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[New Art] Cassiel’s Servant – Grayscale & Gold Edition + Print Launch & Upcoming Patreon Rewards

After MUCH toil, I can finally share this piece that I have been working on for so very long!

Happy 25th anniversary to Kushiel’s Legacy, one of my fave book series! You’ve seen WIP snippets of this piece on and off for the past couple of years while we’ve been really struggling with Life Happenings (TM).

I almost gave up on painting this with all the skill challenges it threw at me on top of those troubles. I never gave up on it though, even when the muse has been fleeting. Thanks to everyone who cheered me on while doing this and supported me here in the meanwhile!

I’m grateful also to this book series because it helped shape my passion for elegant, mature fantasy and quiet strength in both my writing and art.

A warrior wearing daggers at his waist and a longsword on his back crosses his forearms in a salute. His eyes are closed in a pensive pose as he stands resolute in his duty. Behind him, the woman he has sworn to protect, walks a path of broken glass into a golden window of thorny rose vines. The black tribal tattoo on her back marks her as a chosen of Kushiel. Pinpricks of red mark its blossoms. The painting is rendered in grayscale with gold accents dotting the dust motes, floating feathers, and rose designs.

Detail shots for your enjoyment:

A detail of the painting showing the delicate tattoo work on Phedre's back and her flowing hair as well as the layers and texture of Joscelin's chainmail armor and bracers.

[Below] A short art timelapse compressing hours of work down to 1 min.

A peek at all the concept and thumbnail sketches I did to prepare for this cover. Get a closer look over in the Cassiel’s Servant Art Archive.

Cassiel’s Servant Limited Edition Print Pre-Orders Launch

I also hope to celebrate this momentous occasion with a limited edition series gold foil print launch of this grayscale & gold painting! The print will have metallic etched gold accents with a lovely satin finish.

However, only 100 of these prints will be made and I will need the fandom’s help to be able to make this happen! The planned pre-order listing will go live in early August and I will run it until we sell the minimum amount needed to print the series, 1 month passes, or we sell out of the 100 prints.

If you’re interested in the print launch, sign up for a reminder here (I’ll also be sure to remind folks here with a blog post poke as well).

What’s Next?

There are still a few things I’d like to do before I wrap up this painting! Here’s the plan for those who want to make sure they are pledged at the proper tiers to get access to the goods.

TL;DR Those pledging at $5 will get most of the goods, except for the digital compilation sketchbook, which is coming later for the $10+ tiers! NOTE that you can pledge at any time after the digital Rewards are posted for access since they are digital and therefore hosted here on Patreon and persistently available as long as you are pledging to the proper tier.

Patreon Rewards Happening in July:

  • Secret Sketchbook Entry – 1 of 2 more Patrons-Only Secret Sketchbook entries (available to all paid tiers) discussing final problem-solving for the grayscale & gold painting.

  • Digital Wallpaper Pack (Grayscale & Gold Ed.) – The grayscale & gold painting for your desktop computers, tablets, and phones available for free for my $2+ Patrons (& available without a subscription committment in my Patreon Shop.
    (This pack will also be offered free to anyone pre-ordering the Limited Edition print when it goes live.)

  • PSD File (Grayscale & Gold) – $5+ Patrons will also receive the grayscale & gold PSD file for personal use & study

Patreon Rewards Planned for August:

  • Secret Sketchbook Entry – 2 of 2 more Patrons-Only Secret Sketchbook entries (available to all paid tiers) discussing the process of converting from grayscale to color.

  • Digital Wallpaper Pack (Color Edition) – A wallpaper pack for my $2+ Patrons & my Secret Shop

  • PSD File (Color Edition) – $5+ Patrons will also receive the full color PSD file for personal use & study

  • Cassiel’s Servant Digital Sketchbook – Compiling all the sketches and Secret Sketchbook posts together into a PDF Sketchbook (will be available for free for $10+ Premier Patrons) & offered in my Patreon & Fantasy Art shops

Other Plans:

  • Stickers – I’m looking into possibly making stickers of these Cassiel’s Servant themed emblems, but they require some cleaning up. (Is there enough interest in possible pins or patches of these designs too?)

