cheyenne barton

043. at last, the missing piece!

Hello friends!!! Happy Friday~~ I hope y'all like this episode — I talk a bit about work things and then launch into the wonders of getting my ADHD diagnosis and how things have changed for me in the short time since.

I hope you're doing alright and we will talk soon >:)

this month's physical rewards!!

Hi y'all!! Here are this month's physical rewards~ I'm trying out a new printer service for my postcards and stickers (my die-cuts at least) that's located a bit closer to Seattle to try and cut back on shipping emissions. They also have eco-friendly print options for p much everything, which I'm also a big fan of :D (it's jukeboxprint.com in Vancouver, CA!) <...

✸ march sketchbook pages ✸

Helloooo friends! Here's this month's sketchbook pages~ I started drawing again about a week and a half ago after a long, creative dry spell, and I'm having SO MUCH FUN ahhhhh!! I'm having lots of fun playing around with bodies and styles and just like. Scrawling stuff out hehe

Also, you'll see in my traditional sketchbook that I do a good bit of copying, and I've got the appropriate handles/names of the artists I'm copying next to each drawing. I'm realizing that if I want to draw fana...

042. movie nights & sourdough "hooch" ft. connor!!

This week's podcast features the one, the only, Connor Miller!! We've got our 3 year anniversary staycation this weekend, and I'm excited to just stay somewhere for a night that isn't our house, even if it's only a couple neighborhoods away. There's a really cute nook in the kitchen that I know will be very good for drawing in my sketchbook *u*

I hope y'all are well!!! I love you so xx

desktop icons for march !!

Hi y'all!! For this month's $2 download, we've got a cutie icon set (and a simple little desktop wallpaper too) <3 You can use these icons for your desktop, your Notion, or even your phone !! Customizing your icons on Windows and Mac is a bit different, and I've got screenshots showing you how to do it on Mac, but here is a how-to for Windows 10 2021-03-19 00:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post

at long last: a new video!!!

hey y'all!! FINALLY I've got a new video for you! I'm waiting on the subtitles right now, but I hope you enjoy this studio vlog made up of footage from the last few months. I love you lots and lots xx 

(and again) pls choose your favorite icon style!

Hi y'all! So I realize I should have made this a poll in the first place, lol, but! I touched up the icons a bit by thickening the outlines, and then made the three different versions I'm trying to decide between. I'm leaning towards the combo, as it'll come through even on busy desktop backgrounds, but I still wanna hear ur thoughts :> thanks again!!!

I'd love your input on these icons!!

Hi friends!! I'm in the midst of designing the icons for the $2 tier reward for this month, but I'm a bit stuck...this is my first time designing icons like this, and I can't decide if I want to do thicker black outlines for a more traditional "icon" look?? if that makes any sense, I'm thinking of the item icons from Paper Mario 2 as a specific inspiration point!! i mean look how well done these are: 

2021-03-10 20:07:24 +0000 UTC View Post

gonna be streaming working on some patreon rewards !!

Hi y'all! Idk how many of you know this, but I stream now! I stream art on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1pm PST, and then I do video games on Saturdays around noon/1pm PST. And today, I'm gonna be working on the $2 reward for this month~ I'm making a little desktop icons/wallpaper pack! I've had a lot of folks express interest in this kind of thing, so I thought it'd be fun to give it a go. :> I'm going live in about an hour ...

I want to try out physical rewards this month...

EDIT: OKAY so I think I changed the settings for this tier so it should be accepting your shipping address now...I believe if you go to your "Profile Settings" (which should be under your user icon in the top right corner on desktop), you can scroll down and add your shipping address, and then choose which creator to use that address for. Please let me know if my name appears on the options now!!

Hi friends!!! So, as I mentioned in a post last month I think, I ...

pls help me choose a colorway for this drawing!

