Shikokubo

Patreon Payment Update

Hello there, this is Theo,

I'm changing the way im gonna handle my payouts here on Patreon. Due to my inconsistency with content this past month. I am going to change my payment method to being paid per creation, than by month. 

I find this much less stressing, because i may not deliver on time. During my artistic low periods, I often branch out into different creative directions, giving myself to make something in a new way and rest my mind on art. For example, I've burnt ou...

June patron billing cycle pause

Will not be taking money for next month. Due to lack of content and overall poor work flow.

Thank you so much for sticking around and supporting.

May Commission slots!

Will be opening three slots for this month!

I have three slots to finish from the previous batch of ten I opened back in February. Ten slots were the most I've opened at once and seem at best to finish five per month.
So I will finish those before moving onto the next, but I will open the slots for may to be claimed in advanced!

DM me on Telegram @Shikokubo for claim!

Howl & Jasper Page 15

Page 15 is complete! This will be the last stop for Howl and Jasper, and will be taking place at his home to the end! Going to take the opportunity to shed some light on Howls character and why things may seem a bit surprising given the neighborhood. 

Also was asked to show some more of my line art drafts! So here's some rough page work before it gets colored proper and dialogue^^ 

Tiny update

Recently got MediBang for my iPad. And loving it so far! Here’s the page 15 rough draft.

Also been chugging through a few commissions left, so on track to open for next month. :)

love you all take care.

Howl & Jasper Pages 13 and 14

2 more pages down! As much as I am keeping the story simple, I keep getting the urge to push the world building a little to help the character backgrounds. Well see what Howls life is really like soon enough! 

Much love for waiting guys ^^

now time to work on pg 15!

I wont be releasing these two pages public until i finish pg15! Trying to keep the patreon more enticing to see early content.

Just a small tease

Okay, close to the wire as usual with my scheduling page releases ... hehe. 

Feeling really jazzed about these two coming pages and want to polish pg 14 with my draftsmanship! So small sneaky peak of the lines 85% there!

Page 13 WIP

Line work is done for page 13! Time to polish and color, and then refine page 14. Just wanted to show a wip update of progress. I wish I could work faster, but slow and steady is all i can give er captian! 

I also am aiming to get everyones sketches approved in a weeks time!

Content Update!

Hey folks! 

Theo here to give a work progress update. February was a low content month, but set many art works into motion.

I'm currently half way through all commissioners sketch approvals! You can see a lot of WIPs on my twitter for those. 

Howl and Jasper page 13 &14 is being drafted as we speak, so look forward to a two page release in March!

Love you all!

Commissions OPEN

Made myself a proper flyer for future use. Keep an eye out for it every so often! 

Commissions have been open and there are currently 8 left!

COMMISSIONS OPEN

10 Slots will be available here for you folks for a handful of days! (Limit one per client atm) pls DM me @ Telegram for any more info!

Howl & Jasper Page 12

Phew! Just in time to get pg.12 finalized this month. Now we're on to the half way mark! 

Jasper once again seems to be a punching bag, due to his bashful curiosity. Although Howl's himbo status seems to subvert expectations,  we'll see if that's just a coy ruse. 

February Commissions Soon!

The time has come.
I will be offering 10 commission slots this month of February! Types of slots will be highlighted in my commission google doc! Link below.
As always, Patreon Patrons will have first dibs, and then will go public to my Twitter, in about a week of the announcement. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pqxqauOldorJ17X1sIS8hoC7DHNI8O4_JL91...

Howl & Jasper Pg. 12 Draft

Its late in January, and I'd be dead to myself if i had not released a comic page this month! Here is the draft to page 12, and I will have the final rendition finished this weekend. 

My physical sketch book is full of notes on the narrative I want to take, and its been very helpful for keeping my mind on track. I often want to fit too much into a page and result in breaking the scenes into two pages. 

For the next two pages, I'm focusing on getting Jaspers fl...

One commission slot available!

Happy new year folks!

This month I'll test the waters by handling one slot at a time instead of the usual three per month. I'll gradually increase the workload if I feel it's appropriate, but I will focus on feeling accomplished with small projects this year. And I'm very passionate about completing more Howl and Jasper pages, as well as making some small gag cartoons. I'm not sure what this year will entale for us, but I can garuntee some fun content on the way.

