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Dec Build-A-Sequence: FINAL QUESTION!

We've got pretty much a full sequence - but it's time for ya'll to give me a little bit more final input!

So Far:
10 page TF sequence of:

Asteria Graham, A small, mousey librarian  wearing a very practical blouse and sweater vest with a drab knee length skirt. Very typical librarian with a hair bun.
She tends to hide amongst the shelves of her labyrinth, I mean, library.

turning into a
herm, female-presenting Minotaur 

This time, our LAST QUESTION - shoot me some sequence detail ideas!

I will likely pick a number of then that I like/ fit the tone of the sequence that don't contradict each other.  

This could be anything from details like what her reaction to the change is, a particular image you want to see, a focus on a particular part of the change (ie, a comic page showing the feet TF), if the curse is permanent or not or triggered by book in particular, etc etc etc.  

Details:

- No additional characters that would be visible on the page

- One post per person

- posts with a lot of likes = more likely to be incorporated

- I reserve the right to take all or part of your suggestion(s)

- I will choose multiple, but probably not all of your ideas.

Have fun - and I'll look forward to seeing your ideas!

I'll take suggestions until End-of-Day Christmas (December 25)

Color Timelapse : Enthralled Preview

I had a request for my VLOGs to show a few more progress videos!

I also plan on trying to do a recording when I work on the next pencil sequence this month (which will be the Build-A-sequence) - but for now - here's what I've been working on today!

A peek into my system/method for my general inked-then-colored work:
- This is just the Procreate part of my process (the final stage before I add in dialog)
- Before this, I sketch and ink traditionally and then scan in the pages
- Then I use photoshop to block out the color areas and lay down the flat colors
- I also usually use photoshop to shade skin and eyes - as it has tools I prefer to use
- Then I export the files to Procreate where I finish the coloring - I can work more precisely with the fur especially. I have a layer set to multiply above the fur that I erase out a pattern with a crisp brush with high pressure sensitivity - then I make another multiply layer above that that clips with the layer I jut worked on and an overlay layer that is the inverse of that that I do highlights with
- After that, I do some detailwork on a layer above the lineart to add some more depth and highlights - and other details like extra shines, etc.

December '24 VLOG

Apologies for the pupper yammering in this video lol

And I owe ya'll some recordings of my process later this month: Stay tuned!

Thank you all once more for your continued support!

AMA!

As usual, if you have any questions you’d like me to answer in my next video, please leave a comment on this video!

Build a sequence Poll 5: Name/description

So far we have!:
10 page TF sequence of:

A small, mousey librarian who tends to hide amongst the shelves of her labyrinth, I mean, library.
turning into a
herm, female-presenting Minotaur 

Trigger:
a strange book that doesn't belong in her library. Either on the shelves already or on the drop cart to be placed on the shelves.

THIS TIME:
we're voting on a name and outfit/appearance for our mousey librarian!

I'll leave this poll open just for a day since there aren't a lot of options and the big final question will be next!

Poll will Close Friday Dec 20 at 5pm CST

Build-A-Sequence Question 5

So far we have!:
10 page TF sequence of:

A small, mousey librarian who tends to hide amongst the shelves of her labyrinth, I mean, library.
turning into a
herm, female-presenting Minotaur 

Trigger:
a strange book that doesn't belong in her library. Either on the shelves already or on the drop cart to be placed on the shelves.

THIS TIME:

Suggest an outfit and/or hair and a name!

Rules:
- Please keep your responses to  140 characters.  That's the maximum number of characters I can put in a poll option.  

- one suggestion per person per round

- write your response in the replies section of this post

I will be selecting around 10 of the suggestions that inspire me at the time, and I will make a poll for you to vote from them :)

- if a response has a lot of likes, it will influence my choice to add it to the poll


I'll leave this open until Thursday Dec 19 at 5pm CST

December '24 Donation Art: Female Polar Bear Lesson

Thank you to all my $10+ donators! 

It’s these contributions that really make doing what I do possible.

