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Fall in Hades
Where death and growth join together again š§” Sketch concept for my November postcard Club! We're back to Hades and Persephone this month!
The Hovel--October Edition!
My Dearest and Loveliest Patrons,It is once again a month turned over. Weāre now in October. The weather has begun cool from warm, late-summer days to the auspice of fall, calling on winterās frost. It isnāt uncommon for us to see the first snow in October, though the weather hasnāt hinted at turning quite so dramatically. Iāve lived here long enough to know that winter doesnāt need a warning, and a warm day can lead to a snow-filled evening. Personally, Iām looking forward to it. ...
Client Work--finished!
Hello everyone. Here is the finished art of the endpapers I've been working on. These will be for one of Rainbow Crates future boxes!
Endpapers update!
Hello everyone, A while ago I posted about this client work. I'm almost finished with it, and just baaarely on deadline (Tomorrow). I have here the linework and flat color. All that's left to do is add lighting and that Special Sparkle! I'll update you with the finished art when I have it! Thanks f ok r sticking around while I've been quiet this month ā„ļø
Bookshop š
Hello everyone, After picking at this for a long while, it is finished! This will be the Postcard for October, so please join the Forbidden Fruits tier if you're interested!
THE HOVEL--August Newsletter
Hello lovelies, It is once again the beginning of a new month! Well, itās closer to the middle, but Iām only just now sitting down to write out my newsletter.Iām writing this on a train, which, as an American who hasnāt spent much time outside of my own country, remains a novelty. Iāve spent a lot of time in cars, and on planes, but I can count my train rides on one hand. It feel slow. Thereās something unhurried and antiquated about American trains. Theyāre bulky, running on track...
BOOKSHOP-line art
Hello all, I've been picking at these witches on and off all month, before and after my normal work day ā„ļø
New work!
Hello Everyone! I am currently working on some end pages for Rainbow Crate, and I thought I would share the process of working on them with all of you! The first step is always quick sketches. For me, these are very quick, just to give the client an idea of what the composition will be. They can then choose from my quick sketches, you can see here the circled drawings are the sketches I'm going to take to finish. let me know if you have any questions about working with clients! I'm alway...
THE HOVEL--AUGUST NEWSLETTER!
Hello lads (gender neutral),Iām late this month on my Newsletter. I donāt have a specific date other than vaguely in the first week that Iām meant to be writing it, so ālateā is maybe a bit dramatic. Iām not ālate,ā by any actual measure of time, and I donāt have a real deadline. That being said, this is the latest in the month Iāve managed to write it since starting this venture. I donāt think Iāll set a deadline for it just yet. I like the flexibility Iām currently wo...
Witches in the window.
Happy August, folks. This will likely be the September Postcard, if I don't get around to drawing something better!
August Postcard!
Hello darlings! Here is the postcard for August! It's more Bury our Bones fanart.... Or just Georgian era vampires if you haven't read the book. Join the Forbidden Fruits tier by July 31st to get a print in the mail!
Bury our Bones fanart
Alice and Charlotte from VE Schwabs latest ā„ļø I loved this book.
The Hovel--July Newsletter!
(photo credit: Binky.and.crumb on Instagram) Hello Babes, Itās July now, and Summer has successfully settled over Colorado. These are the dry months here, where the lack of humidity acts as the only consolation for how hot it gets. These are times to play in the river (itās a creek, but let me have it), where the water is still ice-cold despite the summer heat, or to hike mountain trails, hoping that the higher altitude will bring a little bit of relief. Itās time to be outside. Admittedl...
IM BAAAAACK!
Hi everyone!June was one of the most mentally trying months to live in America. I hope you all made it through safely and were able to take some time to celebrate.I did some endpaper illustrations for Rainbow Crate that I can't share publicly yet, but you can see them š I'll talk more about these two when they announce the box they're from. In the meantime, please enjoy.
THE HOVEL--June Newsletter!
Hello my Sweets, Can I call you that? Iām going to. Itās Pride Month and therefore no one can get mad at meāvirtually by law. We are a few days off of the first, but still close enough that I donāt feel entirely like Iāve missed the deadline. Three days late is still on time when you work for yourself. (While I would not recommend that mindset to anyone just starting to work from homeādiscipline is very importantāit is sometime necessary to forgive your own failures.)May is the fir...
