Merry day, Ragonia Patrons, you are officially invited to the 3rd Annual Ragonia Patreon Holiday Party!!
Thanks for your votes, y'all! It's decided!
Join Me, Zach, Pumpkin, and your fellow Patrons and art fans on...
2021-12-14 22:42:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons and happy December!
2021 is coming to a close, which means it's time for me to show you how much I appreciate your support and community here on Patreon with a Ragonia Patron Holiday Party!
So mark your calendars, prep your sketches or arty tools, gather your 2021-12-10 21:38:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Helloooo Patrons and HAPPY DECEMBER ALMOST!!
Let me tell you about what I did this month! An overview if you don't want to listen:
1. CLIENT PROJECTS
Working on a client project and it's coming out so well, but I can't show you EVER probably! NDAs! NDAs!
Book project has been postponed, but it'...
2021-12-01 05:30:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy friends and Patrons, and 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. For this 13th article I'll be sharing with you my thoughts on some Good Deals & Investments you make encounter or look int...
2021-11-20 02:08:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy howdy Patrons!
Hope you're having a productive and/or restful November! It has been raining almost non-stop here in Seattle, the sun sets at like 5pm now, and I am absolutely loving the refreshing cozy vibes and shorter days. It fills me with creativity and energy! What!
As usual, the Arty Business articl...
2021-11-13 02:43:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons, HAPPY (almost) HALLOWEEN!!
As a treat this month I'm trying something different: a podcast newsletter! Take a listen to hear what I've been up to in this Arty Business of mine during October! If you don't have time to listen here's a quick overview:
1. FINISHING UP THE BOOK PROJECT
Aaaaaalmost done...
2021-10-30 01:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Season's greetings friends and Patrons, and 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. For this 12th article in the series I wanted to issue some warnings about potential SCAMS & BAD DEALS you sho...
2021-10-16 01:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons and a happy month's end to you! I'm writing to you from my Seattle studio, swaddled in a big cozy sweater, a steady rain falling on our dried-out city, with Pumpkin snoozing in her cardboard box on the shelf and my newly made2021-09-30 22:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy friends and Patrons, and 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. For this 12th article in the series I wanted to issue some WARNINGS *dun dun dunnnn* about potential scams and bad deals you s...
2021-09-25 21:41:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons and friends, and happy end-of-summer vibes unto you and yours! I'm writing to you from my Seattle home studio, a slight breeze blowing the cool late-summer air in, carrying smells of my neighbors' barbeques. Following a couple days of scattered distraction, I'm finally focused and vibing to the warbling tones of a ...
2021-08-28 01:52:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the seventh 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 be sharing how I make my handmade earrings, enamel pins, custom portraits, proc...
2021-08-14 19:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey buds! I hope you're doing well and excited about this new shiny summer month! The wildfire smoke is starting to creep it's way into Seattle and we're shriveling under a particularly dry dry season, which means I am officially... Already Excited For Fall. :)
Anyway, it's time to vote on what you'd like to see for the August $5+ tier pos...
2021-08-02 19:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hellooooo Patrons and friends, and another very happy Friday to you! I hope this email finds you well and warm and safe and anxiety-free. Help yourself to a listen of my Good Mood Food playlist if you're feeling down, and let's ca...
2021-07-31 01:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Helloooo Patrons, and welcome to our new mini blog series, the Ragonia Time Machine! In this series we're going to travel back in time to different eras in my art history to take a look at my sketches, doodles, pieces, and projects, and see how the years stacked up to make me the artist that I am today. For each era I'l...
2021-07-23 22:39:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons and happy soon-to-be-July! There's a thin, bright layer of clouds in the sky and it's a typical cool Seattle summer day (74°F / 23°C). Which I am absolutely living for because, if you haven't heard, the PNW just smoldered through a historic three day heat wave. But I'll talk more about that in a bit! I'm vibing to a 2021-07-01 01:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello patrons and happy summer! I hope you’re doing well and ready to do some mid-year reflecting, because I know I am.
I’ve talked a lot about this before, but I’m in the middle of two big different projects: illustrating my first book client project finals, AND reassessing my art and practice! I think one factor of my recent ...
