September 2025 Sketchbook

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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My Time at Chicago Indie Games Showcase 2025

Over the weekend, I went to the Chicago Indie Game Showcase and played a fine collection of upcoming games developed in Chicago, Illinois!

Room of guests at the Chicago Indie Game Showcase at Harpin Arts in Logan Square in Chicago, Illinois.

The show is run by Indie City Games, a local Chicago scene of indie game developers. I applied for a table in the summer to show off a playable build of Blackmask, but it’s for the best as there were killer games out on the floor that Saturday!

Click below to see some of my faves!

Dragon Knight Sinai Sprite Process

In the past four weeks, I created this large fighting game sprite commission! Despite it’s length, the turnaround was faster than my previous commissions taking me more than a month on an off with streams on my Twitch Channel. I’ll go through the process creating it all from the start.

pixel animation of an yellow and brown striped anthropomorphic male dragon with brown spots in his wings and a scorpion-like stinger at the end of his tail. He wears full steel armor, a green scarf, an indigo rope belt at his waist, and yellow thorns wrapped around the horns of his helmet. The dragon stands at the ready with his long spear in hand.
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What I’ve Been Up To Since Spring

Halfway through the year, I’m dropping off an update of life stuff I’ve been up to and talk about future plans for art projects.

I’ve been in deep focus on working on my big personal projects, minimizing convention activity, and improving my body in an effort to make this year more fulfilling.

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Open for Commissions

I’m open for safe for work pixel art and animation commissions! Payment upfront with prices in USD. Direct message me for more details.

Pixel Character Art Commission Prices for 2025 64x64 Pixel Icon Commissions: Animated $60 Still $20 128x128 Pixel Half Body Commissions: Animated $200 Still $120 128x128 Pixel Full Body: Animated $400 Still $150 Extra Animated Actions: $60 Backgrounds $100 Email artist at Commissions@mastafran.com with the subject "Pixel Commission" See more examples on the artist's website: mastafran.com

Payment up front via Paypal or another form of payment of your choosing. You can fill out the Commission Google form here. You can also message me at commissions@mastafran.com with the subject “Commission”

Click the post below for my detailed rates!

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