  • Grayscale & Gold Foil Print – Launching in early August via a pre-order listing! This limited print series will only be made if there are enough pre-orders. (Sign up here for reminders).

As we get closer to August, I’ll re-confirm this Rewards schedule and what’s ready to go. There’s lots to do and this rollout of merch and art is somewhat experimental for me.

Let me know what you’re most interested and excited about!

For now, it’s time for me to get to work.

Wishing you all inspiration!

♥ Ang

April 2026 – Setbacks & Successes

April has been the longest month of mixed blessings, so it’s time for a big update! While there’s going to be a bit of bad news in this post, there is some glimmer of hope at the end, so hang in there!

The Setbacks

To begin with the worst of it, my husband and I face the reality of him once again being laid off from his job yet again (this was an interim job after being laid off from his job in IT 2 years ago).

Once more, we find ourselves trying to find a place we can fit in the world. Both of our professions in Illustration and Tech have been hit hard by AI displacement and COVID overhiring that it feels so impossible to find available work right now. Even trying to find temporary work in alternate fields has been tricky, while everyone feels the strain with world events at the moment.

But rather than go insane while we wait for job callbacks, we’re trying to keep it moving doing what we can to stay positive and hope that change is in the wind as long as we keep up hope and keep putting ourselves out there!

The Successes

But it’s not all doom and gloom. I have been blessed with a full queue of private art commissions for very amazing and patient clients in the meanwhile! I’ve been able to draw some unique and inspiring topics in the TTRPG arena that I love, in particular.

[Above: A detail of a character illustration for a private commission of Ganjo the Blade Beast of Steel Forest.]

While I’m keeping busy, I’m still working slowly, but surely on the Cassiel’s Servant cover and hope to complete it in time for the 25th anniversary of Kushiel’s Legacy coming in June. I’ve put a Patrons-only sneak over in the Patrons-only area of my Discord, for those who want to see how the cover’s going (teasing with a small sliver here with more shown over on Discord).

Trying to work on anything right now has felt like painting during a hurricane with the high stress of our situation and the ongoing DOOM that is the world right now, but I hope to keep pushing to get this done by June as much as I can work on it between other paying work!

Upcoming Appearances

In other positive news, I’m also very excited to be returning to Multiversecon in 2026 as a guest in October! This was such a charming and welcoming small con right on my doorstep. I hope to be in the vendor hall again this year and to meet Martha Wells, one of the Guests of Honor, and tell her how much I loved Murderbot.

I’m also thrilled to have work appearing in a very lovely gallery in downtown Seattle, Washington called The Ghost Gallery.

[Above: A shot of Ghost Gallery’s install for 2025’s mini art exhibit.]

You’ll specifically be able to see my “Temperance of the Woven Path” piece beautifully framed and on display at the Ghost Gallery’s “Art of Tarot” exhibit featuring oracle, tarot, and other related artworks and card decks from May 8th to June 7th. If you’re in the neighborhood, drop in and take a look! It’s promising to be a gorgeous show.

I’m honored to be included in such a busy gallery area in such a cool themed show! I only wish I could attend in person myself, but maybe it’s for the best so I’m not tempted to buy all of the pretty card decks they might have on display.

I hope you all are able to keep your chins up during these tough times as well! Thanks to all of you for your continued support here, as that little bit of income goes a long way and the encouragement I get here always brightens my day.

Till next time!

<3 Ang

Posts You Might Have Missed in April

Jan 2025 [Vlog+Transcript] – New Streaming Schedule, New Art, & Upcoming Private Commissions

I’m trying something new with my monthly updates by doing a video blog and AMA wrap-up instead! You can watch the vid (which includes subtitles), read the attached transcript, or just scroll through the text of this article for the quick TL;DR version.

All in all, it’s been a quiet month while I’ve worked on invisible tasks, like studies and exercises as I prepare to learn a new medium (Acrylics!) before I continue on with the Cassiel’s Servant cover. I also have plans to start offering private commissions next month. Keep reading for all the details!

