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Phoenix Desktop Wallpaper

Decided to make a desktop wallpaper of that Jean I posted here on Friday. Since I had the extra space, I extended the phoenix flames which I think actually makes for a better illustration! Feels more like wings now. Maybe I should think more widescreen in my compositions a little more often.

The following sizes are packaged together in the attached download.

  • TABLET (1600 x 1200)

  • HD PC (2560 x 1440)

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Phoenix Rising (+ Phone Wallpaper)

Happy Phriday! Whew. We made it. What a week.

Anyhoo, here's some new fan art of Jean Grey-Summers casually showing off a bit of her Phoenix Force. Initially, it started out as a quick little warm-up sketch. It's been uncanny freezing here in Florida and thought drawing something like this might help me, well... warm up. I was kind of liking how it was turning out, however, so I decided to spend some extra time polishing it up as something more finished. Then thought it mi...

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Eyes Back Here

More Ko.

Hope everyone's weekend is off to a nice โญ๏ธt. :)

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Spider-Woman

Happy Jessica Drewsday!

Had an itch to draw Spider-Woman. Not sure why. I always dug that classic costume of her's though. So simple and sleek.

Anyhoo, back to more important things. Hope everyone is off to a good week!*

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*To my L.A. friends, peers and their families impacted by the fires, I don't even know what to say. All I've been able to do is send out prayers and financial support and even that doesn't feel like enough. Just hoping for an end to it all a...

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Ko with Sword

UPDATE: Was looking at this sketch this morning and realized I could have done a better job at drawing that sword melting. So made some quick adjustments.

Afraid now it looks more like a giant popsicle than a sword! You'll have to let me know. ๐Ÿ˜…

Moving on!

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Boy. Busy week! Time off is nice, but I always forget how hectic it is catching up on everyth...

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New Year. New Goals. New... Character?

Update: Oops! Meant to publish this post out for free subs as well. That way everyone knows what to expect this coming year. While new art and sketches will primarily continue to be for paid subs, I am aiming to occasionally open up scattered posts for everyone this year. Especially since I plan on decreasing my already minimal time on the socials. No plans to diminish tier benefits though.

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Meet Ko! Or maybe a different name! And ...

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So long, 2024!

Happy New Years Eve, my friends!

I've been purposefully keeping away from my studio over the holidays in order to spend as much time with my family as possible before diving back into a busy coloring schedule again, but wanted to get at least one last drawing in by the end of the year for you. So here's a quick little, friendly neighborly Spidey (and Mark) to say THANK YOU for all your love and support on this platform! At risk of sounding like a broken record, I r...

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Super Tidings

Just wanted to wish everyone here on my favorite little corner of the internet a very Merry Christmas. Hope it's been filled with super tidings and cheer!

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The Story of Christmas (by Supergirl)

Merry Christmas Eve Eve! Here's this year's fresh-off-the-Cintiq Batgirl Supergirl Christmas comic. Sharing it a day or two early for you before posting it to the rest of the internet either tomorrow or on actual Christmas day (I haven't decided yet).

I was hoping to have it sooner for you but this one took me waaaaay longer than I expected. I think because I never fully committed to the idea. I kept rewriting and redrawing things. But now that it's done, I'm happy with it! And I hope i...

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Running of the Star

Happy first day of winter, my friends!

Here's a little warm-up doodle I drew this morning before gearing up to tackle something much more important. A little elf girl excited about her participation in the ceremonial "Running of the Christmas Star" ...or something like that. I didn't put a whole lot of thought into it. Haha.

Speaking of stars, REMINDER that the auction for the Wonder Woman...

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Wonder Woman Watercolor (+ Original Art Auction)

REMINDER: Auction ending today (Sunday) at noon EST. Bidding is allowed to continue up to 30min of no activity. Good luck!

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This past weekend I went out with a couple local comic pals for our annual drink and draw get-together. I like to have something in the works so I'm actually drawing (and not just drinking) and ended up with this power-posed Wonder Woman here. I then watercolored her at home the next day, just got around to scanning her this morning, a...

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A Mary Little Timelapse

Almost forgot about Timelapse Tuesday again. Sorry about that! I'm in deep work mode this week doing my best to get as much done before the holidays so I can just, like, chill for a few days. This has been a tooooough year. I need a short break. ๐Ÿ˜…

I have a feeling I'm not the only one staying busy so here's just a quick 60-second timelapse drawing this time around. It's Mary Marvel! Cheering you on for all the last minute gift shopping, wrapping, baking, decorating, year-end planning...

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Holiday Supergirl (+ Phone Wallpaper)

Wow. Christmas is right around the corner, isn't it? Where has this year gone?!

Here's a little illustration I sorta noodled away at in-between coloring Moonlit Spiral pages this week. My tradition of drawing an annual Batgirl/Supergirl Christmas comic typically doesn't leave a whole lot of room for other festive content with the two, so wanted to get at least one super holiday-flavored piece in this year. Was kinda going for a wholesome Norman Rockwell feel while keeping with my style....

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Late Knight Timelapse

Hi all! Forgot all about Timelapse Tuesday yesterday! So here's one a little late this week. A Batman one, because it's nighttime now and we all know how much Batsy loves nighttime.

Enjoy!

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Classic Starfire

It's been awhile since I've drawn a fun little "Happy Monday" sketch so here's a classic Perez-era Starfire to help warm up the new work week for y'all.

I also started something slightly more substantial that maybe I'll be able to finish up later on in the week. We'll see how coloring on Moonlit goes. For now, have a great Monday!

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A Little Moonlit Spiral Chap 5 Preview

Happy Saturday!

