I wasn't supposed to post this latest BATS IN THE RING piece this month. I was supposed to wait until January. But I couldn't be patient, I was so excited to finally show Terry's arrival I ended up posting it to social media earlier today with the...
2019-12-31 02:27:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone on twitter wanted to know how I accomplished the dynamic, changing lighting on Jason, so I recorded a very quick voice over of how I accomplished it in After Effects! It was my first time recording anything on my new heads...
2019-12-29 19:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post
And for you lovely patrons! Here's the HQ version of my fake Titantron screen that I put in the Coronation Invaded painting! Now you, too, can turn your monitor/cell phone/tablet screen/why are you watching this on a television screen into the BAT...
2019-12-28 19:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post
This is part 8 of Bats in the Ring! I knew from a while ago it was going to be a video, and that it'd feature Jason in front of the screen, but I'll go into the process later, once Bats in the Ring Act 2 wraps up (....which honestly won't be for a...
2019-12-28 19:15:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you've all had a wonderful holiday season so far. There are a few new faces here, and I just wanted to thank all the newcomers for joining, and to reiterate my appreciation for the continued support of the longtimers. I honestly can never t...
2019-12-28 19:08:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you've all had a wonderful holiday season so far! Just a quick announcement for the new faces and anyone considering joining this patreon: rewards always drop on the 1st of the month, and span the art made in the previous m...
2019-12-26 19:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post
BATS IN THE RING has been a project a few years in the making. Back in 2017, I jotted down in a notepad "batfamily as wrestlers!" and knew it...
2019-12-24 02:52:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick announcement to say I've made most of the Bats in the Ring pieces available to purchase as art prints over at my InPRNT! As a thank you to you all, patrons can get 10% off their purchase with the code II60AK until Jan...
2019-12-21 19:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! I just received an e-mail from the creator of the Photoshop script I covered in my last Patreon video that all items in his Gumroad, includin...
2019-12-19 22:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! For November, here's a bonus reward: a talk through tutorial on how to use a set of scripts called Perspective Tools for Photoshop CC that finds and creates perspective grids for you in existing images ...
2019-12-01 19:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
First of all - thank you all for continuing to bear with me as I experiment with the easiest and most efficient delivery method for these rewards. I think I've finally figured it out for the art rewards. Here they are a few days ahead of ...
2019-11-29 21:04:11 +0000 UTC View Post
October rewards just went out! :)
I'm still experimenting with how I'll deliver the monthly rewards -- I think I'll be doubling up with both posting them as patron-only posts (so even new patrons will be able to go back and see old posts and...
2019-11-01 20:40:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been SO hesitant to share a timelapse process video that shows this early of a sketch stage because I am so embarrassed about my terrible sketching and I haven't wanted anyone to see just how BAD it is. I've said it before, and I'll say it ag...
2019-11-01 20:11:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!! This has been a rough past two months for me.I haven't had much energy or time to devote to art, and I've been low-key (read as: high-key) stressing over not having any content to share with you, and you're all my number one priority. ...
2019-11-01 19:56:19 +0000 UTC View Post
KON!!!! I'm so sorry to Mei X, who requested him, for forgetting him the first round. (I hope this is the Superboy version you meant! I LOVE 90s jacket and glasses Superboy) I really loved how he turned out!
I feel like if Kon lived in Hawai...
2019-10-07 23:08:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahh, sorry this is a bit late, but thank you to all the patrons who contributed character requests for September rewards. Here they are! Scarlet Witch, Professor Pyg, and Ada Wong! I had a ton of fun testing new brushes for CSP and inking styles. ...
2019-10-05 21:11:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! I know it's a little early for September rewards, but here's what's up:
My partner switched jobs this month (ultimately a very good thing for his career!), and during this hectic transition, I've barely had any time or energy to d...
2019-09-19 22:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post
August rewards just went out! All active patrons should have received a message containing the link to August's Dropbox folder. As I'm typing this, the paint process video is still uploading, so that should be up within an hour of this post. Other...
2019-09-01 22:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's my first ever paint process video! It's the first ever mostly because this was the first time I actually remembered to hit record while I worked, ahaha... ha. I think it's at about 14x speed -- I tried to find that sweet spot of not so fast...
2019-09-01 22:33:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Thank you so much for your continued support. My Patreon might be small and a little slow, but running it has easily become my favorite medium for sharing art with you. Here's some WIPs and sketches from this past month.
After ...
2019-09-01 22:14:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! Hope you've been enjoying the last of these summer months. I just wanted to share a short preview of one of the upcoming rewards for this month: a 29-minute painting process video of this painting of Jason & Dick I did earlier this ...
2019-08-23 20:40:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! Thank you so much for your support! Here's the speedpaint process vid that was a part of July's rewards. It's still in the dropbox link for you to download directly if you want it, but I'm going to try having some speedpaint/process vid...
2019-08-01 20:04:14 +0000 UTC View Post
July rewards just went out! All active patrons should have received a message with a dropbox link. Thank you all so much for your support. I'm sorry this month was a little light on art, I've been struggling to get over feeling down/art block, but...
2019-08-01 20:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! I've finally set up a print shop with INPRNT! There's not much there right now except the one of Terry in front of NeoGotham that people have been asking after. I'm looking forward to adding more as time goes on!
However, if there...
2019-07-03 20:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post
June rewards just went out! Active patrons should have received a message with a link to the Dropbox download. Thank you all for your support!
2019-07-01 17:32:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The overwhelmingly warm reception to this piece was so amazing, thank you all for that! But since it was actually a 'draw it again' piece that kicked my ...
2019-07-01 17:30:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! Thank you all so much for your new and continued support. It's almost time for June rewards to go out! You'll all be getting a message with a link to the Dropbox download for June rewards tomorrow.
You may have seen it 2019-07-01 00:37:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi folks! April 2019 rewards were just sent out (they were a bit late, so sorry about that! I hope my occasional ridiculous PSD layer name makes up for it!). I just wanted to take this chance to say thank you for your support and patience as...
2019-05-02 18:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post