3 commission Slots Available! (Closed)

Opening 3 painted commission slots. First come first serve! Wil be keeping it available to patrons first for the week and then will move untaken slots to twitter public. Please DM me here and will announce when closed later.

*update 

Now closed thank you so much for nabbing the slots hella quick! Cant wait to get more paintings done ;)

Pins are shipping!

For those domestic to USA, your pins have shipped! Will be gathering the International orders to ship soon! 

I'm taking this as a learning opportunity now to understand how to handle product shipping at scale. Slowly realizing the actual financial costs of sending products such as pin has definitely been an eye opener, and sadly far more expensive than anticipated. 

Will be sticking to my word though, and getting these out is my mission >;3 

PLS READ PIN UPDATE

Retooling the way I handle shipping info, and gonna stay organized with google forms! Its way better than logging all the info by hand, and i can use all the info in the future as well. Thanks for your support! 

(To those who have DM'd me addresses , please fill out info again! thank yous!)

Pins Have Arrived!

Yay, the shipment of pins have just arrived! Going to get all the current patron supporters shipping addresses compiled and sorted. There's a limited run of 50, even if youre a new patron i will get ya one until the limited supply is gone!

Patron Pins update

Good news! The pin design was just approved for production, and was estimated to be shipped late this month. :)

Small Token of Gratitude

Hey Patreon Patrons, Theo here! 

I'm am very grateful to have your support. Its been a wild journey this year and I'm just enamored by your continued love and support for my work. I know that I haven't listed any specific perks for being a patron, and I think that if I focus on perks, it'd be too much for myself to manage delivering on top of current projects. 

(Don't people become patrons to support more of the thing they want to see from the creator anyway?)

Haha...

Howl & Jasper Pg.10

Jasper's been struggling with what seems to be the most embarrassing dinner of his life. Lets find out next page how Howl will handle the situation. 

Howl & Jasper pg10 (early wip)

Heyo guys, wanted to share an early look at pg. 10! The idea is now on paper, and I'll be able to refine it digitally asap. Thank you as always for your patience with me. It's been a rollercoaster for myself these past few weeks, but the urge to get each page out is always there. Much love, stay healthy!

New Discord Server Invite Link!

Heyo, we just made a Discord server for TreeBark! And we hope to engage and share more topics and ideas that we could discuss for the show!

Its still in its baby stage, but we hope to learn more and have fun ;3

Howl & Jasper Page 9!

I proudly present page nine! We're almost to double digits in pages!

Poor Jasper he tends to overthink and get caught up in thoughts. Hopefully Howl's true and honest nature can help him shake that.

Thank you so much for the support! Especially to those for continuing to after the Patreon change ^^

Howl & Jasper pg. 9 (WIP)

An early look at how I rough out my ideas for each page. Page nine main ideas now complete, time to refine!

Patreon Tier Update

Heyo!

I've just made a simplification to my patreon subscription model! You can check out the full details in the recent Patreon Update video posted here to my channel trailer or on YouTube.

TLDR: All support can now be made through one available tier called "Monthly Barker". I understand if this change will decrease the amount of current supporters. It is totally okay to cancel your monetary support! There's so many free options to help your favorite artist! Sharing art over soci...

Shikokubo Animated Intro

 Been super hyped to announce this intro for new videos over on youtube!  Working together with a really awesome artists over on Twitter by  https://twitter.com/Julesdrawz  The character animation is by them, while I roughed out the background, sound and FX. They'll be adjusting the background art and style, so things still in the works. Keeping it hush until complete! just wanted to give patrons an ear...

TreeBark - Ep.17 - Furtual Reality

 In this weeks episode, we start off with some banter and and catch up with the daily happenings. Being indoors most of the time gave us a great opportunity to get into VR, and the shenanigans that go into making the cyberpunk dis-topic future a reality.  

Patreon Shoutouts for July

Currently Working on finalizing and updating the Patron Credits voice work for this month.

I want to state that Patreon's relationship manager tool is rather unreliable, and does not provide me with the accurate subscriptions from my current patrons of the month. For example, I've had folks support me from the very start of this page to this very day! (much love btw) Although their name simply is not appearing under the list patreon is providing. This makes it more difficult to find eve...