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Making It Ep. 6: Procreate!

EDIT: Sorry friends! I fired the article off a little early on accident, here’s the article with all the fixin’s. Enjoy!

Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the sixth episode of the Making It View Post

HP Christmas Sticker Process Video!

Hello Patrons! I hope you’re doing well this lovely Thursday!

Normally this week I would have my monthly Making It or Get to Know article up and ready for $5+ patrons to enjoy, but I’ve had a bunch of deadlines collide this week and will...

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What should we do for November?

Hey guys, happy November! I’d love to get see what you’re interested in getting a post about this month!

The poll below is my current ideas, so vote for your favorite but feel free to comment with any requests for the future as well!

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October in Ragonia (2020)

BOO!  


Happy Halloween Eve, goblins and ghouls! It is I, your buddy in Silly Spookiness, Ragon! Coming at ya from my terrifyingly comfy studio in my parent's basement in Virginia. The leaves outside are yellow, my l...

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Get To Know (Ep.1): About Me

(BIG NOTE: I wanted this month to do a general introduction and FAQ. But as I was typing up some answers to your questions, I found that some of them could be much more thoroughly elaborated than in one post. Like my history with art, my thoug...

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August + September in Ragonia (2020)

Hello Patrons and friends, and a very happy Monday to you! I hope this finds you stable, safe, and secure, with the changing of the seasons hanging in the fresh and clean air. I’m writing to you in my new temporary studio space:...

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Quick Update!

Hello patrons! I wanted to pop in to share a quick update on the current status of Ragonia: my partner and I packed up our apartment and cat into a storage unit and our car and moved from Seattle to my hometown in Virginia to live with my ...

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Making It Ep. 5: Sketching + Art Block

Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the fifth episode of the Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business. 

Throughout the series I’ll b...

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July in Ragonia (2020)

Hello patrons, and happy Friday! 

It's your pal Ragon, writing to you from the beautiful Seattle summertime. In true Seattle fashion, my apartment has no AC so my windows are wide open, letting in the sounds of (also tr...

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Making It Ep.4: Block Printing

Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the fourth episode of the Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business. 

Throughout t...

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A heads up about ... sales tax!

Hi patrons, hope you’re doing well and enjoying my June newsletter! I wanted to give you a heads up to a change that will be happening on Patreon starting July 1st, in case you didn’t see a message sent from Patreon themselves.

P...

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June in Ragonia (2020)

(Sorry for the misfire of this newsletter earlier, Patreon glitched and sent out the draft.)

Hello my dear friends and patrons! I hope this finds you safe and healthy and well. 

As you probably know no matter where you are in the ...

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Making It Ep. 3: Posca Drawing

Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the third episode of the new Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business. 

Thro...

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May in Ragonia (2020)

Hello patrons and friends, and happy Friday! I’m glad to be writing to you from my Seattle apartment, still thankfully safe and healthy, with my partner Zach and our tortoiseshell cat Pumpkin. Pour yourself a glass of ice tea and pull up a comfy...

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Making It Ep. 2: Painted Clay Earrings

Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the second episode of the new Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business

Thr...

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April in Ragonia (2020) (Mostly Animal Crossing)

Hello my dear, darling friends and patrons. How’re you doing today? Today in Seattle the clouds are playing with the sun, a warm breeze is blowing and making the cherry blossom petals fall like pink snow. I‘m so luckily still safe and comforta...

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Making It Ep. 1: Product Photography

Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the very first episode of the new Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business

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!! Free Coloring Pages !!

Hey Patrons, happy Friday! 

This week I've been working hard on your first Arty Process article, which will be all about how I take and edit my product photos! I intended to have it ready today, but it'...

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March in Ragonia (2020)

Hello, my darling, dearest friends and Patrons. How have you been? I truly hope this message finds you somewhere that you feel as safe and supported as you can feel during these unsteady times. I hope you have lots of comfy blankets, tasty teas, s...

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Arty Business Ep.10: Healthy Artist Body, Mind, + Creativity

 Hey-oh buddies and Patrons, and a big ol' welcome to another episode of the Arty Business series, where I share some of the helpful things I've learned in the process of building my own Arty Business. This 10th article will be the l...

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Jan + Feb in Ragonia (2020)

Hello hello hello my darling patrons and buddies! It's been SO LONG since I've shared one of these standard-type update newsletter deals. For almost a year I wrote one of these every week, and now it feels like once in a blue moon. 

I'm...

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Arty Business Ep.9: Time Management

Hello Patrons and friends, and welcome to another edition of the ARTY BUSINESS series, where I share some of the things I've learned in the process of building my own Arty Business.

Today, in our second-to-last article of the series before w...

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Arty Business Ep.8: Merch

Hello hello my darling friends and Patrons, my dearly beloved makers! I’m excited to talk to you today about one of my favorite parts of my illustration business: creating your own fabulous Arty Merchandise!

Of course ther...

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2019 in Review

Patrons and friends, hello and welcome to the new year, and the new decade! We made it, my sweet buddies!

At the beginning of January last year I took some time to flip through my planner, photos, and social media to reflect on the milestone...

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New Year Hello!

Hello hello hello darling patrons, happy Thursday, and happy New Year! I just wanted to pop-in to give you all a quick hello and a heads up for my plans for January!

I am currently coming off of a long, lovely break after a long, exhausting ...

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Patreon Holiday Party!

My dear patrons and friends, you are officially invited to my Patreon Holiday Livestream Party!

On Friday, December 13th at 6 PM PST I’ll be streaming from my home studio through Twitch, answering your fun or serious questions, sipping so...

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November in Ragonia (2019)

 Hello again, my dear patrons and friends! Welcome to another monthly update on the life of an independent illustrator. And what an exciting month it's been!!  

As usual, I want to start the update by welcoming our new patrons, a r...

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Arty Business Ep.7: Branding

Hello again, beloved Patrons, and welcome to another Arty Business article! As requested, this month's article will be all about BRANDING for independent makers!

Branding, oh branding. Such a mysterious, confusing, ...

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Cozy Inktober Process Video

Hello Patrons, happy November!

I’m poppin‘ in between scheduled posts to share with you a fun and relaxing process video from Inktober last month. I had so much fun finally testing out Procreate’s isometric drawing tools to design this...

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October in Ragonia (2019)

Hello patrons and friends! Can you believe it’s been a month since I’ve shared an update? It feels so strange and foreign to be going that long, but it does mean that I have lots to share with you!

First of all I’d like to welcome a cr...

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