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Coming into its third year, my Patreon is going through growing changes!
For the month of February, I have enabled the Nova tier to have a 7-day free trial. If you'd like to take a peek into our chill little server, vote on a painting of the month, or more, please take a look! Patrons also get early notice and priority on commission bookings when they become available, plus WIP updates throughout the week on all my paintings, and hi res files <3
I've also debuted a paintover tier, and just started a #project tier where you can vote and suggest on a project- like a tarot deck or oil painting- for me to pursue!
Please check it out and consider supporting me <3
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Hello!
Does the podcast booster have a guide for how to interpret the cards anywhere?
At this time just in the CD-set book. But when it goes out as a booster pack it will have meanings in the booster pack, and I will likely share card meanings on the alleyman podcast project in an update here soon.
God is this even legible??
The Cards
The Lorekeeper by Jacqueline Florencio is Dr. Ala Okoye. The card stands in for a keeper of knowledge, someone who bars your passage toward knowledge, but who when connected to, shares it freely. At best, the Lorekeeper is a helpful mentor. At worst, he’s a know-it-all who always thinks he knows better than anyone else.
The Alleyman by WolfSkullJack is that difficult oracle. They know much, but come with teeth bared. You can placate them with coins. Bring them what they desire, and they will gift you knowledge. But beware, this mouth may speak wonders, but it bites just as hard.
The Draw to the Dark Corners of the World. by Sam Dow is the uncanny and strange call to the dark. It is the estrangement made manifest in the world. Your moment to step out from routine normality into something fantastical, if a bit scary, is just around the corner. Take the plunge if you are ready.
The Artifact Bearer by czarfunkle is in-world me. The bringer of strange and beautiful artifacts, and yet, something is off. Charlatan, snake oil salesman, this bearer of Artifacts has changed it to fit their own agenda. The bearer of faith, the one who claims to know the truth, to hold it in their hands. What they sell is unique and beautiful, but be wary of buying into their fiction. They will lead you astray.
Monologues in the Dark by Amy Smith is a beautiful performance for you and you alone. Strange, heart wrenching, hilarious, horrifying-- you are going to experience a movement away from your life. Know that what is done here is for you. No one else.
The Shock Jock by czarfunkle is the irreverent jokester. Not edgy for the sake of it, but dismissive, funny, silly. This person does not take things seriously the way you might, and may even say the wrong thing at the wrong time, but do not hate them for it. They can be your rock, if you let them be. Their wild nature hides a strong sense of self.
The Influencer by Kat Veldt is a personality for personality’s sake. The enactment of how we want to be seen for all to see. It’s not lying, nor necessarily deceitful. It is performance specifically to be seen in a certain light. At its best, at least it is performing a version of ourselves we think is who we wish to be. At worst, it may be lying to ourselves far more than anyone else, crafting someone unattainable.
The Outsider by Nala Wu is the one at the edge of town in the cabin. The one in the house no one walks past. The one in the alley, begging for change. The one people ignore. The one people speak about harshly, if at all. The outsider is all of those who are abandoned, forgotten. In some cases it’s right where they want to be. But something led them there, and that was rarely by choice.
The Alleyman by Seven Dane Asmund is a patchwork of faces. It is a background character in your life. Someone who could be anyone. Someone you might even ignore. They have importance here in this space, they have something important they must tell you. You must heed them, listen. What you do with what they say will be paramount-- and keep them close.
The Alleyman by Kollapsar is the Alleyman casting his cards, faceless and unknown. Look for the stranger, he will come soon. He bears change in his hand, and if you let him, he will give you something you have been waiting for. He will not stay, for he does not belong here with you. But listen, and heed him well.
The Alleyman by Voidbug is the wonder of life. Stay patiently ready for something miraculous, as it’s always there among the night. Try something new today, and allow yourself a moment to celebrate whatever victories you have had. Even the smallest of our journeys that were worth taking are worth celebrating.
Transgression by Seven Dane Asmund is the boldness to be yourself unequivocally. It is the willingness to know that who you are, what you are, is demonized, feared, hated, lied about, and knowing that being yourself in your own skin is more important than all that. It is also the danger of this, knowing that being on this knife’s edge can get you cut.
The Camgirl by Mx. Morgan Robles is the sexworker, earning a living on their body. The oldest work, reviled and spit upon. It’s knowing your worth and literally owning it, while knowing that the world may not understand. It’s both you and another. Share your love and respect with them. They not only deserve it, they have earned it. No one is beneath us, and that must be carried with this card.
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Happy spooky day!!! October stickersheet drop for my patrons is VERY brainworm flavored
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Commissions will be opening at noon PST on Sunday, March 19! I'll add a link in a reblog then. Keep an eye out!
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Commissions are open, babes
That's right, first time in two months we have five slots available (two in time for Xmas!) on the roster. Plus, I'm running a sale where if you want BG3 art I'll charge you 10% less! That's right, bring me your Tavs. (And if Halsin is involved, that's 15% off. I'm serious.)
For more information / to submit to get yourself one of these tasty slots, go here!
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Big reveal, ya'll!
Yeah, I'm doing the art for a whole hecking TTRPG- Secret Halls!
This KS a pack of three games for $60 (or $25 each) and I'm doing all the art on one of them, so if that seems up your alley please feel free to give it a look.
Be sure to look at all the creators there to get a feel for art styles and also just how awesome they are. Additionally, check out
@publishinggoblin ! They've spearheaded this whole thing and are just a kickass person.
