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☀️🌙 Painting: THE SISTERS | The Sun & The Moon ☀️🌙

I finally finished these two! The Sun and The Moon side by side. They're actually meant to be displayed the other way around, since the backgrounds are actually meant to flow together, which was a neat little thing while I was planning. Below is a preview of both: 

2020-07-21 14:25:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Tier stickies are live!

We’re live! they came out so good :) I’m so excited to make more sticker designs in the future for sure. These were so fun to make. These will be going out to new pledgees (is that a word?) who sign up to support my work either at the new Gardener Tier ($1) or the Champion tier ($10/mini print tier). 

2020-06-10 23:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post

LIFE/WORK: Patron tier stickers & MPLS protests. (public)

I've been going back and forth on making a post here talking about my feelings about what's going on with the protests because, well, I feel like I've been shouting about it non-stop on social media as is, but I always appreciate the fact that Patreon is a platform I can expand my thoughts on and share with you. It feels more like sitting at a table with friends having a conversation than shout...

#Sailormoonredraw challenge

Hello, all!

This is my first painting in what feels like forever. I finally sat down to tackle this drawing challenge after seeing so many amazing takes on the sailor moon redraw challenge. This was my take! 

I also filmed the whole painting process (or most of it, I believe), which I need to edit yet. That'll be up for patrons sometime this week.

Thank you all for all th...

Studio quiet hour (Public)

I'm spending this afternoon after work making swatch tabs/squares of all my paints, starting with these molotow acrylic paints (the kind that goes inside molotow/posca markers), so I can choose color combinations quickly when planning a painting. 

How are you all spending your day?

Hope you're all safe! sending love from my studio.

Jay

✨ FEB 2020 PRINT CLUB TIER REWARD ✨ (Public post)

She's off to the printers! 

Here's a preview of the final mini print for all print club tier patrons! For anyone interested, if you sign up before Feb 29th (leap year!) you'll be receiving both this print and last month's (while supplies last!). Prints ship after the 5th every month. 

2020-02-17 23:46:15 +0000 UTC View Post

USAGI | Final (public)

Hello all!

I bring you the finished painting of Usagi! This post image will be going up on IG shortly. A process post is to come for patrons-only! 

Thanks for looking! 

👋

Jay

✨ Mini Prints en route | February print wip (public post) ✨

Hi all!

Just wanted to hop on here and say your prints are en route for most of you! those who do not have an address on file, I will be messaging you shortly. 

And I wanted to say thank you for the support with this humble mini print club launch. I really hope you all love the first o...

🍊 New Painting 🍊 (public post)

My newest little gouache painting! a huge thanks to Blake for giving me super helpful tips in squeezing some actual good photos out of my phone! These look much better :) 

Now I just need to work much larger and plan in advance 😄 baby steps. 

I realized I haven’t been in the ...

Mini Print ✨ (Public Post)

They’re here! just in time for my new tier opening. Here‘s how my first mini print turned out. I really love them. They’re 5x7” on semi-matte heavy cardstock and came out super lovely. 

My mini print club tier is $10 and now open, and I’m making the official announcement tomorrow on social. 

Thanks for the support!
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Finally all together now! Pin backings + News

The backing cards came in :D this is what the whole thing looks like put together. I am so, so pleased with how it's all looking. Not bad for a first run, huh? I'm currently packaging these as I type while the milk monster takes a nap, and falling more and more in love with just having something tactile to hold and give to others. I feel like that in its essence is why I got into art to begin w...

First Refusal pin orders opening up tomorrow!

PATRONS! Heads up, first refusal orders will be opening up for you tomorrow! Expect to see a post by end of day! 

All other pre-orders will be opening up on the 2nd and remain open all July!

Jun 23

Enjoying making these marker sketches! I tried something different with this one and inked it with brush vs. with a pen. I like the brush outcome much more. the variety in line weight gives it a charm the others were lacking, I think. And bless my scanner for not letting me down and scanning these colors so wonderfully. 

I'm growing more and more confident in working this way, and it...

Baby’s first pin is here!

She’s here! After much back and forth with my manufacturer, this beauty’s come to life!

She is 1.25” and so pretty 😍✨ also limited edition of 100.  You guys (patrons) will be getting first refusal before these go on pre-order next month! Keep an eye out for a DM with a link to whe...

Jun 10

a daily sketch of a demon gal, putting some mile on my markers today! I’m loving the ease of working this way right now and feeling like I have a finished product I can hold in my hands. 

When I was in college I dreamed of owning all the copic sketch marker sets lol I managed to save up ...

May 30

I tried painting today! after not having painted since I graduated from college way too long ago, this was.... humbling. I apparently forgot that, unlike digital, I can't paint everything in one sitting because I get sloppy when I get tired. I also needed a much smaller brush to ink with. ;-; Lessons learned! going to try another next week.... hopefully with better successes. 

