Happy Saturday, Blackbirds!
As previously mentioned, I was ahead of the game on December’s bonus card for the Raven Dandy tier! Next month, Raven Dandy members will be receiving this stunning premium, gold-foil bonus card: A throwback to the *very first MBPS card*.
Re-iterating from my housekeeping post: I am temporarily capping the Raven Dandy tier. There are (as of the making ...
2021-11-06 17:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Blackbirds! Just a few notes that I wanted to be out in the world.
— I am temporarily capping the Raven Dandy tier. There are 24 available slots left! This is because I have already received December’s premium bonus cards (and if I may say so, they are absolutely stunning — when I opened them, I squawked and did an embarrassing little dance in delight) and I w...
2021-11-05 14:30:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds! I hope your All Saint’s Day sugar hangovers (and hangovers of all kinds) are merciful! The Spooky Season may be at its close, but Autumn is only now in full swing, and I hope you will all get to enjoy the onset of sweater weather.
This month our Bonus Card Poll was tighter than I have EVER seen it, which is a delight! For three days, both options polle...
2021-11-01 15:48:52 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Blackbirds! ✨🍁🎃All Hallow’s Eve is Upon Us…🎃🍁✨
This is a reminder that it is the last day to adjust your tier for November’s delivery! This delivery will only go out to Raven Dandies and Crow Collectors, so if you are a Jolly Jackdaw who wants in on that Autumn Artemis Action, today is the day to make that happen!
I hope you all have a wonderful d...
2021-10-31 13:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Blackbirds!
Please take a moment to vote on your favorite option for November’s bonus card! Our options this month are:
An illustration from Lo Conteureuse, a collection of queer fairy tales that I released last year, from the story “Boarskin”; between the butch p...
2021-10-29 18:17:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, Blackbirds!
November is always sepia tones in my mind. I hope you enjoy this warm, tea-stained interpretation of Artemis / Diana and her exploits in the Edwardian Era — much the same as ever, only in especially handsome raiment. This is real butch appreciation hours, folks.
Fun fact: The verse is from the comedy by Aristophanes, “The Frogs”. In searching fo...
2021-10-28 23:16:23 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Blackbirds, Aussies in particular!
As you are likely aware, USPS has suspended service of certain mail types to Australia! I understood the current limits as not affecting MBPS deliveries. However, I have received back two September deliveries to Victoria that were denied delivery.
If you can help me out, I would love to do a quick check in — if you are a member i...
2021-10-27 17:41:04 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, Blackbirds!
Just a small thing: I accidentally included outdated QR cards in October’s deliveries! If you’d like to scan your card to see my letter, process videos and images, the monthly playlist etc — just navigate on a smartphone to Plynth.com/Marlowelune and scan your card from there. :)
— Marlowe Lune
2021-10-26 16:34:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
If, in the previous post about November’s postcard, you guessed that I was drawing Diana/Artemis, you were correct! Like Hades and Persephone in January’s card, Artemis is getting the Edwardian treatment. Could ~The Aesthetique~ get any better than this?
— Your Society President, Penpal-in-Chief, and Deliverer of Butch Crush Material,
Marlo...
2021-10-16 19:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello Blackbirds!
Just a quick note today! Since the summer I’ve been using a script to collect names and addresses directly from the data you’ve provided to Patreon.
If you prefer a name that is different from the one you’ve listed on your Patreon address — at one point I was able to manually adjust this each month. However, at the current size of the MBPS, that’s no long...
2021-10-15 14:38:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, Blackbirds!
Here’s a little sneak peak at part of my reference board for November’s postcard. I’ll be revisiting the theme of greco-roman mythology — Any guesses about which which goddess is getting a turn-of-the-century treatment?
— Your Society President, Penpal-in-Chief, and Riding Boots Admirer,
Marlowe Lune
2021-10-06 21:42:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon Blackbirds!
As mentioned, I specially selected October’s bonus card — an old beloved piece from this time last year, which I have recently done some color reworking on! As promised, this piece will be getting the premium treatment with gold foil details and a beautiful velvet-touch cardstock. All Raven Dandies will be recieving a copy of this card in their October deliv...
2021-09-30 17:43:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
I’m excited to reveal October’s Postcard of the Month! Two nonbinary socialites celebrate the season at a costumed gala. I hope your autumnal festivities are as dazzling!
This month I am foregoing the usual bonus card poll, as I will be selecting another piece for the Premium Treatment that you saw with August’s Lillian Gish bonus cards! You can l...
2021-09-28 21:22:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Monday Blackbirds!
As promised, a notice — September’s postcards are now in the mail! With Jolly Jackdaws included for their quarterly delivery and very large, very surprising influx of patrons for this delivery, the number of deliveries to pack and seal doubled over last month. Eternally grateful both for your patronage and your patience! (And have no fear — the great thing a...
2021-09-27 22:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon Blackbirds, I hope your week has started well!
First: I’ve gotten quite a few messages anticipating the September postcard delivery, so let me settle your eager hearts and clarify that I am still waiting on the September postcards to be delivered to me.
Some of you may be aware of the shortages of labor and materials affecting m...
