🦝 I’m a cartoonist who likes to draw animals with swords! | Pixel Artist and Animator for the indie game, Blackmask.⚔️
Age 32, Male
Indie Artist
Joined on 12/20/19
Posted by Mastafran - March 13th, 2023
https://www.mastafran.com/big-birthday-weekend/
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!
This blog was sort of ballooning as I was writing this, but this is what I've been up to.
Posted by Mastafran - January 16th, 2023
https://www.mastafran.com/simple-art-practice-on-the-go/
I wrote a short article about carrying small sketchbooks to get into learning art. I recommend tools, pens, and give some tips on getting in the mindset of sketching in a such a small sketchbook!
Posted by Mastafran - January 5th, 2023
To help people out with their New Year's Resolutions of learning to draw, I thought I'd drop in my two cents on getting started or getting into it.
Posted by Mastafran - December 31st, 2022
After a packed year of conventions and art events, I’m reflecting on my 2022 year and planning my next one! I feel like I spent more time learning to write than learning to draw. I wrote more blog posts, more promotional stuff and more story things that I've been sticking with instead of burying it away in my files.
I opened a Ko-Fi page early in the year to make first draft tutorials, such as my Game Store Tutorials and Art Process Articles. In the Art Process Articles, I add sketches and thumbnail art for potential large illustrations.
Blackmask is going alright. I didn't need to do as much artwork for the demo compared to last year. So I got busy making a new website made to promote the coming game.
Since my programmer has everything he needed from me to work with programming behavior and movements, I could hang back and focus on dealing with my personal convention stuff, scouting for places to show off the demo and writing to develop Cole and his world more. If you want to keep up with all the development news and going ons, join the Blackmask Mailing List for monthly email updates! You can also follow our updates on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube!
The biggest thing on my mind at the beginning of 2022 was doing Gallery Seven in Lockport, IL. There I had my original comic pages for Shirley's Day and Incident at the Game Store framed to put on the wall.
I tabled a large amount of conventions and art events for the first time in years. Most of my commissions took place at conventions. To my surprise, I was able to work on people's OCs over Fan Art, which brightens my day as a person who like messing about with character designing!
I'll make more of a point to take more time to do commissions at a later date, not only to make extra scratch, but also to take my time to help people out.In the meantime, you can look through my Commissions page to see my future prices.
The future will be bright! I'm interested in furthering my mind, body, and art as usual and keeping myself sharp. For my New Year's resolution, I'm practicing with my digital art tools, instead of buying new software and forgetting them.
These rabbit characters are spur-of-the-moment sketches I drew in the ArtFlow App on my Samsung Galaxy Note 9. I still get bothered by how my phone pen feels, but like my iPad, I'll give this a bigger chance.
There's no significant plans for 2023 besides continue what I've been doing. I'm putting less effort into maintaining my social sites than my own website now. However, everyone else is out in their little "town squares" I might just keep my face out there as well. But to reiterate, here's a list of places you can follow me.
With that, I say to keep up the hope in the future, take a walk sometimes, and have a happy new year!
Posted by Mastafran - December 27th, 2022
Finishing the year with a new digital sketchbook for sale on my Ko-Fi Page!
It's a whopping 90-page collection of my daily sketches through December!
Posted by Mastafran - November 27th, 2022
https://www.mastafran.com/my-tools-list-2022/
As the year wraps up, I thought I'd share some of the tools that I've been using often to work on my art and art-related projects!
Posted by Mastafran - November 7th, 2022
Announcing the launch of the new website for Blackmask!
Articles on development and other related info will begin on this website!
Posted by Mastafran - October 31st, 2022
I have a new sketchbook on my Ko-Fi Shop for September and October!
I skipped a month as I didn't draw enough in my mini sketchbook that month and I got self-conscious about it. Now I have a 56-page PDF Collection of my raw scanned sketches! Enjoy!
