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The Magpie’s Gift by Skul [Scene 3]

Secret commission reveal!

This piece was made exclusively for Patron Skul’s secret Christmas project and I’m happy we can finally share this with everyone! This is a scene from his video The Magpie’s Gift - A Zootopia Story.

This was my hardest piece to complete as I’d been on an involuntary hiatus for pretty much most of the year and struggled to just back to a good physical and mental state to draw again. Skul - Thank you so much for your patience and support an...

Piece Peek (Nick)

And here we are with Nick! Got his little sweater vest on and, won’t lie, I’m digging him in his sweaters. But if you’ve read my Christmas Needs More Cilantro comic, you know I like a good winter sweater on this fox :P

Speaking of Christmas, can you believe it’s December?!? I hope my U.S. supporters had a good holiday season so far and that ALL of you are gonna search for a little holiday cheer ✨

T...

Final Piece Peek (Judy)

Hola! I've been working on the piece I showed a few weeks back this month and today I finally finished it! Because it's a commission, I cannot post the final until a few more day. But it got me back into a a bit of a groove. Almost like walking again, but with crutches.

Whatever gets us results, right?

I'll share another peek later this week - thank you all for your patience. Life is getting slowly towards a new normal for me, which I hope will be good for you guys too!

Work…In Progress!

I honestly don’t know how to express my appreciation to all of you who’ve continued to support me despite my relative absence this year as I go through my own issues. You’ll never know that I’ve been thinking of this little community despite it all. I hope everyone’s been doing well and that the end of 2024 will be a good end-cap to your year.

That said, I’m happy to say that I’m back at my desk and am actively working on two commissions with a hot due date. For those who ...

Friday Nite Stream Friday @ 8PM ET

I can’t believe it’s July already.

Streaming in The Cove at 8pm ET this Friday. Help me get back into the groove with some ideas I can doodle - any practice is good practice!

Aloha Cove, Long Time No See

I’m SO sorry, I missed you guys so much. A lot has changed in my personal, professional and financial life - as well as my mental health - that have taken me way off course. BIG regrets that it took me so long to get back to you all or even check-in, this wasn’t my intention to go ghost but I’ve been struggling with a lot and art was the last thing on my mind. I honestly didn’t expect most of you to still be here.

This month I’m in a slightly better place so I’m going to sta...

New Comic This Month

Now that April is here and the first round of comms are done, I can finally turn all my attention towards getting my new comic out to you! After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to create it primarily in black and white for my own ease, with standout pages being in colour — this will be the case for the printed copies too. That said...

Help Wanted: Colorist (Paid Job)

If you know anyone willing to do 1) comic page flat colours and/or 2)backgrounds in general, please let me kno...

WIP | Details, Details!

This piece is getting done this week! Lots of little details take time to finish and it never feels like it's getting done, but the more time passes the more it comes together! Once every character has flats added I'll do very minimal extra shading before I close this one out.

Thanks for your patience, Ray!

Streaming Schedule This Week

I'll be working on the following this week before moving on to Uncle Nick in April:

• Monday (no stream): Christmas Needs More Cilantro - prepping for French translation

• Tuesday @8PM EST: Ray Commission

• Wednesday @8PM EST: Ray Commission (if still unfinished) or Colonel / Dom / Skul Commissions (Drafting Only)

All streams will be on the Discord server. This week was meant to be the first for the comic, but I want to clear the open com...

WIP | Rex Star, Guardian of the Cosmos

[Cue the explosions]

Still hammering this bad-boy out to make sure it looks good both to me and to Ray! The foreshortening and perspective were a challenge old Qal wouldn't have taken, but 2024 is the year we HAVE to take chances and make more mistakes to improve les arts Zootopie :> I aim to finish this by Sunday.

Next week I will not be working on commissions outside of drafting the ones in my accepted queue, to prep for the comic in April. Since I still haven't dec...

Streaming on Discord Tomorrow at 8PM EST

I'll be streaming Ray's commission that I started last week. One more character is left to do, but actually I found out today that the file hadn't saved last stream....so I'm redrawing (tracing) Judy literally right now (so you guys don't have to watch me REdo that part again LOL!)

Feel free to stop by if you like!

WIP - Ray Commission

Results from last night's stream - we got a lot done! Tonite I'll be working on the rest of Nikey and then move over to Jude :>

Thank you to everyone who stopped by last night!

Commission for Resident Patron Ray

The following is a commission based on the ideas of the commissioner themselves.

Drafting phase for Ray’s sketch piece with different options based on what he’s requested - a superhero OC with NJ and Cotton. Lots of shapes in this OC’s outfit so I know this is gonna keep me busy for the next few days!

Continuing on Discord tonite at 8PM EST :>

Streaming This Week

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope yours turns out to be a great week :> Shoutout to Thomas Wang for moving into the Little Rodentia tier - thank you, Thomas! If you or anyone else in the Little Rodentia tier and up would like access to my Discord server, please feel free to DM me and I’ll send over an invite link!

Stream Schedule this Month

I'll be streaming commission work in The Cove Discord server on Tuesday and Wednesday at 8PM Eastern Sta...

New Comic Dropping This April🦊!

Ahhhh spring. A time of new life and new beginnings. It's only fitting that I now happily announce that my brainchild, Uncle Nick, will be springing to your Patreon feed in comic form starting this April!

Set immediately after the events of Zootopia, the plot follows ZPA graduate Nick as he preps for his new career as a ZPD officer with the help of Judy. Doubts on ...

Commission Art

February provided an unexpected delay in my output that I'm just now rectifying, so apologies for the lack of communication. More info to come this week on the plan this spring, but my focus right now is completing some of the pieces in my small queue of commissions.

Below is Ray's WH (left side) x UN (right side) doodle pages. I'm a big fan of the derpy Piper at the top!

More to come th...

WildeHopps Night Sketchy

Yup, I did the forbidden thing last night. Thanks to everyone who came!

Commissions Are Open [Again]!

I've decided to open commissions again to give my brain a rest from Zootopia whilst I write a 200+page story. The below form includes pricing and offerings; those in the Donation Station tier are now able to submit a form as well! I'll take as many commissions as I can and refer to the list once I'm available again.

The Commission Ca...