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Pinup - Rupi Mangat, Pregnant and In Love

Here’s a bit of an unscheduled surprise! I know there’s a few pregnancy lovers here, and while it’s not always my favourite subject, I find these sorts of illustrations are immensely fun to draw and surprisingly engaging. Either way, I hope you all enjoy this, and if it’s not to your taste, don’t worry. There’s new stuff in the works, as always 😛

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Farmers’ Market (4-page Image Set)

The full set is available via your Dropbox Reward Folders for all Lovely+ Tier patrons!

This took me so long to do and it’s only 4 pages long 🤣 I could honestly keep going with this premise, especially after all the work I put into setting up the backdrop and the scene, but I have to call it eventually. In the end, I feel like I’ll just keep trying to make the most of this premise to justify the time I spent on it, so uh… I’m just gonna call it here and move ...

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Farmers’ Market Update, What’s Next?

AGHH why isn’t this ready yet!? I worked so hard on this detailed, layered background, and now I’m working really hard on the scenes. I really wanted this to be ready before the month was over 😫

But honestly… I need to just admit to myself that this won’t be done by the end of the day like I wanted. Like, I could… perhaps I could. But I think I just need to stop for a few hours 😅 I’m sorry Lovely and higher tiered patrons. This set is nearly done, but...

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Farmers’ Market - Background Sneak Peek

More to come on this illustration series starring Hua Li and Emily Ma as they work at the Spring Valley Farmers’ Market. I hope you enjoy this backdrop though… I don’t. Maybe I went a little too hard. But this is what’s happening 😂

The full illustration series will be available this week for Lovely+ tier patrons!

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Mommy’s Girls - Charlotte, Veronique, and Frederique Allard (5 Images)

March/April Dropbox Folders will be distributed to all Patrons shortly based on pledge level. I know this is an awkward time to distribute reward folders, in the middle of the month. I apologize if this causes any inconvenience for any reason.

The Mother/Daughter set, now finally titled Mommy’s Girls (low-hanging fruit, I know, but someone suggested it and I love how it sounds) has received new entries. The Allard girls can be found having fun in one of the C...

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Pregnant Rupi, Girls of Autumn Lake, Island Babe

Here’s an assorted set for your enjoyment while you wait for the new comics and illustrations! In this set, we have a private commission, a future story, and a non-Patreon project. I won’t say which is which 😜 Just having a li’l fun ❤️

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Sneak Peek & News

This WIP illustration features Charlotte, Veronique and Frederique Allard. I’m plotting this one out as a multi-part illustration, but I keep changing my mind about how I want to do that 😅 anyway, you’ll get to see this trio soon in this illustration and at least one other, so I hope you look forward to it!

Thank you as always for putting up with me and for your continued support. I ended up spreading myself too thin after my week off, working on a lot of things that are either d...

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Slumber Party featuring Evelyn, Hannah and Nileya (2 Images)

I’ve been meaning to do a new feature pinup for awhile, something I can showcase on banners and such, and I think this might be it 😋 I hope you all like the new illustration. More goodies are on the way! Coming up next? More mother/daughter goodness 😈

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April 2023 Animated Sticker Poll

Pictured here are four ideas for our next animated sticker. I couldn’t decide on Which would be best to draw next, so I’m coming to you for help!

A) Naked Apron Evelyn
Here we see Evelyn whisking something in a bowl, facing away from us as she ha...

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Mid-March News

Hello, everyone!

As advertised I took a week off last week for personal things, and although I wasn’t nearly as productive as I’d hoped, it was still time well spent.

This week, we’re getting back to work starting with a new animation poll. I’ll be sharing a collection of sketches for new stickers with our Girlfriend+ tier patrons that they can use to decide which animation I’ll be creating next. Also coming this week, all patron...

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Animated Evelyn - Hi! Hi! Hi!

Evelyn’s here and she wants to say hello! This new animation will be available shortly for all Discord users to enjoy as a sticker. Thank you, as always, to my Girlfriend+ tier patrons for making these animations possible. As I work more at this, the possibilities of what we can do with animation feel endless. More stickers, animated shorts, game development… of course, that’s all part of an ongoing conversation that Girlfriend+ tier patrons can join in the Animation Lab channel on Disc...

