cheyenne barton

thumbnail sketch for day 3 of mm!

day 3 is: characters overlooking the kingdom! so more of my weaknesses — scene composition AND backgrounds AND BUILDINGS! YAY i’m gonna keep it fairly simple but i am excited to see how this one turns out. the beauty of 30 day or daily challenges is that it forces you to move through your perfectionism REAL quick which is primo for me 👍🏻

sketches for day 2 of mm

i decided to go with an anxious crow named vincent for my protag’s companion! he is very good at finding things but gets spooked very easily :0 i am very bad at drawing birds so why not force myself to draw birds a lot??? DISCOMFORT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GROW

i just wanted to check that this looks like a crow right??? it’s not totally off base and doesn’t look very out of style for me????

day 1 of #misadventuremay !!

so technically this challenge actually started on the 30th, which i did not realize so i’m gonna upload my first two images tomorrow eeee BUT i couldn’t wait to share cal!!! clearly they’ve been thru a lot of changes lol but i love them a lot. they made their coat themselves, and wanders the land in search of fallen stars to use in potions and medicines and things. they also have an extensive history in herbology so they get very crafty with the star bits they find!!! they’re also ver...

april tea time!!!

with a few cameos from connor <3 i hope y'all enjoy! the question menu is under the video, as per usual. xx

008: chatting about therapy and reworking my brain

hi friends!!! this month's podcast features me rambling on at length about the stuff i'm working through in therapy — basically retraining my brain to be kinder to myself. i also talk a bit about some faves and recent happenings~~~ i love you a lot! hope you enjoy!

april sketchbook touuuuur

hi friends!! ya girl hasn't drawn a lot this month (and it was all digital, save for a couple paintings, which i want to rectify next month!! i need to get back into my sketchbook again)

regardless, i hope you enjoy this look at what i've been doodling and working on x

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here's your april printable!!!

here you are pals~ i hope you like it!! can you tell i'm having a bit of a moment with these colors ;D

click the file below to automatically download the PNG to your computer. ENJOY LOVE U 

questions pleeeeeease

gimme ur questions for our april tea time! i’ll be recording it this saturday, so you have until friday night to get your queries in. remember: they can be about anything!!!

love you lots!!!!

process: practice really does make all the difference

i just wanna show y'all something wild that i realized tonight while i was working on some couple portrait commissions

here is my first ever couples portrait commish that i did last spring (i think? i'm not sure of the actual date but i think it was around april/may of last year)

and this is a couples sketch that i just finished about ten minutes ago 

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i’m gonna be doing “misadventure may”!!!

ahhh so one of my fave artists, @mattydraws on twitter is doing this art prompt for may called “misadventure may” where you draw fun adventure/fantasy things and it’s gonna push me so far out of my comfort zone but i really wanna get more into fantastical character design so i think it’ll be a lot o fun! this is an initial sketch for my main protagonist and their sidekick/companion - nothing is set in stone but i rather like them! (cal is non-binary btw!)

these are the prompt li...

update: packing packing packing!!!

ohhhhh BOY i have. so many orders!! which is a great problem to have! i got over 200 orders on the day of the shop update, and i'm finally halfway through! i think i have just over 100 left to pack and i'm hoping i can finish that today. i think i'm getting to a point where i need to hire someone to come in once a week and pack orders for me haha which is wild to think about! 

but!! because of the success of the shop update, i was able to pay off my taxes (which were $1687, but at ...

patron discount code !!!

the code is PATRON10! use that to get 10% off your whole order! it's good for anything and everything on my shop and never expires~

shop update is live!!

sorry i'm a little late posting this!! my shop update went live just a half hour ago and it's going so well, i'm a bit overwhelmed OOF i'm gonna be busy tomorrow!!! check it out here: cheyennebarton.com  🌟

LOOOTS of new sticker designs along with three new prints!! ENJOY! 

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sketch for a new print!!

i’m hoping to add a couple prints to my shop for this update, so here’s a sketch of my first one!! some witch friends helping out a pal with her flower crown and hyping her up for a date or something probably hehe. excited to add color to this!!

update: here’s the colored version!!!

i’m so happy with it! it’s the thing where i’ve been staring at it so long i’m nit...

feb/march tea time!!

wahoo!!! here's the belated march/feb tea time~ the question menu is under the video in the description. enjoy!!

