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Happy new year!

Happy new year, everyone! I hope you all had nice holidays!

December ended up being a bit too busy outside of work stuff, like I mentioned might be the case, so instead of being super stressed by trying to finish an illustration, I decided to take some time off from work. It's been nice! Spent some time with family and relaxed. Hopefully you guys also got to relax a bit.

This unfortunately means there won't be any reward packs sent out on January 7th. And, in case you're new and u...

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Help me out, friends. I wanna know what content format you like!

First I wanna say I don't have any concrete plans of changing the content and rewards you get. For now this is just me picking your brains out of curiosity.

There are many different types of projects I would love to try in the future, maybe eventually as a part of my Patreon page here or as side projects, and I'm curious about what you guys are most interested in seeing me spend my time on and what you would want to support.

Do you prefer that I just keep trying to make polished i...

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Illustration #66

Hey! Finally managed to get this illustration to a point where I feel happy with it. It's a struggle sometimes, haha. I hope you guys like how it turned out! Thank you everyone for supporting me while making it. :)

I'll be sending out the reward packs for this one on December 7 to those of you who were signed up for rewards in November, so look out for a message in your inbox then!

You might remember when I posted illustration 65 that I mentioned the workflow I used felt good. As ...

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Poll for illustration #67

Finally got around to finishing up some new sketches for a new poll. Sorry it took a little while. But you guys should have at least a couple of weeks to get your votes in!

Find the thumbnail sketches below that you like best and give them a vote. You can vote for multiple ones if you want.

I added three new ones this time. I hope you like them! It'll be interesting to see which ones you will or won't vote for.

If you wanna know which illustration I'm working on while this p...

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Illustration #65

 

Hey everyone! Here's a new illustration for you! I've been making a list of things that make me happy. Turns out it's a useful thing to keep around when thinking up ideas for new drawings! And water nymphs are on that list, so I was happy to get to draw them again. It's been too long since last time. I might do more sketches of them for one of the next polls. We'll see. :)

As usual, you can expect to get the reward pack for this illustration in about a week, on the 7th.

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Poll for illustration #66

New poll! Find the sketches you like best below and vote for them. You can vote for several or just one, it's up to you!

I'm happy! Work is going well this month, and I've found a workflow that feels pretty comfortable to me. It feels extra nice after I've been a little bit frustrated with my work for a while. I look forward to giving you guys a look at the process in the reward packs next month. :) Hopefully the sketch that wins this poll will be just as fun to do as the one I'm making...

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Illustration #64

Hey! It's done! I hope you like how it turned out. :) I enjoy desert scenes like this a lot. They feel bright and warm. So you might see more of them in the future!

If you're getting the time lapse video for this, you may notice I change painting styles multiple times throughout the process, haha. From smooth rendering, to textured, and back to somewhat smooth again. I recommend not doing that! Be better than I am about it. It'll save you a lot of work. :) That's not to say you shouldn'...

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Poll for illustration #65

Here's a new poll for you! Find the sketches you like best below and vote for them. You can vote for several or just one, it's up to you!

I hope you like the new ones enough to forgive me for removing some of the old options that have been around for years without getting through. :) I know there are a few of you who were excited about the ones I removed, but I think it's best that those old ones have an extended break so that if I bring them back they feel like fresh options again.

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Illustration #63

Hey! Finally got this one done. It was a bit more challenging than I first thought it'd be. And I'm happy I took the extra few days to finish it up, because I'm much happier with it now than I was a few days ago. I hope you guys like it too!

It was pretty fun to paint a goo girl! It's something I might wanna try again sometime. There's potential there for exploring all sorts of fun shapes and colors.

If you signed up for a reward pack, you can expect to get that in your inbox in a...

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Poll for illustration #64

Hey! New poll! Find the thumbnail sketches below that show the ideas you think have the best potential and give 'em a big juicy vote. You can vote for several of them or for just one if you want, it's all up to you. I added a couple of new sketches. Hopefully there's something to like there. :)

And if you're curious about which illustration I'll be working on while this poll is running, check the resu...

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Illustration #62

Hey everyone! I hope you've all had a good July! Here's what I've been working on this month. It ended up a bit of a mess. In a good way! :)

Those of you who signed up for a reward pack will receive that on August 7, on the usual schedule. 

Oh and I guess this is the first time I'm trying the new multiple image posts here on Patreon. I hope it works well.

Thank you all for supporting me in making another illustration! I'll keep trying to make even better stuff. It's loo...

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Poll for illustration #63

It's finally time for a new poll! It's been a while since the last one, so I'm glad to be able to set up a fresh one. I did do a little bit of a culling of some of the less popular options from the previous poll, or ones I'm not quite in the mood for, so I hope you've followed my advice and haven't gotten too attached to specific ones. If I did remove something you were hoping for, I hope you'll forgive me.

Find the thumbnails below that you like best, and give them a vote! You can vote...

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Illustration #61

Here's the second one of the illustrations you guys voted for in the double poll a while back! I hope you like purple demon girls as much as I do! I've added a version without cum too in the attachments here.

You can expect to receive the reward pack for this one on the July 7, on the usual schedule. I'll slide a message into your Patreon inbox where you'll find the download links.

Alright, so I said I'd most likely do two illustrations this month, but it turned out to be sort of ...

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Illustration #60

Here's the first of the two illustrations you voted for last time! I hope you like it! I've attached the version without cum as well.

The rewards for this one will slither their way into your message inboxes on June 7.

I surprised myself with how much work I got done this month. The second illustration is also pretty close to finished, but I didn't want to rush it, so I'll take a few more days next week to make sure I do a proper job. That means June will very likely have two illu...