2021-09-20 19:10:12 +0000 UTC View Post
To every Blackbird, old and new: Good afternoon, and happy Tuesday!
I have been a little floored by the influx of new patrons for September, many of whom are also new to my work in general! A welcome and reintroduction is absolutely in order. Thank you all for joining this little society, and I hope that you'll be delighted by your stay.
On your Merry Postmaster 2021-08-31 17:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
Slightly belated, the September bonus card poll is here, where you can select which bonus card will be included in the Raven Dandy packages this coming month. With a drumroll please, your options are:
The Devil’s Girl, a character portrait from earlier th...
2021-08-30 16:10:16 +0000 UTC View Post
As the Summer turns to Fall / Schoolboys flock to hallowed halls / English by day and Latin by night / Reciting lines by candlelight…
Good evening, Blackbirds!
Here is the final full color version of September’s postcard of the month, in addition to two other versions: The mostly unedited gradient map, and the mostly black and white version that I posted to socials yes...
2021-08-28 22:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening Blackbirds!
Your Society President has the bananas notion that they are going to finish this work of an innocent gathering of religiously devoted schoolboys tonight, despite it being several entire stages away from completion. Please either clap for me like Tinkerbell or perform a ritual as depicted in order to bolster my constitution and ensure my success.
S...
2021-08-26 23:49:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy August, Blackbirds!
July’s deliveries, belatedly at last, are in the mail! Whew, what a ride this past month has been. Thank you for joining me on it, and welcome to the host of new members this August!
I thought it might be a little fun to give you a different kind of peek behind the curtain in my process. I start all my postcards — and most artworks in general — with ...
2021-08-02 19:57:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds! The votes are in, and they are strongly decisive — in August, Raven Dandies will receive this portrait of Sada Yacco as their bonus postcard!
Just a reminder to all members that August’s deliveries will go to Crow Collectors and Raven Dandies! Today is the last day that you can adjust your tier/membership if you’d like to do so.
July’s postcards wi...
2021-07-31 14:54:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday, Blackbirds!
In the July deliveries going out this weekend, Raven Dandies are all receiving one of these cards of American silent film actress Lillian Gish! The color variant being included in each delivery is entirely random.
However, these cards are available in my shop this weekend in packs of three that include one of each colorway! Using the code BLACKBIRD (which...
2021-07-30 16:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Blackbirds!
Tonight I’m packing up July’s postcards. It takes me a day or two to seal them all, but they should be in the mail by this weekend! The bonus cards of Lillian Gish with gold foil will be going out with all the Raven Dandy deliveries, and I’m especially excited about how these turned out. Raven Dandies will get a different colorway at random, but pack...
2021-07-29 17:01:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello Blackbirds! An unexpected addendum to yesterday’s update: As I suspected, my package of July’s postcards was stolen. I expected to simply take the sizable hit for that and accept being quite off schedule to boot.
This morning, the bandit evidently determined that a mass quantity of circus clown postcards was not a fenceable good (a smart call), and against all odds... ...
2021-07-22 17:57:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey Blackbirds — It’s not a fantastic month for the MBPS, as I’m officially declaring the July postcard delivery 💀 cursed.💀 The special edition bonus postcards arrived with a significant production error by the manufacturer, and the regular postcards did not arrive at all. Truly, it’s been a rough one.
I am handling both of these unfortunate setbacks as quickly as I can, bu...
2021-07-21 23:04:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds!
I’m very excited to reveal August’s Postcard of the Month! This piece was a huge delight to work on, and brought me a lot of artistic breakthroughs that I’m looking forward to expanding on. I got to play with gradient maps again, which is always a fun time, and drew inspiration from autochrome photography from the very early 20th century.
With this p...
2021-07-19 14:54:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Holy cow, Blackbirds!
In all the hubbub, I forgot to actually, you know, post July’s finished postcard! You may have seen it go up on social media — apologies for accidentally neglecting the MVPs!
As I mentioned in the last post, July’s deliveries will likely go out towards the last week of this month. Deliveries for Raven Dandies will be accompanied by a fun surpri...
2021-07-15 00:33:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening Blackbirds!!
After an extremely tumultuous month, I am settling into my new home and getting back into the swing of things!
July’s delivery will likely be quite late again, going out around the last week of this month — but August’s piece is well underway, as you can see above, and should set us back to rights for having your deliveries go out towards the first ...
2021-07-15 00:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds!
Welcome to the VERY LAST YART SART DAY! 🌈✨ final installment of my digital yard sale, where I am selling off the archives of my print work in preparation for my cross-country move! You lovely patrons have early access to the work that will be launching on Etsy in 24 hours. In addition to the early jump, blackbirds get an additional 15% off of the already disc...
2021-06-22 16:18:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Blackbirds!!
So far the YART SART has been a smashing success, and in between managing that and preparations for my move to Baltimore, I’ve been working on July’s postcard of the month!
June’s deliveries are officially in the mail! When you receive yours, you will notice some brand new exciting features: Tight-fitting packaging with self-sealing flap closures instead ...
2021-06-19 14:55:38 +0000 UTC View Post