LINK: bit.ly/ToTheDark
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Hey all! :D I have eight total openings available. The start dates for the openings are as follows:
June 20
July 11, 25
August 8, 15
September 12, 19, 26
To book a commission/get prices/info please use the following form: https://forms.gle/SiwJk3PXkYUaymXh6
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Pspsps I am available to do paintovers and mini-mentor anyone who would like painty help! Let me help you outta your art bump, draw all your blorbos, level up and so on
Two slots currently remaining!
Other bennies from subbing: WIPs all week, time lapse videos, process notes, brushes, and a wholesome Discord community. If you want to peek in first, the Nova tier is on a 7-day free trial if you sign on before the end of February!
Portfolio: https://kollapsart.com
Sign on: https://www.patreon.com/kollapsar/membership
I am a 4-year strong freelance painter with a degree in education and I can use my chops to sensei you
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Tl;Dr discussion of rates, the art industry, personal thoughts etc.
For a long time there- a period of about 3 years when I started freelancing again- all I wanted was to work for companies like Wizards. I held the art made for them in such high esteem, I got a mentor to help me work in that direction and I've labored in blood to get my skill and style there. Stress straight up put me in the emergency room.
And gods I've grown, but the critical, negative, you're not ever going to get there in my head has grown so strong that the rift between what I see and what I make has grown even wider. I genuinely only see what I could have done better in my work most of the time these days. I struggle to share it because between Twitter's slow motion implosion and the industry being Like That and this aforementioned rift, I am torn between "it's not good enough" and "what's the point?"
When honestly, my style and work have thrived best under work for private clients and small entities. I'm starting to realize that maybe that's where it's at- and I'm closer to something I really wanted all along. I don't want to make something that is an asset, I want to make pieces that sing, or shriek, right into a heart. I want to make work that is a collaboration between my client's imagination and heart and my heart and my hand.
That's not to say that the private client atmosphere is always going to be conducive to artists living healthy lives or getting paying wages. The balance is hardly struck, through by god I love madly in my heart each client that will pay my high rates and help me set that example that my work is worth $30 an hour.
But I also haven't raised my rates for private clients in 2 years. I've painted maybe 300 complete paintings since, probably more, and that number hasn't changed, because the people I love working with most can't afford it.
But in turn, I've found out that the artists who work for people as big as fucking Wizards are over delivering masterpieces for wages that haven't changed in 20 years. Storm the Seedcore by Jason Rainville is a fucking piece of triumph that I have had as my wallpaper for years as an aspirational piece a fucking beauty of motion, composition and color that he delivered for $1200. (It's his spirit of transparency that he showed in discussing it that I hope to share in talking about this now).
$1200 to a megazillion corpo that indubitably made so much more off that incredible piece. Like, Jesus Christ. Sure he got the right to sell prints and he probably lives better than me but, what?
So until things get better, and who knows if they will, maybe it is best that I stay here struggling. And all I can do is try to take care of myself while working with the beautiful people that I do and making the art that I want. But god, finding that balance has been so difficult I have stretches of days paralyzed by indecision and depression.
It's been hard to think and I genuinely have made a resolution of 2024 to be more cognitively present instead of self medicating to keep working, because my art needs me, not just the skills I've cultivated over years to autopilot out a painting. And I have to be in one sane piece to deliver.
So I'll keep striving to share my work even if my critical self keeps seeing problems. I'll keep loving and trying to reward all the care and investment my followers and clients have given with more of this work. I'll probably keep bleeding a little into my paintings the way I have, though I'll try to take care of myself and feed myself too.
It's all just a storm of imbalance distracting from the heart of it all: we're trying to create something that will outlast us here. Something that sings.
It shouldn't be this hard, but hell, it always feels worst before a breakthrough, right?
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Interested in getting cool stickers, WIPs, server access, or just want to support me? I sure got news. Which is to say, I have a Patreon.
We have also JUST brought back the monthly art poll on the art server, and I've published a free brush pack for CSP, so suffice to say it's bopping.
Please consider supporting or plugging <3
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Belugabear and I will be rolling up to Fanfest with the WoL Wife sticker swag and we'll see ya there 🔥
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Got something exciting in the mail today. It's amazing as ever to see my art "in the wild" like this, and now I get to spend time with these friends-to-lovers not just as their artist, but an eager lil reader.
Big hearts to amandatferreira at Twitter for the honor of drawing them and the pleasure of a copy.
If you want to join me on reading:
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Are you a tarot collector goblin? Do you love the arcane and the sensual? Want to see 22 INCREDIBLE artists (also meeeee in there) go off on an idea of their own? Check out the project that dropped today below and help us give you that.
>Link
#kollapsar updates#kickstarter work#my art stuff#i am SO stoked to be part of this and the alleyway oracles you would not believe#boosts appreciated!
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Want in on some goodies? Wanna send someone a pretty greeting card? Collecting art cards? Extra wall space? Just need some gay art in your life? I gotchu.
Shop here!
Code for extra 10% off (good until 7/4): XEPNRBD
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Hello lovelies!
Commissions are opening for slots with start dates ranging between August and October. The start dates for the openings are as follows:
August 15, 24
September 6, 13, 27
October 11, 18, 25
Additionally, for this wave, I have opened availability for a new commission type. There's token busts that start at $190 for a fully painted, front-facing, transparent piece that can be used as a social media avatar or icon in a tabletop game.
To book a commission, please use the following form: https://forms.gle/SiwJk3PXkYUaymXh6
If you want to see a live update for slot availability, please use the following Trello document, which is updated every time a client confirms a quote and date I give them after applying to the form.
Looking forward to working with you all!
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Commissions will be opening around this time next week!
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If you're a patron, they are open right now ;) along with fun privileges like all my WIPs, high res paintings, timelapses and NSFW Discord channel ;3
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