I love reading about projects of cataloguing natural world of 'The Orient'. One of my favourites is a mid-17thC text 'Hortus Malabaricus' compiled by van Rheede- a detailed study of plants in Malabar incl. these fascinating sketches!
Source: Wellcome

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HnZhue-48 "Smiling Joe" 71, of the 2nd Armoured Brigade, Gerfan Colonial Militia. A mecha from the Nebula of Ots

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An artist's impression of colonial forces landing in

Titled "1891", the painting is a creative work of Waheed Murad Rumi, a resident of Sost (Gojal Valley), Hunza, and his team

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- Commander Hilde Von Altheim -

Alma Mater: Arendelle Girls' School

Anna's counterpart: General Mattias

Affiliations: Arendelle, multiple colonial empires

Likes: Countess Viola, her troops, strategy, ballet, Wagner

Dislikes: Elsa, democracy, spiders

Story art by

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Today's Spotlight - Manga Classics: The Scarlet Letter! Though set in a Puritan community during the Colonial American period, the moral dilemmas of personal responsibility and consuming emotions of guilt, anger, loyalty and revenge are timeless.

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Avatar is such a great teaching show for ALL.😭From representing realistic/CURRENT visualizations of genocide, imperialism, settler colonialism, indoctrination,& patriarchy to healing, redemption, transforming harm,& spirituality.Society can always change, nothing's set in stone.

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Commander HILDE Von Altheim, VIOLA's trusted general, has returned to Arendelle. Fresh from her global rampage and conquest of Agrabah, she focuses her colonial armies and ruthless genius on hunting down ELSA and destroying Northuldra forever.

Story art by for The AG

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B is for Busy Beavers on Herman Moll's 1715 map of British colonial territory in North America.
📂 WO 78/419/8 https://t.co/5CfHSVWkyc

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-[ DAY - 52 /𝗕𝗦𝗚 𝟱𝟮 ]-(𝐹𝐼𝑁𝐴𝐿 𝐹𝐼𝑉𝐸 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐸𝑆)
Colonial Viper
𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 52.

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Noble Women and Goddesses in war were painted in precolonial Mixtec codices defending their cities 1 being held in captivity 2 fighting 3 capturing their enemies, and 4 planning war strategies

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Finally finished! Here's an art piece inspired by the Babaylan; shamans of the various ethnic groups of the pre-colonial Philippine islands.

An entry for @/futarinokizuna & 's art contest!

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Don't judge He's just drowning his colonial guilt, and the taste of all that tea...

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-[ DAY - 48 /𝗕𝗦𝗚 𝟱𝟮 ]- (𝐹𝐼𝑁𝐴𝐿 𝐹𝐼𝑉𝐸 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐸𝑆)
Colonial One

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Quick sketch for Alex Hovey Illustration's I love this trope of places on the backs of giant turtles. I'm tempted to draw either a Japanese temple complex or a tropical island with a pre-colonial Filipino barangay at some point.

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you mean to tell me pre hispanic filipino mythology has openly homosexual gods???? fuck colonialism. also this is a gorgeous art / concept by LAHI.

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"Trono ng Sinaunang Reyna”
[ Throne of an Ancient Queen ]

A follow up to my concept of a pre-colonial ... What if they were an ancient Filipino tribe who embraced their “gifts” & fought back?

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“I do believe that the fiction of ‘blackness’ that is the legacy of colonialism, can be interrupted by the encounter with the stories that we tell about ourselves."— Claudette Johnson (b. 1959, Manchester, UK), a British drawer living in London, UK.
https://t.co/7VVq8PoJFS

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"Sinaunang Reyna" for

A pre-colonial druidess, the queen of the Manananggal Tribe of the Philippines. Not cursed but blessed with great power and agility... Alternate concept for Manananggal.

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...and this is Margaret Tryon. Very little is known about Anne Batcheler, but we know that Margaret Wake Tryon had an exciting life, living in North Carolina and New York, where her husband was appointed Colonial Governer. She was known for her interest in military strategy.

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BDS is having a major impact in challenging international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism. these graphics goes over two reasons why BDS is an effective tool in dismantling the apartheid regime and why it can be used as a tool to gain worldwide support

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