2021-05-02 12:40:46 +0000 UTCThis is absolutely sad and beautiful all at once and it's making me tear up and I'm okay with that.
Alexander Teel
2021-05-02 09:21:18 +0000 UTCThis was so great ahhhh ;n; I cryyy
AlfaFilly
2021-05-02 08:36:45 +0000 UTCIf Tunny was in the Matrix, she would self-emancipate. I freaking know it. 🐖❤️
Max Brown
2021-05-02 03:39:15 +0000 UTCPeople are shitty, cows and pigs are better than most humans. When I was in middle school, I had to make a menu for a restaurant. I made the plates have cute little names like "daisy" and "daisy's son". I got sent to the office for it but I got an A on the project.
Jiji
2021-05-02 03:24:24 +0000 UTCAah I just looked up the angry jack effect and that really explains it perfectly!! It’s so exhausting how people take it as a personal attack... 😭 and thank you so much!
Little Tunny
2021-05-02 02:27:39 +0000 UTCim sorry people can be so volatile. the angry jack effect can be so frustrating. i definitely dealt with that when i was a vegetarian, its obnoxious. this art is beautiful!
Beanowitz
2021-05-02 02:19:19 +0000 UTCaaaaa tysm, Alex!!! ;___;
Little Tunny
2021-05-02 01:14:41 +0000 UTCYou are such an incredible story teller, this made me so emotional ;0; 💓
Alex Reeder
2021-05-02 00:17:49 +0000 UTCThank yoooou <3 <3 <3!!
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:49:38 +0000 UTCThis makes me happy that I'm a pescatarian. Poor things. Wonderful work, as per the usual, Captain Tunny.
Fetadae
2021-05-01 23:47:40 +0000 UTC♥️💔♥️
Kevin Vognar
2021-05-01 23:38:12 +0000 UTCThank you so much, Delmi!!
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:35:55 +0000 UTCAaaa thank you Elliot! <3 Yeah I think a big issue I had the last time was my dog Huey was actively dying and I was tending to him as I was receiving a torrent of cruel comments joking about killing me and relishing in how much they loved dying and hurting animals. I just couldn't deal with it. But I might be in a better mental space now to stand up to mean comments! (or just take your advice and turn those suckers OFF) I think a lot of people enjoy emotional stories and every meat eater I've talked to is VERY against factory farming so!! Maybe...
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:35:08 +0000 UTCYESS!!! I love... Them bots. Good 😭
Rad
2021-05-01 23:31:37 +0000 UTCyou are SUCH a good emotional storyteller GODDD... also im sure you could post it and preemptively disable comments with an explanation. this is a really great one and i think a lot of people would really love it!
Elliot Wheat
2021-05-01 23:24:16 +0000 UTCOMGG NO Robots expressing emotions gets me EVERY TIME!! And I mean I'm a pretty easy crier but something about them just wanting to feel love oooughhh it hurts
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:20:09 +0000 UTC🥺😭🥺😭🥺😭
Jen Go
2021-05-01 23:19:54 +0000 UTCThank you so much ;_____;
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:19:42 +0000 UTCdamn ur use of colors is so great! the emotional contrast between the two pages made it hit harder!! 😭😭😭 keep up the amazing work
DeMarte
2021-05-01 23:19:35 +0000 UTCTbh I cant think of a better place to have a breakdown
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:19:34 +0000 UTC😭😭 I hold the pigs... They are friends and know love and support. 👐😭 I know this is a distraction from the delightfully subtle (and unsubtle) messages but because my personality has been coopted by media, I'm reminded of Unimatrix Zero in ST: Voyager where Borg drones were able to express themselves as individuals and meet despite physical distances.
Rad
2021-05-01 23:18:07 +0000 UTCThank you so much, Cody!!! I finally got the hang of working with these textures, so I thought this short story would be the perfect practice for using it on my comics! The method is pretty different from how I usually work so it was a fun process!
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:14:28 +0000 UTCThis got me good 🥺 even if you don't post it, know that we all love and appreciate this, including its message. 💚🐷
Wolf Bane
2021-05-01 23:13:54 +0000 UTCwhy am i crying in Target right now 😭
Margo Ogloblina
2021-05-01 23:13:34 +0000 UTCI knew you'd appreciate this one, Mel!
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:13:16 +0000 UTCBeautiful, and not just the message, but the texture too!!
Cody Gidge
2021-05-01 23:12:53 +0000 UTCThank you so much, Julian!! I like being silly but sometimes I just wanna watch a movie that makes me ugly sob! So my art is that way too hehe
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:11:05 +0000 UTCOhhh noooo I forgot to put a return address on there.... sorrryyy >:3
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:10:08 +0000 UTCI love writing stories like these but sometimes the backlash is just not worth it!! I'm so glad I have nice people on Patreon to share with ;___;!!
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:08:48 +0000 UTCTunny... my heart :,0
Mel Jarvis
2021-05-01 23:08:27 +0000 UTCNo, I would like to return this abundant package of emotions you have just bestowed on me. 😭
Rhiannon Walsh
2021-05-01 23:07:57 +0000 UTCAaa I can tell you love piggies too!! ;) Pigs were my all time favorite animal when I was little and I was the only vegetarian at my school so people used to make dead pig jokes to me all the time :( Going vegan has been so great for me, but it's not for everyone! I think just not supporting factory farms is a great start. It'd be nice for them to see grass and live good lives!
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:07:52 +0000 UTCThe moment I saw the first panel I was like oh this is a vegan comic and I was super happy! Thanks for sharing it despite your worry :)
Joanne Doherty
2021-05-01 23:07:46 +0000 UTCThank you Lettuce so glad you enjoyed it!!
Little Tunny
2021-05-01 23:05:52 +0000 UTCSometimes your work hits me really emotionally, this one definitely did. You’re such a versatile artist with the tone of your work! I’m sorry people are mean, I really love this one
Julian
2021-05-01 23:05:44 +0000 UTCI'm not crying its just raining directly onto my face 😭
Max Tompkins
2021-05-01 23:05:23 +0000 UTCWait this makes me so sad :(💔 I love piggies so much I hope they do have happy dreams and have a place where they are okay while asleep.. I’ve been considering going vegan and when I see art like this it inspires me more. This is beautiful I wish people were more respectful of your views.❤️
Cedar
2021-05-01 23:05:00 +0000 UTCwow.. this is so beautiful. thank you for sharing!!
lettuce
2021-05-01 23:04:28 +0000 UTC
