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🎬Speedpaint//Artemis

Hello hello!  Here is the time-lapse speedpaint🖌️ with music for : Artemis 

A little about the process: 

I had so much fun with this piece and the way it is framed is definitely art nouveau inspired.  But it didn't necessarily start out that way.  You'll notice in the timelapse that there isn't any framing in the sketch, and I start out b...

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✨New Art//Artemis

In the glow of the moonlight, Artemis, Lunar Goddess of the forest and the hunt, treads through the undergrowth of the wilderness, at peace in her wild home, far removed and comfortably distant from the realm of the other gods of Olympus.

Well hello again Artemis, so good to see you again!🏹

  I had so much fun working on this new artwork of Artemis on last week's stream.  Yes, I am quite proud of that booty🌕, so she gets to wear some...

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🎬Speedpaint Podcast// Art Block, Negative Thoughts, and the BRAIN

Hello fabulous patreon pals!  Here is the speedpaint process with a podcast for the artwork Necromancer

In this speedpaint podcast we dive into the connection between art block and negative thoughts, how they feed each other and touch on roughly what happens in the brain according to brain scans when we have negative thoughts.  It is a topic that is so fascinating to me and ...

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📜Tutorial Poll✏️✨

Time to Help decide the next tutorial!!  🌸

  • Sketching like a Sculptor in this tutorial, I'll take you through my process of digital sketching.  The way I sketch is very loose and involves both building up the sketch as well as carving away from the sketch to find the drawing underneath.  It is a bit of an odd way to work, but I find it so relaxing and it helps keep my sketches flowing.
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Downloads & Codes//ART PACK 75

Time to download your GOODIES!! Thank you so much as always for believing in and supporting my work!  I hope you enjoy these goodies!  Don't forget to grab them before the end of the month!

Here are the digital rewards to download in one big chunk!   Plus the special discount codes and password to the Patreon Secret Shop!   You are awesome!! Enjoy!

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✨New Art//Necromancer

In the dim glow of eerie emerald light, the necromancer stood, her delicate fingers cradling the weathered skull of someone long lost as underworldly magic danced across her skin and her raven hair billowed like smoke around her pale face.

I hope you all had a FABULOUS Halloween!  I of course am never done with drawing spoopy goth queens, even after Halloween has passed, so we're kicking off November with this piece featuring a necromancer.  I starte...

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✨Art Pack 75//Rewards and Tutorial Index✨

🌟🍂Rewards summary time! BIG THANK YOU for the support this month!!

You may notice below that the list of links in the index looks a little shorter!  Thanks to the new COLLECTIONS feature here on patreon, we have a more convenient way to organize posts, so instead of listing out ALL of the time-lapse videos, Podcasts, Wallpapers, and challenges, there is now...

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What shall we learn in our next Tutorial?

Hellooooo pals!  I'm gathering some ideas for next month's tutorial, and before I go ahead and put up a new VOTE, I thought I would drop a post here and see if you have any topics that you would like included in the vote!

Drop a comment here with your suggestions!

Excited to hear your ideas!!


If you need a refresher on topics we already have tutorials on, you can take a look at the Re...

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📱🖥️Wallpapers {Art Pack 75}

Hello darlings, I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday!
🎨 Here is the wallpaper bundle for art pack 75!

  • Vertical Phone Wallpapers
  • 4K Desktop Wallpapers

💾 Download at the bottom of the post! 📥

🎉 Enjoy! 💖

Remember to Get your votes in for the November Print and2023-10-28 14:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post

🖼️November Print Vote🗳️

Hello my beauties!  'tis time to cast your votes for November!

I pulled in the piece Scandinavian December for this vote in case any of you are going to want to vote something seasonal, since prints are sent out near the end of the month and would be arriving in your mailboxes just in time for the winter holidays. Of course, don't feel like you have to vote for that one just because it is seasonal.  Lots of choices to choose from!