2021-06-11 23:35:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons, and a very happy weekend to you! I have the absolute joy to be writing to you from my current favorite spot in the universe, the gloriously roomy and sunny balcony on my new apartment in Seattle. As is Seattle tradition, the weather the last few weeks has been incredibly up and down: sunny and warm for a bit and t...
2021-05-29 00:51:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks everyone for voting on this month’s special event! There was a tie between a Livestream Movie Night and a Get to Know on my favorite artists, so this month we’ll do the movie night and next month I’ll do the Get to Know article. :) So let’s have a fun movie night!
+ When: Friday, May 14th, 2021. Drop in any ...
2021-05-12 21:36:01 +0000 UTC View PostPATRONS HELLOOOO!! Happy May, buddies!
It's time to choose what special event we want to do here on the Patreon for the month!
Since I'm facing down this killer art block for personal art, the final deadlines for my book client project coming up in the next two months, AND that my average Arty Business/Making It articles take a minim...
2021-05-07 20:32:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons and friends, and a very happy Friday to you! I'm writing to you on a classic Seattle spring day, raining this morning, sun and clouds rolling by in turns, and low 60s. I have no fun playlist rocking today because I am trying to FOCUS. And I'm coming at you with quite a bit less energy than I normally do, and I'll tell you why after...
2021-05-01 01:04:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
That's right, Arty Business is BACK, mostly because I thought of this new subject to add to it! The Arty Business well hasn't quite yet run dry! Since it...
2021-04-16 20:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostHeeeey Patrons, happy APRIL! Chugga-chugga 2021's chuggin' along, hopefully into better and better things!
I'd love to hear your preference for topics for this month's $5+ article! Below is a poll of my top ideas for this month, but feel free to leave a comment with additional requests!
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2021-04-07 18:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons and friends, and a very happy weekday to you! It's a beautiful sunny spring day in Seattle, and after two unusually cold months we're set to possibly have our first 60 degree day of the year today. I'm wearing my spring-iest dress, with (gasp) no tights or leggings, so you know I'm in a spring mood. It's the last day of March 2021,...
2021-03-31 21:36:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi patrons! Yesterday I took the day to experiment by making fan art of the Eurydice character from Supergiant Games' Hades, and I wanted to share a video of the process with you. I'm trying to push myself to simplify characters and forms in simple, flattened compositions. I don't think I pushed very far at all with this design, so ultimately th...
2021-03-24 18:43:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hellooo Patrons and friends, and Happy New Year! 2020 is freshly behind us and...
Nope, it's March! I have a tradition of writing an overview of my past year of my career every January here on the Patreon. But this year I was moving across the country for basically all of January, and then I had two Big Boy deadlines overwhelming me for Fe...
2021-03-19 20:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons and friends and happy MARCH! I'm writing to you from my new studio in my new two bedroom apartment in Seattle, Washington, feeling cozy and excited to chat about the Ragonia February goings-ons. Grab a cup of something tasty, pop o...
2021-03-04 23:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Patrons and Friends! It's been a while! I hope you're doing well, hopefully things are starting to look up for you in this new fresh year. Brew yourself a cup of something nice, and let me take you on a tour of my new studio space in Seattle! And after I show you around my space, I'd love to hear about where you like to w...
2021-02-15 22:24:06 +0000 UTC View Post
HELLOOOOO PATRONS AND FRIENDS, Happy February!!
I just wanted to pop-in and give a quick update since I know I haven’t shared in a long time: I moved from Virginia back to Seattle last month!
Zach, Pumpkin, and I have been spending the month driving back across the country, finding an apartment, moving our stuff out of our storage ...
2021-02-01 17:52:33 +0000 UTC View Post
To celebrate the holidays, my birthday, AND to say THANK YOU for your continued support this year you are invited to the second annual Ragonia Patreon Holiday Party!
When: Friday, December 18th, 2020. Drop in anytime between 2-10pm EST, I've planned for plenty of time so people from various time zones can ...
2020-12-16 23:42:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons and friends!! I hope you're having a cozy and happy December! I'm writing to you from the studio in my parent's basement, with a lovely candle lit and the fake fireplace spacy heater buzzing with warmth. It's rainy, icy, and grey outside, and it makes it that much comfier in the studio.
I'd love to share a big welcome to our ...
2020-12-16 23:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post