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Friday Thoughts (Ep. 17)

Friday Thoughts (Ep. 17)

Hello darlingest and dearest Patrons, and another happy Friday to you!

 I am back baybee, from my family trip to the southern Caribbean. That’s right, back in Seattle where the lovely PNW summer weather has finally set in. Lots has happened and there’s lots to do coming up. Thanks for joi...

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Friday Thoughts (Ep. 16)

Friday Thoughts (Ep. 16)

Hello Patrons and happy Friday! How was your week? How’s it goin buddy?

I‘m writing from The Caribbean yet again, I’ll be here until next Wednesday! I’ve been spending the week with family celebrating my grandfather’s 75th birthday. Swimming, eating fruits, drinking wine, family scavenge...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 15

Friday Thoughts Ep. 15

Hello Patrons, happy Sunday!

I’m writing to you from a tiny island off the coast of another tiny island called Antigua In the southern Caribbean. I’m sitting outside on a bar stool, with my feet propped up on another bar stool while my cousins play in the pool, my aunt floats on an inflatable ...

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Janice Sung Challenge Process Video!

Janice Sung Challenge Process Video!

Hey friends happy Wednesday! I have another process video/ speed paint for you guys! This is another style challenge, this time based on a piece by the incredible Janice Sung. She digitally paints such beautiful and fashionable ladie...

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Friday Updates Ep. 14 (Video Edition!)

Friday Updates Ep. 14 (Video Edition!)

I made a vlog! It's very rough, all made on my ipad (ha ha), but I wanted to see what we thought about a vlog edition of these updates! 

Stick around because about halfway through I have an exciting update, and at the end some kitty surprises!

Let me know what you think, do you like the...

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Yaroslava Apollonova Style Challenge!

Yaroslava Apollonova Style Challenge!

The #drawthisinyourstyle craze continues on instagram! This time I drew a version of artist Yaroslava Apollonova’s (@odnatamyara) character:

I’m excited to say that my version of her drawing is my fir...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 13

Friday Thoughts Ep. 13

Hello hello hello Patrons, happy Friday! How’s your week been? Is it getting hot there yet? It’s pretty cool here but everyone is still swimming and wearing shots and sandals like they do in the PNW.

This week has been a more productive week than last, I am feeling much better from my cold! View Post

Laurabeedraws Study Process Video

Laurabeedraws Study Process Video

My second most popular drawing on instagram is of this lovely character by Laura Bernard, laurabeedraws on the internet!

There’s been a meme floating around we’re artists draw a character and then inv...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 12

Friday Thoughts Ep. 12

Hello Patrons and happy Friday! I hope you have had a wonderful week, a lovely summer solstice, that it hasn’t been too hot or too pollen-y for you!

I had a very eventful start to this week that sadly resulted in a cold through the end of the week. After a very busy weekend I spent much of the w...

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Preview: Rituals for Confidence Piece

Preview: Rituals for Confidence Piece

Hello and happy Thursday, Patrons!

I have submitted my piece for the zine Hazel published by Cottonbook Press, and the zine will be published later in the summer and available for wholesale. This will be the third issue of the growing Ha...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 11

Friday Thoughts Ep. 11

Hello Patrons and happy Friday! I hope you’re doing well!

This week had one main focus: finishing updating my social media presence. I hadn’t updated my bios, intentions, or information since I started this business only three months ago! I feel like I have a much clearer vision of what I want...

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Handmade Pin Preview!

Handmade Pin Preview!

Hello Patrons!

So my previous goal here on Patreon was to learn how to make and release pins! I finally got started on sculpting and painting my first ever batch of pins, made out of polymer clay and painted with acrylic. They still need to be glazed, the pin glued to the back, and photographed be...

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New Reward Changes Announcement!

New Reward Changes Announcement!

Hello again, Patrons!

So it's been exactly three months since I launched this business, and as you know much has happened in that time! 

To reflect the changes in my business and the things that I have learned, the ways that I am able to spend my time working, and my goals for future im...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 10

Friday Thoughts Ep. 10

Hello Patrons, Friends, Family, Countrywomen! Happy Friday, another week achieved! I hope you’ve had a good one wherever you are!

I’ve had a relatively slow week when it comes to immediate commissioned work, which has worked out fine because I always have things to fill that spare time!

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Welcome New Patron Zöe!

Welcome New Patron Zöe!

I also wanted to welcome our awesome lovely hilarious new Patron friend Zöe to the group! Thanks for joining us here, I hope you like it!

Attached up there is a commission I did for Zoe and her boyfriend Nate back in February for Valentine’s Day! I would explain what it is but it’s a very com...