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✨New Art//Arcane Awakening


The sweet scent of incense tickled Isobel's senses, and the soft chanting of magical words inscribed on the aged pages of the book of power enveloped her. She began to drift into a trance, her eyes closing as a cool breeze ruffled her hair. Immersed in absorbing the secret knowledge, she no longer felt the cold. Time ceased to register, and after what might have been a few moments or a few eons, her eyes suddenly snapped open. They glowed with newfound power and hidden...

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🎬Speedpaint Podcast// Art Process Explanation

Hallooooo my lovelies!  Here is the speedpaint process with commentary for the artwork:  Death

In this speedpaint podcast I stick to trying to explain what I am doing at each stage of the process.  So it may offer some insights for those that are curious!

I also mention the video, the watercolor brush I am using for things like the shading is from the clip studio paint as...

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✨New Art//Death

Silent as the grave, she moves through the mists of time and space, harvesting departed souls, severing the lingering cords that tie them to the world of the living with a quick swing of her scythe.  The newly untethered spirits, cling to her, lady death, their guide to the world beyond.

Edit: Just giving you a heads up that I adjusted the colors slightly to pop a bit more.  The downloadable files are also updated...

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🎬Speedpaint//Lilith {NSFW Warning on unfiltered video link}

Hello hello!  Here is the time-lapse speedpaint🖌️ with music for : Lilith

This video is censored so that it isn't flagged as 18+..  If you'd like to watch the uncensored version, you can follow the link below to watch directly on youtube.
🔥Uncensored Video🔥

For this piece I decided to follow a similar appr...

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🌟November Sticker Poll

Hello loves!  'Tis time for the sticker poll!!

Multiple choices are allowed! (poll ends October 30th!)

(if the multiple choice voting isn't working, try refreshing.  Sometimes patreon is a little buggy)

Also just a heads up that I'm planning on packing up and sending out the first batch of October envelopes Next week!! 

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🎨TUTORIAL//Drawing Female Bodytypes

✨This tutorial is all about drawing female bodytypes!  I'm especially excited for this tutorial because I, myself, tend to fall back on drawing very similar body types as a default, as I think many artists do, when in reality, there is so much variety and giving more variety to our character's body types makes them more unique and distinguishable!  

 🎨In this tutorial, I go over some very basic anatomy to keep in min...

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✨New Art//Ivy {mild NSFW warning on some images}

I think I accidentally drew poison ivy!  🌿  Red hair with green plants is always just such a good combo!!

I am in the middle of working on the upcoming tutorial and after working on it all day yesterday, I decided to cool down with a random comfort zone drawing and here is what came out.  I just love leaning into the warm yellow, reds and greens!!  Especially when embracing more traditional looking textures!

Also somewhat leaning into those inky vibes.  ...

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✨New Art//Lilith{NSFW warning on some images}

Lilith, Goddess or Mother of Demons, embodies both the untamed essence of femininity and defiance against societal norms, challenging conventions and embracing independence.

Lilith isn't always who I first think of when I imagine mythological goddesses, but after a number of people requested her over the years, I decided to do some digging and learn more about her.  And oh my!  What a fascinating story she has that I had never heard about!

Here...

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🎬Speedpaint//Fate Calls the Elf Queen Portraits

Hellooooo my lovelies! 😊✨ I am finally back home after my trip to Scotland, and OH BOI what a trip it was. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I'll save the details for the monthly blog post, but let's just say that not much went according to plan! 😅

Here is the timelapse for ALL 3 of these characters. 🎨 

The way I went about creating these portraits was to build them all up at about the same pace and then send them to the author for approval at different stages because I...

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✨New Art// Hel, the Black Mage (commission)

Last but not least in the character lineup, I present to you HEL!

Okay, at this point I actually don't know too much about him yet!  He hasn't played a super active role in the first 2 books even though he has been kind of ever present.  BUT, I am looking forward to getting to know him in book 3!  EEEE!  He will also be printed in the first edition of Fate Calls the Elf Queen! 📚 (as long as the author hasn't changed that plan.)✨

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✨New Art//Thane, the Warrior King (commission)

Next in our lineup of Fate Calls the Elf queen Character portraits is Thane, warrior king! All of these portraits are going to be printed in the first edition of Fate Calls the Elf Queen (unless that plan has changed on the author's end)! 📚✨

Thane is such a powerful character, who I think at his heart is good but at the same time isn't afraid to get blood on his hands.  Always interesting reading those morally gray charters to me!

