Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me Tulani Kiara Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:03:29 +0000 https://tulanikiara.me en about https://tulanikiara.me/about-1 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:42:43 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/about-1 abt Tulani <img width="981" height="981" width_o="981" height_o="981" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d457a049c320b7bb1d91438519518b7b3f5d4b03c00a89e99189cff3d5aed7b9/tulani--fatcraft-icon.png" data-mid="165877897" border="0" data-scale="92" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/981/i/d457a049c320b7bb1d91438519518b7b3f5d4b03c00a89e99189cff3d5aed7b9/tulani--fatcraft-icon.png" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;tulanikiara@gmail.com art is always the answer I grew up observing the world and finding magic in stories and nature. Now, that mundane magic inspires my art. My comics, illustrations, and stories portray fat, black, disabled, and queer characters as the whole human beings we are. I am here for liberation, education, building community, and affirming space in the world for all of us. Contributor to Ignatz Nominated We Belong Anthology, WiNC Noir Issue, Ambrosia Zine and Fat Craft Zine ︎ ︎ featured https://tulanikiara.me/featured Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:53:19 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/featured <img width="1080" height="720" width_o="1080" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7ba0b7c3c47e295f8b70475897858b66312983c9871142fb7a8a4ca7b9d666a/hope.png" data-mid="224152887" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7ba0b7c3c47e295f8b70475897858b66312983c9871142fb7a8a4ca7b9d666a/hope.png" /> hope https://tulanikiara.me/hope Sat, 04 Jan 2025 19:51:56 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/hope hope a comic made for the fall issue of ambrosia zine <img width="1080" height="720" width_o="1080" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7ba0b7c3c47e295f8b70475897858b66312983c9871142fb7a8a4ca7b9d666a/hope.png" data-mid="224146827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7ba0b7c3c47e295f8b70475897858b66312983c9871142fb7a8a4ca7b9d666a/hope.png" /> 08–31–2024 verdant https://tulanikiara.me/verdant Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:03:29 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/verdant verdant a short queer fantasy comic made for Ignatz Nominated We Belong anthology <img width="1193" height="1845" width_o="1193" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5b973d0e7071c2312f25132a1482459b4af1c77ec5423093273574faa6830c9/verdant1small.jpg" data-mid="224191749" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5b973d0e7071c2312f25132a1482459b4af1c77ec5423093273574faa6830c9/verdant1small.jpg" /> <img width="1193" height="1845" width_o="1193" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/807d515b18a2080bae8766693b8ff025e62ed4b335ed88e0d627698a22df3622/verdant2small.jpg" data-mid="224191750" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/807d515b18a2080bae8766693b8ff025e62ed4b335ed88e0d627698a22df3622/verdant2small.jpg" /> <img width="1193" height="1845" width_o="1193" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/617203e5d70c4332d2c8aa07097846c22a77be44172fe6b356fcaff350bb2a14/verdant3small.jpg" data-mid="224191751" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/617203e5d70c4332d2c8aa07097846c22a77be44172fe6b356fcaff350bb2a14/verdant3small.jpg" /> <img width="1193" height="1845" width_o="1193" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97be998393cb2b97e4ccf6b3f5d519d976e979c85882d9c0d397fae47837e42f/verdant4small.jpg" data-mid="224423033" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97be998393cb2b97e4ccf6b3f5d519d976e979c85882d9c0d397fae47837e42f/verdant4small.jpg" /> <img width="1193" height="1845" width_o="1193" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f59b3022b4cb214f0cddbe47fdfb3d737cdd66dbc23790619a282b782c2abb58/verdant5small.jpg" data-mid="224423048" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f59b3022b4cb214f0cddbe47fdfb3d737cdd66dbc23790619a282b782c2abb58/verdant5small.jpg" /> <img width="1193" height="1845" width_o="1193" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a45675690cef9014eae291776c6406154b969395e699509442e7ea1a3ccd3e1a/verdant6small.jpg" data-mid="224423034" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a45675690cef9014eae291776c6406154b969395e699509442e7ea1a3ccd3e1a/verdant6small.jpg" /><img width="1193" height="1845" width_o="1193" height_o="1845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89c167d5fcfa762bad2af763c52e787eaebd501e061c369efdfce09fe43c4e8f/verdant7small.jpg" data-mid="224423035" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89c167d5fcfa762bad2af763c52e787eaebd501e061c369efdfce09fe43c4e8f/verdant7small.jpg" /> 