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Poll for illustration #62

Here's the next poll! Since I don't yet know if working on two illustrations in parallel work out well (we'll find out this month!), let's just have one winning sketch again this time around.

Find the sketches below that you like best and vote for them. You can vote for as many or as few as you want.

The poll will remain open until I've finished the two illustrations that won the previous po...

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Illustration #59

Hello! It's been an extra month since the last picture, but here's a new one, finally! And even finished on schedule this time too. Feels good. I hope you all like it. :)

I've put the version without cum as well in the attachments if you prefer that.

I'll be sending out reward packs for this illustration on the usual schedule, in about a week from now, on May 7.

While working on this one I noticed how tricky it can be to find a good exposure and color temperature for both in...

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Poll for illustration #60 and #61!

I'm gonna try something new this time around! Ever since I started my Patreon page I've been aiming towards some day making two illustrations per month, but it's been difficult for me to manage more than one per month so far. So I'd like to do a little experiment in May where I work on two illustrations in parallel. It's been years since I've had to do that, so I'd like to get a sense of how that affects things now, either positively or negatively.

So in this poll I will make not just t...

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March sketches + time lapse video!

Hey everyone! March is done and I managed to do a decent amount of sketching throughout the month, and I just want to share it here with you!

(Note that this isn't content you'll pay me for. Since the content is irregular, it's just free! And if you've signed up here to get past reward packs, it might be easier to pick them up over on my Gumroad store this time around. I'll return to the regular format next time!)

Yo...

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Poll for illustration #59

Hey everyone! It's been a little while since the last poll now, but here's a new one for you!

Find the thumbnail sketches below that show the ideas you're most interested in and vote for them. You can vote for several or just one, it's up to you.

This poll will remain open until I start working on illustration #59, most likely on April 1st.

I'll have some more sketches to share with you later this month as well. :)

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Illustration #58

It's a big relief to finally have finished this picture. Thank you for being patient while waiting for it. :) For some reason it gave me a lot more trouble than my illustrations typically do, and I've been stressing a bit more than usual over it. I'm gonna work harder on making my process more structured! Hopefully that'll help avoid that problem in the future.

Now, however, I'll have a stress free month! It feels like a much needed change of pace to be honest. Like I mentioned in my pr...

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Fun plans for March!

Hey everyone! I hope your weekend is going well. I just wanted to give you guys a heads-up about my plans for March.

TL;DR: I'm just gonna sketch a lot!

I often feel like I don't get enough practice sketching, so I would like to spend a whole month just working on my sketching skills instead of working on a full illustration. If you guys like sketches, that's probably good news!

And if sketches aren't what you signed up for, don't worry, I'll get back to doing full illustrat...

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Illustration #57

Finally done with this one! I hope you guys like it! And I hope you guys don't mind that I changed the appearance of the bottom lady from how she looked in the sketch. I quite like how she turned out here. She looks more interesting than the girl in the sketch, so I feel like it was a good decision. And I even painted some clothes on her! That's a bit unusual.

This illustration was challenging in some ways, but I made some good discoveries throughout it, particularly with regards to the...

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Animation

I'm just gonna leave an animated version of illustration #10 here for you guys. :)


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Poll for illustration #58

The first poll of 2019! Find the thumbnails below that you think have the best potential and give them a vote! You can vote for just one or several, it's all up to you. 

As usual, this poll will remain open until I've finished the next illustration (#57), probably at the end of the month (though I'd love to figure out how to finish illustrations faster!).

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Illustration #56

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Hey everyone! This one took a few more days than I would have liked, but I'm glad I took the extra days to work on it instead of pushing it out before the end of December, because it turned out much better for it. I hope you like it! I've also attached the version without cum if you want that.

I got sort of fatigued by working on this illustration several times throughout the process, so I'm really looking forward to starting something new! If you've been missing th...

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Poll for illustration #57

It's time to warm up your voting finger and click away at the options below that you like best. You can vote for as many or as few as you want. I made one new sketch, removed a couple of the unpopular ones, and added a couple of past sketches back in as well. I hope you find some options here you think have potential to become good illustrations. :)

As usual, this poll will remain open until I've finished the next illustration (#56), which will probably take at least a couple of weeks.

I...

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Illustration gallery (sort of)

Browsing all my illustrations here on Patreon can be a little bit tedious since there's no gallery feature on the site, and some of you asked for an easier way to see all the illustrations.

I've attached a zip file to this post that contains all my Patreon illustrations so far. I hope this makes it a little bit easier. :)

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Illustration #55

Hi! I hope you're not all spooked out for the year. Here are the ghosties you guys wanted to see. :) If you ever go into spooky ruins looking for cool stuff, guard your belongings carefully! The ghosts seem very curious, and maybe ever so slightly kleptomaniac.

Some of you might notice that this illustration has a bit more of a textured look to it than a lot of my other illustrations. I've been playing around with some new Photoshop brushes lately that I really like that very easily let me mak...

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Poll for illustration #56

New poll! Find the thumbnails you enjoy below and give them a vote. Vote for just one or for several, it's up to you! The winning sketch will be the illustration I make after the one I'm currently working on.

If you're curious about which I'm currently working on, you can check out the results of the previous poll. Looks like you guys will be getting some ghosts! Not quite in time for Halloween, but let'...

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Illustration #54

Hey everyone! Here's a new one for you! Maybe it ended up being sort of a strange one, haha. I love gummy worms, so the tentacles are inspired by those. :D Fruity flavors and demon girls are a powerful combination. And a tentacle bath tub is just fun, right? I hope you like how it turned out!

The rewards for this one will be sent out in about a week from now, on November 7.

The eye strain I mentioned last month has luckily been a bit better this month, so I don't imagine it'll keep me fr...

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