A photo of my friend Toba most popularly known on tumblr as the artist “Venusshuttrap”. She passed away recently on June 2nd in the hospital. She was an incredibly passionate artist and a close friend with whom I spoke almost daily for the years I knew her and I’m am writing this obituary because I will miss her dearly and I know she had a small but loyal following for her artwork here on Tumblr and I wanted to inform them of what occured. She was a very funny individual and an incredibly hardworking artist, often spending 10 to 14 hours a day drawing and painting comics without any distraction, often jokingly speaking of her work as an involuntary compulsion. She was a proud though reserved member of the LGBT+ community, having known she was gay very young but having to keep it from her family in fear of their reaction. I pray her family is doing well in light of this tragedy and accept her for who she was and love her all the same should some of her more hidden aspects come to light after her passing. She created beautiful adult artwork that reflected the relationships she herself had hoped she’d one day find and often tried her best to portray the more intimate side of a relationship as something very powerful and very beautiful. She was a very avid fan of Steven Universe and much of her recent work til now is reflective of this. I encourage curious parties to view her beautiful artwork and share it and join me in lamenting that she did not have the chance to further refime it. I must warn the work is meant only for adults above the age of 18 due to its adult nature but i find it very powerful and unique in the field it was competing in. I cannot stress enough how much she enjoyed her work and hoped that over time she’d help change perceptions of sexual intimacy and its portrayal and public opinion through her work, and hope that those who saw it were inspired by her works. I was very proud to be her friend and will miss her company sorely in the coming days. Please keep her in your thoughts.