DuckyDeathly

Hello all! Earlier today I made a public Patreon post announcing price changes to my commission prices. If you have any sort of interest in commissioning me, I suggest checking it out!

The post show cases the new pricing along with my upcoming chibi commissions.

There’s also an exclusive doodle at the end of the post as well.

Lastly, this post reveals the name of my oni girl character that I've been using for my commission examples for years:

So if you wanna learn a little more about her, there's another reason to check it out ^^

Price change will take effect November 1st, 2023.

Thank you and have a lovely day c:

A good friend of mine gave me an invite code for Bluesky, so I finally have an account there! Check me out and maybe even give me a follow, perhaps?

Mutuals, if you have an account on there let me know and I'll be sure to follow back :3

My username on there is: @duckydeathly.bsky.social

See you there ^^

Hi all! I posted a public Patreon post going over some things I have in store for my art in the foreseeable future. The post goes over things relating to commissions, Patreon, a future online shop, and my art direction in general.

You can check out the post on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87040307

For convenience sake, I will also copy+paste the content into this journal below

(Though the Patreon post has an exclusive WIP comic at the end, so check it out there if you wanna see it!)

Commission Pricing:

A couple of months ago, I announced that I would be increasing my commission prices in July. July has come and gone and I have yet to do so simply because I've been preoccupied with other work. I still intend to increase my prices but will do so sometime later this month instead. In the previous post I made, I attached a new commission sheet with the proposed price increase. The pricing on this sheet is NOT finalized. Unfortunately, with the cost of pretty much everything increasing, I may need to increase the prices a little more than what was stated in the sheet. Not by too much, of course, but it's still worth noting. It's important for me to be open and transparent about this decision to not catch anyone off guard. With me delaying the price increase, hopefully, it will give folks a chance to commission me with the current prices before I officially implement this change. Thank you for understanding!

TL;DR: Commission prices were supposed to increase in July but have been delayed to later this month.

New Patreon tiers/rewards coming soon!

For those who are already pledged to my Patreon or are considering doing so, I have some exciting news for you! I'm currently working on introducing some new tiers to my Patreon. In addition to this, I also intend to implement new rewards for those who are in certain tiers or higher. This includes physical rewards! I am still figuring out the specifics, but my goal is to have these new features implemented sometime within the next month or so (September-October.) One last thing: It's been a long while since I've done a Monthly Patreon Poll piece. I'm happy to announce that starting this month, I will be starting them up again. Expect a poll sometime this week ~ (For patrons only!)

TL;DR: I will introduce new Patreon tiers/rewards for current and new patrons. I will also be resuming my Patreon-exclusive monthly polls this month.

Online shop coming Fall 2023:

After years of wishing to do so, I'm at a place where I can finally start planning on reopening an online shop to sell merch! I'm gonna start off with a soft launch featuring a small selection of products at first to test the waters. I'm thinking I have a limited number of goods sold via Ko-Fi. If that goes well, then I could look into opening on Storenvy or Shopify with more products. I'd like to offer both fan work and original designs, so hopefully I can offer a little something for everyone ^^ I don't have an exact date in mind but my goal is to get this going sometime in the fall.

TL;DR: I am hoping to do a soft launch for a new online shop sometime this coming fall. It will feature original designs and fan art.

General Art Ideas:

The last thing I'd like to touch upon is some ideas I have in mind for my general art direction. Something I'd really like to do is develop my existing characters further, especially my personas. Just something to bring out me and my character's personalities more so that my pieces have more depth than just visual appeal. Comics, animations, and other experimental pieces come to mind. In general, I'd like to step out of my comfort zone more and make some more meaningful connections with other like-minded folks (while still maintaining boundaries.) One way I would especially like to do this is by streaming art and video games. I don't have a time frame on this stuff like the other sections mentioned but I'd love to get these things going sooner rather than later.

TL;DR: I'm aiming to develop my art and characters even further. I also want to step out of my comfort zone and put myself out there more with activities such as streaming. No date for these things yet but hopefully soon!

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If you've managed to make it this far into the post, I'd like to thank you! Moving to my new living environment has opened up some opportunities for me that I'd like to take advantage of. I've been stuck in a rut for quite a while but am hoping to finally take a much-needed leap. This will hopefully bring me to even further heights. I hope you'll come along on this journey with me ^^ I'll do whatever I can to make sure it's worth it.

Hi all! Just wanted to give you guys a bit of news in regards to some tech troubles I've been having lately with my Macbook (aka the laptop I use for a majority of my digital art)

About a week ago it started giving me issues with the display (if I open it any wider than about 45 degrees, the backlight starts working and I have to restart it and reopen it to that specific amount.) I had tried to bring it in for repairs because they have a warranty service that would fix my specific issue for free. However, my MacBook is no longer eligible for this covered repair due to it being 5 years past the original purchase date -_-

I can easily get around this issue by plugging in an external monitor, which is what I have been doing. However, this renders the portability of having a laptop kind of useless.

My bf Mike is quite tech savvy so he's going to help me either find the right people to talk to in order to get the repair covers or maybe even fix it himself.

Until I get this issue resolved, art will be a little slower than I'd like. Plus, I need to prioritize commissions/work that I currently have in my queue before doing more personal art. This gives me the opportunity to try other methods of art, such as on my iPad or even traditionally (I actually just uploaded some traditional albeit digitally edited) art not long ago.

Thank you all for your continued support and patience ^.^ Have a lovely day ~

Hi everyone! Happy Easter ^^

I'm going to upload some art in a little bit (not Easter-themed but something I finished last night.)

In the meantime, I'd like to invite anyone interested to check out a public Patreon post I made explaining why I've been so busy lately.

It's a bit of a lengthy read but I included a TL;DR just in case. As a bonus, I added a few never-before-seen doodles at the end to thank readers for checking out the post ^^