New Art & More

The Boy With the Seven Word Name (Image Gallery + Hades Art Style Tutorial)

Kalara & Golden Lies Reference Sheets (Full Gallery + Character Bios)

Gestures & Studies from January’s Streams

January Happenings

  • Applying for conventions after a 5 year long hiatus
  • Started off strong with streaming Art and Game Nights! (Check out my Stream Schedule for when to tune in.)
  • Started teaching myself how to use acrylic paints

Coming Up in February

  • Private Commissions Opening in FEB!  I’ve paused work on the CASSIEL’S SERVANT cover till I can sort samples out. Patrons & newsletter subscribers will get first dibs on my commission queue!
  • I’ll be painting some acrylic studies of Kushiel’s Legacy characters for practice.
  • Streaming continues on Tuesdays (Art Streams) and Thursdays (Game Nights). I’ll be doing style studies and animal studies this month, as well as playing the rest of Telltale’s The Expanse.

AMA Questions

  • Q: How to stay inspired when things are tough? 
    My response at this timestamp.
  • Q: It will take me too long to learn how to draw, write, etc. How can I learn quickly enough? Can’t I just use AI?
    A: My response at this timestamp.

Stream Recordings

Miss a stream? Catch up here:

My 2025 Streaming Schedule – Tune In for Art & Gaming!

Well, friends, I’ve been ungovernable for years when it comes to making a stream schedule. Here’s my attempt to bring order to the chaos by scheduling some recurring events! I’m going to try to obey it as long as I can, though sessions may run long or short, depending on each day’s activities. Let us try this great experiment starting next week on Tuesday, Jan 14th!

Art Day

For Art Day streams, here are a few things I have in mind:

  • Gesture sketching, master copies, etc.

  • Inking, coloring, concept sketching, etc.

  • Sketchbook doodling

  • Character creator card deck draws (IE. Using Fatum, Reckless Deck, etc. to make concepts that we can draw together!)

Game Day

For Game Day streams, I’ll be playing games I find artistically inspiring that I want to share, starting with Venba, a beautifully illustrated cooking game telling the story of an Indian mom’s journey to Canada with her family during the 1980’s that I’ve been very curious about. I wanted to start with something chill that wouldn’t take us 30 streams to get through.

While this game is a cozy one, I’ll probably be playing everything from artsy horror to artsy platformers, so prepare yourself for different genres of varying levels of macabre!

Hangouts/AMA’s 

I’ve had folks here say they miss the times I used to hangout on Google Hangouts and chat about my month while answering questions from the audience and fans. I want to return to those halcyon days now that we have better tech than Google Hangouts! (Do you all remember when Google Hangouts used to eat itself about an hour in lol).

Everyone can leave questions during the stream in the chat, but I’ll be prioritizing questions from Patrons directly via the Patrons-only AMA section of my Discord server and via a monthly questions Patrons-only post I’ll share here.

Where to Watch

I’ll be using the Streamlabs Ultra tool to multi-stream to my Twitch and my YouTube so tune in on your fave platform!

Let’s go! I’ll be keeping a schedule on my Twitch and Discord server’s events in case you forget when to tune in. I’ll also try to poke people on social media when I go live too.

See you there!

<3 Ang

Currently Reading: Cassiel’s Servant

EDIT: I’ve added some share links at the end of the article for anyone who’d like to help me signal boost!

My Story Sketcher journey begins with Cassiel’s Servant by Jacqueline Carey! I was originally going to begin with one of my top Fantasy faves, Kushiel’s Dart, after it was very popular on my poll, but Cassiel’s Servant arrived just in time to tempt me to embark on what will be a new, but familiar journey, as Cassiel’s Servant tells the story of Kushiel’s Dart from the perspective of a different character, the stoic warrior, Joscelin Verreuil.

How I could resist a brand new venture into one of my favorite affirming and inspiring Fantasy worlds, especially during Pride month?

(Cassiel’s Servant cover art by Mélanie Delon)

GENRE: Romantasy | PAGES: 528 |  RATING: Mature Audiences, Spice Levels High! Though my art will be no more graphic than PG-13

SYNOPSIS: In Kushiel’s Dart, a daring young courtesan uncovered a plot to destroy her beloved homeland. But hers is only half the tale. Now see the other half of the heart that lived it. 

