EDIT: Sorry friends! I fired the article off a little early on accident, here’s the article with all the fixin’s. Enjoy!
Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the sixth episode of the Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business.
Throughout the series I’ll be sharing how I make my handmade earrings, enamel pins, custom portra...
2020-11-21 00:01:25 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons! I hope you’re doing well this lovely Thursday!
Normally this week I would have my monthly Making It or Get to Know article up and ready for $5+ patrons to enjoy, but I’ve had a bunch of deadlines collide this week and will have to share next week instead.
To tide you over until then I thought I’d pop in and share a process video from one of those deadlines that I teased last month: a set of Printable Christmas Stickers for HP’s Pr...
2020-11-12 17:42:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, happy November! I’d love to get see what you’re interested in getting a post about this month!
The poll below is my current ideas, so vote for your favorite but feel free to comment with any requests for the future as well!
(I also want to say I’m planning on having another Holiday livestream party as December‘s post/event, since last year’s was so fun. 🎄)
Thanks, friends!
xoxo, Ragon
2020-11-01 13:42:10 +0000 UTC
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BOO!
Happy Halloween Eve, goblins and ghouls! It is I, your buddy in Silly Spookiness, Ragon! Coming at ya from my terrifyingly comfy studio in my parent's basement in Virginia. The leaves outside are yellow, my lips are painted black, my speakers are streaming my Witchy playlist, and my heart is full of the October sp...
2020-10-30 21:58:25 +0000 UTC
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(BIG NOTE: I wanted this month to do a general introduction and FAQ. But as I was typing up some answers to your questions, I found that some of them could be much more thoroughly elaborated than in one post. Like my history with art, my thoughts on art school, thoughts on the career etc.
So, if you all are into it, I thought I'd add the Get to Know series as a Patreon series similar to the Arty Business and Making It s...
2020-10-19 18:49:09 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons and friends, and a very happy Monday to you! I hope this finds you stable, safe, and secure, with the changing of the seasons hanging in the fresh and clean air. I’m writing to you in my new temporary studio space: with the sun streaming in from a window onto my legs, and Pumpkin enjoying a special Kitty Sun Meditation at my feet. I’m very happy to finally be settled enough to be able to share this update with you, to tell you about this ...
2020-09-28 15:44:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello patrons! I wanted to pop in to share a quick update on the current status of Ragonia: my partner and I packed up our apartment and cat into a storage unit and our car and moved from Seattle to my hometown in Virginia to live with my parents for a while.
I’ll share more on this big decision as soon as I can, but for now I hoped to give a heads up that this Patreon may be quieter than normal this month (September) while I set up a temporary off...
2020-09-08 14:53:13 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the fifth episode of the Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business.
Throughout the series I’ll be sharing how I make my handmade earrings, enamel pins, custom portraits, process videos, stickers, product photography, and more, so you can be empowered to try making a new product or adding new techniques to your own process.&n...
2020-08-15 01:59:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello patrons, and happy Friday!
It's your pal Ragon, writing to you from the beautiful Seattle summertime. In true Seattle fashion, my apartment has no AC so my windows are wide open, letting in the sounds of (also true Seattle) multiple constructions of two luxury townhome buildings my street.
It's the end of another weird and rough and uncomfortable month in a weird, rough, uncomfortable year, and I'm here to tell you about what ...
2020-08-01 00:11:04 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the fourth episode of the Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business.
Throughout the series I’ll be sharing how I make my handmade earrings, enamel pins, custom portraits, process videos, stickers, product photography, and more, so you can be empowered to try making a new product or adding new techniques to y...
2020-07-13 22:36:25 +0000 UTC
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Hi patrons, hope you’re doing well and enjoying my June newsletter! I wanted to give you a heads up to a change that will be happening on Patreon starting July 1st, in case you didn’t see a message sent from Patreon themselves.
Patreon will start charging and remitting (forwarding to your local tax collecting agency) sales tax on certain Patreon rewards on July 1st. That means there may be a slight increase in your Patreon pledge, and that increa...
2020-06-30 16:04:40 +0000 UTC
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(Sorry for the misfire of this newsletter earlier, Patreon glitched and sent out the draft.)
Hello my dear friends and patrons! I hope this finds you safe and healthy and well.
As you probably know no matter where you are in the world, it’s been another wild month in an already wild year. There’s been too much national and local news to cover here, but suffice it to say so much is changing or needs desperately to be changed. And everyone is passionate...
2020-06-29 22:26:13 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the third episode of the new Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business.
Throughout the series I’ll be sharing how I make my handmade earrings, enamel pins, custom portraits, process videos, stickers, product photography, and more, so you can be empowered to try making a new product or adding new techniq...
2020-06-13 02:38:30 +0000 UTC
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Hello patrons and friends, and happy Friday! I’m glad to be writing to you from my Seattle apartment, still thankfully safe and healthy, with my partner Zach and our tortoiseshell cat Pumpkin. Pour yourself a glass of ice tea and pull up a comfy chair, I’d love to talk all about this month’s happenings!
First things first, I’m so excited to welcome some new patrons to our group this month. Hello hello to Lana, Nat, Carolyn, Celia, Kylie, Carmen, Rock,...
2020-05-29 22:51:54 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the second episode of the new Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business.
Throughout the series I’ll be sharing how I make my handmade earrings, enamel pins, custom portraits, process videos, stickers, product photography, and more, so you can be empowered to try making a new product or adding new techni...
2020-05-15 16:52:19 +0000 UTC
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Hello my dear, darling friends and patrons. How’re you doing today? Today in Seattle the clouds are playing with the sun, a warm breeze is blowing and making the cherry blossom petals fall like pink snow. I‘m so luckily still safe and comfortable in my Seattle apartment with my partner Zach and our cat Pumpkin. I’m so happy to get to write to you all today, to share some of the small achievements and joys of the past weird, quiet, antsy, reflective month.
