I’m proactive with my new year stuff since the middle December because waiting for New Years to start making real change isn’t necessary! My video game, Blackmask is making baby steps getting new backgrounds and assets drawn. You can check out my monthly report on the Blackmask Website! Beyond that, I’ve been busy building up my new year!
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Into the Winter Grind
One month left in 2022! Time has flown fast for me! I’ve been trying to stuff as many of my art projects into the month as I can while keeping my sanity!
New Website
The first big thing I can say in November is that there’s now a new website for Blackmask and news of its development! This is a large task that’s been taking up my time. Even if I’m getting things down on this website, there’s still much to learn about self-promotion.
I will say to join the Blackmask Mailing List! It’s a direct way to get news of our progress without missing any of my posts due to algorithms. Now that the website is set up, it’ll be less confusing for anyone who’s been following my website and getting unrelated news.
Continue readingSir Keely the Bird Knight Illustration
Sir Peer Keely is a royal knight of the Kingdom of Seraplume. Together with the mighty Blade Wing Knights, the plucky bungling budgie hero dedicates his life to protecting the Kingdoms of Sopranado from the rising menace of Sky Piracy!
This is a blog post about my process of drawing my bird knight illustration. It was a struggle, but I pushed myself to complete my art piece. After several months of self-doubt, I finished this Bird Knight Illustration. I juggled this drawing between the Procreate App and Clip Studio Paint to complete this artwork.
Continue readingConventional Conclusions
This month has wrapped up my convention stuff, so I’m hoping to get more work on art for the rest of the year.
I’ve felt like my schedule has been out of control and my work output has suffered for it. Not only that, but I feel like I do clerical crap more than I draw and while it’s necessary, I hate doing it and I feel like it’s punishment for not doing art.
September & October Sketchbook 2022
I have a new sketchbook on my Ko-Fi Shop for September and October!
Likewise, I skipped a month as I didn’t draw enough in my mini sketchbook that month and I got self-conscious about it.
Now I have a 56-page PDF Collection of my raw scanned sketches! Enjoy!
Continue readingClaudia the Cat Witch Illustration
Claudia Brakenwick is a wicked broom rider, always ready for nights of magic and mischief!
Dodging her boring chores with her Nana, Claudia flies around town with her friends, causing trouble wherever she can get away with it!
Continue readingSummer Send-offs
I made new stickers and restocked on old faves such as the sticker packs, Muffin and Cupcake cats! Along with this, I’m having a Flash Sale of my 2019 Sketchbook! Only a dollar on Etsy with Free Shipping! Stop by my Etsy Store to get them yourself!
Summer Wrap-Up
Intro
It’s the end of summer and my day job at school has started again, so I’m growing busier once more.
August Ko-Fi Sketchbook
I’ve made a new August sketchbook collection for my Ko-Fi Page!
Continue readingFirst Days with Pixaki
From learning pixel art in Procreate I found my efforts limited. With the extra money I had, I invested in Pixaki 4 Pro, a $30 USD app on the Apple App Store. I do most of my pixel artwork for personal and game art in Aseprite. With Pixaki, I want a good portable option that I can trade between the two programs for faster pixel art output.
Continue readingSetting up the Summer
As of writing this, I have a show at The Gallery Seven on July 23 during Comicopolis 2022! There you can find my traditional ink comic pages framed in Lockport, Illinois. I never thought I’d be able to do this, but I’m glad it’s happening, and I hope you’ll stop by and see my original pages!
Massive May Marker Art
This month has been my most successful month of the year saleswise for my art! Anime Central was this month, and it’s a huge one! It’s a good sign that can sunset my time at my day job to take a big plunge into full time art. But I’m sure this is wishful thinking.