This donation artwork will be available for download until the end of the month AFTER the one in the title :)

Also, this donation artwork will never be publicly posted as thanks to those people who have supported me and my artwork. It probably goes without saying, but I do request that no one distribute this art for the obvious reasons. 

Previous months' donation artwork will be available through gumroad or my website as normal.

ALSO, since you are one of my "Lesson Students" (aka, $10+ contributors), YOU GET TO HELP ME DECIDE WHAT TO DO FOR FUTURE DONATION ART SEQUENCES!

Also! thanks for being a $10+ patreon member - you are welcome to post a suggestion for future months' donation art ideas as a comment on this post!

Disclaimer that suggestions may be tweaked (as these are requests and not commissions), and while there is no guarantee I will use all suggestions, I DO consider all suggestions, and keep a list of them to consider for months to come!

Ashley's Midterm

And last but not least: It's time for midterms! Ashley from the Hyena Lesson picked three forms she took to reflect on and discuss what she's learned

Reimu to Anubis Hound

Annnd next we have another sequence with Reimu's misadventures: this time, she offends Anubis and is turned into an anubis hound / jackal!

New Zoo Prequel: Female Leopard

Another new sequence scanned today: the first arrival at the New Zoo: and its biggest investor!

Harley's Last Laugh

I had a biiig scanning day today! ( a couple days ahead of schedule even!)

This scanning day includes this month's donation art + all the Patreon commissions I took on at the start of the month! :D

First up! Harley to a Herm Hyena! It was a lot of fun!

This was a nod to a crossover episode of Batman TAS and the Ninja Turtles! Snippet here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIy6oExT7TM&ab_channel=DCBunnY

Build-A-Sequence Poll 4: Trigger

So far we have!:
10 page TF sequence of:

A small, mousey librarian who tends to hide amongst the shelves of her labyrinth, I mean, library.
turning into a
herm, female-presenting Minotaur 



NOW I'm taking ya'll suggestions for the trigger and putting it to all of you to vote for which one it will be!

Some of them were longer than the poll options allot, so I've trimmed some down - and some were really long and I was really unable to trim it down, but the ideas might work with a future question! And some of them have a lot of overlap - so I'll let people choose multiple options and if complementary ones win I might combine them.

You have until Tuesday Dec 17 at 5pm and then I'll post the next question :)

Build-A-Sequence Question 4: TF Trigger

( Sorry I'm a bit late with this next question - BUT it's a crazy month in general)

So far we have!:
10 page TF sequence of:

A small, mousey librarian who tends to hide amongst the shelves of her labyrinth, I mean, library.
turning into a
herm, female-presenting Minotaur 

NEXT UP: TRIGGER

Tell me what you want to catalyze her change! Tell me a (short! 140 char or less) Story!

Rules:
- Please keep your responses to  140 characters.  That's the maximum number of characters I can put in a poll option.  

- one suggestion per person per round

- write your response in the replies section of this post

I will be selecting around 10 of the suggestions that inspire me at the time, and I will make a poll for you to vote from them :)

- if a response has a lot of likes, it will influence my choice to add it to the poll

I will accept suggestions until Monday Sunday December 15 at 5pm CST

Build-a-Sequence Poll 3: Format!

All right! It sounds like we have a really fun transformation in progress! So far we have:

A small, mousey librarian who tends to hide amongst the shelves of her labyrinth, I mean, library.
turning into a
herm, female-presenting Minotaur 

But now I'm adding a new option this B-A-S this season - an option of the format that will affect the rest of the questions.

1) 10 page pencil single-char TF sequence
with typical follow-up questions done in my normal pencil style sequence

~or~

2) 1 full color mid-transformation image 
This will be a higher-detail image with a dramatic pose with a simple background (more akin to the personal project piece I just posted)
If this option wins, you all get to help decide details of what minotaur features she has at this point, the pose she's in, clothing, etc.

