Month: May 2025

Studio Hangout May 2025 + AMA – Medical Woes, Clair Obscur, and Discussing How to Commission Artists

The end of the month has come and with it the monthly Studio Hangout update that wraps up all the happenings and posts you might have missed! Watch the video above or read the TL;DR summary below. The video includes captions and the transcript is attached to this post.

Personal Updates

  • Medical Woes – My husband had serious medical complications this month, which means I haven’t been around much for streaming or art while I’ve focused on family. See this post for the longer story.

Announcements

  • Commission Launch Delayed – Until we know what the immediate future will be like for treatment plans, I am delaying taking commissions until further notice. My apologies to everyone who sent inquiries! Please keep me in mind for later once I have a better idea of my availability.

New Art

Once again, the Forge of Wonders server pulled me out of my art block to create this single silly piece of art for the Character of the Month event. Behold Dr. Zaius’ Clouseau-inspired brilliant, yet bumbling Detective Claw Zu.

Not usually the kind of character I draw, but I appreciate being pushed out of my comfort zone with such a fun concept!

Watch a timelapse of this piece’s creation here.

Streaming Updates

I took a break from Banishers to sample the gorgeous game, Clair Obscur, with Kev as my commentator this month (just before things hit the fan). I’ll be taking a break from streaming until we know more about what the immediate future is going to be like for us.

[VIDEO] Game Night: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Watch this beautifully French work of art in video game form! I have been buzzing about this game ever since its first trailer in which a giant eldritch artist painted people out of existence, while the populace bravely defies her by sending a small, but determined group of soldiers.

I’m pleased to see this game has gotten so much critical acclaim recently! Join Kev and I as we bask in its loveliness and rock out to the music. Just ignore how much I fail at parrying.

AMA (Ask Me Anything)

The links should lead you to the timestamps that have the answers. I’ve included the timestamps just in case the links don’t work.

Q (from Lindowyn): How does an artist identify their audience?
A: Watch the answer here. 05:34

Q: (from Jim D AKA Overlord Jim of Apotheosis Adventures): What info does an artist need to draw a character?
A: Watch the answer here. 08:48

Q: (also from Overlord Jim): What info should a client have prepared to commission an artist?
A: Watch the answer here. 12:00

June Goals

Everything is going to be dependent on my availability while I prioritize family, but I hope to aim for the following.

  • Finishing the Cassiel’s Servant faux book cover. I’m likely switching to working digitally, as it will now take too long to learn acrylics as I originally planned with everything going on. Despite the digital medium, however, I plan to offer hand-gilded limited edition prints so they still have a touch of the artist’s hand in them.
  • Get back to my novel-writing class homework. It has been sorely neglected!
  • Returning to commission portraits later on in the month. (Husband’s health willing!) I’m going to see if I can still get the commission giveaway winners done at the very least!

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I hope I have better news and more fun things to share soon, but I may also fall off the planet depending on how things go. Either way, thanks for reading and for your support, both via Patreon and via your kind words.

Hug your loved ones, y’all, and take care!

<3 Ang

Hello Hospital, My Old Friend…

Well, friends, it’s been the week from hell and I’m now sure my husband, Kevin, was born above an ancient burial ground which cursed him with bad luck. Long story short (shared with Kev’s permission), he’s been in and out of the ER after a medical condition we were monitoring finally decided to pop, which has resulted in him being catheterized and fairly immobile.

Add the drama of an insurance company that decided to drop us without notice during the middle of this crisis. This sudden drop in coverage caused the medications he needs to live to be about $1200 and his desperately needed urgent specialist visit to not be covered. Thankfully, we were able to sort out new coverage that let us use co-pay coupons for the meds at least.

(UHC was the culprit who dropped us. We should’ve known better than to trust them considering how they’ve been in the news lately for being The Literal Worst. Good riddance to this trash company!)

Now, we’re just taking it one day at a time waiting on tests. Hoping for the best (which is likely surgery to alleviate his medical issues) or the worst (possibly prostate cancer).

If you’ve requested or are considering a character commission from me, I ask for your patience while we deal with our situation. Depending on how things go, I may have to stop accepting commissions altogether to focus on Kev’s health if we must take a second journey with cancer to remind it who is boss. I’m praying our outcome will be the better of these situations, but we’re planning for the worst and hoping for the best.

Friends have asked us if there are ways to help and, while we’re not in dire need, we won’t say no to extra help to make life easier during a tough time.

Ways to Help

Many of you are already supporting my Patreon, which I’m so thankful for. Here are some other ways you can help us out:

My shops:

Please don’t put yourselves out, however! We know times are tough all around.

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Now, the most important question to ask you all. What tv shows are you watching? We could use some suggestions to watch during the wait between appointments. So far, we’ve been watching Parasyte: The Grey and Dragonball DAIMA.

<3 Ang