Amanda Lafrenais

Toxic Witches Character: Tam

Tam is a supporting character in Toxic Witches. They're basically a social services worker for magic users, and they enter the story when Elleanor basically needs protection services after her and Rachel's first big fallout and Rachel goes MIA. They end up trying to help her emotionally and becoming a friend.

They grew up wishing they could be a cowboy, but even though they live in a world of secret magic, being a professional witch is still a more viable career than cowboy in their mod...

New print idea: Slime girl type!

I want to make a new print for MoCCA, of a slime girl, and was curious if I should make one of my Strawberry Jam girl (pictured below), or a new Slime Girl.

Chablis/Starry Knight's Hilt-Wand Concepts

Some sketches planning out the magical girl wand for Chablis/Starry Knight. I had a good visual of it in my head, but needed to really draw it out to get a more solid feel for it. I wanted to do a 3D model of it, but I just don't have time. Maybe at a later date when I have more time. Instead I did a sloppy lumpy 10 minutes 3D sculpt of it for a quick reference.

The idea behind her having a hilt is that she can channel her powers into whatever wand, weapon or tool she needs. This seems ...

Characters: Toxic Witches

Characters for a comic I want to make eventually, Ellie (left) and Rachel (right).

The comic is about two witches and best friends in a coastal Texas town, and how their codependent relationship turns toxic when its no longer stable.

 Spoilers below if you care about that sort of thing:

Ellie is insecure and grappling with not understanding if she likes Rachel as a friend or a love interest, which causes them to not be friends on equal footing, with Rachel always having...

Preview: Iris and Angel Pages 53-58 (NSFW)

Some pencils for Iris and Angel's 3rd chapter that I'm currently inking. These are clean-up pencils, the rougher layers were dropped prior to this.

Also I won't be hosting posts on my blog anymore, I'm just gonna put them here.

2019-02-20 07:44:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Question about posting format

I'm going to be sharing a lot more this month, and was curious how people felt about the way I shared the last two posts. Is it awkward to click through links to my website? Would you prefer they be hosted on Patreon's dashboard as well?

Love Me Nice clothes sketches

 Current Love Me Nice chapter is almost done, and the only thing not in stone for the next 2 chapters is clothing. So I took a break from finishing I&A pencils and doodled those. 

2010 2-page Love Me Nice bonus comic

Here is a 2-page Love Me Nice comic I made as bonus material, back in 2010 when everything was based on Paypal donations. I’m old now.

This is also my first post using the WordPress Patreon plugin, so let me know how it goes.

About lack of updates (and Nov sticker packs)

First off, I apologize for the lack of updates in December. I had such a busy schedule and a million things to do that I would turn off my PC and go to bed and forget to post to Patreon. This is not cool of me. I know everyone is real chill about it, but I really wanted to start giving y'all more art and previews. I even have some posts half-typed up about comic ideas of mine I need to finish and publish.

So if people cancel their pledges, I hardcore will not hold it against anyone. I a...

Working on a Patreon-friendly blog

You may have seen me post some tests linking to a Wordpress blog. With Tumblr changing (and never being optimal anyway), Facebook continuing to be a mess, and Pillowfort promising but too new to trust, I've been working on my own personally hosted blog. I'm almost done, and it will have Patreon integration so I can make Patron-only posts, and share them here so people can see them on their dashboard. But you will also be able to see these posts without ever opening your Patreon dashboard, if you...

Sticker packs mailed out!

I got some hiccups thanks to some wierd local problems but Sticker Packs for November supporters have been mailed!

New tier (stickers) and Special Discount

Hello! Sorry this is late, been busy, but two things:

1) A new tier has been added!

2) I have soft-launched my store, I'll be announcing it soon but am sharing the link here first: https://amandalafrenais.tictail.com/

All Patreons can order anything from the store this month and get FREE SHIPPING using the code PATREONNOV. This code will change next month. As stated before, do not advertise this as this is...

Apologies for no updates, and upcoming changes ( Patron Only Update)

I have been very busy, and recently very sick, and while I appreciate y'alls continued support, I feel bad for delaying planned changes to Patreon I've been working on.

Next month, 3 things are going to happen:

1) I'll be launching my Drip account as an alternative, as Patreon keeps getting weird about how it handles NSFW artists and other things. I will not be closing my Patreon, but welcome people who want to switch over. I'm trying to future-proof against Patreon changes.

2) Sti...

Making MKR minicomics - process pics!

So I've been working on making mini comics with my home studio, and have worked on enough prototypes to almost be ready to make a bunch. I just gotta finalize the cover art and stock more interior and cover paper.

