Ragon

Wood Elf Commission Process

Hey cuties!! Happy Thursday, almost weekend! Are you doing anything fun? I’m planning on going to downtown Seattle and sketching Pike Place Market. And I’m also going to my first Art March here in Ballard tomorrow!!

Anyway here or your viewing pleasure I have another super exclusive process video, this time with MUSIC!

I was commissioned to draw three dungeons and dragons characters as a birthday present for someone’s brother. This wood elf was ...

Friday Thoughts (Ep. 1)

Hello Patrons, and happy Friday! It’s been cloudy and drizzly this week here in Seattle. I hope wherever you are sunshine and flowers have started setting in, but we all know spring doesn’t always happen that way.

So! I’ve been self-employed for almost a month, and boy has it felt slow-going the last week or two. The first three weeks I was extremely excited, energetic, and optimistic. Lately I’ve been feeling a little down, but to be honest I think it may be becaus...

March Things Process Video

Just for you my lovely patrons, I bring you the process video for my first Visual journal, autobiographical comic things (I need a better name for what I plan to do, suggestions welcome!)

This is a visual representation of what I’ve been interested in this month (outside of making art of course.) Maybe you'll find some new things for you to enjoy!

I am so loving digital art, learning more about the process involved with digital. I’ve also been refining color schem...

Journal Self Portraits 2015-2017

Wow, we hit the $50 goal, thank you so much for joining me here! My $50 goal was to start making an autobiographical comic and sharing one every other week. I plan to release the comics/illustrations on here a week before I post them anywhere else, as a thank you for supporting me!

SO to get the autobiographical/illustrative journal part started I thought I’d look back over my personal journals of the last three years and share the multitude of self-portraits I found. Oft...

Market Buns Process!

Happy Sprint Equinox, Y'all!

So after two weeks of being self-employed, my five year old laptop died. Which means I had to buy a computer, but instead.... I bought an iPad Pro!

This isn't ideal, but it means that I can work in an app called Procreate and begin to work on digital painting. MUCH more on that later.

Right now I’ve been able to finish two of the patterns in my first pattern project! I've been teaching myself about pattern design and slowly learnin...

It's Sculpting Time!

Well, on Monday. On Monday I'm going to have another big sculpt day where I make a bunch of earrings. 

Buuuut I wanted to do something new and fun. What do you think I should make?

(All out of polymer clay, all earrings/pendents)

Market Buns WIP

I said it a while ago but a personal project that I'm currently working on is a collection of patterns combining animals with florals. I thought it would be interesting and help me grow as an artist to learn how to make patterns, and I am absolutely loving it! 

These lil' guys are a part of the 3rd pattern in my collection, called Market Buns! 

Before I digitize this pattern I wanted to share a preview of the characters that will be hanging out in the design...

Welcome to my Studio

Hey hey hey, come on in! Yes, my studio is in my kitchen.

So Zach and I live in a one bedroom apartment in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. It really is a score in a city where EVERYONE is struggling with skyrocketing rent. The apartment is a little 1950's apartment that has been little upgraded since it was built, and that's what we love about it. Our oven and stove are from the 50s and they are light pink. Amazing.

But anyway! My studio has recently upgraded fro...

Patron Wallpapers (Epispode 1)

Veggies Edition! 

Hey guys I promised wallpapers so here's my very first set! These are made with my Veggie Party print and I have both pink and black options for you depending on your style. Also, formatting for your phones AND your desktop!

Enjoy, let me know if you like them, and thanks for joining me here! (Even if I asked you to ;) )

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Meet the Artist PROCESS!

WOOHOO First process upload! 

So this is a relatively rough example of my process for the Meet the Artist drawing that I did for my Instagram account.

1. I began with a rough pencil sketch (working in a local donut shop called Mighty O) of myself in two separate outfits; a cute ...

Business Business Business

Well Patreon followers, here I am for my second post! So much has happened in the past two weeks as far as 'business' is concerned.

I've set up an EIN, LLC (Ragonia Art, LLC), business bank account, facebook page, society 6 page, patreon... And there's so much more I COULD and NEED TO set up. There's so many websites for artists to use, guys. It's overkill.

I illustrated and printed business cards! I love the direction the cards are taking my branding. I'm th...

Who the heck am I?

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my Patreon for my very first post. It means a lot to me that you're interested in my art. Really. I am honestly flattered that anyone would want to read about me or my art. I hope you enjoy it here!

But let me introduce myself! 

My name's Ragon, I'm a 24 year old artist and illustrator who currently lives in Seattle, Washington. 

I got a BFA in Architecture from the Savannah College of Art + Design. Then I lived in an a...