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SO MUCH HAPPENING HAPPENED! Also SpookyCutes are here!

Hello lovely Patrons!

WHAT an amazing month September was. We launched Bedtime Stories for Biznizz Chimins, the book we wrote together on Twitch, set up a digital bookshelf right here on the Patreon page, had a ...

Quasars and the light at the end of the Galaxy

Hello incredible Patrons,

A few of you utterly outrageous folks have asked about an option for a higher Patreon Tier. We talk a LOT about what feels meaningful and authentic for me when it comes to the incredible community here so I put some serious thought into what would make sense for such an mind-blowing show of support. 

I've added a new tier called QUASARS and I am so excited to share it with you. You know I love me some space references and a quasar is one of the most ...

Something old, something new.

Hello lovely Patrons,

I have a little surprise for you. For a while now, I've been mulling over ways to share some of the books I've made with you - specifically ones that are out of print or that haven't been available in digital form. It just so happens that Patreon added a "shop" feature here for creators to share digital products and it seemed like the perfect place for me to set up a little bookshelf.

At the moment, there are three digital versions of my publications that are...

Patrons Only Pre-Stream Sketchbook Sesh!

Hello lovely Patrons,

I'm trying to build more sketchbook time into my studio practice and I'd love your help. There's a Patrons-only Sketchbook Request session on Monday Oct 2nd at 2pm est over in the Artinjest discord. I'll be sketching your requests and sharing some updates with you!

This hangout will be open to all tiers with Discord access. If you'd like to attend, 2023-09-20 12:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post

The Patrons Sketchbook Tour Series - Tour 14

Beautiful Patrons.

This little video is our most recent sketchbook tour that required an ENTIRE POP UP STREAM to get through. I'm going to have to start hiding these in some secret alt account OR allow 6-8 weeks to get through them! It is a joyful riot to wander back through a sketchbook and I'm so lucky to be able to do it.

We do these monthly tours live on stream, but the videos are available exclusively to you magical patrons through our 2023-09-19 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Peaks and Plummets: On motivation and navigating the new.

Hello lovely Patrons,

I make comics here on Patreon just for you  wonderful friends because it's a chance to explore something a little more personal or think through and idea a bit more deeply. I've been thinking a lot about motivation and the way mine can roller coaster during a new projects.

I love looking for new ways to create with you all and for you, and part of that means hitting a LOT of new challenges and training my brain to see that as a good thing. It can be so t...

Did you know…

Patrons get access to comics I make about whatever it is I’m currently stumbling through. They’re shared here with you shining diamonds and they’re typically a little more personal than the things I post on social media.

This is a tiny sneak peek of the comic coming out tomorrow and I can’t wait to share the rest with you.

Thanks for being here friends. You’re wonderful.

B

Hello lovely friends.

Good morning magicals! We’ve got early access to a new feature from Patreon that they’re trying out! Folks who are new to the page now have the option to join for free in order to get notifications when I post publicly!

From what I can tell, it works the same as a ‘follow’ function if there are friends who’d like a notification when I share something that’s open access and not specific to a Patreon tier.

It’s a nice chance for me to shout from the hilltops how grat...

Sketching Simplified: New Skillshare Class and free links for Patrons!

Hello you magical Patrons!

As many of you know, I teach classes over on Skillshare, an online learning platform with hundreds of creative courses. I love making classes there and we actually teach sessions in the Patrons Only section on discord to create them! My brand new class that we recorded with YOU beautiful Patrons is up now. It's called Sketching Simplified and it's a series of little exercises you can do in order or as stand alone lessons to warm up your drawing muscles or play...

Early peek for Patrons. The Crayon Fund and the Constant Feels.

Hello beautiful Patrons,

I wanted to pop this little video on here for you before it goes out on socials. As many of you know, we count crayons over on the Art in Jest Twitch channel because a portion of what we make on this channel goes to something called the Crayon Fund. The support on Twitch has made the Crayon Fund a reality, and every two months a donation goes to somebody we think is doing something awesome. Every single time I hit "go live" I am amazed and overwhelmed by the sup...

September wallpapers are here! Be a Biznizz Chimkin. Be a Doodle Frog.

HAPPY SEPTEMBER PATRONS!!

Oh there is so much to be joyful about this month. I am BEYOND excited to start shipping out the copies of Bedtime Stories For Biznizz Chimkins the storybook we invented, edited, illustrated and celebrated as a community on Twitch. Writing a book with the whole community has been an utter delight and I am ...

Memory holders

Hello lovely Patrons,

I wanted to share this project here before putting it out on socials. I was asked by a family member if I could paint on this saw that belonged to their grandfather and was worn in that way that turns tools into artifacts. They wanted a portrait of their childhood home and I thought I'd share how it turned out. Many of you know house portraits are something I've done a fair bit, but painting on a saw was brand new to me!

This project was a reminder of how muc...

A little painting timelapse and waiting for Fall

Hello you beautiful Patrons,

Our lovely friends at Viviva Coloursheets were kind enough to send me their fall palette to try out and the whole palette just looked perfect for a Ceropia moth.

