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September 2023 Patreon Sketches

Posted on March 11th, 2024

With more vintage Patreon commentary, lol.

and they’re even on time!

  • Nick asked for a Moogle and here it is
  • This odd little abstract has some space-ish echoes in it. And purple! (sold)
  • Jefferson asked for pumpkin spice soccer, so this one’s his fault entirely (sold)
  • A random bonus nebula (sold)
  • This DMB quote is always a good reminder
  • Lickitung is here to help me troll Corinne, sorry not sorry
  • Eric asked for board game night, and got an homage to our old game store (sold)
  • SaraBeth wanted cake! And since I have no idea what anyone’s fave colors are, it’s purple

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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August 2023 Patreon Sketches

Posted on March 7th, 2024

Lots this month! Patreon supporters were engaged or something.

y’all asked for a LOT of cards the month before I went and got covid, dang! I’m late but not outside of September, so I’m going to consider it a win. There’s quite a range of styles this time, because I tended to get 2 done and then have to fuck off and do something else, lol. Enjoy!

  • Corinne wrote a fic where super soldiers in the MCU were also werewolves, and I had to draw chibi werewolf Red skull
  • Amy B asked for petrichor
  • Eric wanted cookies & cream and got ghost Oreos (sold)
  • Amber asked for the 1st day of school (sold)
  • SaraBeth asked for autumn vibes
  • JoVE asked for “ready for summer but it’s raining” (sold)
  • Jefferson asked for “hotberg icetub” because he loves to torment me (sold)
  • Andria wanted dragon(fruit) shaved ice
  • Nick asked for a Princely Bottom a la Red White & Royal Blue
  • Kelly wanted space! I love painting space cards, ngl. (sold)

And that’s all of them! So many!

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of
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July 2023 Patreon Sketches

Posted on March 4th, 2024

More sketches, more Pokemon. My patrons know what they like, I guess?

Sketch card time! Y’all gave me ALL the prompts for next month, but this time there were only 5. SaraBeth, I haven’t forgotten you, keep your eyes out for a whole set of ghosts in cute costumes next week!

I also went and made wee travel palettes of basically all my watercolors, and then had fun using them for this.

  • Amy B asked for “melt” and gets word art entirely from the warm colors palette (sold)
  • Eric asked for a Pokemon and got the first thing that I saw when I opened GO, so blame them, but also enjoy this in its 3 shades of blue (sold)
  • Jefferson asked for “iceberg hot tub” so here’s a polar bear enjoying a bath, also all in blue (sold)
  • Nick asked for some good luck and also 🧡 so here’s an only slightly menacing bit of word art from the greens palette, with bonus hearts from the warms when I pulled it out for Amy’s melty card

Categories: Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of
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June 2023 Patreon Sketches

Posted on February 29th, 2024

More sketches, complete with vintage text from the original Patreon post, lol.

I have triumphed over my dysfunctional executives and done this month’s sketch cards, huzzah!

  • Jefferson asked for “Shoggoth Pocky” and watch out, it bites back. (sold)
  • Nick asked for “mlm (but also wlw)” and I punned at him, a Wooloo sporting mlm colors, because we pronounce these acronyms “mlem” and “wooloo” in our household.
  • Andria asked for dark purple ranunculus and I experimented with some fun texture stuff that you totally can’t see here! But it looks great lol. (sold)
  • Amy B wanted an axolotl, and despite my inability to spell it on the first try, I did a chibi version for her. (sold)

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of
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May 2023 Patreon Sketches

Posted on February 26th, 2024

Another small batch of monthly sketches, for those Patreon supporters who dropped me a prompt!

Got ’em done under the wire! As you can see, the requests were full of kitties, which seems predictable given everything. XD

  • Amy B asked for a kitty monkey-climbing, and got this orange sketchy boy going up a shelf like it’s his job. (sold)
  • SaraBeth Ray asked for kitty heaven, and so we have this little abstract kitty-soul surrounded by many favorite things! (sold)
  • Eric wanted mermay but cats, and gets this mermeow in soothing green and blue. (sold)
  • Jefferson quoted a favorite in-joke, “Where’s my melon scoop!” which is a line from Tony Shalhoub in Stark Raving Mad. I had to do some googling to recreate that terrible 90s facial hair. (sold)

Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of
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April 2023 Patreon Sketches

Posted on February 23rd, 2024

It’s about time I started using this website again, don’t you think? Please enjoy the next, like, month’s worth of posts, which are all Patreon sketch cards from the past year.

We have 5 cards for 4 requests, because I wasn’t sure the abstract peony was working out, so I did the other one just in case, and then they both worked out so, extra flowers!

  • Eric asked for bunnies and gets a bonus Buffy quote (sold)
  • Nick asked for a peony and got two (both sold)
  • Rey asked for patience, and gets this dramatic bit of word art (sold)
  • Amy B wanted a kinkajou (sold)

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
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To Admire and to Adore

Posted on February 20th, 2024

red and black book cover with yellow text

It’s finally out!

In this sequel to To Hive and to Hold, we check back in with Arthur and Jade, meet some new friends, make some new magic, and watch a new romance catch fire.

Arthur: witch, apothecarist, tea-maker, and teacher.
Jade: sorcerer, tattooist, and Arthur’s non-binary lover.
Basil Vasan-Everleigh: part fae, part human, and entirely overlooked by his sorcerer family.
Rixt: dragon, patron, and a man of exquisite taste.

Dragons have a bone to pick with the sorcerers, and both parties require impartial negotiators. Arthur and Jade agree to speak on the dragons’ behalf, and Basil’s father volunteers him to speak for the sorcerers.

Arthur gets new clients for tea, new vendors for magical plants and ingredients, and Basil gets a whole new world that appreciates him for who he is. Rixt gets more than he bargained for, Jade gets to see his former enemies get what they deserve, and our heroes get a whole lot of happily ever after.

Tags: low stakes, romance, m/m romance, genderqueer character, medium spicy, solarpunk, hopepunk, cozy magic, will make you hungry and crave tea, HEA and extended denouement, slice of life

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