I'll leave the poll open until Friday at 2pm CST

Personal Project: Badass Barret

For this month's personal project - I realized I hadn't actually drawn my long-running Ravenloft D&D game character, Barret - looking intimidating/badass - and wanted to do some more work in procreate and try some different brushes and lighting effects.

I am VERY happy with how this turned out, and feel a bit of a level up on this piece - and I'm happy to share it with you all ( as well as some clothing alternates, and seve4ral WIP stages of the art :)

B-A-S Poll 2: Who were they before?

Alll rightie!

It's time to decide who our herm minotaur is before they're, well, a female herm minotaur!

Since I didn't have a LOT of suggestions, I'm going to put them ALL on the poll to vote for (though caveat this is JUST for the "before" - not the story - so entries that included more than that get that bit chopped off).

I will leave this poll open till WEDNESDAY Dec 11 at 2pm CST

Help me decide the December Donation Art

Some of these are particular holiday suggestions from over the years - help me choose which one you all would like to see the most!

I start work on it Monday :)

Ongoing Sequences & 1-shots

And last but not least for this scanning day: the sequences that get updated a little every month (Sohorrority House & Industry Party: Sakuya) + a 1-shot of Jean Grey being possessed by the phoenix force - but having a much more literal transformation instead of just the aura/energy!

Cabin in the Woods + Captured Barn

Next up... this month's batch of community funded sequences! 2 pages each of Captured Barn & Cabin in the Woods!

I've been doing some more plotting/tweaking the Cabin script and I think I have a rough outline for the rest of the story! It's still probably going to be another hundred or two pages (oof!) but I've got iiiddeeeeeaaas!

AND I already have had plans for the rest of Captured Barn - I don't want to rush through either of these stories, but they are plotted!

Halloween Punch: Stoned and Buzzed

I had a big scanning day - and with it - a BIG new sequence in the "Halloween Punch" series - picking right up from where "Lion Lays with the Lamb" left off - as two of the others at the get together try the punch...

Had a lot of fun with this one, and there are plans for more development in the story >3

December B-A-S Question 2!

All right!
We have a winner for what sort of transformation story we'll be making! The subject will be turning into a :

Female Herm Minotaur

NOW!  Let's figure out who they are at the start of the story!

2nd QUESTION: Describe the "before" of our subject!

this can include how they look physically, clothing style, profession, archetype, etc. No story details yet!

For example: 
a frizzy-haired nerdy black girl nurse with glasses and a curvy figure wearing scrubs.

Rules:
- Please keep your responses to  140 characters.  That's the maximum number of characters I can put in a poll option.  

- one suggestion per person per round

- write your response in the replies section of this post

I will be selecting around 10 of the suggestions that inspire me at the time, and I will make a poll for you to vote from them :)

- if a response has a lot of likes, it will influence my choice to add it to the poll

I will accept suggestions until Monday December 9 at 2pm CST

December Build-A-Sequence: Poll 1

Hi Everyone!

Wow, I'm excited about all of the awesome suggestions we got for what our character will be turning into! (As a reminder, was ONLY looking for the final form - not the starting form or anything else - those that ignored the rules were skipped over.)

It was really tough to narrow it down to about ten options - and now I'll leave the really hard decision in all of your hands: the final pick!

We will decide who the character was before the change soon, but for now - let's vote on what our transformation sequence will have the character turning into!

If the form option doesn't have a gender or anthro vs feral then I will ask for those details in a future poll :)

The poll will remain open until Friday at 2pm CST

December Build-A-Sequence: Question 1!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Once again, I want to express my sincere gratitude to ALL of you who have been helping support myself and my wife - allowing me do artwork full time <3

As a thanks, I'd like to do a build-a-sequence with you all!

Through a series of questions and votes, we'll outline a transformation sequence, which I will then draw later this month!

I'm going to play with the order of questions a bit this time to change things up :)

FIRST QUESTION: What will our subject turn into?

-you can be general (dog) or specific (male anthro german shepherd) - BUT if a "general" suggestion wins, I will ask follow-up questions later.

