Posting these sketchbook sketches isn’t as prominent as I need to be since I’m busy with some bigger projects and shows. My business has been cranking up and I get worried if I’m overwhelming myself.
Mastafran February Monthly Sketchbook
Mastafran February Weekly Sketchbook Week 1
This week’s sketchbook has stuff I drew at conventions I went to over the past few weeks. I’ll talk more about the convention times later.
Here’s sketches in a new sketchbook. These toon proportions are rubbish but I am looking back at drawng humans again. I tilt to a realistic style when I draw humans so I wanted to take my approach my animal designs to human characters.
Continue readingJanuary Pixel Art
In the effort to push myself to make more pixel art, I tried out a weekly pixel art challenge to motivate myself with a deadline.
The first one I finished was a quick Draw This in Your Own Style Challenge for Jpbravart on Twitter. I was keen on the design and I wanted to be more selfless with my art output. It’s a better way to draw fan art without dealing with the disappointment by general nerd media.
Continue readingMastafran January Weekly Sketchbook Week 4
I return again with a new Weekly Sketchbook! I’m preparing for new conventions, so sketch stuff has been minimal this week.
This week I did some digital art to a finished point. I saw cow bikini’s show up on my Pinterest and I had a tiny gag in mind.
Continue readingMastafran January Weekly Sketchbook Week 2
Another week of sketches I’ve been cooking up in my spare time to keep myself going during the daily grind.
Mastafran Weekly Sketchbook Debut
This week and the future, I’m starting a new task where I scan and show art that I’ve been working on for the past few days.
These are the daily sketches I post on my social accounts as fuzzy phone pictures. When I get the time, I scan them and edit the pictures for clarity or future coloring. Being honest with myself, these end up just being in my computer files and then abandoned as it’s hard to finish art when I hate the coloring process.
Continue reading2024 Winter Convention Appearances
To start off the 2024 new year, here’s the list of all the conventions and art events that I will appear at! Many of these shows are subject to change and cancellation, so follow me on my social media links for live mentions or check my Convention Schedule page!
Starting the convention train off at PopFest Chicago on January 28th this Sunday! Along with my stickers and prints, I’m selling off the last of my print comics to make room for new upcoming books! Come by Countryside,IL this weekend!
2023: A Year In Review
It’s been a long year, I’d say! 2023 had plenty of ups and downs, but overall, I’m alright with this year.
Besides all my art stuff, going to conventions, and I losing my iPad, I’ve been living a simple enough life. Back in August to went on a trip to Arizona to met up with my friends and visit SabotenCon. The previous time I went to Arizona, we did more hiking and exploring the state. Most of my 2023 trip was wandering the convention, but I’d love to comeback again and visit the Grand Canyon or Las Vegas.
As of wring this, I’m doing laundry and not feeling that my day is any special. I still waste my time wondering what I did wrong in the year and hoping that I can fix what’s wrong with me in the future. For now, I’ll look back on what I’ve been doing for the past month and the past year.
Continue readingPocket Con 2023
In a surprising twist of events, I shall be tabling at Pocket Con 2023 on December 9th at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago! As another treat, I’ll also be performing a live Draw in Demand panel at 11 am, where the audience can make art requests!
This caught me on the backfoot after WindyCon but I’m still ready to take on my first convention in the proper city of Chicago with all the parking issues it entails! I’ll see you there with my comics, stickers and playmats as usual!
Finishing the Fall Convention Season
Life is going swell as I’ve been dabbling on art projects while attending shows and events over the autumn season. I’ve been fluctuating with my moods for most of the time and reworking my priorities list. Some days, I lose focus on my big needs of my art career. Seasonal depression might be the culprit, but I’m hanging in there and not losing focus in the unimportant stuff.
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