MastaFran Comics

The cartoon art of Ryan Francis

Mia the Cat Dancer Illustration

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Mastafran

Mia Copperbelle is a singer and dancer of a traveling cat band, spreading joy all over the land through their music.

Mia and the rest her merry bards are frequently harassed by the despotic Lion Kingdom. The Lions take no pleasure in the peace and love themes of the small cat band, and disperse any of their gatherings by lethal force. Despite the present danger posed by her father, Mia presses forward on her passion to be the greatest dancer of them all!

I had this Cat Dancer piece on the back burner for three years. Drawn traditionally in Brush, Ink and Paper and Later Digitally colored in Procreate and Clip Studio Paint. You can get a 9×12 Print for sale on my Etsy Store!

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New Pastry Cat Stickers!

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Mastafran

I’m rolling out a bunch of new stickers for my Etsy Store today!

Firstly, I restocked my 4″ x 6″ Pastry Cat Sticker Sheet! It’s a chonky sticker pack of eight 1/2 Inch stickers! Perfect for quick gifts and party bags!

Additionally, I’ve printed two new stickers in the form of a Cinnamon Roll and Cherry Pie! They are fantastic new additions to my collection of cat stickers, my comics, and more on my Etsy Store!

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Spring Commissions 2023

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Mastafran

The cold days are wrapping up, and I have five open slots for safe-for-work character commissions for you all to spring into! First Come, First Serve!

You can read more about my options and specific rules on my Commissions Page!

When you’re done, you can fill out my Google Forms Sheet to send in your ideas!

Icons

Tiny Icons drawn by me to rep yourself online!

Cel-Shade -$30

Static Pixel – $20

Animated Pixel -$60

Full-Body Character Commissions

Cel-Shaded $120

A Single Character Drawing in a cool pose in a simple background.

Flat Color $80

A Single Character Drawing in a cool pose in a blank background. I can also offer a 2 View Turnaround for a bulk price of $140!

Line Art Full Body Character $60

A Colorless Character Drawing in a cool pose with no background. I can also offer a 2 View Turnaround for a bulk price of $100! If you get this commission from me and come back to me to color it for you, you’ll get a mighty discount!

Full Body Pixel Art and Animations

Animated $160

A Retro-style character animation loop in the style of colorful arcade games. If you have a suggested console or palette, message me with details!

Animated $160

A large Retro style character sprite in the style of colorful arcade games. If you have a suggested console or palette, message me with details!

Big Birthday Weekend

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Mastafran

As of writing this, I’m now 31 years old and introspective about my art journey so far! I continue to tackle new conventions as I keep my head on a swivel! I’ve been sketching small bits of art on my social sites over the month, but I’ve kept myself busy going to cons, taking other art commissions and recording livestreams!

I’ll be honest and say that we haven’t made that much progress on Blackmask from last January to now. My programmer took time off for a vacation, so he’s been away from his computer. I myself have been taking other art commissions and streams, but we’ll be in touch with majors changes as soon as possible. I’ve been sketching small bits of art on my social sites over the month, I’ve been sloppy about posting my art here in a way that is an easy to find.

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Winter Commissions 2023

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Mastafran

Time to kick February off by opening character commissions! For this year, I’m taking a seasonal approach to taking commissions. Every Three Months or so, I’ll have Five Slots Open to take safe-for-work character commissions.

Check my Rules on my Commissions Page and when you’re ready to order, fill out my Google Doc or Email Me!

Icons

Tiny Icons drawn by me to rep yourself online!

Cel-Shade – $30

Static Pixel – $20

Animated Pixel -$60

Full-Body Character Commissions

Cel-Shaded $120

A Single Character Drawing in a cool pose in a simple background.

Flat Color $80

A Single Character Drawing in a cool pose on a blank background.

I can also offer a 2-View Turnaround for a bulk price of $140!

Line Art $60

A Colorless Character Drawing in a cool pose with no background. If you get this commission from me and come back to me to color it for you, you’ll get a mighty discount!

I can also offer a 2-View Turnaround for a bulk price of $100!

Full Body Pixel Art and Animations

Animated $160

A Retro-style character animation loop in the style of colorful arcade games. If you have a suggested console or palette, message me with details!

Static $100

A large Retro style character sprite in the style of colorful arcade games. If you have a suggested console or palette, message me with details!

CYBERYEAR 2023

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Mastafran

I’m proactive with my new year stuff since the middle December because waiting for New Years to start making real change isn’t necessary! My video game, Blackmask is making baby steps getting new backgrounds and assets drawn. You can check out my monthly report on the Blackmask Website! Beyond that, I’ve been busy building up my new year!

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Into the Winter Grind

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Mastafran

One month left in 2022! Time has flown fast for me! I’ve been trying to stuff as many of my art projects into the month as I can while keeping my sanity!

New Website

The first big thing I can say in November is that there’s now a new website for Blackmask and news of its development! This is a large task that’s been taking up my time. Even if I’m getting things down on this website, there’s still much to learn about self-promotion.

I will say to join the Blackmask Mailing List! It’s a direct way to get news of our progress without missing any of my posts due to algorithms. Now that the website is set up, it’ll be less confusing for anyone who’s been following my website and getting unrelated news.

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Sir Keely the Bird Knight Illustration

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Mastafran

Sir Peer Keely is a royal knight of the Kingdom of Seraplume. Together with the mighty Blade Wing Knights, the plucky bungling budgie hero dedicates his life to protecting the Kingdoms of Sopranado from the rising menace of Sky Piracy!

This is a blog post about my process of drawing my bird knight illustration. It was a struggle, but I pushed myself to complete my art piece. After several months of self-doubt, I finished this Bird Knight Illustration. I juggled this drawing between the Procreate App and Clip Studio Paint to complete this artwork.

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Conventional Conclusions

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Mastafran

This month has wrapped up my convention stuff, so I’m hoping to get more work on art for the rest of the year.

I’ve felt like my schedule has been out of control and my work output has suffered for it. Not only that, but I feel like I do clerical crap more than I draw and while it’s necessary, I hate doing it and I feel like it’s punishment for not doing art.