EDIT: it appears that bright blue has won (just barely)!!! that'll be the one that shows up in the thumbnail on insta, but i'll probs post them all in a carousel, so peeps can check out the other versions. thank you so much for helping me decide y'all!!

hi friends!! So I drew this piece last night, and I can't quite decide which colorway I like best for the leaves so please help me choose D: 

1. bright green

2021-03-05 00:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post

do y'all like P.O. box unboxing videos??

Hello friends!! Happy March~

I visited my P.O. box yesterday for the first time in like 4 months?? and I had a bunch of stuff waiting for me! That, combined with the fact that I've just been stockpiling P.O. Box things since maybe September?? I have quite a pile of things to open, and I was wondering if you'd like to see a video of it!! I've never done a video like this before, and so I wanted to gauge ur interest :D

Let me know what you think!!! I love you!

Love,
Chey 2021-03-03 17:51:58 +0000 UTC View Post

february sketchbook!

Hi friends!! Here is our february sketchbook tour~ I didn't draw much at all this month, but I've been drawing a storm the past 3 days cause I finally felt my drawing capabilities come back to me, lol. I'm currently trying to work out how to translate the pretty anime boys from Persona into my style, as I'm not used to drawing ~handsome people~ and usually draw cute, soft characters. It's a fun challenge!

I also have some notes from therapy in there too — I'm at a bit of a threshold ...

041. at a threshold

Hi friends!! Here's this week's podcast episode~ It's rather rambling (maybe more so than usual) as I update y'all on what my days have been like and what I've been thinking about re: my business things..and how I want to structure stuff moving forward! Maybe! I'm, as my therapist said, "at a threshold" rn and I just gotta step into the next room even though it's dark and scary and I don't know where the light switch is. (that metaphor maybe doesn't make sense ignore me!!!)

I love you! ...

an ambient video for february!

hello friends!!! Here is that ambient work video I talked about — it's just over an hour of me drawing, there's a little chatting in there too!! I hope that it can keep you company during your workday or whathaveyou~ I love you so much, and thank you again for your flexbility and understanding xx 

Love,
Chey

a little crochet coaster tutorial !

Hello dear ones!! Here is that crochet video I posted about <3 Like I say in the video, my art stuff has been weird this month, so if I can't deliver a printable, I hope that this video can suffice in its place. I hope you like it!! 

I'm very happy with how it turned out, and I think it's decently easy to follow?? I've linked to some beginner tutorials in the description, as well as the video I initially followed to learn this pattern. WOOOOO enjoy!! I love you!...

do you like bg music or no?

Hi y'all!! I'm putting together a little crochet video/tutorial (though I'm hesitant to call it a tutorial but I do walk you through making a cute coaster), and I was curious about whether or not I should put bg music..I'd be using my standard chill classical/jazz background music, but I know some folks like tutorial-type videos to not have any background noise so they can focus on the instructions. What would you guys prefer? Please let me know!! <3

040. ADHD & being a phantom thief

hello friends! <3 in this podcast episode, i talk about ADHD, building new systems, and fighting against apathy. (i feel like i've used this exact metaphor in a previous podcast but it's still relevant!!! so!!) I hope you like it! I love you dearly xx

thinking of making some changes to this tier...

Hi friends!! I hope y'all are well. I'm in hardcore "rest time" mode, as you know — I'm already feeling a bit better and I can feel every cell in my body being like GET BACK TO WORK, COME ON cause I'm getting little bursts of inspo and motivation but I have to really slow my roll and take this time to establish a baseline of operation or else we'll be here in breakdown land in a couple months time 🙃

Anywho!! I wanted to chat with y'all about this tier! I've really enjoyed doing the...

a mental health update

hi friends! I feel like it wasn't too long ago that I posted a video like this, but it seems a lot of the same things are plaguing my brain. This is a video basically explaining that I hit a sort of breaking point this past weekend, and am gonna be keeping very quiet for a while to realign myself and establish a baseline. I'm still gonna be posting here for you guys, of course, but I'm probably not gonna be posting on Insta, Twitch, or YouTube. I'm in "crisis self care mode" as Connor calls i...

january tea time is here!