- write your response in the replies section of this post

- if a response has a lot of likes, it will influence my choice to add it to the poll

Rules:
- Please keep your responses to  140 characters.  That's the maximum number of characters I can put in a poll option.  

- one suggestion per person per round

I will be selecting 5- 10 of the suggestions that inspire me at the time, and I will make a poll for you to vote from them :)

I will accept suggestions until Tuesday December 3 at 2pm CST

November Site Update is LIVE

Happy Black Friday!
Hope that as we roll into the holiday season, you and yours are all doing well <3

News Items

• The Website Update is LIVE!  
  While a smaller update this go-around (I've been working on art for the Island of Dr Moreau & the next Enthralled chapter in the background) - there is still quite a bit of new art in this update including new colored collab images, new sequences, and more!
  

• DONATION ART FOR November 2024:
  "Gym Skunk" (In the "Gym series")
  Hillary has been hearing rave reviews about the same Gym Maddie the German Shepherd visits...
  ( woman -> anthro herm skunk)
  11 pages
  Buy on itch.io
  

• Crowdfunded Sequences -  updates to Captured Barn, Cabin in the Woods, and Equus
  

• I have a Bluesky account and I am going to really make an effort to be more active on there!
  Been moving away from twitter due to things but i'm digging bluesky.

• I want to give a Big Shout-Out of thanks to all my $15+ Patreon donators this month:
  Andrew D, Keowolf, LordE, Protectonot, werewolf_hunter20, Akuro, Cowrara, johnny_vulpine, Kaiser, killer095, Komodo Dave, Nozdormu89, Scotty R, 
  (If any of you would like to go by a different name, please let me know!)
  

• NEXT FULL COMMISSION OPENINGS:
  

  OPENING TIME:  Friday Feb 28, 2025/ 5 pm CST:  CURRENTLY CLOSED
  There will NOT be a go post, but I will update the commission status on the line above  with a time stamp when slots close.
  I will not respond to ANY emails until after slots have closed.
  I also promise to leave slots open for at least THIRTY MINUTES regardless of how many requests I get. So if you get an email to me by 7:30pm CST April 16, I will guarantee you a spot as long as you pay within a week.
  
  What To Send: When you send an email (not before Feb 28), include at least the following: 
  
  Name:
  Email:
  Scope of the project:
     - (how many pages (can be approximate),
     - pencil, inked or colored,
     - how many characters, and if multiple characters, are they present on all pages?
  
   Paying all at once or in batches?  
      - If in batches, do you have a basic budget for your first payment? 
  (Note: First batch must be at least 1/3 of the total commission)
  
  IDEALLY: Send me the full write-up/details of the commission with your initial email, but at the minimum, let me know the above information separately/at the top of the email as well.  If I haven't closed yet, I will reserve you a spot, but I only add people to my worklist after I've received payment (and I add people to the list in the approximate order I receive the payment). 
  
  This is all to give me an estimate for how long it is going to take me to work on your project, so I can get a feeling for how many commissions I can take on before I close.  
  
  My Response: I expect to take on an onslaught of emails, and it may take me 2 days or more to respond to your initial inquiry. I will not begin to respond to any emails at all until slots close. SO: as long as you sent me an email before my slots closed (I will post a time stamp here on the page when they close) then you can assume you got a spot in my reservation list even if you have not heard back from me yet.
  As a note, last year when I opened commissions, slots were only open for about an hour and I took on a year's worth of work.
  I also plan on setting email "work hours" for my own sanity between noon and 10pm CST.
  
  Payment:  Once I confirm your slot and/or give you a quote, you may send payment (for at least the first 1/3 of the commission total if working in batches). *
  Payment must be received by March 7 (1 week after commissions open) at latest, or else your reservation on my list will be forfeit. 
  
