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December 2024 Sketch Cards
Tuesday, 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
Saturday, 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
Wednesday, 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
August 2024 Patreon Sketches
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
As usual, these were requested in August, sketched in September, and are being shared here a little after that! I still have my 100 Cats project to share with y’all, but I haven’t yet figured out what format I want to use for the posts (and how much Photoshopping it will require, sigh).
- Nick and Andria both wanted coziness, so the napping purrito and autumn opossum are for them.
- SaraBeth asked for two of my OCs, Andy and Horace. Andy is a weird shadow monster who is in full muppet mode here, lol. (sold)
- Jefferson wanted a Galaxy Cake, ironically not the cake I had for my birthday this year. (sold)
- Eric asked for egrets. No regrets, only egrets. (sold)
- Kelly asked for a phoenix and got this sparkly boyo. (sold)
- Amber wanted Calvin & Hobbes, which I am always happy to deliver. (sold)
- I got another new pack of cool pencils and experimented with them to draw weird fire.
- Amy B wanted a batcat for the season! (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amber, amy b, andria, bird, birthday, cat, consulting magic, copic marker, eric, ink pencils, jefferson, kelly, nick, pen and ink, sarabeth, watercolor
July 2024 Patreon Sketches
Friday, September 13th, 2024
Happy Friday the 13th! Please enjoy this last set of sketch cards I did for my darling supporters at Patreon.
- Amy B wanted a capybara and it’s very chill (sold)
- Kelly wanted foxes and got one smirky boy (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted something with cats and boy she got it (sold)
- Molly asked for otters playing by a lighthouse (sold)
- Eric wanted Ruby Sunday from Doctor Who (sold)
- Rey only sort of asked for “this configuration of existential challenges sucks” (sold)
- Jefferson absolutely asked for “oyster mosh pit” and this is entirely his fault (sold)
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, black paper, capybara, cat, colored pencil, copic marker, doctor who, eric, fox, jefferson, kelly, molly, patreon, pen and ink, rey, ruby sunday, sarabeth, sketch
June 2024 Patron Sketches
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
There was a bat in our basement! It appears to have left on its own, but man, what a random ending to the week. Before all that, I spent the day on sketch cards! Everything is watercolor this time around because reasons.
From the top left:
- Kelly asked for a rainbow kitty
- Amy B prompted “our big, loud pride in [their] shameful times”
- SaraBeth prompted “quiet pride”
- Eric asked for Gonzo
- Jeff asked for Fozzie Ramone
- Amber prompted “sidekick wanted!”
- Andria wanted a subtle bi owl
- Corinne referred to Goomy day by asking for “slime and rainbows”
- and Nick asked for a Mandragora from Final Fantasy
There’s actually a 10th card, but it’s a spoiler for the cover of A Flutter of Fae, which is now with my beta readers, with its plot all fixed and some fresh typos for their pleasure of discovery.
Categories: 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
Tags: am, amy b, andria, cat, corinne, eric, final fantasy, jeff, kelly, muppets, nick, owl, patreon, pen and ink, pokemon, pride, sarabeth, watercolor
January 2024 Patreon Sketches
Monday, March 25th, 2024
And now we are caught up! Though of course we’ll have February’s Patreon sketches done in a few days, and then it’ll truly all be done and dusted, and in April you’ll get some actual full art pieces.
Only a 2-day delay due to illness, whew!
From the top left:
- Rey asked for “have some fucking grace” (sold)
- Jefferson asked for some office crows (sold)
- Purple Space Kitty is just because reasons
- Amy B wanted some kind of monkey and I painted this little babe (sold)
- Eric asked for the 15th Doctor and gets chibi ball-playing 15 (sold)
- SaraBeth asked for “sometimes hope is just spite rebranded” (sold)
- Nick wanted Mona from Nanalan’
Categories: 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, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, cat, copic marker, crow, doctor who, eric, jefferson, nick, patreon, pen and ink, rey, sarabeth, sketch, watercolor
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