I was reeeeeally hoping I'd have time to get a new drawing done for y'all by the weekend, but this week slammed me hard. Just a hodgepodge of wintery things, school functions, household surprises and diligently working to get extra pages of Moonlit Spiral colored before Christmas so I can optimistically take the last week of the year off before plunging into the final third of book. I think the holiday jingle goes something like, "๐ŸŽถ It's the moooost busi...

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Super Timelapse

Happy Timelapse Tuesday!

Since I finally shared this jacket wearing Supergirl off Patreon*, thought it'd make a fun one for today. Every time I share a new Supergirl sketch I think it'll be the one where folks get tired of me drawing her. That hasn't seemed to happen yet but ya never know. I guess I'll just keep drawing her until it does!

Anyhoo, quick post because this is the busiest three weeks of the year. Hopefully yours are off to a super start and this timelapse drawing hel...

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Holly Jolly Pinup (+ Phone Wallpaper)

Happy Holidays!

Now that it's officially Christmastime (although I did break my typical rule and start decorating the week before Thanksgiving this year), I thought I should start getting some more festive content on here. To kick things off, here's a new tangled-up pinup drawing plus a wallpaper set to go along with it (download below).

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Pie

I think it's a tradition that I share this comic every year now. So here it is again along with it sliced up (for the vision impaired--like me) and some process breakdowns. I'll probably never get tired of drawing these two together.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Holiday Print Sale

Hi all! This wasn't planned, but I woke up this morning deciding to do a holiday print sale in my online shop. All prints are currently 25% off with code HOLIDAY2024 automatically applied at checkout.

Stock is limited. Sale ends next Wednesday (12-4-24).

SHOP HERE

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the holiday season!

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Holiday Print Sale (EXTRA)

Hi all! This wasn't planned, but I woke up this morning deciding to do a print sale for the holidays. I'm going to offer the public 25% off, but wanted to give a little extra for Patron subscribers. So as of right now you can use code SNICKERDOODLE during checkout for 35% off your entire order. This is for prints only (which is mostly what's in there anyways). I also wanted to make sure y'all got first notice since some of my stock is kinda...

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Train Stop TimeLapse

TimeLapse Tuesday time! I thought I'd take a break from sharing a fanart one this week and share one of my girl pinup/fashion/vignette (whatever you want to call them) drawings.

I always liked how this train stop one turned out and since there's probably quite a lot of traveling happening this week (Thanksgiving and all), it felt like a good one to post. I think I might've shared the quick 60 sec version back when I drew this in 2022 so I uploaded the full--holy smokes--over 10 min vers...

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The SBFF Go on a Hike (+ Phone Wallpaper)

Happy Saturday, my friends! Here's a little illustration I started scribbling last weekend and finally got around to finishing up this morning. A simple little hiking adventure with the SBFF. Slowly starting to include Donna in these little slice-of-life pieces. ๐Ÿ™‚

The vertical composition also screamed phone wallpaper to me, so here's another new set for you this month. Download below.

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Storming the TimeLapse

After last week's much welcomed uneventfulness, this one is proving the exact opposite. Multiple school visits, various goings-ons with my kids, and a particular tricky--albeit fun--sequence of Moonlit Spiral I'm struggling to color by the weekend in order to stay on schedule.

I did start noodling away at a simple little illustration on Sunday I might be able to finish up one of these nights. Depends on how well coloring work goes. But hopefully I'll have some new art to share by the en...

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Catwoman Pinup (+ Phone Wallpaper)

Happy Friday!

Wow, after SuperBatober, Halloween, hurricanes, election stuff and a few medical things, it's been an incredibly quiet week for me. Some would say downright boring! Which is JUST FINE. I welcome a little boring into my life.

In fact, life has been uneventful enough that I've been able to make really great progress on Moonlit Spiral colors this week. So much so, I allowed myself a brief break from that to do some drawing yesterday. I've had an itch in my head of a pur...

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SuperBatober 2024 Original Art Sale

UPDATE 11-11-24

I can't believe I'm writing this after one day, but only five pieces are left in the shop. Thank you SO MUCH everyone! Incredible.

I'm making this post public now for any who might want the few that are left along with individual links for easier browsing. Those who have ordered, I should have your art shipped by the end of this week!

Rita Vrataski Watercolor

Here it is. My very last commission sketch from the batch I took on over a year ago. Sgt. Rita "Rose" Vrataski, Emily Blunt's character from The Edge of Tomorrow.

This was kind of a tough one as I ended up having to stylize her a bit to fit my um... well, style, but I think she still came out pretty fun; I don't often draw sour, aggressive characters. Just rewatched the movie this past weekend. Still holds up!...

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Batgirl Supergirl Desk Wallpapers

Happy November! Gosh, how are we here already?

Wanted to do something to sort of kick off the new month while also wrapping up the last one and thought a collection of Batgirl Supergirl wallpapers fit that bill pretty well. So here's four new ones! All made from some past illustrations of the two.

A couple of these were originally vertical so I'm not entirely sure if cropping them the way I did works well or not, but let me know. I'll certainly continue to make more....

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SuperBatober 31 - LANDMARK

And that's that!

Hope you've enjoyed all the pieces this month as much as I had fun drawing and painting them. I've got an immense amount of other stuff ahead of me but I'm still going to aim at getting these up in my shop sometime during the first half of November. As promised, I'll let everyone here know first when they drop.

Apologies for never being able to get a watercolor timelapse recorded (among other process things). This was a rough month! And the hurricane...

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SuperBatober 30 - VIOLIN

I know some might have expected to me to draw The Fiddler or maybe even Music Meister for this prompt, but I think we've seen enough villains show up for one month. Let's give our two girls a break!

So here they are at a Zatanna show instead; who, to me at least, is far more enjoyable to see. Plus, I'll never get tired of writing various phases backwards to see what fun incantations they become. This one beat out the much sillier sounding "GNIRTS OLOS".

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