Cassiel’s Servant is a retelling of cult favorite Kushiel’s Dart from the point of view of Joscelin, Cassiline warrior-priest and protector of Phèdre nó Delaunay. He’s sworn to celibacy and the blade as surely as she’s pledged to pleasure, but the gods they serve have bound them together. When both are betrayed, they must rely on each other to survive. 

From his earliest training to captivity amongst their enemies, his journey with Phèdre to avert the conquest of Terre D’Ange shatters body and mind… and brings him an impossible love that he will do anything to keep. 

Even if it means breaking all vows and losing his soul.

The Journey Ahead

Here’s the plan for my journey with Cassiel’s Servant! For this book, I’ll be creating:

  • My own variant version of a cover for the book, to be offered as a Limited Edition print. All Patrons will be getting a deep dive into my cover creation process! (Limited Edition prints to be offered to Patrons, tier to be determined).

  • A bookmark to commemorate the occasion. All Patrons will get a downloadable version. (A physical bookmark with a tassel will be offered too, tier to be determined).

  • Sketches of particularly inspiring characters, concepts, scenes, etc. that inspire me along the way. To be collected as a PDF for Patrons (tier to be determined) and available to others via my digital shop items.

Once I have a better idea of how much art I’ll be making after this first experimental book art journey, then I’ll make a proper announcement about what goodies my Patrons will recieve at what tiers. There’ll be an announcement and a PM sent out to keep everyone in the know so you won’t miss out on any of the limited or exclusive goodies.

(The variant cover I created for Kushiel’s Dart. Will I be brave enough to do traditional art for a variant cover of Cassiel’s Servant???)

Read Along!

I’ll be doing my own Book Club-style reaction posts sharing my art and thoughts inspired by this book as I read in this dedicated Discord channel. Feel free to hop in and discuss with me! Spoilers/spoiler-y art will be hidden by spoiler tags.

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It’s been a few years since I read Kushiel’s Dart, which has me excited to see this familiar world once again, this time through the eyes of Joscelin, who will no doubt have a unique perspective and history as a warrior on a different battlefield than Phedre’s glittering courtesan arena.

I’m also excited to let my book/Fantasy nerd flag fly with this new art adventure. It feels good to get back to my heart’s passion for storytelling and art driven by deep character exploration. I can’t wait to see what comes out of this journey!

– Ang

Share Links

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Introducing My New Patreon Theme: Story Sketcher

We’ve been on a long journey with the Birthstone Goddesses, friends! Today, I’m happy to officially announce the start of a new journey here on my Patreon! As you all know, I’m hoping to indulge more of my Writing Muse in the future, so I wanted to theme my Patreon around my new visual storytelling focus.

What is Story Sketcher?

It’s the name of what I’m calling this multi-disciplinary endeavor to immerse myself in stories and art! So many great new classic Fantasy novels have come out over the years that I’ve missed out on because I’ve been playing video games or reading comic books instead.

No hate to gamers and comic readers because these are valid story forms I adore too! Mostly, I have personally missed out on so many novels because I felt I didn’t have time to read and enjoyed the ‘quicker’ injection of stories via these more visual formats.

Now, I realize that if I want to write more stories that it’s time I get back into the novel reading habit to increase my own knowledge-base. What better way to do so than enticing my Art and Writing Muses to come together in a flurry of art creation inspired by books?

As I read each Fantasy book in my To Read pile, I’ll be making art inspired by the story, which will tentatively include:

  • A variant cover for the story for my Cover Art Portfolio (the main goal!)

  • Sketches of characters, scenes, locales, etc. that inspire me along the way

  • B&W short comics, should any scenes particularly inspire me to practice this skillset

  • A bookmark to commemorate my journey with each book

(The variant cover for Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey, one of my favorite Fantasy books, that I painted in 2013.)

About the Bookmarks

I have to interject with a story about how much of a book wyrm I was as a kid! I was a lonely Army brat because my family would relocate every 2 years. Books were my escape from the loneliness. Libraries, in particular, were my escape from the bullying of other kids for being the forever ‘new kid’.

