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Opal (Spell)Weaver [Rewards Here]

Looks like Opal is casting some sort of nefarious spell!  

I'm so happy to finally have done a couple little full-body drawings showing opal.  I know at first glance these look simple, but these types of drawings tend to take me SO LONG to complete.  Haha!  

I hope you like her and Trick and Treat!
Rewards for this piece will be in Art Pack 42:

  • Full Res Art
  • PSD
  • Sketch
  • Lineart
  • flat colors and ...

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Quick Face Demo (freebie)

Hi hi!  Here is the quick and dirty face tutorial I did during last Friday's stream. 

 I threw it together for those that missed it or want to re-watch.  

News:  Pledges are currently being processed and the Art Pack 41 digital Rewards download post will be up tomorrow!


Most of the rewards will be available to download from the actual post but Photoshop files are too big to include in the post, s...

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Art Pack 41 Summary

Hey hey pals!

Halloween is almost here!!  I hope you have had a really great October and have fun and safe hallows eve!   I will be dressing up for this Friday's stream, so I hope to see you there!

This month I definitely managed to get  a few witchy pieces done, which was my goal.  But my style was ALL OVER THE PLACE.  Oof!  I think messing around with style is actually a good thing for growth and learning, but it does make coll...

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Drow(Baldur’s Gate 3)[rewards here]

I have been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 early access and am a little bit Obsessed!
so I had to do a quick Portrait of my drow character! 

 I only realized a after playing her for a while, that she has some major resemblances to Mist.  I guess I like blue girls.  😂 

news: I’ll be picking up the Nov stickers tomorrow and making the art pack 41 summary!  So keep your eyes peeled for that in the next couple days!

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Nov. Print Poll

Voting Time!!
 I threw in a couple pieces from past art packs for this poll to give you quite a few options!
Pretty please get your votes in within the next couple days!


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Opal Mist [Rewards Here]

Trick and Treat seem to be expecting Opal to do something... or maybe they are just impatient for salmon snacks. 

 In my mind, both of these cats are familiars and are probably more than they initially appear.  Perhaps they help her out with casting spells and act as her guardians during Opal's witchy endeavors!

I'm still slowly wrapping my mind around what kind of world and adventures these 3 are part of.  :3


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Wine Time [NSFW Warning] [Rewards Here]

Its been a while since I have drawn a cute demon girl, and hey, October is the perfect month for it!

Looks like this demon lady is gonna have a nice evening.  haha

News  

I have decided to start including at least some of the rewards inside Patreon posts so that you can download throughout the month if you'd like, rather then having to wait until the whole bundle comes out at the end.  Yay for less waiting!  

This change will only ...

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Improving your Art {monthly tips article/guide}

Hi pals!  

A new article is here!  I tried to keep this one a little bit less lengthly and more digestible.  

In it, I talk about my own method for improving my art and learning to draw new subjects without getting bored with endless studies.  

The pdf of the article is attached to this post for you to download and read at your leisure!

I hope it gives you some helpful insights and ideas!

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A Court of Thorns and Roses (fan-book cover)

FINALLY here is my ACOTAR
I have been SLOWLY working in this for way too long but it is finally done. I started a #bookcoverchallenge in my discord but it turns out that I was way late to my own challenge deadline! 🙃Woopsie!!
It was fun to work on and I would love to try my hand at a few more fan covers in the future.
🌟 Any suggestions???

(also suggestions for fantasy/roman...

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November Sticker Vote!

Sticker voting time! 

 I am honestly so excited about any and all of these designs so I am glad that YOU guys get to pick!  lol 

 If we can maintain above 200 patrons this month, we'll make November an extra sticker month and do the 2 most popular designs! (so tell your friends!  lol)

Anyhoo, choose your top couple faves!

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“Oh, were you reading this?”

Cats absolutely love sitting on things like books, homework and keyboards when you are trying to work, don’t they? 😂


This is another semi-quick inky piece for October.

News/Updates

  • I have a couple full color illustrations in the works, they just are taking me a little longer, but I’m hoping to finish one or both of them this week or weekend!
  • If you joined in the past few streams on Twitch, then you have seen them in progress:...

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Tips Article Vote

Hi hi!  I have a few ideas floating around in my brain for the next article and I have decided with some of these topics I'd like to break them down into slightly smaller, specific chunks.   That way you guys don't have to read through a 500 page novel for each of the tips.  lol

Anyhoo, I'd love to get your opinion and votes!

As always, I'm open to ideas if you have a topic you are interested in having me cover for a future article.  Feel free to drop a ...

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Midnight Snack

Every once and a while I go on a vampire kick and love consuming good vampire stories!

I have fond memories of working late in the animation lab at University one October while I listened to the Dracula audiobook. I also absolutely love good vampire themed manga.

I wish there were more good/less-cringy vampire themed media out there. Lol. Anyway, I’m just rambling!

Here is my vampire themed piece for the spooky month!!


Rewards for this piece will...

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Sabrina and Salem

EDIT:  I added the 3minute Timelapse Video for you to download and watch if you would like!  Enjoy!

If I’m drawing Sabrina, I guess that means it’s October! 😂 Witchy season isn’t complete without drawing her at least once!

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Rewards for this piece will be in Art Pack 41:

  • Full Res Art
  • Timelapse video process
  • PSD
  • Sketch
  • Lineart
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Important poll/Discussion: PSD's, Process Steps, or something else?

I need your input friends!

It has crossed my mind on more than one occasion that not many of you actually open and dig into the massive photoshop files.  