You ca...

Gathering

Off to another realm to do some witchy things for a while <3 

This took way longer than I wanted and then CSP refused to export at the end ;-; so needless to say I'm Glad(tm) that it's done and ready to move onto the next piece! possibly another "meeting" of demon and their corresponding witch. There are two here we've seen meet theirs, the rest are fair game! 

Which on...

Pin! update.

Hoorah! this little gal is finally getting made. It'll be limited edition to 100 and then no longer remade, and I'm opening up pre-orders for her in July. You guys of course will be getting first refusal once she's in the shop :D <3 

I already have another 2 designs I DESPERATELY want to make. I'm kind of addicted to pin making now. ;-; anyone know a rich person I could have bankr...

Stark

I've been following this show since it's inception, and as we're about to go into the end of it, I have One Wish: that Arya makes it back home in one piece. That's it. That's the extent of my wishlist. Plucky little Arya (not so little now) has been one of my favorites since the beginning.

So here's a bit of fanart before the show's episode tonight goes Doing Things, as it does. 

Summoning

Finished! 

So, this whole thing about me keeping to a limited color scheme? forget it. I tried. It failed, lmao. Give me all the neons and bright ass colors, that's my mood for 2019. 

I loved working on the colors of this so much. I hope you guys like it! what do you think? which demon should I illustrate next? They're all here so far: 2019-04-19 00:07:10 +0000 UTC View Post

We're back!

Hello, all. 

I'm relaunching this patreon as a tip jar :) I debated back and forth on this for a while, but got encouragement from friends and others on twitter. I'd still love to keep this open and decided a super chill, laid back tipjar type set up was a much better use of this space. As you all know, I had a baby early this year, which means my time for super intricate rewards is ...

Escape (Pisces) Final

The myth goes that Typhon, a giant son of Gaia (also funnily enough, father of Cerberus, the three headed dog guarding the gates of hell) was ENRAGED due to a Bad Thing (honestly, the myth differs depending on who tells it. Some say Gaia sent him against the gods, others say something bad happened to one of his kids and he was very pissed off), and the gods were warned of his coming by Pan.

Pan ...

#ArtvsHero

There's this tag around going on Twitter about what our influences are for us artists, and I figured I'd share mine! A lot of these were early influences I learned about in school, a few I found surfing the internet, and one I totally mislabeled ;p

The  Absinthe Robette poster was made by Henri Privat-Livemont, not Alphonse Mucha, but the movement in general has been a big influence to my f...

Girlfriends

I'm... so in love with this gold/black/brown combo and the vibes of mermay in general aligning with my love for all things mythical that I think I might just drown in these mermaids for a while (don't worry, don't worry, I'm working on Pisces/Escape, too!). 

Already thumbnailing a few more of these beauties. Also! this post is brought to you by my brand new Rotring Rapidograph pen that your...

Escape Prelim

Happy Monday! Here's the finished prelim for Pisces: Escape. 

I'm pleased with how this came out! I would say it's 98% finalized. There's some stuff yet that needs to be added to the backround (the shape of a giant's hand, a couple more super faded trees), but I don't think I could add it on paper without losing the order I put things in right now (bless whoever came up with layers in photo...

Waterbearer Final

And here it is! Finally finished after so much work on it. For those who are not familiar with the story, the waterbearer, as I have chosen to interpret it, is based off the story of Ganymede, son of Troy, whom Zeus was so infatuated with that he turned into a swan and stole Ganymede to be the cupbearer of the gods, and the only human Zeus ever granted immortality to. I, personally, am offended th...

Black Panther

He's finally done! Here it is, Black Panther. Now to draw the matching one of Killmonger this week. I will be including the PSD for this guy in March's rewards on the 5th coming up, for 10+ tiers, and will be adding them as prints to my shop!

I keep wanting to find ways to manage my own merchandise but haven't found a good place where to print high quality prints in low quantities yet ;_; but on...

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Mermaids are my thing and I never draw them enough. I can’t remember where I saw the advice “draw like yourself,” but much like “draw what you love” it’s really kind of mindblowingly simple advice yet also world changing. Keeping a sketchbook this year is as much about coming up with ideas for me as it is exercising that advice to draw like myself, and I can honestly say it’s both re...

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Trying out some ecoline concentrated watercolors! Haven’t tried all the colors I got, but this one alone is fairly intense. My paper buckles a little, but that’s not all that awful. 😊 

thank you guys for finding my new concentrated watercolor hoard last month ;p back to our regular sketching programming. 

NO Girl

Finished version of this girl! Who remembers those hunking Ipod Classics? I do. Still have mine. it still, surprisingly, works. It's like 10 years old by now, probably.