Each time I finished a book, I’d commemorate the occasion with a bookmark. Here’s an old one from the Monsters of Mythology series that I absolutely adored because it shared the untold stories of the ostracized monsters of Greek myth. These were lesser known fictionalizted stories of their untold tales before they became the misunderstood beings we all know.

(I wish I could find more of these old bookmarks I did. Alas, they are lost to time! This was the only scan of one I could find for now.)

Making bookmarks to commemorate my journey through a book is a tradition I want to bring back for adult-me. I suspect my bookmarks for Story Sketcher will be colored, but we shall see. It will all depend on how the story inspires me! Sometimes things just look better in black, white, and gold.

What can Free Members & Patrons expect?

Free Members will still be able to see just the art on social media and in monthly compilations, but they’ll miss out on any deep dive art notes and behind the scenes articles I’ll be sharing just for Patrons at all tiers. Patrons will also be the ones to get access to any Patrons-only Merch I’ll be designing inspired by my book-reading journeys.

(Sketches from the deep dive about my Kushiel’s Dart variant cover. An example of the kind of notes & WIPs Patrons can expect to see!)

Upcoming New Merch

I’m currently brainstorming on all the new Merch possibilities for this theme, but will need some time to figure out the logistics and how I’ll offer them to you all. I want to go through my first book’s journey and see what shakes loose, art-wise, before I commit to any particular designs just yet!

But while we’re here dreaming, I’m currently pondering the following new Merch offerings, which will likely be mainly available exclusively through my Patron tiers, which I’m still deciding on once I have a better idea of costs:

  • Limited Edition signed prints of the cover art I make

  • Bookmarks for each book I read (Digital printables or physical)

  • Bookish-themed stickers

  • Bookish-themed pins

  • Pins inspired by the books I’m reading (characters-inspired, symbolic, etc.)

  • PDFs of all the sketches available for a book in a compilation with my notes

Tell me which items get you the most excited so I can gauge your interest and where I should spend my effort!

So what am I reading first???

In my theme poll, many of you wanted to see more of my explorations of the world of the fantastic Kushiel’s Legacy books by Jacqueline Carey! With that in mind, I’ll be introducting the first book I’ll be reading and exploring with art in the next post (though my updated Patreon About page already has a spoiler for what book I chose, hee hee).

How often will I post on Patreon?

It depends? I aim to finish a book per month, which may change depending on the length of the book, how much art it inspires me to do, etc. However, this is meant to be a fun side project, which means if I get busy for any reason, I may post less.

It’s best to treat this Patreon as more of a Tip Jar where you can enjoy the perks of my already existing archives of coloring pages, tutorials, etc., with new material to come as and when its creation happens. I will make a post announcement to Free and Patron members when I’ll be offering new Merch or downloadables you guys might want so you can be sure not to miss out on it or to pledge as-needed, should anyone need to be more discriminating with how often they pledge.

My account is a Charge Up Front account, so you’ll never be charged less or more than the monthly fee!

WHEW that was a lot of information! I’ll be introducing the first book from the To Read pile in the next post so this post doesn’t run too long. I’m so excited to start this interdisciplinary journey that I have been thinking about attempting for a few years, now. I hope you all will stick with me during this grand experiment!

– Ang

New Upcoming Patreon Theme! + Where to Find My Exalted Art

Thanks to Patrons’ votes in my last big poll, I’ve finally made a decision about where this Patreon will be going after May.  Your insights were a big help in choosing what I’ll be focusing on next, with so much inspiration pulling my muse in different directions!

My top two contenders were, much to my surprise, the Kushiel Concepts theme and the Exalted TTRPG theme.  Color me surprised to see two of my most niche topics be at the top!  I’m so pleased these passion projects would be appealing to you guys.

KUSHIEL CONCEPTS is our winner, which means I’ll be exploring the following once June rolls around:

  • My own variant book covers of the first 3 books, Kushiel’s Dart, Kushiel’s Chosen, and Kushiel’s Avatar (maybe further into Imriel and Moirin’s trilogies, if the muse strikes me and the interest in this theme stays strong)

  • Favorite moments, character concepts, etc, as I re-read the books

  • Designs of the sigils of the Court of Night Blooming Flowers & noble houses of Terre d’ Ange

  • Plus other ideas as we see how the muse inspires me while I read!

