Vanbael con badge inks

Here are the inks for my MWFF homework badge. I'll be coloring this one over Tuesday's stream. The inking is intentionally light for badges. Once all the marker work is done, I'll go over the badge again with a larger pen and make the lines bolder.

He's thinking of bacon and has a D20 on his shirt (and, yes, I dug out my old dice bag to make sure it's accurate) - so he basically wins the internet.

The Buy Stuff page!

Hi, my name's Chrispy, and I am a haunted soul! (Y'all like the badge I whipped up for MFF?)

So many hours spent on site stuff today. I'm all zombied up now, but I hope this new page is helpful. It's probably better for me to consolidate all the notes on merchandise, commissions, streaming and conventions into one page. There's a lot more to do with that page/concept - such as setting up a system for selling original art - but it feels good to make a dent in the list.

At least this was an "easy" page to code. I'm slowly chipping away on the new cast page, but I sadly have little progress to report. If you guys beg me, I can post a preview of one idea I'm working with over on the sketch blog later. Maybe I should just post the pictures with names and add in the descriptions at a later date. (That's still a massive job, by the way, so please don't yell at me for going slow on a lower-priority page.) At least I hunted down the part of the CSS that was accidentally grossing up the body text with my menu/headers font.

It'll be months before I'm able to get all secondary pages up to standard, but I figure keeping up with the comics, the art and the whole second book project is probably the best way to go.

Thank you, Midwest Furfest!

Look! Look! Badges by me everywhere! These people are heroes!

I had such a wonderful time getting to meet so many great people, and being able to draw so many awesome characters! You folks did so much for my self-esteem. I never could have imagined selling out of commission slots or having a line of people at my table in only my first year of conventioneering. I cannot thank you all enough!

I'll be posting some of the work I did over on my FA account through the next week. I was working so hard, I forgot to snap pics of half the commissions I drew - so if you got something from me, I'd appreciate it if you could scan it and link me to it!

For those who came by on Sunday when my queue was full, I said I would start drawing commissions again after Thanksgiving, and that will indeed happen! Feel free drop me an email now and set things up.  The next commission stream is currently scheduled for Tuesday the 27th - assuming I get commissions for it. Otherwise, it'll be a restocking-the-art-cards stream. I'll try to create a bare-bones commissions/store page for this site in the next week to make it easier for everyone.

Super thanks to Mat of Ask BDK, who volunteered to be my table buddy for the con. Your hand-drawn business cards were the best things - and thank you so much for letting me ride your coattails and hang with all the best people! Super thanks as well to the Code Name: Hunter team for convincing me to attend the con. You might not have been able to be there with me, but it's because of you things have gone so well!

Uno sketches

Got a badge commission to complete in tonight's stream, and here are the sketches for it!  Uno is a wolfyote kid who loves reading. (At least I think "Uno" is going on the badge... probably should confirm that.)

Streaming officially starts at 8pm tonight.  I may show up early to get sketching and inks done for the main event. Depends on how good I am at working this afternoon.

Also, if you are reading this Monday afternoon, keep checking back. More sketches are likely to appear over the next few hours.

Badges!

I should share here too! With me heading towards a furry con next week, I must furry up my portfolio again! Today I knocked out a few sample badges that will hopefully entice folks into buying their own. (Thanks to Codefox and Roguebfl for lending me their characters.)

And here's a badge commission I did over Thursday's stream. Might as well include it in the badge post. It's cute!

Maneki badge sketches

I needed a sample badge for my MFF portfolio, so here's work on one, featuring a character supplied by a reader. The character hasn't been drawn before, so I'm sketching far more than normal to see if I hit on something useful.

James sketches

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Here are some sketches for a character badge. James is a sweetie angora cat who never goes anywhere without his towel! Enjoy a simple mix of towel placement and kitty v Precociousness. As always, I can frankensketch, by combining the best parts of individual sketches into something awesome.

Fumbling through August

I'll get to the image above (and note how you can get one of you) in a minute. First, here comes the promised update on things:

My move was a disaster. I made it to Virginia. The stuff I crammed into my car made it to Virginia. Everything else? Not so much. It doesn't look like I'll be able to get anyone down there to pick up the rest of the stuff - the most important of which is my drafting table! - until the very end of this month. Lack of a proper work space in VA is gonna cause some delays with side projects, but I'll figure out a way to get the comics done. A new arc should still be popping up when the guest week is over.

Speaking of, GUEST WEEK IS COMING! I have lined up fancy comics for every day next week, plus extra comics and art that will be appearing as vote incentives each day. I'm very excited about this. I love seeing how other artists handle my crew, and it's fun to share the cartooning love of these talents!

Now to that art stuff above! September is an important month for me. I will be expanding the illustration side of my work, and that means picking out new angles and practicing them.  One approach is to try cute portrait stuff. I've had a lot of fun doing the character portraits at furry cons, but why stop there? Let's human up this place!  It's been a while since I did stylized portraits, and I want to tackle it again.  I let myself be a test subject and played with a few degrees of cartoony. I can also attempt some fine art twists. The goal here is to see what works best and give the people what they want. The name is there because I got jealous of all the cool furry badges I saw at cons. I don't have a character, so I just put myself on the dang badge! THAT'S HOW I ROLL!

Want to be a test subject for this new approach? Email me a picture of you or a loved one, and I'll chose a few to practice with! (Sticking with the headshot drawings for the free stuff, so don't send full-body shots.)

I'll have more art/promo/commissions news for you in a week or so.  For now, send me some photos and start checking out the sketch blog for the results! (Update: The first one has been posted!)