“Tock the Gnome” page update!! – (happy Junefae, happy Pride!)

New page new page for first day of Pride month AND first day of Junefae!! 🦋

Read here ❤

Or start from the beginning here ❤

🌈✨ Happy Pride. Keep it magic. ✨🌈

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“Tock the Gnome: The Rescue Quest” is about a Gnome woman named Tock, who lives in a Steampunk culture in a high fantasy world. Driven by a Fairy Tale about a trapped Elven princess on a floating island, she convinces her friend Bumble – an airship pilot – to join her quest to rescue her. They hire extra firepower from unfamiliar lands, and together they seek the island and the princess. But what they seek may not be quite what they expected…

Proudly contains queer characters and romance, size-positivity, Faerie, spiritual magic, conundrums and tomfoolery.

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“Tock the Gnome” Bard Bonus, May 2023

“Healing.”

I didn’t get to participate in Mermay fully this year, SO take this as a grateful and respectful offering, to the best of my ability 🧜‍♂️💕 Fun fact!! “Tock the Gnome” Merfolk and Elves are related, and have a fair amount of bad blood between them. Which is in the process of being healed, in certain ways….

As for this set of pieces in full – this is the most recent “Tock the Gnome” Bard level bonus drawing, available as an exclusive *print* at that level on my Patreon! Anyone who signs up at that level by June 7th (considering the delay) will get this as a physical print in the mail. Details here.  

Previous Bard level bonus art viewable here 🦋

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TGnIF 5-19-23

Thank Gnome it’s Friday!!

With belated posting of mother’s day art drawn for my own Mama as a gift. Hope all parentals of the feminine-presenting variety had a lovely day, and are having another lovely one, now 🥰

Also with ranunculus flowers, meaning “You are radiant with charms.”

(Also also, somewhere along the line I fell out of posting the gift art I do 🤷‍♀️ Leaning in the direction of changing that.)

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TGnIF 5-12-23

Thank Gnome it’s Friday!!

Featuring a surface-town Mayor, of the Gnomes of “Tock the Gnome.” This was drawn under slight self-imposed duress, with life still being A Lot, BUT I’m glad I pushed forward on it because there are at least three really interesting things happening here that will be discussed in next week’s World Building Wednesday, if all goes to plan.

(I am rubbing my hands together and chuckling in a mildly devious manner.)

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TGnIF 5-5-23

Thank Gnome it’s Friday!!

It has been an intense week, dear followers. But it’s not over – “it” meaning “all.” You’re still here. I’m still here. It is not too late.

(Also, I considered rescanning this because of the shadow in the upper corner, near the tip of her hat and the energy there. BUT because of erasing and reworking the pose, there is similar shadowyness around one of her hands, so now I think that means something about calling that energy down, for action. So, with the above in mind, I’m keeping it.)

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“Tock the Gnome” Bard Bonus, April 2023

“HULLO little COUSINS i will PROTECT YOU.”

Sliding this in just in time, phew! Thank you for your patience, patrons.

As for this set of pieces in full – this is the most recent “”Tock the Gnome” Bard level bonus drawing, available as an exclusive *print* at that level on my Patreon! Anyone who signs up at that level by May 7th (considering the delay) will get this as a physical print in the mail. Details here.  

Previous Bard level bonus art viewable here 🦋

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“Tock the Gnome” page update!!

Ding ding!! A new page of “Tock the Gnome” is now available for reading.

Read here ❤

Or start from the beginning here ❤

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“Tock the Gnome: The Rescue Quest” is about a Gnome woman named Tock, who lives in a Steampunk culture in a high fantasy world. Driven by a Fairy Tale about a trapped Elven princess on a floating island, she convinces her friend Bumble – an airship pilot – to join her quest to rescue her. They hire extra firepower from unfamiliar lands, and together they seek the island and the princess. But what they seek may not be quite what they expected…

Proudly contains queer characters and romance, size-positivity, Faerie, spiritual magic, conundrums and tomfoolery.

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Bonus art and stories ~ Prints, comics and more!

TGnIF 4-7-23 – “Wise”

Thank Gnome it’s Friday!!

Tock and Queen Arella, of my comic “Tock the Gnome.” Called “Wise” in terms of this definition – “responding sensibly or shrewdly to a particular situation.”

I am pushing through recent art block stuff (as mentioned on my Instagram last week) but everything is still….. a lot. It seems that part of the blockage came from how much I am still struggling with my complete rage and hopelessness over the AI Art situation (which I spoke about in better detail here). Another reminder: if you are using AI art apps, even if its just “for fun” or just for avatars or personal use, you are participating in art theft. You are saying it is okay that this is happening to artists, including artists that you know.

I am doing what I can to move forward and still believe in my work, despite the violation of such theft and how much mainstream people don’t seem to care, which just…. hurts.

So, then.

As an artist, faced with all this – still – what makes it worth it?

I feel like I don’t have an easy answer to that right now. Except to say that this piece, right here? This demanded to be drawn, even though I was hurtling head-first into an art block wall without even realizing it. There is still something in my spirit that screams to be let out, no matter what is going on around me. No matter who notices, or doesn’t notice. No matter who might take harmful advantage of me sharing my work online.

And there ARE people who care. People who are fighting SO hard to protect artists (shoutout to the Glaze team again! Link is below. And so much love and gratitude to people involved in lawsuits against AI companies). There are people spreading the word about the issue, or just refusing to support/participate in AI art because it is wrong.

And there are people, still, who do actively benefit – spirit-wise – from my work. From just seeing it, and reach out in support (whether via my Patreon, or by likes and comments and legitimate shares where they see it posted).

THAT is why I do it. The goal remains true, and remains important, no matter who is trying to steal it, in what ways, or for what reason. That’s THEIR crud, not mine, and I still need to show up for my service to the fae. Hands down. Always always always.

So, I’m glad to have finished this. And I’m glad to be pushing through the art block. And I’m grateful that all hope is not lost, even in the hurt.

This piece protected from AI art theft by Glaze, btw. Thank you everyone involved in the project 🌼

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Commission – “Coffee Date” (for Fired Figments)

Once upon a time (…or earlier this year), the amazing Stephanie of Fired Figments contacted me about doing a very, very sweet sticker design for their patrons – “The Fan(g) Club,” to be exact.

And – no lie – they asked for a double design.

Of Tock and Onna from my comic “Tock the Gnome.”

Posed so they’ll make a h e a r t when placed together and curled over steaming cups of coffee!!

(Is it my birthday? It feels like my birthday.)

So – here we are!! A very very big and obnoxious thank you again, Stephanie, for the opportunity to draw my leading ladies in such sweetness!

Everybody make sure to go check out their amazing work – March will be the last month that they are sending out stickers, but lots of new rewards are being added! Check out their page for more info. Join before March 31st and get the final sticker design plus an extra surprise sticker too!

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