Payments paused for Pride!
Hi all, I just wanted to pop in to say that I am pausing payments and taking my first break from Patreon since starting around 3 years ago.I'll be back in July, don't fret! I'll explain more in the newsletter (coming tomorrow!) but mostly, I want to focus on my projects, and making the best books I can without worrying about owing you all any updates or new work. I hope you all have a restful Pride month ā¤ļø
Snippet of HEARTACHE!
Hello everyone! I have been absent this month, and Iām really sorry for that. When did it suddenly become the 30th, and why havenāt I had time to draw anything for my patrons T__T?? Iām working very hard right now on my graphic novel HEARTACHE, and I was able to turn in the first pass of sketches earlier week. Itās SUCH a relief to be done with that initial pass. For me, the hardest part of any piece of creative work is the ideasāitās the sketching phase, the part where you have to c...
June Postcard!!
Happy Mermay, kids! Join the Forbidden Fruits tier by May 31st if you want one of these š
The Hovel--May Newsletter!
Hello Everyone, Itās the beginning of a new month, and the beginning of True Spring here in Colorado. The first half of spring here is always a game of chicken with the weather. It will be warm for weeks in a row and then dump three inches of snow seemingly at random. I always think of this as Persephoneās reluctance to leave Hadesāher slow, weary return to the upper lands. Like Persephone, I am also slow to wake as the weather warms. I become used to my long, creative days indoors, and ne...
Hades and Persephone
What's this? TWO smut drawings in one month?! š± Like I always plan but have been struggling to accomplish? Why, yes. Thank you loyal patrons, I'm doing my best.
Gardening season ā„ļøā„ļø
The Postcard Club piece for this may. I'm a bit late with it, but I got there! Join the Forbidden Fruits tier by April 30th if you want one!!
Love bites ā„ļø
I'm trying to sooth something inside of myself. Something hungry. Something wild.
The Hovel--April Newsletter!
Hello all, and welcome back to the Hovel. Month three, and I think this thing just might be a sustainable practice for me. Itās the last day of March, and once again Iām writing the this all in a single sitting. In school, I was always one of the students hurriedly doing my homework in the class before it was due, so I already knew this about myself. I thought, perhaps, after several years of dealing with adult deadlines and long-form projects, I might have aged out of this trait. That doesn...
I'M SO SORRY THIS TOOK ME SO LONG TO FINISH.
Thank you all for sticking around while I'm mostly absent this month. Ill tell you all about it in the newsletter but a LOT has happened!Please enjoy the tieflings in the meantime.
Mermaid--April postcard club update!
Hi all, I was hoping to be able to draw something entirely new for this month's postcard, but I haven't had the time at. All. So I'll be using this mermaid as the April print! I hope you all enjoy her anyway š
Mermaid
Just a mermaid, for no real reason ā„ļø
The Hovel-March Newsletter!
WELCOMEHello, and welcome back to my news-letter-like venture, or just welcometo those who missed last monthās update. Itās my second month of this little space, and in my head, Iāve started calling it The Hovel, based on the opening paragraphs from last month. I like itāa grounding title to something thatās still very new.I live in Colorado, where the winters are often painted as a white mountain wonderland, glittering and ripe for outdoor sports. But for much of the state, winter it ...
More DND smut.
Not the last of it, either.
March Postcard/ Happy Valentines Day!
Hi all! Here is the Postcard for March! Join the Forbidden Fruits Tier by Feb 28th to claim one. This one really pleases my inner child, and I hope you'll love it just as much.
Baby's First Newsletter!
Welcome!Itās February, and it feels like the entire world has been holding its breath for a month straight. January is always a little like that, an anxious threshold standing between the true beginnings of the year. This year, that vestibule held a lot of weight. I feel it in the heavy center of every conversation, and at the edges of every day, wrapped in the comfort of my bedding where anxious thoughts sap at my sleep. It feels as if everything might collapse, and it isnāt difficult to se...
