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Help Vote in this Art Project Poll!

This may not interest people as much, but ever since I sped up the timetable for new Hunters pages releases, I've had a little less time lately to focus on art projects. Part of the problem is I have too many projects and ideas whether ongoing or not yet started.

I need to pick a direction is my biggest hurdle, and I'd love to hear your opinions on which of these big projects I should look into completing next. Pick as many as you'd like! (except all of them)

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Hunters Page 203!

Another Hunters page coming at you!

I'm honestly very happy that I've been able to start pushing out new pages more frequently, I'm feeling more productive with Hunters than I have in a long time. So let's get right into this, shall we?

Continuing from the previous page, Laruk is still trying to understand the abilities of the Stormguard wolves (or at least the ones she's met or seen), which includes talking a little bit about Nysha's ability, which has not yet been on display. Fu...

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November Character Sketch Requests CLOSED!

I'll be honest, the character sketches completely slipped my mind last month! These are still a bit newer though so hopefully the lack of this in October didn't bother people too much. But yes, I am offering sketches again! Please consider looking into one, I love a good challenge and love to see supporters trying out new rewards!

Here are a few guidelines for requesting character sketches:

  • Sketches will only be done in pencil.
  • You can request any kind of c...

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South Park Season 13 Episode 6! (Pinewood Derby)

How do we go from a wooden car race to first contact with crazy plot twists?

I honestly have no idea, but somehow South Park managed to do just that.

But seriously though; Randy does really get crazier and more erratic as time goes on with these episodes. I can only imagine how much more he'll change in future season.

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Hunters Page 202!

A new page is coming at your guys, and much earlier than expected!

I still love that I decided to switch panels and text to a digital format as opposed to a traditional. More freedom with how text is placed, less concerns about messing up in dialogue boxes or in the white spaces outside the panels, plus I get to put more focus from a drawing perspective on the characters themselves.

It's just an itty bitty timeskip, as Laruk and the sisters have moved to a different location while...

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One Day Left to Pick My Next Project (Multiple Choice Poll!)

This is different; I actually have too many projects and project ideas now!

So I'm leaving it up to my patrons to figure out what sounds the most interesting projects they think I should focus on next. Choose as many as you'd like (just, don't choose all of them, alright? I don't want to have to delete and restart the poll altogether).

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Hunters Page 201!

Another page of Hunters for your viewing pleasure!

I relented and starting switching back to my old method of shading and lighting, but I am still working on making slight adjustments over time, and of course I still will experiment with certain methods and techniques over time. But for now, I'm quite content with the method I am currently using, and it's not too difficult to get a handle on either!

Alina continues telling Laruk about the strangeness of their encounter with Vina, ...

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South Park Season 13 Episode 5 (Fishsticks)

What an entertaining episode to bring me back into the world of South Park after having to deal with COVID for a couple weeks there! And it was surprising to see that some of the concepts relate to some of what's going on these days. I mean, I could just be making connections never really intentional, but that's what makes this fun, right? Providing unique commentary and analyses on the material in front of me, long as I'm not claiming the original content as my own except for what actually i...

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Hunters Page 200!

Isn't this absolutely insane? I have just reached the 200th page of Hunters! This is a huge milestone for me, I mean, how many people can say that drew 200 entire pages of their own indie comic? Not too many I don't think!

Now that Alina has inserted herself into the conversation, things start to calm down just a little bit .

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Noooo, I Got COVID

Hello my lovely patrons.

I meant to get a few videos recorded this weekend. A few South Park reactions, a patron request from last month, another exclusive livestream where I finally drew some more tarot cards, and who-knows-what-game gaming session with my sis.

But then the unthinkable happened.

My throat bothering me all day on Thursday turned to dry cough, sore throat, slight abdominal pain, intense fatigue, and full-body aches whenever I moved on Friday. Tested myself...

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Hunters Page 199!

Another day, another page early provided to patrons!

But what in the world does Nysha mean by demanding how Laruk did that? What exactly is she referencing? What does that question even mean?

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Drawing An AMA Poll! (Batch 5)

Please only select your top TWO picks for whichever question you'd like answered in a simple Poppy illustration. I will draw the top 3 choices for patrons to view but only one will be shared publicly! I can see who picked what and how many choices they picked so please only choose two max otherwise I will delete and redo the entire poll! Thanks!

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Hunters Page 198!

Another page available, and way ahead of schedule! I'll be working a little harder now to finish three pages a month (although I will still plan on publicly publishing two new pages a month until further notice).

This new page here is definitely a dialogue-heavy page, and so full of strange words. I dunno, can any of you decipher the meaning behind Vina's words?

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Send Me Your AMA Questions!

It's that time again for answering some more community and fan questions! Send me up to two questions you would love to have answered, I will put them in a poll in about a week and we'll go from there! Here are the questions that have been answered so far!

  • Given your interest in science how do you correlate that with your interest in the more mystic arts of tarot?
  • Have you thought about doing a collab with another smaller YouTuber?
  • What ...

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Hunters Page 197!

We have a new page! And, we also have a new character! Strange eyes she has, huh? And her words and sudden appearance are no different.

The next page will be more dialogue-heavy, but it also will be different dialogue compared to normal pages, so stay tuned and prepared for that!

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September Character Sketch Requests OPEN!

Sketches are here for patrons to request! Please read the rules before requesting, and check out the images above to get an example of what I've drawn in past months!

The first is my interpretation of Mothman for Mare de Negotiorum for July. I didn't actually know too much about Mothman so I did a quick Google image search, then Wikipedia search, got the general jist and just drew what felt the most natural to me.

