It's my ideal kind of day at the moment; the sky is overcast, the wind is picking up, the leaves are whirling about, and I'm enjoying being bundled up snug against the cold 🥰 October was unseasonably warm and I started to worry we weren't going to enjoy any real autumn weather at all! Here's what I got up to during those slowly cooling days.
Patreon Rewards
I finished the illustration and setting up the digital file for printing, but I was derailed by being subpoenaed as a witness in a court hearing and didn't actually send Patreon rewards until November. They feature my most recent Maginaturalist's Sketchbook piece: Da.
Patreon is the best way you can support my work and help me keep creating 🥰 You can sign up to receive illustrated postcards, prints, both, or neither! Please click here to join us today.
deviantART
The only piece I submitted to dA in October was Da, the rainbow serpent of West African myth. I created it using ink on vellum-finish sketchbook paper, with digital refinement using Photoshop.
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Click here to view, fave, and comment on dA! |
You can also support my work on dA! Instead of physical rewards, you can get printable coloring pages and chibi caricatures 🖼️✨ Click here to become my first supporter there!
Livestreaming
I had to skip a lot of streams in October due to various things, including preparing to sell my work at the very first Boise Vegan Market, taking a weekend off to watch a Seattle Reign away game, and the subpoena that I mentioned earlier (being a witness is SO STRESSFUL 😬) but we still had fun during the times I was able to go live. Here's the recording of the last stream of the month, which fell on Halloween!
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Charity Fundraising
Our charity of the month for October was Palomacy! I choose them every October because it was the first full month I spent as a pigeon's guardian 🕊️💕
We only had 15 unique viewers in October, which makes sense, but also isn't bad considering I was only able to stream on five days! My formula for these donations is $0.10 USD per viewer, with a $10 minimum, so that meant $10 for the pigeons.
If you'd like to support Palomacy and all the birds they help, you can click here to make your own donation. Thank you on behalf of pigeons and doves everywhere~!!
Gryphia Progress
It's been slower going recently but I have made headway in editing my first draft! In October I got into chapter seven, which means I'm more than halfway done with this first round of editing my illustrated fantasy novel 😄
Other News: Vegan Market and Studio Upgrades
At the beginning of October, I was ecstatic to vend at Boise's first Vegan Market! Not only was it wonderful to sell my work in a setting surrounded by others who care as much as I do about making the world better for animals, I hope by being present as a vegan illustrator I helped demonstrate that veganism is not just a diet, but a lived philosophy that touches every part of our lives ❤️ Here are some photos from the event!
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Me at my booth! |
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The monitor was hard to read in the daylight 😣 |
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Pin-back buttons and magnets. |
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Giclée prints and greeting cards. |
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Giclée prints and postcards. |
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Also in October, my wonderful husband helped me by getting a couple key studio upgrades! The first was a new computer chair for my desktop PC workspace. The chair I had before was super old, worn out, and aggravated my chronic lower back pain whenever I used it. This new chair, on the other hand, fits my body perfectly and my back pain actually lessens when I use it, because I can finally practice good posture!
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The chair matches the aesthetic, too! |
The other upgrade was a new laptop!! At the Vegan Market, my five-year-old laptop struggled mightily to do what I was asking of it (run Photoshop, connect to the printer, and print greeting cards and prints to replace the ones that were selling) which inspired my husband to get me a new one 🥹 He had already tried getting better RAM for the old one, since the machine had been struggling for a couple years, but to no avail. That said, happily, my younger sister took my old laptop after I did a Windows reset. Her previous laptop was even older and less capable, so we both ended up with upgrades 😄
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Kiki helping unbox my new laptop 🐱 |
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I decided to make it Suikoden themed! |
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My laptop in its new home, at my drafting table workspace. |
That's all from me this time. I hope you enjoyed this post, thank you for reading to the end! Until next time, may you stay happy, healthy, and safe 💖
