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Summer Update

So I wanted to post an update before I get overwhelmed with my schedule again. I thought to put aside religiously updating Patreon if ya'll don't rely on reading it so much. I had to take a break from streaming too since it's too much working 2 separate intense jobs, weight lifting, singing, having a life with friends & partners.

2024-09-07 02:02:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Auction #4 - Answers

Congrats to Aesthetic Capybara for winning the last art auction.  All Patreon & Twitch subs go to tickets you can bid on this auction. Sub to join!

This artwork was finished in April of 2024. It's entirely subconscious, in that an image came to me and I let it flow out. What does it mean to you? All interpretations welcome.

I'm also trying mediums I used to work with. Ver...

Gideon the Ninth

New artwork! This is an illustration project I took on to expand my character art portfolio. I would really like to be illustrating book covers or MTG cards. I hope you see how title & author credits could fit at the top or bottom of this illustration.

🤺 PRI...

I learned to tattoo

I am persuing tattooing as a side career. I discovered this is something that makes sense and is a natural trajectory in my work. Why?

🦇 the surreal, horror, monster stuff is generally the kind of art people are getting tattooed now

🦇 this means any monsters I create can also become tattoos, it's a feedback loop

🦇 all my work has an element of spirituality and aesthet...

New Stickers Coming

Just wanted to share a quick update that I got new stickers coming! These are the mockups and I'm really crossing my fingers. I printed these as pixie dust, which is like glitter but much finer. This will complete the mushroom madams for now. If I have extra funds, I might add 1 more design I think would make a nice sticker. 

I generally make my stickers in batches of 50-100 because ...

Figure Drawing - Latex Continued

So here are a few more drawings from the session. I got a lot of drawings out of this one. Sometimes I don't, sometimes they're so wonky or incomplete it's not even worth scanning.

There's nothing wrong with some of these, they're just kinda...as punchy as some of the more successful ones or have faults.

A few more gestures:

2024-02-13 23:33:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Figure Drawing - Latex

I saved these for a Valentine's Day appropriate post! I went to Dr. Sketchy a few times now and I have been enjoying it. This time, I went alone and got treated with this fetish model night. Artistically, I love drawing latex because of how form-fitting & shiny it is. I just love painting reflective surfaces for the challenge. 

I'm using these more erotic drawings to supplement m...

Magpie Nest

I'm pretty excited to post this artwork. I feel it's one of my best animal paintings so far, and it had quite a journey to get here. The idea comes from some stories I read or heard as a child based around magpies stealing shiny objects. They were this whimsical, where the birds in the story stole epic treasures and had huge collections in their nests. This idea always stuck with me.

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Figure Drawing - Disco

Another one of my goals when starting a Patreon was going to more figure drawing. Whether it's once a year or once a month, any amount is better & the cost of doing that has been prohibited. I made a collection of options for workshops around the city. By far, Dr. Sketchy is the most fun because the models are costumed, themed, and switch costumes and undress so there is a lot to draw. Thes...

Patron Black Friday/Cyber Monday Codes

Hello everyone, just sending out a quick update that I have special discounts for ya'll for Black Friday / Cyber Monday stuff. I am having a general sale, but the newsletter & Patrons get their own special-er discounts.

So for you, codes in bold:

💃 bfpart23 - 20% off art commissions - this includes everything 2023-11-24 18:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Landscape Linocut Tests

So, I thought getting into linocut & block printing would be easy since I've done it before... I am so wrong. 


Probably my fav. of the watercolor ones.

My first rubber block with the magpie did not work out. I streamed working on this. Unfortunately with fatigue, I got a ...

Experimenting with new skills

This summer, I experimented with new skills. I want to expand my usefulness in animation and expand the way I can make art. 

The stickers were a starting point last year. I am now considering making block prints, which are fun because I get to carve and I can print in gradients, metallics and mixed colors on plain or unique papers, meanwhile making limited prints so they are more spe...

Monster Sticker BG Color Poll

The mix of symbolism for this design is an Ibex/goat (typically an allusion to Satan) & the mudra used to ward off evil eye given by the goat.

New Artwork: Chicago L Train Crossing Street

Hello everyone, I'm back from my trip and with a finished Yupo painting for you, as always the large version file. I have more paintings to post, however they'd midway through getting scanned and cleaned up.

This painting is based on a photo I took while I was in Chicago last year to do a talk about animation with Umami. We mostly got stuck in the burbs, then had 1 day to do the art museu...

New Artwork: Cyborg and Drape

This artwork was quite the journey! Higher res image as always for you~ 

12"x18" on half-inch canvas. Will be varnished & ready to hang when dry. 

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Concept

I decided to go with the same theme as the Make It Work...