Here we are friends! Our January tea time~ I hope that you enjoy it!! As per usual, the menu is under the video on Youtube. If you've got any questions or anything, please let me know! I love you!!

january sketchbook tour!

hello friends!! here is our january sketchbook tour~~ i didn't draw too much this past month (what with the stress of all the Events that happened in the beginning of the month), but I like what I did draw! I'm slowly solving the mystery of my style problem...slowly but surely...

I am particularly fond of digital sketchpage featuring the lass holding the basket of leaves!! Idk, I love the softness and movement on that whole page :') 

I love you so! Happy Wednesday xx

questions pleeeeeease!

QUESTION TIME gimme those queries for our january tea time! i'll be filming it thursday afternoon (as friday is connor's bday hehe) so please send them in! apologies for the quick turnaround — my food poisoning bout last friday really threw me off, lolol. love you so!! 

january printable is here!!

Hi friends!! This month's printable is a little stationery page, featuring this very precious mouse friend that I drew on stream yesterday~ I hope you like it! Use it for notes, letters, whatever your sweet heart may desire. I have it below as both a .pdf and .png, and the individual pages, if you need it for my fun digital things. >:)

I hope y'all enjoy it!! I love you sooo much, have a be...

it's a new video!!! this one's about MAKIN STUFF

Hello friends!! WOW two videos in one week?! hell yes!! with the way that my content schedule turned out this month, I made these videos all rather close to one another, and have been deciding how to spread them out~

 Also, I know I mentioned in my last two videos about that fun big studio vlog I was gonna make, but unfortunately, I still haven't found that elusive memory card, so I'm gonna have to film new stuff to cobble together into a fun decorating vlog. I don't wanna go thrif...

new video!!! part 1 of my collab with patreon 🎉

hi y'all!! so I've mentioned this a bit but I'm doing a collab with Patreon where I essentially get to spend 3 videos talking about how much I love you guys and how much you've changed my life! >:) This first one focuses on the creative freedom/control that your support offers me, and the other two videos coming in subsequent months will be more about finances and the community we've got here. I'll have another video sneak peek coming to y'all tomorrow :D

I hope you enjoy this video ...

pls help me pick a thumbnail

EDIT WAIT I ALSO HAVE SOME DRAWING CLIPS pls leave a comment if you like the sketchbook photos at the end here, as I can't add any additional poll options sigh

HELLO i'm trying to decide on a thumbnail for this ~creative control~ video i did with patreon but I can't decide which screenshot of my silly face works best lolol so please let me know!! I'm gonna have a cute fun title written over my head, but I've been staring at my face so long it's starting to look weird so...

039. a bit of nuance

helllo!!! i hope y'all enjoy this episode — i talk about crochet, the ~nuance~ of my anti-white supremacy bit from my most recent video, some business stress, and the weirdness of ADR! i hope you enjoy it!! I love you a lot, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend <3

a new very chatty video!!

hi friends!! happy wednesday — i have a couple sponsored videos coming out soon, but i wanted to make sure the first video of the year from me was a chill casual chatty one, just between you and me <3 i talk a bit about star wars but mostly about feelings, and there's even a mention of dead teeth. ;D I love you! and i hope you enjoy this and that it offers up a bit of company for ya this eve xx 

I'm just waiting on the subtitles before I go public with it, but enjoy this sneak...

let's do this poll again — help me decide which zine to make!

hi friends!! One of my art goals this year is to make and complete my first zine. I have a couple ideas for them, but I'd love to hear your thoughts! Let me know your favorite, or let me know if there's something else in ~zine~ format you'd like to see from me. (This would be a small bound book that I'd have printed in color and sold on my shop!! I would also love to make a tiny DIY printable zine, but that's another project. ◕3◕) Gimme all your thoughts!!!

Happy New Year!!!!! I'm a...