Every time I've logged into patreon the last few weeks I get some stupid little popup about ways I can squeeze more money out of my audience. I'm not doing this for money. It rubbed me in exactly the opposite way Patreon probably hoped it would, and that's why all my art is now here on dimestore.fun instead of Patreon. I intend to keep posting art here, and maybe even make art roundups going even further back.

I also plan on closing down that Patreon at the end of the month, so I've updated the links above with the best places to keep up with what I'm doing. From now on this website will be the number one place, but bluesky and mastodon are there for you social media weirdos. I'm also going to remain on Ko-fi for anyone who truly wants to continue to support me financially. You don't need to do that, I think we've all proven conclusively that getting money isn't what motivates me to do this.

Anyway! This month we have our requisite number of Natashas, as well as Virginia, Evangeline, and Asher. There's a picture from a brief period when I spent too much time thinking about Rise of the Shield Hero (not recommended). Also a couple of attempts at hand-drawing an entire comic page. They turned out not half bad, I think.

Have you observed it? An increase. A significant increase in artwork this month. Despite getting covid and being out of commission for nearly a week, despite several days off work for lack of work to do, still I have drawn many things. How? Unclear.

We've got Natashas, often appropriately dressed for summer fun, and Evangeline and Ashley and Asher too. Virginia and Maylea is here too, looking more foxlike than ever. Anyway, look forward to next month when I will be making either more or less art than this.

This month I interacted with friend of the site AniMerrill, and have drawn Kelsie from his comic Let's Move Forward. His comic has a lot in common with Dimestore Novel and I hope to see both stories told in the future.
Here you'll also find the standard assortment of Natashas, including one mermaid because May. Ashley is really looking good this month, as is her brother Asher. Virginia, Evangeline, and Mr. E represent as well. Lastly, a rare one this month, Virginia's rival Roy G. Bivouac makes an appearance.

In April 2023, art was beginning. Natasha is here demonstrating a variety of fashions, as well as comparing swords with JSSTaedler's Ceilidh. Asher is trying to fix Natasha's computer troubles, and Evangeline is generating some Artifice troubles.

August 2022 was quite the month for art. This month, artists dared to ask the question "What if a hoodie was like a onesie?" The answer is it would be weird. Thankfully, non-onesie hoodies remain a winning fashion choice.
It was a good month for supporting characters this month, with strong showings from Evangeline, Virginia, Mr. E, Asher, and Ashley. Even the mysterious hero City Hawk appears. What's his deal? There's also more fanart of Stuart Gipp's Merry Hell, with Jess giving Merry the business. Lastly, there was some fun experimenting with hand gestures for the some of the many gods of Dimestore Novel. Are they canon? Probably not!

Have you heard of Merry Hell? It's a comic by friend of the site Stuart Gipp about disastrous relationships and also fighting demons from hell. You will find art of Merry among what I've drawn this month. In addition, I've drawn my siblings Ashley and Asher Owen, Natasha (of course) and Evangeline and Louise.
This is the month when I decided Ashley should have a robot arm. Her arm is inspired by one of my coworkers who has a prosthetic arm and instead of wearing a full-size one has opted to have a grabber just below his shoulder. I've always found that to be an interesting choice and it will inspire Ashley's non-standard arms for years to come.