I spend quite a bit of time making sure that all the layers are neatly organized and named for each art pack, not to mention the upload and download time for these monstrosities! haha!  I was wondering if that time could be spent on creating something that more people would ...

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A.P. 40 REWARDS {Links&Codes HERE}

Here are your digital rewards!!

✦ ====>Art Pack 40<====  ✦

✦ Special Code: trick40

How to Download! 

  • Rewards are on Gumroad 
  • Use the Special Code to get the art pack at no extra charge of course.  
  • This code only applies to the art p...

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Cupid [SFW version]

Hi hi!  I gave this cupid girly a toga style dress!  Looking up references for these types of dresses is so fun!  The swooshy fabric is so beautiful, I might need to try and draw mist in a dress like this!

News: 

  • Processing for Oct pledges should be starting up soon and art pack 40 downloads are all ready to go!  I'll be posting the download link and codes for art pack 40 tomorrow!  
  • I included some extra video ti...

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Art Pack 40 Summary

Hey hey pals!

Well, September went by in a rush!  I hope you had a great September and are ready for the heart of witch season!  I really want to do a couple more witchy pieces in October!

Just a heads up that the monthly stickers haven't arrived yet, so I can only show you this preview mockup but I am sure they will be arriving in a couple of days.  When they get here I'll be sure to share a lense of them with you so you can see them!  I'm so ...

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Color Study {with speedpaint video}

You may have noticed in the art pack 39 (go make sure you grab that before the end of the BTW!!!) that I included a couple of little rough painting photo studies. 

I have been starting to do more of these because I think they are really helpful, especially when it comes to understanding color and lighting.  They are also relatively quick to do, and don't need to be overly polished to call "complete".  In fact, something I really like about these types of painting...

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So you Wanna be a Twitch Artist? {monthly tips article/guide}

Hi pals!  A new article is finally here!  The article about getting started as a twitch artist!
 

There’s a lot to cover here, and if you have read any of my previous articles, you know that brevity is not my strong point.  So we’re just gonna go ahead and embrace that by splitting this into a couple of parts.  Prepare yourself! 


Part 1 is about more of the technical side of getting started on twitch, what ...

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Oct. Spicy Print Poll

Hello hello!  
Sorry to suddenly be spamming you with polls but it is time for Spicy print voting for Art Pack 40!  


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Cupid {NSFW Warning} // process video included

Hi hi!  Here is a little cupid I drew for fun.
I messed with a few colored versions and I can't decide which I like best!  I would love to hear which version you like most.


The timelapse process video attached to this post, if you want to download and watch it.  You'll notice in the sketching process that I really had no clear intent with this one (kind of the opposite of the last piece I posted).  Because you'll see the ske...

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October Print Poll

Art Pack 40 Print voting!    Excited to see the results for this poll!  
Note: the previews don't necessarily represent the final crop of each image


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Crystal Waters

Well, this is one of those paintings that I know I'm never going to be satisfied with.  It should have been a quick study but because I had a vision in my head that just wasn't coming out how I wanted, I struggled with this one for much longer then I should have.  Oh well!  Better done then perfect, as they say.   I do want to revisit the idea of an elf showering under a waterfall but plan it out at a time when I don't feel so rushed.  

Either way I hope yo...

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October Sticker Vote!


Sticker voting time!  Thanks for being patient and sorry it took a while to get this poll up!  Ahh!
Since I'm kinda running late on this poll, Please get your votes in asap so that I can place the order for the stickers early next week.

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Twitch Stream today(I’m back!)

Happy Friday!

Omigoodness! I will be back to streaming today on twitch!

Starting at 7:30pm CET

Here’s what’s on the agenda:

  • Warmup chat! Let’s catch up!
  • Create a couple sticker designs out of existing illustrations! (Midnight Spell and Minty Bloom!)
  • Then I’ll move on to working on this digital painting For the book cover challenge that’s happening on Discord!
  • Lots of chatting and squats as usual of course! <...

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Retro Cats {sketches & WIPs}

I hope you guys had a great weekend! I watched a bunch of Lightbox and am still trying to get through some panels that are still available for rewatch!

I picked up MaxU’s “retro brush pack” for procreate during Lightbox and am trying it out here and there. (Not sponsored btw. 😂).

So far I’m liking the brushes but need to try them out for more then just sketching. They are kind of a mix between watercolor, pastel, and gouache type effects.

There are also a co...

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Feline Familiars

Hello friends!  I hope you are having a good weekend!  

THANK YOU so much for the adorable name suggestions for these 3!  Here's what I have decided!

Witch: Opal
Orange Cat:Trick
Black Cat: Treat

So what do you think?  Would you like to see more of these 3 cuties?  


Upcoming stuff:

❥ Monthly article:  There was a question recen...

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Cat Familiars [WIP]

Lucky witch... somehow she got 2 cat familiars! And that one in the backpack looks like a trouble maker. lol

Continuing with the witchy themes, here is a cute li'l witch with her adorable cats... on their way to school?  maybe?  haha!  
They all need names.  Let me know if any come to mind!  hehe

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Simple Fluffy Cat Mini Tutorial

A mini-tutorial on how I tend to doodle simple kitties!  The secret is drawing a potato!  lol
1. Draw a potato shape
2. Add ears, and lines indicating the chin/neck, and legs
3. Add Ears, nose, and define shapes of legs and feet
4. Add detail to the sillhouette, and define more features in the face.  Also add the tail!
5. More detail to the fluff, and eyes.  Also add whiskers!

Sorry I have been a little quiet the past few days!  Its been busy thi...

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