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Childhood Magic Process Video!

Childhood Magic Process Video!

Hey Buds! Special mid-ish week video for you guys, a special process video for my most popular Instagram illustration to date!

I’m participating in an Instagram event by artist Beatrice Blue called Childhood Week, where she pro...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 9

Friday Thoughts Ep. 9

Hello my dear Patrons, and happy June! I hope you all are doing well!

This week was my first full week back in Seattle after travel, and it feels good and important to be back. 

The first big goal I had this week was to release more products on my etsy using art that I had already desig...

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Free Patron Stickers May!

Free Patron Stickers May!

Hey guys, I hope you had a great long weekend!

With the start of my sales of stickers on my Etsy I wanted to say thank you to you all with a free sticker (on sale for $5!) Thanks for your support here! Email me at ragondickard@gmail.com or comment with your sticker choice and your address so I can...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 8

Friday Thoughts Ep. 8

Hello again Patrons, and Happy FRIDAY!

This week went by at super speeds, because now I am back in Seattle super excited to get this art train rolling again!

My travels to Mexico and Colorado (and Utah) have partially satisfied my traveling desires, partially stoked the deep joys of mine tha...

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May Patron Wallpaper!

May Patron Wallpaper!

One more thing, I made a special wallpaper for you guys for this month! Summery and colorful, with a message I’m trying to remind myself, and for you guys!!

Tablet wallpaper:

Phone Wallpaper:

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 7

Friday Thoughts Ep. 7

Hello and happy Saturday, Patrons! I’m posting a quick update today because I’ve spent the last three days in Moab, Utah with my sister! 

We tent camped in a Bureau of Land Management campsite beside the Colorado river for $15 a night. There were no showers and no water but we managed by ...

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Still Got It! (Personal Comic #1)

Still Got It! (Personal Comic #1)

Helloooooo from Denver, my beloved Patrons! I’m in my sister (and Patron’s!) apartment, and I have been here for one day! Yesterday it was rainy and mostly lovely to see Kenna, and tomorrow we are leaving on a road trip to Santa Fe, so I haven’t really gotten to see Denver much.  I’ll u...

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Friday Thoughts Ep.6

Friday Thoughts Ep.6

Hello hello Patrons and Friends!

As I’m writing this Pumpkin is very agitated because she sees another cat sitting outside, and there’s a teenage girl sitting and texting in her car who thinks I was looking at her because I was looking at the cat.

This is my week home after visiting Tulu...

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Stickers n’ Pins!

Hey Patrons! This week after returning from Mexico I am working on creating sticker sets, as a part of my big overall goal to make more products to sell!

Above we have some of my brainstorming sketches fo...

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Friday Thoughts Ep. 5 (Tulum Edition)

Friday Thoughts Ep. 5 (Tulum Edition)

Hi Patrons and a happy Friday to you! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week!

I’m going to try to keep this short because I have been in Tulum Mexico with my parents and youngest sister this week and today is our last day here!

Tulum has been relaxing, inspiring, fascinating, colorful and wa...

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Friday Thoughts Ep.4

Friday Thoughts Ep.4

Hello patrons and happy Friday! 

Today’s update will be brief as it was a relatively uneventful week, trying to wind most things down to get ready for my week of vacation. During which I plan to PLAN on winding things UP with my business even MORE!

Part of this week was spent on my la...

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Welcome New Patron Regret!

Welcome New Patron Regret!

Hey hey hey Regret welcome to the (honestly Very Quiet) party!

Thanks for joining us here, I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think, how you found this, what are you interested in seeing? That always goes for all of you patrons of course. Let’s talk! Let’s hang! 😬

To celebrate ...

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Squash Squad Process Video

Squash Squad Process Video

Hi guys! Happy Saturday!

 I’m home alone on a cloudy day and not supposed to be working but I made a new process video for you!

I learned where and how to download royalty-free music that is actually really great: YouTube free music archive in their creators tab! I think you might hav...

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Friday Thoughts (Ep. 3)

Friday Thoughts (Ep. 3)

Happy Friday, Patrons And Friends! I hope you’ve had a happy, and satisfying week!

This week in art business has largely been working on the results of the portrait sale that I put out last week! I am so happy that I had seven orders from four different people, and I was reminded that I absolute...

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Friday Thoughts (Ep.2)

Friday Thoughts (Ep.2)

Hello again, Patrons! Happy Friday!! I hope you’re doing something super satisfying and fun and relaxing this weekend.

So it has been a productive week looking back. After a week of relatively little commissioned work or pay I decided to release a Mother’s Day Sale for portraits, and of the te...

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