Traci Shepard @tashepard@witches.town

Hello Mastodon. I'm an illustrator with a focus on animals and monsters from folklore, and I just restarted my art blog on that same subject. Today was the first post in over a year but if you're new there's over 400 entries in the archive to check out.
https://arcanebeastsandcritters.tumblr.com/
My day job is killing me and living and transition expenses are piling up so I'm going to try and have a go at making a living off this art stuff, so have the standard Patreon link
https://www.patreon.com/tashepard and a Twitch stream for drawing (and some WoW) https://www.twitch.tv/tashepard/dashboard
#Mastoart #art #monsters

Today's art stream is live: the waitoreke https://www.twitch.tv/tashepard

A) This looks like an interesting game streamlining how fascism can creep into legislation in real-world situations
B) I could not have been more wrong about who was on which team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Wb0sc5Ft8

Today was basically a complete wash. I got some bites taken off the to-do list but I could have gotten way more actual work done. And even failing that I feel like I couldn't even slack off properly.
I'm physically and mentally falling apart a little after a particularly rough few days and instead of being restful this was just one of those every-little-thing-goes-slightly-wrong days leaving me even more stressed out.

I don't think I've ever seen a brand more self-aware of how it's viewed in the public eye than this bag of Bugles declaring itself "America's Finger Hats™"

Wolpertinger pin/sticker rough

Short art stream tonight: Wolpertinger https://www.twitch.tv/tashepard

Charming enough flick, never great but solid, ending turned a bit rote.

I take it back, I'm just twenty minutes in but kind of love where they took this. #Creep2

Also the cold open does a real good job of conveying what the first movie was without actually rehashing or revisiting any of it, but I'd still recommend checking that out first if you haven't before jumping into this one.

There's also a documentary series on here called Myths and Monsters that should be right up my alley but it says right in the description it only draws from "European culture" and my dudes I assure you that has been covered already.

I was genuinely surprised to see there was a Creep 2 on Netflix. I have a sneaking suspicion I won't enjoy it but I'm fascinated by where they think they can go from the first one.

I liked Creep fine but it was mostly built around a question to which the ending gave such a definitive answer a sequel would have to find an entirely new direction.

Like, one of the only things I really miss about Twitter is that dude deigned to semi-regularly conversate with me

A far too regular occurrence: think of a gag, look up to see if anyone had already done it, find out I was just remembering a Michael Kupperman comic https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wn9wy9/mcgritte-the-surrealist-crime-dog-todays-comic-by-michael-kupperman-comics

Putting mango chutney in everything tonight. Chili chicken wrap? Chutney. Guacamole? Chutney. Sweet potato fries? Oh you know they got the chut.

I don't think any of my characters have gotten their second Legendary item without a long wait after the first and immediately getting a useless third at the next available opportunity.

Argus is just royally pissing me off today. Players and game alike.

Found a twinkie in a coat pocket and a slice of cake on a bookshelf. #BreakfastOfChampions

Laura Dern making laser noises is keeping me going today (GIFs via http://rosefinnrey.tumblr.com/post/171827103674/star-wars-the-last-jedi-commentary)

I could redo the pin designs as die-cut stickers, also.
Kinda just want to produce enough monster crap to warrant tabling at the local horror con next year.

Trying to figure out enamel pin pricing. Wanted to make a bunch of themed sets but at these rates maybe safer to start with one or two. Thinking making a $/month Patreon goal for covering production and have one design freely available for purchase and one exclusive to backers (wolpertinger and Flatwoods Monster maybe?).
Also want to retool it to add some books and prints but I'll hammer it all out tomorrow. 😴