MastaFran Comics

The Cartoon Art of Ryan Francis

June 2026 Sketchbook

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Mastafran

Pen and ink drawing of a mysterious half man, half moth monster of cryptid legend.

June’s gone fast with the month spent tabling at conventions, doodling in sketchbooks, and fumbling with my writing.

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May 2026 Sketchbook

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Mastafran

The past month was a slurry blur as I roamed through May experimenting with new tools and finessing ongoing illustrations.

a digital illustration of three anthropomorphic animal characters wearing golden bikinis having fun at the beach: a lithe female jackal wearing a gold eye patch, gold prosthetic leg, and standing with a cane also of gold, a tall female maned wolf wearing round glasses with gold frames, and a pink towel, and small male raccoon, dancing in front wearing his own bikini.

I drew my sexiest OC for Golden Week. I even included the Captain Rhodes and Dr. Delgado to hang out with Cole behind him too!

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April 2026 Sketchbook

Posted on May 3, 2026 by Mastafran

April has been a heavy month but I pulled through it all with a new batch of cool art and animations for everyone to enjoy!

Pen and ink and digital color illustration of an anthropomorphic male raccoon wearing a long blue jacket and holding a long sword at his back, reading over the shoulder of an anthropomorphic male puma wearing blue and purple pants and hat, kneeling down, writing in a tinny notebook with his ink-dipped claw like a pen nib, while smoking a cigar.

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March 2026 Sketchbook

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Mastafran

Monochrome green pixel animation of an anthropomorphic male raccoon standing on a tree branch with his coat blowing in the wind to confront a figure across the treetops behind the trunk, ready to fire his bow. The raccoon calls out to the figure, "Show yourself coward!"

It’s been a packed month for me. I’m jumping around working on game dev, a regular job, commissions and fumbling with writing. Often, I feel overwhelmed, but I’m sure it’s just me finally aging to the ripe age of 34. Even with all this, March looks to be the start of the larger year of art creation for me.

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February 2026 Sketchbook

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Mastafran

Traditional sketch and digital greyscale sketch of an anthropomorphic male raccoon, in a long hooded coat, as he walks among a crowd of various taller anthropomorphic animals, only showing their feet.

As of writing this, it’s my 34th’s birthday and I’m hanging out with friends to unwind about this rough month of family emergencies. The second month of the year is done, so it’s time to share all the new and old artwork I’ve been scratching up!

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January 2026 Sketchbook

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Mastafran

Monochrome green pixel animation of a sailboat in the middle of the ocean, sailing toward the rising sun. The bottom caption reads, "Onward to new horizons!"

For the brand new year, I’m stepping up to handle my anxious mindset and bolster better flow for my creativity.

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October 2025 Sketchbook

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Mastafran

Digital colored pen sketch of an anthropomorphic female black cat with unkempt hair, a tattered purple skirt with yellow and red stripped gloves and stockings, and a purple witch hat with two points resembling ears. She sits hunched in a dark room over at a computer desk looking back at the viewer away from her screen showing a colorful clown.

Spooky Month has come and gone! I didn’t participate in any art streak events, but I still made a solid chunk of work over this month!

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September 2025 Sketchbook

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Mastafran

This month was hectic from making significant progress on Blackmask, to hoping around doing day job stuff. I’ve been drawing up a storm!

Digital illustration of an anthropomorphic female raccoon with blood kn her fur wearing a bright blue beret, shoulder pads and flak jacket. She wields a large lever action shotgun which also has blood on it.

This drawing began and ended with, “Haha, wouldn’t it be funny if Jill valentine, police officer of Raccoon City, was an actual raccoon? Crazy!” The drawing ended up exploding for me on Bluesky, so I continues on a series making the rest of the S.T.A.R.S. Members.

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July 2025 Sketchbook

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Mastafran

It’s a hot July and my art is going hot too! I’m building up more digital art and making strides with pixel animation too! I haven’t made as much sketches as I have, as I’ve been hard at work on a commission on my Twitch streams.

Pen and Ink sketch of an anthropomorphic male raccoon with his back pined to the wall by various sharp weapons narrowly missing his body parts.

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June 2025 Sketchbook

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Mastafran

It’s the start of summer, so I’m running around with more free time than I’ve had showing art I made this month.

Pen and marker sketch of an anthropomorphic male raccoon flying in the air with his large green jacket open, revealing a hidden arsenal of swords within.

I drew this Cole sketch on the cover of my Moleskine sketchbooks. I don’t like that I wasted a good sketch on a cardboard cover, but I’ll post it anyway and deal with it.

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