Thane and Layla are und...

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✨New Art//Layala Lightbringer (commisison)

So you remember how I said I was looking forward to drawing these characters again? 😊 Well, I didn't have to wait long! 🎨 I was so honored to be commissioned to do these grayscale character illustrations that will be printed in the first edition of Fate Calls the Elf Queen! 📚✨ Here is Layala, the female lead of the book series!  

I really love her because she is such a badass character with a lot of fight and magic!

Keep your eyes peeled for the next couple charact...

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Life Update Blog🌳 (End of September)

🎨💼 Hello my darlings! 🌸Swooping in with the monthly blog where I give little updates on what's going on in life and on the Journey!  I hope September treated you well!

I'm not quite sure why but reflecting Septembers of years gone by, I have noticed that September always ends up being a bit hectic for me.  I always look forward to September because it is the month that transitions to Autumn and I have a few events tha...

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Downloads & Codes//ART PACK 74

Time to download your GOODIES!! (I am posting this a day early since I will be travelling  tomorrow!)  Thank you so much as always for believing in and supporting my work!  I hope you enjoy these goodies!  Don't forget to grab them before the end of the month!

Here are the digital rewards to download in one big chunk!   Plus the special discount codes and password to the Patreon...

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✨Art Pack 74//Rewards Index✨

🌟🍂Rewards summary time!  A GIANT THANK YOU for the support this month!!  I'm so grateful for each and every one of you for believing in and supporting what I do!  I can hardly believe it!  For all happy mail patrons, we're going to have another Bonus Bookmark in October!  I'm super excited about this one!

Well, I can't believe September has come and gone already!  It was a busy month for me on a couple fronts, which I...

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📱Wallpapers {Art Pack 74}

🎨 Here is the wallpaper bundle for art pack 74!
There are a couple more variations than pictured in the first image preview so make sure to take a look at all the images in the stack!

  • Vertical Phone Wallpapers
  • 4K Desktop Wallpapers

💾 Download at the bottom of the post! 📥

🎉 Enjoy! 💖

Also remember to Get your votes in for the October Print and October Sticker!

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All rewards and downloads f...

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✨Zodiac 2024 Calendar is here! ✨

Hello my lovelies! 😄🌟 I'm so excited to share with you that the Zodiac 2024 Calendar has just dropped! 📅🎉 (you are the first to know!) Eee! 🙌 Today is also my birthday, 🎂🎈 so I thought getting the calendar released today would be a fun way to celebrate!! 🥳

https://www.chrissabug.com/shop

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🖼️October Print Vote🗳️

Hello my beauties!  'tis time to cast your votes for October!  Quite the contrast in choices this round!  Apologies that I didn't get this poll up sooner!  Just a couple days to cast your votes for this one, so don't wait! (poll ends Sept. 29th)

The print for August was Spellbound Secret!  Just a heads up that the first batch of envelopes were sent out on Monday (sept 25).   If yo...

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🎬Speedpaint Podcast//the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and what lessons can we learn from it for our own journeys!

Hi hi! 🎥🎨Here is a little Timelapse Process Video of the piece Orpheus and Eurydice Reunited plus a little podcast style commentary for you!

In this podcast, I give a little info on the background of this piece, a recap of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and some thoughts about what lessons we can take from this tragic myth to apply to our own journeys!

So many myths, particularly ...

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✨New Art//The Reunification of Orpheus and Eurydice

The once-anguished notes of Orpheus's music finally fell silent to the mortal realm, his heartbroken melodies giving way to the stillness of the realm of the dead.

Eurydice, her eyes glinting with a contradiction of anger and joy, drew near to Orpheus's sundered spirit. She seized his robes, pulling him close, and with a tender brush of her lips against his, their souls, separated for so long, found their long-awaited ...

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