06–31–2024 origin story https://tulanikiara.me/origin-story Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:28:43 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/origin-story origin story a tiny hopeful comic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1920" width_o="1920" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b98ba2cb73514bcc158c1630be5b11c81102628ba95924e47dfbe68fcbabd91c/origin-story.png" data-mid="209775300" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b98ba2cb73514bcc158c1630be5b11c81102628ba95924e47dfbe68fcbabd91c/origin-story.png" /> &nbsp; 04–30–2023 autobiography https://tulanikiara.me/autobiography Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:38:57 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/autobiography autobiography a comic that encapsulates me, created at Queer Comics Summer Workshop at CCS taught by Tillie Walden. <img width="2508" height="1962" width_o="2508" height_o="1962" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0eb9e4c207f368865fc256581822bc9d40c2837edc753eb4170b7c51ff9b7281/c_i_autobiography.png" data-mid="166367098" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0eb9e4c207f368865fc256581822bc9d40c2837edc753eb4170b7c51ff9b7281/c_i_autobiography.png" /> 06–24–2022 a fiction https://tulanikiara.me/a-fiction Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:38:56 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/a-fiction a fiction a short fairytale comic WIP &nbsp; <img width="1000" height="1470" width_o="1000" height_o="1470" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa6dfaf2d02137dbbb434724ecb4b120e10672a83b0ef27cbcb7b11df0f812f9/c_a_fiction.png" data-mid="166365038" border="0" data-scale="40" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa6dfaf2d02137dbbb434724ecb4b120e10672a83b0ef27cbcb7b11df0f812f9/c_a_fiction.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1024" height="1469" width_o="1024" height_o="1469" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93d9f1cc0a5828fe3bd98ac59d4e7b66ae82806b5d17f958a4c39dcceb40d930/c_a_fiction_2.png" data-mid="166365070" border="0" data-scale="41" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93d9f1cc0a5828fe3bd98ac59d4e7b66ae82806b5d17f958a4c39dcceb40d930/c_a_fiction_2.png" /> 12–21–2021 star quality https://tulanikiara.me/star-quality Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:37:57 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/star-quality star quality an editorial comic for Noir Issue of WinC Collective Magazine.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1122" height="1122" width_o="1122" height_o="1122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/415a902d1cf8ef3eda9a19d68a0979bafa51a05f9b9bb4264e94c7e3e2d43630/noir-editorial-star-quality.jpg" data-mid="224201778" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/415a902d1cf8ef3eda9a19d68a0979bafa51a05f9b9bb4264e94c7e3e2d43630/noir-editorial-star-quality.jpg" /> 06–01–2022 a seed https://tulanikiara.me/a-seed Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:38:55 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/a-seed a seed <img width="1934" height="1888" width_o="1934" height_o="1888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acb6e2955d9dc0af861ded90c4155fd85656fcedbd9b4f212aba342444c084d3/c_a_seed.png" data-mid="166365761" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acb6e2955d9dc0af861ded90c4155fd85656fcedbd9b4f212aba342444c084d3/c_a_seed.png" /> 10–23–2021 being https://tulanikiara.me/being Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:38:57 +0000 Tulani Kiara https://tulanikiara.me/being Being ________ excerpts from a comic about being a Wellesley CS student made as part of independent study exploring merginalized identities. Read more about the exhibition!! &nbsp; <img width="3024" height="4302" width_o="3024" height_o="4302" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64cbc25c47c9a4dfa6269ab454374df3e936ea394b3710ffcbdaf01aa330e2ec/c_thesis2.png" data-mid="166373795" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64cbc25c47c9a4dfa6269ab454374df3e936ea394b3710ffcbdaf01aa330e2ec/c_thesis2.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="3024" height="4302" width_o="3024" height_o="4302" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f313c843385912ab6cf4e1897f7c905fd231daeaa15c5998a0094ba45f97df34/c_thesis4.png" data-mid="166373793" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f313c843385912ab6cf4e1897f7c905fd231daeaa15c5998a0094ba45f97df34/c_thesis4.png" /> 05–24–2021