2020-04-30 15:21:43 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my darling patrons and friends, and welcome to the very first episode of the new Making It monthly series, where I take you step-by-step through how I make important pieces of my freelance art business.
Throughout the series I’ll be sharing how I make my handmade earrings, enamel pins, custom portraits, process videos, stickers, product photography, and more, so you can be empowered to try making a new product or adding new te...
2020-04-14 20:07:54 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, happy Friday!
This week I've been working hard on your first Arty Process article, which will be all about how I take and edit my product photos! I intended to have it ready today, but it's been taking me a bit longer than I expected. So since I want to make sure it's really good quality for you all, the article will be ready for all $5+ patrons by next Friday at the latest.
Since the article will be a ...
2020-04-10 19:51:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my darling, dearest friends and Patrons. How have you been? I truly hope this message finds you somewhere that you feel as safe and supported as you can feel during these unsteady times. I hope you have lots of comfy blankets, tasty teas, soft sweatpants, and nice smelling candles. I’m listening to some chill jazz music, wrapped in a sweater that used to be my sisters. The construction surrounding my apartment is on pause, so I can finally hear the birds chirping....
2020-03-27 23:33:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey-oh buddies and Patrons, and a big ol' welcome to another episode of the Arty Business series, where I share some of the helpful things I've learned in the process of building my own Arty Business. This 10th article will be the last in the series, giving us some time to discuss more art and process-centered topics. I thought the perfect way to wrap up this series was to discuss nourishing your physical, mental, and
2020-03-14 19:07:35 +0000 UTC
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Hello hello hello my darling patrons and buddies! It's been SO LONG since I've shared one of these standard-type update newsletter deals. For almost a year I wrote one of these every week, and now it feels like once in a blue moon.
I'm so happy to be writing to you all from such a nice place in my year. In November and December, I was feeling stressed and overwhelmed from the holiday craziness, and in January I was stressed because I felt like I wasn't getting ...
2020-02-29 01:22:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons and friends, and welcome to another edition of the ARTY BUSINESS series, where I share some of the things I've learned in the process of building my own Arty Business.
Today, in our second-to-last article of the series before we move on to more art and process specific guides, I want to talk to you about managing your time. This topic feels a little difficult to discuss because it's something that I've had trouble with since I was a kid and per...
2020-02-15 01:14:54 +0000 UTC
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Hello hello my darling friends and Patrons, my dearly beloved makers! I’m excited to talk to you today about one of my favorite parts of my illustration business: creating your own fabulous Arty Merchandise!
Of course there are a thousand avenues to making money as an artist, and making and selling products is absolutely not necessary for all people. Some people find making and selling products take up to much time and prefer to focus on client wor...
2020-01-25 01:46:57 +0000 UTC
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Patrons and friends, hello and welcome to the new year, and the new decade! We made it, my sweet buddies!
At the beginning of January last year I took some time to flip through my planner, photos, and social media to reflect on the milestones I'd achieved over the course of my first year as a freelance artist. I broke the events down by month and compiled them into one big 2018...
2020-01-12 03:51:49 +0000 UTC
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Hello hello hello darling patrons, happy Thursday, and happy New Year! I just wanted to pop-in to give you all a quick hello and a heads up for my plans for January!
I am currently coming off of a long, lovely break after a long, exhausting couple of months of work. I am so thankful that thanks to your support, a successful Etsy sales season, and 4+ holiday markets and pop-ups I was able to take almost 3 weeks off from work to travel to my sister’s home in Colorado...
2020-01-02 23:51:40 +0000 UTC
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My dear patrons and friends, you are officially invited to my Patreon Holiday Livestream Party!
On Friday, December 13th at 6 PM PST I’ll be streaming from my home studio through Twitch, answering your fun or serious questions, sipping some vegan holiday nog, giving a tour of my doodles from middle school through college, maybe showing you around my home studio.
To watch you can just go to Twitch.com/ragonia_ (don’t forget the underscore!) and watch. If y...
2019-12-09 00:41:04 +0000 UTC
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Hello again, my dear patrons and friends! Welcome to another monthly update on the life of an independent illustrator. And what an exciting month it's been!!
As usual, I want to start the update by welcoming our new patrons, a record-breaking 33 new friends! Huge hellos to... (deep breath), Lauren, Chloe, Brady, Rachel, Kat, Bash,
2019-11-23 01:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello again, beloved Patrons, and welcome to another Arty Business article! As requested, this month's article will be all about BRANDING for independent makers!
Branding, oh branding. Such a mysterious, confusing, and possibly icky-feeling topic. I had so much trouble researching for this because to so many people, branding for their personal business or online presence means only: growing their social media following.
...
2019-11-09 03:27:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons, happy November!
I’m poppin‘ in between scheduled posts to share with you a fun and relaxing process video from Inktober last month. I had so much fun finally testing out Procreate’s isometric drawing tools to design this little dream cozy bedroom. Some of my Architectural Drawing skills from college helped me out a lot, but I look forward to practicing this kind of art to make it even more stylized and ‘me’.
I hope you all enjoy this vi...
2019-11-04 22:18:51 +0000 UTC
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Hello patrons and friends! Can you believe it’s been a month since I’ve shared an update? It feels so strange and foreign to be going that long, but it does mean that I have lots to share with you!
First of all I’d like to welcome a crazy town 26 new patrons that joined us in October!
A huge welcome to Lara, Cris, Naiara, Mariana, Juliane, Emily, ...
2019-10-28 20:06:27 +0000 UTC
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