I’ll also be designing a new suite of Kushiel-inspired Patreon-exclusive merch, which I’ll announce later on as I figure out what might be a cool thing to make.  Perhaps a series of night-blooming flower stickers inspired by the Court?  Fancy stained glass noble house sigils?  Let me know if you have ideas of things you’d love to collect!

I’m going to think about this and do some planning while we wait on May to arrive.

But what about my Exalted art?

I’m still going to be making Exalted art, stories, and resources just for my own fun and on my own time, but it won’t be shared here on Patreon, as that’d start to get confusing if I tried to mix it in with Kushiel/Fantasy things once that theme revs up here.

My solution? – A dedicated place for my Exalted things on Ko-fi.

I’ll be posting all Exalted art/writing/resource updates and future Exalted Character of the Week compilations there in the future, so go give it a follow if you like that particular facet of my TTRPG-related art.  I’ve shared my free fan resources there, for those who need art templates and resources for playing their Solar characters.  

If you like the Exalted things I do, Ko-fi’s set up to where you can leave me a monthly or one-time tip there as well, or just enjoy the project, which is 98% free to enjoy, minus a couple of perks for monthly tippers.  This way, I don’t feel like my Exalted fans are left out of the fun and I have a chill place I can share that TTRPG hobby.  I also like the idea that my Exalted stuff stays free of too many expectations so it can remain a fun and carefree endeavor!

Well that’s enough of my excited ramble!  I hope you all are as hyped for a change in theme here as I am.  I’m looking forward to reading some of my favorite books and deep diving into some really cool imagery!  Perhaps it will pave the way for other fun book series I’ve enjoyed and would like to do fan art for?

Till next time, I’ll keep sharing interim inspiration and art till Summer arrives!

<3 Ang

March 2024 – Happy News, Patreon Plans, & New Tarot Preview

March was both the worst and best month, all at once. I’m so happy to report that after the bombshell February we had in which my husband was laid off from his job and suffered some possibly-cancerous symptoms that his test results are in. While some things aren’t normal, cancer has been eliminated as a possibility!

The ghost of this bad news has been hanging over us since early February and we’re both so relieved to hear it’s not the worst case scenario. He’s still got some challenges ahead, but they won’t be as nasty as cancer.

Knock on wood! Now, can cancer and serious illness leave us both alone till we’re at least 80? Please and thank you!

Once my head stopped spinning from all the life chaos, I had just enough time to catch my breath and dive headlong into finishing the X of Swords piece for the Stained Glass Tarot deck coming this year. Patrons got a deep dive into this process, as well as a look at a detail of the final painting. I can’t wait for you all to see the final painting once the deck debuts! I’ve been peeking the art from the other artists and it’s gorgeous stuff. I’ll be sure to let you all know here when it goes live on crowdfunding.

Meanwhile, the poll results have come in and I was really surprised at the results! There’s more love for my niche interests than I thought there’d be, which makes me very happy. Once this Patreon resets themes in June, expect that theme to be all Kushiel’s Legacy for awhile! Prepare yourselves for angels, masquerades, and fantasy fashions.

I really can’t wait and I’m currently plotting on what other themed Patreon goodies I can roll out for the event! Read more about the poll results and my plans for this grand relaunch theme here.

In that same post, I also mentioned that my Exalted art will be moving to a new space in the future. Rather than have Exalted art sneaking in here making a confusing mess of my Patreon in June when I start talking about more book-inspired art, it’ll have its own tidy home on Ko-fi where everyone can follow it for free (or pitch in if they want some small perks).

Posts Planned for April (Tentative)

  • Blue Eye Samurai x Exalted Fan Art

  • Movies That Make Me Want to Paint Part 2

Posts in March

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Even though life doesn’t seem to want to slow down and let us breathe, I’m happy for the Spring here, which has been flowering with beautiful dogwoods. They’re a good reminder to slow down and appreciate the beautiful things for a few fleeting moments before I get caught up in the chaos. I hope you all found some little bits of happiness this month too.