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South Park Season 13 Episode 4 (Eat, Pray, Queef)

Two words: double standard.

There are still so many of them even today, especially when it comes to double standards between men and women, and this episode made that problem pretty painfully clear.

And, I mean, besides that there's nothing else too terribly exciting to report on this episode (certainly not like was the case with the previous episode). But yeah! It happens sometimes.

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Drawing An AMA, Batch 4!

Wow, it's been waaaaay too long since I've done this! But after revisiting a bunch of posts due to the new Collections feature on Patreon desktop (kind of instead of tags, still getting used to it and don't like it too much), I rediscovered the section of AMA, or Ask-Me-Anything, posts.

So after many months, I've finally drawn the previous batch that was picked out in polls for your entertainment! Hope ya like 'em!

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The Old Tiers Are Gone!

I initially said I would delete the old tiers in October, but due to some potential issues with patrons switching tiers and since I had been updating Patreon for weeks about this, I've decided to delete the old Otterlings and Sea Otters tiers now.

To recap how the new tiers will change!

Otterpups (no new tier --> stays at $3)

  • You still have early / exclusive access to South Park content, new Hunters pages, and character sketch req...

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South Park Season 13 Episode 3 (Magaritaville)

Wow, this was definitely a long one!

Finally, I feel like now we're starting to move into territory that I can provide solid commentary on, as in, there are actually events and people and references I have some knowledge and memory about.

This one was no exception. I don't remember much about the effects the housing/stock market crash of '08 but I vaguely remember that period and know that there were issues around that time.

What I did not expect was seeing just how weird th...

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Hunters Page 196!

What's this? A page released earlier than usual? Heck yeah!

I did something a little bit different with this particular page. I've been wanting to get better with the light and shadow cast upon characters; more clearly-defined shapes as opposed to just blending colors. I don't think the result of the slightly altered method came across too well, but hopefully that can change with future pages.

Laruk has been feeling a little crestfallen for a variety of reasons, but Nysha...

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New Tiers Are Released!

It's a little early, but the new tiers are published and the old ones are unpublished, meaning old tiers cannot (a) receive new pledges and (b) will no longer see new Patreon posts, so now is the time to remove your pledge altogether or switch to a new one!

Keep in mind too that payments may still go through with tiers that are unpublished, so be sure to change or remove pledges; the old tiers (former Otterling and Sea Otters tiers) will not be deleted until October. View Post

Hunters Page 195!

Back with another page! Late again, I know, I really gotta fix my schedule when it comes to releasing these pages both publicly and for patrons.

I'll be shortly coming up on a favorite scene of mine that I've been waiting to draw for a while, but for now, let's check in with the trio who have clearly left Bakudo and the others by now.

Even Nysha, in all her chipper and optimistic and overbearing nature, could sense that Bakudo's story had started to talk something of a more grim t...

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New Patreon Tiers to Be Released Before Month's End!

Hey all!

Since I've put so much time and effort into working on adjusting the current tiers and building the new ones, I wanted to make sure to let you guys know that I will probably be publishing the new tiers within the next few weeks, before August ends. I don't have an exact date, but I will let you know when that gets closer.

Remember, you as the patron must delete or change pledges, I cannot do that. Once the new tiers are published, I will no longer create ...

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August Character Sketch Requests CLOSED!

Sketches are here for patrons to request! Please read the rules before requesting!

  • Sketches will only be done in pencil.
  • You can request any kind of character from one of mine to one of yours, or one established by another entity/company.
  • You MUST send me a reference image or link or it will not be considered for a sketch.
  • I am strongest with drawing ferals, anthros, and fantasy, but I am willing to branch out to things like mon...

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Important Tier Changes Post!!

Please read, this will affect patron statuses, monthly and annual payments, and benefits!

After a lot of consideration, and after getting feedback from numerous individuals and based on the results of the recent Patreon poll, I have decided to change around tiers once more.

However because Patreon cannot allow me to change tier prices while patrons are currently pledged, I will have to create brand new tiers, unpublish the old ones to prevent new people f...

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Changing the Patreon Tiers Poll??

Please vote, this will impact all current and new patrons!

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The benefits I offer patrons is incredibly varied (from art to early access to project requests) but lately I've been thinking that I need to change around the tiers and better understand the audience I'm trying to service both here on Patreon and even for YouTube to an extent. Consider my reasons:

  • With my ...

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South Park Season 13 Episode 2 Is A BANGER! (The C00n)

Ooooooh snap! Awwwww snizzity snap!

It's been a looooong time since I was this hyped to watch an episode of South Park unfold. There were so many great and fun moments throughout this video, and I clearly get very excited for many of the scenes.

Only one question remains now: just who is Mysterion???

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South Park Season 13 Begins! (The Ring)

It's finally here!

Sorry a new South Park episode took so long to put up on Patreon; things have been wacky and busy lately.

But yes, Season 13 is finally here for patrons, and...it's an interesting one for sure. We don't often see a Kenny-focused episode, but here we have one, and apparently he's got a girlfriend, and he's looking to get some action!

Buuuuut there's some wierd culty behavior going on with Disney and the Jonas brothers, I guess? And because of this, Kenny ca...

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Hunters Page 194!

I guess it was a good thing I decided to drop down to publishing only 2 pages a month; these can be difficult to push out quickly, even for patrons.

Hope the new format is working for everybody! Having to put in all the panel and dialogue outlines digitally does create an extra step for me and does increase the time spent on these pages, but you have to admit it looks much, much cleaner in the end. And with me having to focus less on all the boundaries and pen lines, I can focus a lot m...

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