For my most recent prototype I took pics of the whole process, for those curious.

First the finished product:

2018-09-12 17:43:44 +0000 UTC View Post

New backer tiers soon: stickers and mini comics!

Hello everyone! I apologize for the lack of updates, I have been extremely slammed as an editor and artist, and my editor job obviously isn't something I can share behind the scenes. However this is about to change.

Not only have I returned to working on comic pages, so expect more previews again, as those who follow me on Twitter know I have been beefing up my studio lately and I began producing mini comics and stickers. 

  In addition to returning to sharing comic previe...

Iris and Angel - 028 (WIP, inks)

Heya! Here's a preview of Iris and Angel, specifically the inks for page 028!

"Mermaid": Unfinished 13-page Slipshine Comic

The following is a Slipshine comic I started in 2016-2017 but, due to reasons of mental health crisis and depression, I never finished. I forgot about it and recently looked it over again, and I thought I'd share the unfinished pages.

I might finish this eventually, if I find the time, as is I'm trying to focus on MKR for Slipshine. Maybe I can finish this as a goal for Patreon? Dunno. We'll see. 

2018-07-20 08:45:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Some Starry Knight costume upgrade idea doodling

Just like it says on the tin, last night as a warm-up I doodled some Starry Knight costume upgrade ideas. Cuz a magical girl needs those fancy bells and whistles to denote growth and also its pretty.

(NSFW) Prince Bouillon Pinup Sketch

Just a sketch of Prince Bouillon for fun. Nothing much to say about it, I just wanted to doodle him. 

3 Miracle Knight Remix (Slipshine) Pencils

got a little bit of penciling done for Miracle Knight Remix, my next Slipshine chapter, and thought It'd be nice to share the progress. Even if the pencils are sorta loose. I know the process interests people.

2018-04-15 06:30:49 +0000 UTC View Post

NSFW-ish style practice for a comic

This is a style test for a comic I'm working on, rather hastily honestly. I'm subbing in for a dropped artist in an anthology I'm editing, and had to brainstorm something kind of fast. So I've now got 3 comic projects for April.

hoooooooooo boy.

I'll share the context of this art soon.

Maybe not gonna do private live streams

So, I think I'm not gonna do private live streams. The idea was nice, a way to reward patrons for their support, but I realize why I like to stream: company.

I am currently living in a smallish Texas town, a 3 hour drive from my nearest friend, so while I am comfortable and saving money I am also restless and lonely. Live streams have always been a way for me to get over that, hang with people. But whenever I make them private for Patrons, only a few people show up.

I also can't really k...

Pencils and dialogue for LMN 221 & 222 (spoilers?)

I am looking forward to being able tighten the pencils and ink these but figured they'd be nice to share for those interested because I MISS MY COMIC SO MUCH

Old Group Photo - Sketch for a LMN page panel

Here are some loose pencils for a sketch of a photo that'll be the focal point of a panel of page 222. It'll get tilted and shrunk so I thought it'd be fun to share.

Time for live streams: 6pm CT

Based on the current state of the poll, the time for daily 1 hour (min) work streams will be 6pm CT. I'll happily adjust it with time. 

Iris and Angel page - work in progress inks (ch 3)

Just sharing some almost-done inks for a page in Chapter 3 of Iris and Angel. 

Space Harem Character: Sorta-Slime Girl?

Kicking dev blog off with an addition to that lesbian space harem comic idea, which has becoming increasingly more likely for the future. It's graduated from a cute idea to something I genuinely want on the list of Comics I wanna Make Someday.

Anyway, slime-ish girl. The idea initially was to fill a role I was writing, and make a really complicated carefully thought out alien girl, but I kinda just we...

Preferred time for live streams

As my previous post stated, I will be doing daily live streams while I work every day. But I wanted to get a better idea of what times worked for most patrons, so if you would kindly participate in this poll I would appreciate it.

Note: All times are in Central Time (CT) as that is the time zone I live in, and I've chosen time window options that work for me:

Private Live Stream Link

As my channel is now set to private, you will need to access it via this link. I will update when the link changes.

Patron Tier changes! New direction for blog!

Hello! I wanted to get this update out before April started officially, so that people could choose to continue with their pledges or discontinue based on changes.

Long story short, I've decided to make my Patreon a development blog. All the concept sketches and idea brainstorming I normally would do on, say, Twitter, will now be contained here. This is not just to create content for Patrons, but to give my development a little more privacy, and a tighter sense of community. I no longer wish t...