007: anxiety, food things, and a bit of advice

here's the march podcast!! sorry it's a bit late — i hope y'all enjoy it!! i ramble on about anxiety, tell you a bit about my eating habits i recently started going to therapy for, and also try to give you some advice. 

love you lots! 

march sketchbook tour!

hi fam!! here's all the stuff i've sketched and stuff in march — mostly all digital. i need to get back into my traditional sketchbook again, i miss it!! i hope y'all like this peek into my work~~

new (and r...

small delay in podcast/tea time

hello my loves — guess who woke up with (maybe) the stomach flu this morning and still feels like garbage? THIS GAL

but yeah as a result, there might be a small one or two delay in the tea time and podcast. i was gonna record them today but i was so nauseous that moving from the couch made me worry i was gonna vomit oof

i’m hoping a good nights sleep will sort me out so i can get you all the goods on monday or even late tomorrow night. sorry for this!! thank you for your pat...

any requests for podcast topics?

hi friends!! got any ideas or requests for this month's podcast?? i'm gonna record it tomorrow, so let me know what you'd like me to ramble about! 

draw with me: procreate edition!

here's a procreate draw with me!! after three takes i finally figured out how to film my ipad screen — i just had to change my lens lolol. i hope y'all enjoy this! i'm so happy with how this sticker sheet turned out even though it definitely wasn't "house stickers" like i had initially thought it might be. 

love u!

help me decide on the style of my new sticker sheets!

hi friends!! i'm deciding now on the style of my new sticker sheets, and i'm having a hard time...please vote below for which you like best! 

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here's the march printable!!

hi friends! here's the march printable — click on the image below to download it straight to your desktop~ 

also fun fact i recorded a "draw with me" video of this yesterday, but i messed up the exposure so now the majority of the video is blown out and unusable (((: so i'm rerecording another draw with me today, this time featuring a new sticker sheet for my shop! but i'm stumped as to what i wanna draw on it..any ideas? i'm tempted to just draw a bunch of teacups with plants in...

gimme ALLLL the questions!!

HEY FRIENDS send in your questions for our big mega march tea time! it can be straight up questions, or maybe topics you'd like me to expand upon, or anything else at all — i'm so sorry for missing our february tea time so i want to make it up to you. <3 

hope you're well!! 

a new weekly vlog!!

hello friends~~ i've got a new weekly vlog up! it's a sponsored one, so i've sent it to the brand for approval, but i figured y'all could have a look :D i'm really happy with how this one turned out. i am sOO slow at editing but hopefully i can get a bit quicker as time goes on cause i really like doing weekly vlogs hehehe 

ENJOY love you!! (patreon rewards will be coming soon, my show that i'm in opens tonight so my days will be much freer) 

xoxo, chey

ta-dah!! it's a moving vlog!

ahhh here u are!! it's the moving vlog from the beginning of this month documenting our whole moving process. took me a little while to edit cause it took me a bit to muster up the energy and time but here ya are! i hope y'all like it <3

006: ta-da!! our incredibly belated february podcast!

in which i ramble in detail about this whole moving thing — i hope y'all enjoy it!! love u lots!

apartment tour is finally live!!

WAHOOOO i FINALLY got around to editing the footage of the apt tour of my old place! i'm quite happy with it! i wanted to do a different type of apt tour vid than the typical "i'm gonna hold my camera and walk around and show you about" (which actually is the kind of exclusive video i wanna film of this place and post for y'all haha) and i'm quite happy with how this video turned out! the audio is a bit wonky but done is better than perfect and i like it so here it is. :> i hope y'all like...

draw this in your style process video !

here’s the process for that pic i just posted xx think i’m finally getting a handle on my process which feels good!!

@sophiemcpike’s draw this in your style!

here’s my take on sophie’s gorgeous dtiys — these are incredible fun and useful for experimenting with color and composition and different techniques!! i’m gonna post the process video for this after this~ here’s sophie’s original drawing for comparison! pls check out her work on insta it’s so gorgeous *^*

(apologies for the low res screenshot i’m on my ipad!!)

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process: trying to get back on track

hellooooo friends! i wanted to write a little blog post to sort of let y’all know what’s up. (this is gonna probs be rambly and all over the place jsyk)

we’re settled in to the apartment (woohoo!!) save for two boxes sitting next to my desk, which means that it’s time to find my work routine and get back on my shit. this is something i am very embarrassed about, but i have a really hard time sticking to deadlines and creating consistent work and putting pressure on myself to act...