  Other Details:
  - if you already are commissioning a long-running ongoing sequence with me that is not already paid in full by the time these slots open, please sit this opening out. You can continue to pay on that sequence as usual, however :)
  - one sequence maximum per person.  (If you are interested in a limited number of non-sequence pieces of art instead, that's also fine). 
  - If you want a ballpark of the pricing before you send me the sequence for a quote, check out my Commission Pricing Page: http://arania.kamiki.net/commission/pricing/
  - The quote will be good for until the commission is paid to completion, or one year from the first payment, whichever happens first.
  
  *If you're not sure how long you want the sequence to be as a whole and instead plan on giving me a basic outline and pay for it in batches I can "spend" at my discretion - email me and we'll figure out a reasonable minimum first payment.  However, I'm trying to discourage the incredibly long sequences with comparably slow payment plans that take literal years to complete this opening, because they lead to increasingly long wait times between openings.
  
  * Note 2: if you're paying in batches, the amount you pay will cover the correlating amount of the sequence. if you pay for 1/3, I will draw the first 1/3 until I receive payment for the next batch.
  

Patreon Commissions - All Notified!

EDIT - slots have now closed and all applicants have been contacted and the projects I accepted have been notified! Thanks everyone! I'm looking forward to working on these sequences!

As a reminder, I am now officially accepting commission proposals from you all (any of my patreon patrons!)

I've already gotten several emails from suggestions - and I won't be responding to any till slots closed tonight. Now's your chance!

Commission Restrictions:

- no more than 1 slot per person

- no more than 10 pages per slot

- pencils only

- no backgrounds

- Paid in full up front when I accept your commission

- These can be full pages (with one or two characters), comic pages, or a mix.

Pricing: 

http://arania.kamiki.net/commission/pricing/

[ base price is $40/character for full pages, $100/page for comics]

Slots: 4

These will NOT be first-come-first serve.

Send me an email ( araniaartist@gmail.com) with the full details and any relevant references of your commission idea any time between:

8am and MIDNIGHT CST on Wednesday November 27 

I will decide which ones to accept and email the o** nes I choose after the window closes, and post here on Patreon to let you all know when I have decided/notified the commissioners.

IoDM: Land

Thanks Pheagle for bringing to my attention that I actually hadn't posted this piece to Patreon yet! I could have sworn I had - but nope!

This is part of a set of 3 "biome" pieces I did for the Island of Dr Moreau TTRPG we're working on (land, sea, and air)!

It features one of the contributor's characters (Pheagle's - the 3-headed dragon) as well as my Islander character from back in the original IoDM, Ambrose - the fencer

IoDM: Air

And the final in the three biome set I've done for the IoDM book: Air!

Stand alone Jasmine Street Rat

Next up: Jasmine the Street rat - stand-alone image!

New Zoo Sheep Inserts

First up on today's scanning day - four inserts for new zoo sheep!

Commission Openings

Thank you all for your patience while I've been working through this year's commission list! I now have a date for my next full commission openings!

Friday Feb 28/ 5pm CST

I will post more details to the front page of my site at the end-of-the-month update.

 HOWEVER!
 In the meantime, I’d like to offer a few smaller-scale project slot openings as interim projects to patrons (you all!).

Commission Restrictions:

- no more than 1 slot per person

- no more than 10 pages per slot

- pencils only

- no backgrounds

- Paid in full up front when I accept your commission

- These can be full pages (with one or two characters), comic pages, or a mix.

Pricing: 

http://arania.kamiki.net/commission/pricing/

[ base price is $40/character for full pages, $100/page for comics]

Slots: 4

These will NOT be first-come-first serve.

Send me an email ( araniaartist@gmail.com) with the full details and any relevant references of your commission idea any time between:

8am and MIDNIGHT CST on Wednesday November 27 

I will decide which ones to accept and email the o** nes I choose after the window closes, and post here on Patreon to let you all know when I have decided/notified the commissioners.

November 2024 VLOG

Thank you all once more for your continued support!

My bluesky account is here:
https://bsky.app/profile/araniaart.bsky.social
AMA!

As usual, if you have any questions you’d like me to answer in my next video, please leave a comment on this video!