I'm gonna try to get three months of roundups done in two days, an ambitious goal, if I do say so myself 😎 To start, let's catch up on November and December of last year!
Patreon Rewards
At the end of November, I sent rewards featuring my recently completed Cozy Christmas Coodlers illustration 🕊️
And in December, I sent the next entry in my Maginaturalist's Sketchbook series, Ea the Mesopotamian sea god 🧜♂️
Patreon is the best way to support my artmaking, providing both funds and emotional support 🥰 Click here to sign up for digital rewards, postcards, prints, or all three!
deviantART
On November 9th, I was honored with my second-ever Daily Deviation 🤯🥹🥳 My Summer Gryphon piece was nominated by LindArtz and featured by Malintra-Shadowmoon 💖
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Later that month, I uploaded my Cozy Christmas Coodlers greeting card illustration, which was my final full-color illustration of the year.
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deviantART is another place you can support my artmaking! You can commission me for a chibi caricature here, or sign up and become my first monthly subscriber here!
Livestreaming
For November's featured Twitch stream, I'm choosing the final round of work on my Cozy Christmas Coodlers!
For December, I am featuring the final stream of 2024, which was the first round of work on a chibi caricature of Steve the Otter!
I livestream art nearly every week on Twitch and it's another place you can support me by subscribing! Lurkers are always welcome, but I love to chat, too! See you on my next stream 😉
Charity Fundraising
November's Charity of the Month was Farm Sanctuary and we had 20 unique Twitch viewers that month.
My donation formula is $0.10 USD per unique viewer, minumum donation of $10 and maximum of $100. That meant a $10 donation!
On top of that, my awesome viewers, bickman2k and ExieTheArtist, both donated $10, so we raised a total of $30 for Farm Sanctuary in 2024 🥳✨
December's Charity of the Month was The Protego Foundation 🪄 We had 11 unique viewers that month, so I donated $10!
Thank you to everyone who joins my streams and donates to the Studio Mikarts fundraisers on Twitch! Knowing that together we're making a difference for animals—while having fun!—gives every minute of live time so much more meaning 🥹💕
Gryphia Progress
The editing of my first illustrated novel made big strides in these months! Working diligently each week since July, in December I finally finished the first round of edits, spanning 222 pages!
Moving onto the next step, I started my second draft. The first was written on my Freewrite smart typewriter, which purposefully disallows editing (so you can just get on with the storytelling!), but now I am in the editing stages, so I am using Scrivener on my desktop PC.
Every step I take in this project is literally the most I've ever worked on a novel, so every bit of progress is exciting! I can't wait to see how far I get in 2025 🤩
Other News: Winter Vegan Market
I was chosen to be a vendor for the Winter Vegan Market here in Boise, Idaho! It was so exciting to meet so many people, especially when they braved the cold to come out (we were very lucky that the rain didn't start until exactly the market's scheduled end 🤯), to share my artwork with new customers and clients, and to help show that veganism isn't a diet, but a complete lifestyle of non-harm 💖💕
Here are some photos from the event, the second of its kind in my area!
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I got more modular display grids this time! |
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Coloring pages, greeting cards, and chibi commissions. |
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More greeting cards, stickers, pin-back buttons, and magnets. |
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The wind kept trying to blow my postcards away! |
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Postcards and prints. |
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I bought these cookies from our neighbors immediately! |
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Selfie with my new friend, Angie! |
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Selfie with one of my best friends, Leigha, and her two pups 💕 |
One unexpected perk of vending this time was getting SO MANY treats from the food vendors! We purchased a lot (last time they sold out super quick so my husband and I swooped in early!) but we also received many gifts at closing time, as well 🥹💖💕 I love being a part of the vegan community! I hope I can vend at the upcoming Spring Vegan Market as well, but even if not, I'll definitely attend as a shopper!
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That's all for this roundup! Thank you so much for reading 'til the end. I'll be back VERY soon with my roundup for January 2025 😆 Until then, please stay happy, healthy, and safe!
