Devin Kraft @Home for a Bit, shwew

Good time to post up this set of Universal Monsters I drew a few years ago. Super proud of this little series!

Getting these inks snuck up before Halloween's over! Love getting lost in the details!

My longterm metric of success would be getting to do it sustainably and during that time do it exceptionally, but until then, 2 hours, every night, as many hours as I can on the weekends. Just that dedication has helped me finish almost four graphic novels over the last decade largely solo.

As an incredibly ADHD person, starting and finishing a project is a big metric. Pushing myself during the project to tell the best story I can is another. Getting it in front of as many people as I can's next in the process, and ultimately, that story resonating with the reader is huge.

Harley Quinn Time Bomb | cheshirecatart Roughly 18x24" original drawing - ink and acrylic pens on butcher paper. Proceeds go to Mental Health America!

One hour left on this oversized (18x24"ish) sketch of Harley with all proceeds going to Mental Health America! Bid is still super reasonable and ends in an hour!

www.cheshirecatart.com/product-page...

Years ago I had this idea for an Alien with the Terminator skull instead of the head part. A friend sent me an image of a mech Alien sculpt and it inspired me to rock my own version out!

When I first got my PSX, I was obsessed with FF7, but saving up for a $50 game took forever, so I opted for the slightly more affordable Tactics. I saw the job system in Tips & Tricks and had the prerequisites memorized. I went from
Pokemon to FFT - it was brutal. Print here: cheshirecatart.com/shop

Sometimes you just need to play - this was a lot of just exploratory shape building with a mech design. I want to try to do more of this - just figure out a silhouette and start filling it in! If people dig it enough I might make it into a print.

Bidding ends a week from now.

If you know a Harley fan, tag and share - in the meantime, I've been working up more pieces for the future! Starting the bid at an approachable $25!

Charity auction week one was a success - on to week two!

If you missed last week, here's the deal - this is an oversized, 18x24" ish original illustration on butcher paper. The charity this week is Mental Health America (mhanational.org).

www.cheshirecatart.com/product-page...

I've been experimenting a bit more here and there - got to noodle with a bunch of tech/mech details and really just ride a groove. Finished piece to go up soon!

#portfolioday = ART POST TIME

"I have no wish to change the world. But nor can I stand by while men suffer and die on the whim of some select few." - Ramza Beoulve

Butcher Paper One (Roughly 18x24") | cheshirecatart Proceeds from this auction will go to Action Against Hunger.

Charity Auction for an oversized (about 18"x24") piece ends tomorrow at 7PM - the current bid is at $35 so still super affordable. Proceeds go to Action Against Hunger to help save the lives of malnourished families around the world.

www.cheshirecatart.com/product-page...

I've wanted to draw a Final Fantasy Tactics poster for years - probably close to a decade, but haven't had a good reason. The re-release (which is a total blast) is the reason I've been waiting for! Still coloring this, and more thoughts soon.

I want to start these as affordable as possible, so starting the bid at $25, and I'll run the auction for a week. Bear with me as I'm testing out the plugin on the site. Beyond that, happy bidding! If this goes well I'll get another one up next week! 3/3

Here's the thought process - you get art and the world gets a teency bit better. The charity for this one will be Action Against Hunger - with the US' humanitarian aid programs being cut, the world has lost a source of aid for food, shelter and relief during times of crisis. 2/3

Wanted to try two new things: 1) Going back to traditional on a larger scale canvas (on a different medium) to 2) see if you'd like this roughly 18x24" piece on your wall while supporting charity.

www.cheshirecatart.com/product-page...

1/3

If it helps, and I think about this constantly, MASH ROOM was five people, and one of them (Satoshi Takabatake) is a grandmaster who designed a lot of the super technical backgrounds.

Having a blast diving into the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster. I first played it when I was 10 or so, and it was complex, but really rewarding. Running back through it, the story is still as compelling as it ever was. Might take me a bit, but I've wanted to draw some FFT for years!

No you absolutely do, it's imperative!

The interviews really show how on the cutting edge of culture and experimental early pioneers were. It kind of reminds you how raw and punk 90s stuff was, as well as the players in the industry. It’s great stuff!

Yes but can I enlist you to hold the camera? Jk-dude, if you haven’t checked them out yet, Animeigo has a fantastic interview series on their channel about how anime got licensed and hit the US.

If I did youtube essays in untapped niches, here's a few that'd be awesome:
> History of Tips N' Tricks
> History of Animerica
> A quick rundown of manga magazine publishers in Japan/biggest hits and their specialties
> The many bands of Spencer Krug
> Lesser known Otomo
> Mondo Posters - The Hits

The Witch Named Isabelle Sane

My buddy Max Brown's new album hit today - I've been a fan of his for over a decade now, since I first saw him and his band play at SXSW forever ago.

If you like passionate piano ballads telling epic tales, you'll love this album!

open.spotify.com/album/3HS115...

Heron's the best!

Little sneak peak of something in process :)

It's everything you'd hope it'd be, but I wish it were multi-episode!

Otomo Katsuhiro - Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Manga star Urasawa Naoki explores the hidden world of manga creation alongside Otomo Katsuhiro, the internationally renowned legend who created a masterpiece that shaped Urasawa's life.

This scratched my brain so hard. I discovered Otomo's other books by just thumbing through every book at every Book Off I could during my time as an exchange student, and hearing little insights into his mental calculus help cement his genius in the medium: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

I'm coining this term here and now, but when you edit a video for so long you can no longer wrap your head around what's there will henceforth be called "showblindness".