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Animated WIP - “Hi, Hi, Hi!”

Next on our animation journey is something with a little more movement! I really wanted to draw this because we can see Evelyn’s full body in motion here, including lots of motion from her skirt, her shoelaces, and her hair. Additionally, I really wanted to make a sticker that our Discord users can use to greet people with, because everyone’s so friendly over there 🥰

I included the current WIP here as well as just the cleaned up key frames. About the first half of the animation h...

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March Update, Animation and Comics

New Dropbox Folders will be sent to all patrons based on their pledge level toward the end of the week

Hi all, We’re a few days into March now, and if you have access to the Animation Lab channel on our Discord, I’m sure you’ve seen what I’m working on right now 😋 In January, I posted our first animated sticker, a happy little animation of Evelyn nodding her head like a doofus. I’m now working on our second sticker of Evelyn jumping up and down and waving e...

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Valentines Date with Evelyn 2023 (10 Images)

I hope you enjoy this belated little image series starring Evelyn on Valentine’s Day ❤️

Being perfectly honest, this series didn’t turn out quite like I’d like. Coupled with this month’s other story taking more than twice as long to draw as I’d planned, it’s been a month of little disappointments 😭 I hope you all enjoy it anyway.

I originally had a more lofty idea for this one, mostly in that I wanted to have more poses, like a mini comic, but somehow this v...

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Honey Girl Diary 4 - Up a Rabbit Hole (6 pages)

Hey everyone! Thank you for your patience. The new Honey Girl Diary chapter is finally up on Dropbox for all patrons at Lovely Tier or higher. For new and upgraded patrons, don’t worry if you don’t have access to the Dropbox folders yet. I’m about to resend all of the Dropbox reward folders shortly, so you’ll have it in a matter of minutes!

This story took a long-ass time to finish, but to be perfectly honest, I’m not sure how it turned out that way! ...

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Happy Valentine’s Day & Update!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I’ll try to be brief for once in my life and provide a quick update for a change 😂

First off, I see that there are some new patrons and some pledge upgrades! Thank you for showing your support. Your support is truly, factually and completely the reason I’m able to do this, explore these stories and characters, and why I’m able to begin branching out into animation and other forms of storytelling. I will be sending...

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Animated Sneak Peek - Hi, Hi, Hi!

Boy, this animation is really putting a smile on my face. I hope you’re all enjoying this as much as I am because this is crazy satisfying.

Here’s the sneak peek for our next animated sticker. This animation is called ‘Hi, Hi, Hi!’ I’ll let you work out why that is 😂

The new Honey Girl Diary is currently in the works and will be followed by this very fun animated sticker. As promised, I’ll share my work here and on Discord as I work on it, includin...

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February News & Sneak Peek

We’re starting off February with a story I wanted to tell last month (better late than never, right? 😅) The newest Honey Girl Diary (titled Up a Rabbit Hole) is presently in development. It stars Seo Mina and features some of our other fine girls (Emily Ma, Hua Li, Hannah Cheng, and Hoshino Midori) at the Spring Valley Community Center during an event celebrating the Lunar New Year. That story should fall somewhere in the 6-page area and will be published for <...

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Good Girls 8 Sneak Peek - Introducing Angel!

I’m really excited to introduce a new Good Girl today, but before I get too deep in, let’s get something out of the way 😅 A while back, I teased a different character to star in Good Girls chapter 8 named Sara. Sara is still coming, and will star in a feature chapter as well! I have decided to tell this story first, that’s all 😅

Good Girls 8 - Coconut Cream Pie starring Angel Sinclair

The next Good Girls story is titled Coconut Cream Pie and w...

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Mother/Daughter Series, Part 3

The full dialogue can be found in the Mother/Daughter folder via Dropbox!

Wow so when I discussed this illustration with the patron who funded this, we had agreed to do this illustration to segue into the coming mother/daughter illustration sets. I had this thought to put all the characters involved into one illustration and we just fell in love with it. It’s an ambitious little picture just for how crowded it could have felt, but I think it worked! Even better with t...

