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Menagerie 2025

Hey all! Posting some of the colored pieces for Menagerie 2024 and 2025 here a bit early, and also reminding folks that we are accepting subscriptions for the Menagerie Mailing List for another few days through our Kickstarter!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rukis/menagerie-project-2025

Reminder that this year, ShinigamiGirl has joined Alastair and I! A year's Subscription to ...

Portraits!

A few portrait commissions completed recently, for Kayin and Echo <3

Red Lantern - Windrose thru Chap. 8

Hey all! We've got up through chapter 8 of Red Lantern - Windrose. If I get any feedback on this at all I'll be appreciative <3

'Spring Thaw'

Piece completed for Ravus, of his snowmew lad!

Windrose Interior WIPs

Works in Progress for Red Lantern - Windrose interior illustrations! These will all eventually be completed in Graphite.

That last one. Oh boy. Been looking forward to writing that scene out for awhile XP

'Spring Thaw' WIPs

'Boyfriend Shirt'

Y'all get to see this one first!

Works in Progress!

Got some complex pieces on the deck this month

'Boyfriend Shirt' WIP

This one will be done soon <3

Menagerie 2025 Kickstarter

Hey all! The Menagerie Kickstarter is going LIVE at 1 PM EST on January 16th, that's THIS Thursday - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rukis/menagerie-project-2025

This year we're joined by the incredible ShinigamiGirl, and both the Male and Female List will be expanding to 69 images! (Nice) A year's Subscription to either list entails you to 69 Anthropomorphic Pinup images, 23...

Full Res File for this month

Red Lantern Windrose (Through Chap. 5)

I'm really finding my rhythm with these chapters. This has been an interesting project to undertake for me, not just because I'm writing off of 12-year-old comic scripts, (while making whatever changes I please, granted) but because of the alternating POV. I've never written a book this way, and I'll admit, I was a bit scared I wasn't going to get the hang of it, or that it wouldn't come together well.

I'm finding it liberating honestly, to not be tethered to one character over the co...

Double Res Images for this month

I'm adding a third because I realized I accidentally posted a duplicate two months ago XP

WIPs from this month

Little behind, as ever. Kickstarter wrapped up and it's been the holidays and all, so I've got some catching up to do!

Final hours for the Kickstarter!

We are in the final TEN HOURS of the Kickstarter for Red Lantern Windrose! We've reached every stretch goal and then some, so everyone who pledges will get the Trilogy with 30 Interior Illustrations and unique, Special Edition covers only Kickstarter backers will get! Tiers with exclusive swag are still available, and a Commander tier opened up in the last day. That's a tier with a Commission, so someone's change of heart could be your lucky chance ;)

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Full Res Image for this month

To celebrate the release of 'Brothers in Arms + Benefits', I thought this would be a nice choice this month ; )

Double Res Images

Double Res Images for this past month!

Red Lantern - Windrose Chapters 1-3!

It begins!

Red Lantern Windrose is the novelization of the 'Anchor Series' of Red Lantern, namely the story that takes place throughout the graphic novels. This is the main tale that all of the novels, short stories, and graphic novels are woven into, and the penultimate story for the lead characters of the series- Luther, Amon, Dhaval, Isolde, Grayson, Esha, and many more. Probably most people's entry into the series. I will be novelizing the main story, over the course of the next 2 y...

Black Flag Week Sale + Xtra swag for Patrons

It's Black Flag Week! Namely all orders from Storenvy this week get free swag! rukis.storenvy.com 

No Coupon code, no fuss, no muss. Every Order between now and 12/1 gets the free stuff, period.

Mention you're a Patron in the notes and I'll also include free stickers ; )

Boyfriend Shirt

Rough WIP for an eventual Menagerie image. Luther's been getting all of Grayson's attention lately, I felt it was Shivah's turn ; )

Kickstarter is still going strong, btw! Check it out if you haven't already

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rukis/red-lantern-windrose

Grayson Plush Concept Art

We unlocked the Grayson Plush as a stretch goal on day 1, sooooooooo-

Anyway, this concept art is headed off to the same folks working on fabricating the Luther plush. Current plan is to use long-pile fur for the tail and mane, so that we can personally tie on the little ribbon, and maybe a bead or two if we can figure out how to make it work. I'm dedicated to this little guy being customizable though, and I have some pretty fun, fanciful ideas about doing like... a 'dress your Grayson ...

The Red Lantern - Windrose Kickstarter is LIVE!

I barely had the time to get this post up, and it looks like we're about to hit our goal. Holy hell.

The Kickstarter is LIVE, and we're on our way to our first Stretch Goal! Please consider backing if you want to see this project come to life!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rukis/red-lantern-windrose

Red Lantern Windrose - Kickstarter Preview

It's been difficult for me to sit down today of all days and put my thoughts together about this Kickstarter, but now more than ever, I need to focus on doing my job, writing, and creating. The next few years are looking to be a very difficult time for queer artists in America, and this right on the heels of so many of us also dealing with damage from hurricanes, a drought, a recession, and an increasingly-challenging landscape of conventions and the very few marketplace spaces we even had wh...

'Rules of Engagement' Short Story

It's here! This is the masquerade, spoopy-season-themed short story I've been reading on streams and teasing about this month. This story takes place approximately 1 year after the events of Illicit Alliance, on a quiet little island in the south seas. Two unlikely friends meet again, and try to understand the complicated relationship they share.

This is part of my Dubiously Canon series of stories, (at least for now) but I have- as ever- tried to keep the character interactions as in-...

Full Res File for this month!

Illustration for this month's masquerade ball-themed, holiday-appropriate short story, 'Rules of Engagement', which I'll be posting shortly!

Double Res Images for this month

Amon's Halloween Dress-up

Drawn during the Halloween stream! Amon garbing up as a pirate, because mayyyyybe he heard Luther's quite the pirate hunter, and well... he'd like his booty hunted ;)

Background's a placeholder, I think I may color this one someday.

'Air It Out In Public' Short Story

OH lawd, it's time. The infamous skunking story!

This was supposed to go up last month, but hurricane, yadda yadda. This is actually a patron-backed story commission featuring one of Grayson's many... we'll call it 'misadventures', involving a skunk lass named Viola, and a series of events culminating in what MIGHT have been his ultimate humiliation. For now, anyway....

This story is adult, and contains some spicy scenes, as well as an absolute bucket-load of shame and humiliatio...

'Easy Mark'

The main illustration for 'Azimuth', the Grayson/Luther story posted... last month, was it? In any case! You can find the story for this image on the Full Story tier, and this will be one of the Double Res images next month!