Category Archives: Blog

Altered Book Plans

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I have bad news and good news about working on my self-published comics.

Some bad news is that I changed my mind about making The Pizza Man a book. Good news is: I’m going to put The Pizza Man, Shirley’s Day and Incident at the Game Store, in one bigger book!

I made several proofs, and I was just about to go forward on buying prints, but I realized that instead of sitting on many floppy comics that don’t sell that much, I’d make a big trade paperback containing not just my comics work so far, but behind the scenes stuff like my original pencil art and inks! I can even include other illustrations and sketches in the book to show off more of my artwork!

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Pumpkin Cat Stickers for Sale

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I made a new Halloween-themed Pumpkin Cat Vinyl Sticker based on my latest art, and it’s up for sale on my Etsy Store!!

Pumpkin Cat Vinyl Sticker

In addition, I’m also having a Halloween Sale for the month of October of all my stuff on Etsy for 40% off!

Pumpkin Cat Sticker Use

Not only can you pick up a Pumpkin Cat sticker, but you can get the rest of the Pastry Cat Stickers and my print comics!

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Making Changes

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I’ve recently had an interview with Will Humphrey on his podcast Will Vs. You Talk Too Much! It’s a great time, and nice to touch back with my old friend from college!

You can listen here!

I’ve been making changes to my website when I have the time. Been video editing, drawing, and some other things in life.

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Art & Work

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Recently, I’m posting art that I haven’t posted on this site before. As much as I maintain my Twitter and Instagram to keep my art in people’s eyes, I still need to remember that I built this website to archive my artwork.

After someone scrutinized my website, I found some issues that I’m taking time to fix. I haven’t been able to focus on personal projects as much as I’d like, as I’m crunching and focusing on finishing my freelance work for Flawless Extra-Ordinary Super Heroes.

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Making of the Furs of Fury Illustration

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I want to share my process making illustration art for the Indie Real Time Strategy game, Furs of Fury. Working on this illustration pushed my skills to it’s furthest because this game needed this treatment! I initially completed the art in December, but I finally got the time to make a process post and video of this illustration.

The programs I use to create most of my art these days is Clip Studio Paint. Most of the sketching and painting is done in it. I worked on this illustration on and off for roughly 5 months in 20202 over several sessions of Art Streams, weekdays, weeknights and weekends. With this time-lapse, I managed to edit it down to over 20 minutes.

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Selling Captain Falcon Crossover Art

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I’m selling my 11″x17″ ink drawing of Two Captain Falcons for $100 on Ebay.

Before I took a harder line stance on making fan art back in 2015, I made a piece of Captain Falcon and Sam Wilson as Captain America.

When I first heard that Falcon became Captain America in the comics, I thought the idea of “Captain Falcon” being in the Marvel Universe was funny to me.

Falcon & Falcon

If you want this, you can buy from the Ebay page. You can also email me or message me on the Contact Sheet from my About page!

Museum Visiting

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As you know, I’m always working on something, whether it’s freelance art, livestreams, game development, comics and way too much! I want to literally draw everything because I’m a crazy workaholic who’s never comfortable with his output.

Since I needed a real break, I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago to see their Chicago Comics Exhibit over the weekend. It’s the first time I’ve been downtown in a year, so this was a great outing for me.

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Commissions, Writing and Working

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The Indie Real Time Strategy game, Furs of Fury is out now! You might remember me making a large illustration of it a while ago! I’m currently plugging away on an article about the making of this painting, so stay tuned for that!

Furs of Fury Game Illustration

I’ve been taking art commissions for the past few weeks as I’m looser on time and I had bills to catch up on. I’ve been posting them on Twitter, Instagram and livestreaming my work on Twitch! If you’re interested in taking a commission, stop by my page for information and fill out a form!

check out some more process stuff!

Commissions are Open

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My schedules open, so now I’m taking character commissions for a short while. I’ll begin at 5 Slots and see where I go from there.

You can fill out the convenient Commission Form here!

Check out my Commissions Page for more specific details. You can email me with more details at ryanfrancisart@gmail.com with the subject “Commission.”