100 Cats no.11-20
Posted on February 18th, 2025
Another week, another 10 cats! Rather than doing the smart thing and refine a style throughout the project, I did the fun thing and tried a bunch of different styles, depending on the day.
“sus.” 2.5″x3.5″ pen and ink on paper (sold)
“Leap,” 2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“Boo,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen and ink and copic marker on paper (sold)
“Void,” 6″x8″ watercolor on paper
“Hiss,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper
“Watch,” 7″x5″ acrylic on yupo
“Yum,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen and ink and watercolor on paper (sold)
“SBD,” 2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“Loaf,” 3.5″x2.5″ Posca marker on yupo sketch card
“Twitch,” 3.5″x2.5″ Posca marker on yupo (sold)
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: 100 cats, acrylic, black paper, cat, copic marker, for sale, pen and ink, posca marker, sold, watercolor, yupo
100 Cats no.1-10
Posted on February 11th, 2025
A long, long time ago – okay, in the first quarter of 2023 – I did a big art project where I painted or drew 1 cat (almost) every day, until I had 100 cat paintings. It took me a long time to properly scan, process, and ready all those images for you, but believe it or not, they’re only just now ready to share here.
I shared the whole thing on Patreon as it was happening, but they’re used to my badly edited phone photos by now! I wanted these nicer for posterity, which ended up making them so, so late.
At some point I’d like to revisit this project with 100 birds, but for now, enjoy your first 10 cats!
“Nope.” 7x”5″ ink and watercolor on paper
“Three Fates,” 5″x7″ watercolor on paper
“Bleh,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“Mlem,” 3.5″x2.5″ ink and watercolor on paper (sold)
“Play,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on yupo
“Space,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“Decay,” 5″x7″ watercolor on paper
“Beans,” 3.5″x2.5″ pen and ink on paper
“Hmph,” 5″x7″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“zzZZ,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: 100 cats, brush and ink, for sale, sold, watercolor
The House With the Haunted Heart
Posted on January 31st, 2025
It’s here! It’s haunted!
My latest novel, The House With the Haunted Heart, is a light, spooky romance between a boy, the Bay Area, and his house. Moving up from Silicon Valley, Aaron’s looking for love, peace, and pizza.
Categories: Words Words Words
Tags: book, haunted house, novel
December 2024 Sketch Cards
Posted on January 28th, 2025
How is January almost over? The passage of time is a continued problem. I have two! Two sets of sketch cards for you! Ah-ah-ah-aah! [insert Count von Count here]
Above, I did a set of six moon phases because I always need extras for my patreon goodie packets. These were fun to experiment with the clouds on each, so they feel connected but not too samey.
Here are everyone’s actual sketch requests from last month! And that wraps up the whole year, which is wild.
- Jefferson asked for ninja espresso and got an espresso ninja (sold)
- Rebecca S wanted a hockey boy and I paid homage to her team, the Krakens (sold)
- Amy B asked for a skunk
- SaraBeth wanted flight or freedom, and apparently my brain went the easy route with this bird escaping its cage (sold)
- Eric asked for “Captain Negasonic Human Torch” because he’s a troll, but I had fun with it
- Kelly wanted a goth to interpret “red” so of course it’s bloody bones (sold)
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, copic marker, crow, eric, jefferson, kelly, moon, patreon, pen and ink, rebecca s, sarabeth
November 2024 Patron Sketches
Posted on January 4th, 2025
I’m gonna have some actual full-size art to show y’all pretty soon, but for now here’s another batch of sketch cards from Patreon!
- Jefferson asked for, “That trick never works!” and gets a crow peeking out of an orange magician’s top hat. (sold)
- Amy B wanted a cosy mole in a waistcoat, and I gave him a cup of tea and a jaunty bowler hat, which has somehow made him look like a Loony Tunes villain, or at least a henchmole. (sold)
- Kelly wanted autumn/fall, and having a leaf to do later, I decided on this cosy purrito objecting to the changing weather. I think autumn was about 11 seconds long this year, so my mood has gone straight to winter, sorry! (sold)
- This crow is the first of three bonus cards! I did some gloomy, rainy autumn/winter backgrounds and then let myself play. (nfs)
- Bonus Crow the Second, with a trio and a tree.
- Bonus Crow the Third, just one jaunty corvid and a different tree.
- SaraBeth asked for Solidarity and gets some Pride-themed word art. (sold)
- Eric wanted a favorite cup of tea, and this is one of my favorite impractical teacups that I own, filled with sweet, milky Earl Grey. (sold)
- Andria asked for the perfect autumn leaf, and I think doing this first stole all of my fall feeling, lol. (sold)
A lovely end to the year, all watercolors and my fancy new pencils!
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, crow, eric, jefferson, kelly, patreon, sarabeth, word art
October 2024 Patron Sketches
Posted on December 4th, 2024
I ended up doing these guys a little late for the inevitable holiday cold reasons, but I had a really fun mix of prompts this time, at least!
- Nick asked for “kissmas” after some book he likes, and gets the blorbos from my upcoming Goblin Market book instead. Sorry not sorry.
- Andria wanted a confused jack-o-lantern.
- Eric asked for “The Ballad” and I had fun fading this out on the left like the world in Coraline when she tries to walk away and instead walks around. (sold)
- Kelly wanted hellfire, so I painted some fun flames and added a few lost souls for ambience. (sold)
- SaraBeth asked for Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors, and I went for the smaller version because it’s just cuter. (sold)
- Amy B wanted an autumnal Pod, and in autumn all Pod wants is warms.
- Rebecca W said of course she still loves Pod (who was the cat on that post, iirc) and so I experimented a little with light and form and color for her. (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, copic marker, eric, goblin market, kelly, little shop of horrors, mcu, nick, patreon, pen and ink, poddleston, rebecca w, sarabeth, watercolor
September 2024 Patron Sketches
Posted on November 2nd, 2024
Patron sketches again! I also did Drawtober, but I gave myself a mandate to just do pencil sketches in a notebook, and mostly concentrate on figure drawing, so I won’t be reposting those here. They’re free to view on Patreon, though!
Eight cards for six requests, and on time, too!
- Andria asked for birthday level-ups, and got this absolutely not from Mario 1up shroom
- Kelly prompted “raindrops and rainbows” and I feel like this was a predictable sort of result (sold)
- Jefferson wanted “endless swearing” and that much grawlix is quite the challenge to write! (sold)
- Kitty Nebula just because
- Eric wanted Dragon Fireworks and I had fun with it (sold)
- another just because….falling stars, fireflies in the rain, who knows? (sold)
- Amy B wanted good birthday vibes, so these cuties are for her
- and last but absolutely not least, SaraBeth wanted Pod as Beetlejuice, and while Poddlejuice refused to wake up for his cameo, he did agree to be in the sketch (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, beetlejuice, cat, copic marker, dragon, eric, jefferson, kelly, pen and ink, sarabeth, watercolor
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