– Ang

The Woven Path Tarot Deck + 20% Off Holiday Sale!

The time has come, my dears!  I’m full of happy news today to announce that the beautiful gilded deck that I worked on alongside my talented colleagues at the Changeling Artist Collective has arrived to my shop just in time for my yearly holiday sale.  

It’s so beautiful!  The cards are weighty and gorgeous with 2 foil colors.

You can watch a flipthru of the tarot deck here.

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I was responsible for the Temperance card of the Major Arcana (which I shared more Behind the Scenes about its creation here).  This card’s themes of balancing and tempering one’s strengths and weaknesses appeals to my ongoing journey as an artist seeking self-discovery and improvement.

The rest of the deck is also full of gorgeous art inspired by medieval tapestry, making it a unique collaborative deck.

These decks were independently printed, so they are extremely limited!  They will only be available from the participating artists.  I have only 7 left as of this writing!  Snag a deck here.

The Spirits of Winter Return

For those who love the glitz and shine of holiday themes, my Spirits of Winter art series has also returned to my shop for a limited time (till the end of January).  I’ve also made sure to stock the Christmas cards and prints for those who enjoy spreading the holiday cheer!

I’ve also made sure to stock a few sketch originals for those looking for small one of a kind gifts under $100 that won’t break the bank.

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  • Find my Fine Art shop here

  • And if you fancy more of my Kushiel’s Legacy and ttrpg/geeky art, find my Fantasy Art shop here.  The holiday sale also extends to this shop!

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As ever, I’m grateful to anyone who shops small this year!  Times have been rough for artists and every little bit helps my lil one-person biz out.

In the meanwhile, I hope everyone enjoys a bit of time to relax, reflect, and have some good food!  I’m going to do my best not to set any rum glaze on fire this year.  Stay happy and healthy and I’ll be returning soon with more art musings!

– Ang

June 2023 – Important Health Update! Calendar Delayed!?

While the dust has been settling here, I wanted to make sure I still touch base at least once a month to let you guys know what’s up!

To be quite honest with you all, it’s been a difficult month of just trying to deal with the overwhelm of everything.  June has been nonstop doctor’s appointments to deal with several diagnoses I’m currently struggling with, from thyroid issues to the possibility of a cancerous lump on my kidney.

And whenever that C word pops up, it’s always a lot to process!

The good news is that said lump may be benign and lifestyle changes may help a lot of the other health issues I’m going through, but it’s all been a big shake-up, as well as a huge interruption to all my plans.  (If you are thinking ‘we are cursed’ you are not alone in that ha!)

With all that in mind, I’ve had to make a really tough decision!

Calendar Delayed Again??

I hate to say it, but I have chosen to delay the Birthstone Calendar yet again!
Calendars are very time-sensitive projects and the checkup scan to see if my kidney lump has grown is in November, which means I have to make that decision now, since the months leading up to November is the same time I would be working to promote, launch, and fulfill the calendar, which is a big task for a small team like mine (the fulfillment team is me, my mom, and my husband).  If I am diagnosed with cancer, I DO NOT want to be dealing with anything other than focusing on the many appointments and treatments that will follow.

I’m so sorry to do this yet again!  I’m mad because this was not the exciting explosive finish to this project I wanted for this project this year, but life has a funny sense of humor huh?

If I’m given the all-clear in November, awesome. Happy birthday to me!  I’ll keep working on perfecting the calendar for release the next year in 2025.  (Wow that sounds so futuristic and far away).  There’s still a lot to do, including painting the cover, creating all the promo images and videos, and preparing everything needed for the proofs and marketing lead time.

In the meanwhile, I’ll keep sharing other art here, like the scarves, journals, and enamel amulets I wanted to put together for the Birthstone Goddesses and also sharing the next personal projects in the Fantasy/TTRPG vein.

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Things have been more challenging than expected this year, but I otherwise have the support of friends and family. I’m grateful for a home of our own and a safe space to continue to heal while we work through everything.  Art’s going to be slow for a little longer while I try to figure out my rhythm here again and work through my timeline upset, but I hope to be back to sharing soon!

Take care of yourselves!

♥ Ang

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