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Guan Sisters (3 Illustrations)

Lovely Tier patrons can check out the Guan triplets spending quality time with their stepdad in the Guan Sisters reward folder via Dropbox. Remember that some reward folders have content warnings in their name to help you decide whether you want to see that content!

The Guan sisters aren’t my creation, rather they belong to the patron who funded this series. All the same, they are a delight to draw. 🥰 More illustrations coming soon, and a new comic is coming later ...

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Evelyn’s Character Sheet & Animated Turnaround

Clearly I’ve felt very inspired to continue animating. I wanted to be ready to create two more animations for Discord next month, which means a character sheet like this goes a long way. In the past, I’ve disliked drawing character sheets—they’re a little too meticulous for my liking—but I’m getting more use out of them lately, and they’re absolutely necessary for traditional animation. Eventually I’d like to combine these traditional animation techniques with what I’ve lear...

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More Emily & Regina Ma, Reward Folders

The full dialogue version will be in the Reward Folders… which will be sent to all patrons shortly based on pledge level!

This is actually my favourite illustration of Emily Ma. Or maybe my second favourite… that one image where she’s covered in food is kinda… 🤤

This month, patrons can look forward to more from the Mother/Daughter series. The next illustration in that one is a little complex—perhaps the most complex in the series, so I’m clearing my...

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More Animation WIP

For your approval and enjoyment, here are some work-in-progress images for Evelyn’s cartoon-style character sheet. I figure I’d take the time and effort to do this right since I absolutely LOVED creating the last animation and I can’t WAIT to do the next one!

Anyway, I’ve got some other illustrations I should focus on finishing, but I hope all you amazing, supportive fans of animation enjoy this in the meantime. 🥰

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Design Commissions, Updates

Here are a couple of character design commissions I did for a patron. These original characters were created as though they’re part of the world of Good Girls and as though they’re students at Spring Valley High School… which is amazing and super flattering. I love it when you all add to the world in your own way like this. 🥰

If we’re working on something together right now, just know that it’s in the pipeline and it’s coming soon! I was so excited by all the fun...

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Evelyn Animation Updated

I added more buffer frames so the animation doesn’t flit by so fast. There’s a linger on the key frames now which I think looks a little better and a little more natural. Lot of lessons learned here! Enjoy!

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Animated Evelyn! (…and other updates!)

There’s so much to say, I don’t know where to start 😂 Okay, let’s start with this animation!

So I did another Evelyn animation! Unlike the other animations though (rigged and animated using Spine 2D), this animation was animated using traditional techniques in ClipStudio. I made this because I want to do more with animation and also as a fun little treat for our Discord users (this will be available shortly as a sticker on our server!). This is my first full animated loop done ...

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Animated Preview, A New Year Coming

I know this is just a tiny little thing, but I didn’t want to leave you all with nothing just before the New Year! Unlike the other animations I’ve made in Spine, this one is animated more traditionally in Clip Studio. It’s not done yet, but I had a lot of fun putting this together so far and I couldn’t wait to share it.

This is very fitting I think to share this now. Animation is a big part of the direction I’d like to be moving in, especially in the new year. I keep holding ...

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Happy Birthday, Evelyn! Discord Sticker Sneak Peeks

Wow, working out what style I want to do our Discord stickers and emojis In has been a trip. I hope everyone likes what I settled on—something in between Spring Valley Striptease and a more traditional Good Girls style. I like this because it’s soft, colourful, and I think it’ll look good in a little animated sticker format. I hope you all like it too.

Feel free to suggest the poses and animations you’d like to see. If there are sufficient suggestions ...

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Emily & Regina at the Park

Emily’s mom is visiting from Summer Hill. What better way to spend some time as mother & daughter than at the park? You can see the full text version in the Dropbox Reward Folder “Autumn & Winter Goodies” or in the Patrons chat on Discord.

This… doesn’t even have anything to do with our current Mother/Daughter series. This was just a requested commission that I thought sounded great. 😛

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