Fun fact, I'm on a big moth kick lately and you may be seeing these beautiful creatures pop up in some perks in the future.

Hope you enjoy the little painting process. Happy Tuesday friends.

B

Patrons Only Comic: The Second Space

Hello Beautiful Patrons. Can I offer you a seat?

My studio is one of the single greatest gifts the Patreon fam has given me. Having a space exclusively to work from is a huge part of how I'm able to do so much of the work I love and it's been an ongoing process to make it suit my needs.

When we did our last 2023-08-15 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

The things that make us happy

Hello lovely Patrons,

I had the pleasure of taking one of the comics sessions put on by Sequential Artists Workshop the other day and I love posting them here. The comics I make now are almost exclusively here on Patreon because they tend to be more personal than my usual social media nonsense.

The session was about list-based comics and using lists as a way to set up super simple...

Let's finish a Sketchbook! Patrons only PreStream hangout.

Hello lovely Patrons!

I am almost done my current sketchbook but I'd love to get to help me fill the final page. We can chat all about it during the next Patrons only Prestream hangout coming up on Friday September 1st at 11am. I'm also going to be sharing some little updates about a certain Biznizz Chimkin! 

This hangout will be open to all tiers with Discord access. 2023-08-12 14:37:57 +0000 UTC View Post

IT IS TIME.

PATRONS I AM SO EXCITED!!!

Thank you everyone who joined me in the Patrons-Only hangout on discord yesterday. It is always such a joy to share all the earliest and sneakiest plans with you all. if you made it to the hangout, you already know the scoop.

BEDTIME STORIES FOR BIZNIZZ CHIMKINS IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE ORDER!!  2023-08-03 17:51:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Beautiful Fruitifuls : August Wallpapers for you Patrons

Lovely Patrons,

One of the things about living in a place where there is Winter in earnest is that we do not have some of the most magnificent wildest fruits readily on offer. Occasionally, I have been lucky enough to travel to warmer climates where the fruit and foliage just seems HAPPIER. I know deep-freeze days could do that to anyone so I wanted to celebrate what I think are some of the most GORGEOUS fruits I have ever seen. 

You know I love a little fact mixed with a sco...

A curio: a thing perhaps worthy of collecting

Hello lovely Patrons,

We have the pleasure of being one of the early Patreon communities to test out the new collection feature! One of the loveliest parts of being int he Ambassador program is the chance to try out some new things which I love. Patreon has been looking at ways to make it easier for us to gather and organize our goodies and has recently introduced this way of bringing different kinds of posts together, like sections in a library.

I've picked three obvious collecti...

Patrons-Only hangout Wednesday Aug 2nd 4pm EST

Magical Patrons,

There's a post-camp pre-stream hangout on discord coming up on August 2nd at 4pm est! Doing some sneaky scheming and chatting with you patrons about some upcoming goodies! This hangout will be open to all tiers with Discord access. You can get the event details here. If you'd like to attend, make sure you're in one of the discord tiers and that you have your discord...

Patrons only comic: The Five Year Mark

Incredible Patrons,

I learned during a livestream that my Patreon Page has just turned five years old. When it was pointed out to me I realized that I had NO idea we were approaching such a milestone, and that it's rare that I take a moment and actually look back at what we've done instead of forever planning what's next.

These comics I share with you here are often my chance to muddle through something with a mindfulness that comic-ing always brings me. Some of you might remember...

Thank yous and a little announcement!

Lovely Patrons,

What a sweetly precious thing it is to get to spend some time in my sketchbook so I could share a little time lapse with you. I wanted to paint something specifically to try to capture that floaty feeling of dreaming ahead to this fuzzy future and then ... oddly... finding yourself there?

When I first started on Patreon, ALL the goals I set seemed outrageous. The perks for hitting different milestones were made for a future that I could barely see with squinting an...

THE GREAT DE-FRANNEXING

Hello you shining gems,

Sharing this just for the Patreon fam before it goes out on socials. Many of you know that we use crayons to count subscribers over on the Twitch channel. We do this because a portion of the channel's revenue goes to The Crayon Fund. The Crayon Fund goes to someone we think is doing something AWESOME.

Our May-June Round was a heart-stopping TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT crayons *splutters in gratitude* I'M SORRY WHAT?!?!? Apparently the Jesters ...

July Wallpapers are here! The Snail Tiny Home Show.

Happy July wonderful patrons!

Does anyone else watch tiny home tours and van life videos obsessively? There is something in my cluttered mind that LOVES tiny home content. They're always vegan minimalist yoga instructors who somehow have all clear surfaces and ONE plant and I look around at my riot of art supplies and MARVEL.

This line of binge watching got me thinking - y'know snails really were the tiny house movement before it was cool. Imagine a whole series of snails showing ...

Pre-stream behind the scenes schemes MONDAY June 26th 2pm

Magical Patrons,

We have some BIZNIZZ to discuss about a certain chimkin. There's a Patrons only pre-stream hangout so I can show you some very special sneak peeks and get some diamond-studded input from you.

Hangout is on MONDAY June 26th at 2pm est over on discord and will be open to all tiers with Discord access. You can get the event details here. If you'd like to attend, ...