Shadderstag

I didn’t want to do this, but Tumblr isn’t responding to my attempts to contact them, so my blog remains shadowbanned. As an artist who relies on traffic to sell my art, I can’t justify staying. So I’m leaving Tumblr.

To those who stuck around: thank you. It’s unfortunate that it came to this.

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Finished commission for MissSmittenKitten for thelxlbloodlxlprince of their OC Razgul. I had a lot of fun with this one, especially with getting to play with the shadows and smoke!

Art (c) Scott Francis Character (c)  thelxlbloodlxlprince

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With Tumblr going down, I actually forgot I'd signed up for the Monster Exchange. The page unfortunately no longer exists, so the mods ended up either emailing folks or poking them on whatever social media or art galleries they'd provided upon signing up.

I got Glitchbog and their really neat lady Hax who runs a smuggling ring aboard a rogue space mining outpost! Hopefully the guns aren't too OOC but I didn't know what else to do with their arms/hands haha!

Art (c) Scott Francis Character (c) Glitchbog

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A design commission for @silenceartwork. He asked for a design based on a cryptid. I went with the Ozark Howler cause it sounded really fun! Super pleased with how this turned out.

Art (c) Scott Francis Character (c) @silenceartwork 

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And another batch of discounted adoptables! These have as much as $20 cut off their original prices, so here they are again!

Gladiator - OPEN Chimeka - OPEN Constructopal - SOLD Crystacean - SOLD Arachnibovid - SOLD 

Buyer receives: - High res image - Low res watermarked image for reposting - 10% off all future commissions from me that have this design in them

You may: - Change their sex, color, species, story, etc. - Trade, give away, or resell for the same price or lower - Repost the watermarked image to your gallery or social media (link to my gallery appreciated!)

You may not: - Claim that you drew the art - Edit my artwork in any way. If you would like edits made to the artwork (sex, markings, color, etc) or upgrade to a full ref sheet, I will do so for a fee.

While these aren't new, the prices sure are! These have been heavily discounted from their original prices, so I'm posting them up again. Ichthyocentaur - OPEN Faun - SOLD to @businesswolfstudios Kitsune - OPEN Pomshell - OPEN Lucario/Toxicroak Hybrid - SOLD to ShadowtheWolf

Buyer receives: - High res image - Low res watermarked image for reposting - 10% off all future commissions from me that have this design in them

You may: - Change their sex, color, species, story, etc. - Trade, give away, or resell for the same price or lower - Repost the watermarked image to your gallery or social media (link to my gallery appreciated!)

You may not: - Claim that you drew the art - Edit my artwork in any way. If you would like edits made to the artwork (sex, markings, color, etc) or upgrade to a full ref sheet, I will do so for a fee.

I can't believe it's already been five months since I launched my Patreon! In celebration, I've decided to release everything I posted in 2018 to all Patron tiers, as a thank you for their continued support!

For $1 you can get a glimpse at the sorts of things I'm creating over on my Patreon! Keep in mind, though, the roundup include images only - if you're interested in my design process discussions, character exploration, and worldbuilding, you'll have to pledge to the appropriate tier!

Please keep in mind that my Patreon is 18+ only and does contain adult artwork.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me, both in general and on Patreon. You are all invaluable and I appreciate each and every one of you! Here's to a new year and all that comes with it!

Pledge $1 to my Patreon and receive access to 99 files! $3 gets you access to WIPs, sketches, first pick of adoptables, and design process expositions $5 gets you all of the previous awards, hi-res files, half-res PSDs, and bonus art

I honestly can't believe that this year seemed as long as it did. The art in the first third of the year feels like it was done a lot longer ago! This year was stock full of challenges and triumphs, and I'd like to take this moment to reflect on them.

The beginning of the year marked a shift in mindset. I embraced my desire to draw more of my own characters, and though this summary doesn't show it, I managed to do so almost every month. I let myself create incredibly self indulgent art that was made for no one but myself. I tried my hand at narrative illustrations and found out I really enjoy them. On the flip-side, I decided to stop doing The Creature Exchange, and started creating designs that I could sell. I also began doing much more serious studies to strengthen my fundamentals in the last quarter of the year and I think it really shows. This was also my first year joining Art Fight! It was so incredibly wonderful to participate in such a fantastic event. I had so much fun and I will definitely be joining again next year. Mid-July I changed my brand and went from Battleferrets to Shadderstag, and I'm feeling really good about it!

Unrelated to art, I got to visit Spottyjaguar and MoltenGoldArt, I started testosterone, I legally changed my name to Scott Jay Francis, I'm on the wait list for top surgery sometime early this year, the employment placement program I did earlier in the year helped my confidence exponentially, and I moved out of a very shitty situation into an incredibly convenient apartment downtown with a wonderful roommate who I met in the employment placement program.

All that said, this year held a lot of struggles too. I moved twice, entered an employment placement program only to be told I have too many barriers to employment and that I should apply for permanent disability, struggled with my mental illnesses, and made some changes to my medications. It's been a very long, very busy year.

Me and my polyfam have been calling 2018 the "year of foundation building"; I put in a lot of groundwork in 2018 that I plan to fully take advantage of in 2019. I have a lot of goals I want to work towards this year!

2019 New Years Art Resolutions

- Tell more stories! Do more narrative illustrations, and introduce more of my characters and their lives. I have a multitude of universes and characters inhabiting them, and I want to share them.

- Do more studies! The short amount of time I did studies this year showed such a marked improvement in my work that I can't deny that it gets results. I especially want to focus on perspective and lighting, to better be able to make dynamic illustrations.

- Be more engaging! I know I have people interested in what I create, and I'd just really love to connect more with them. I have vague ideas of interactive Q&As, sharing more of my writing (I write so much original content and barely share any of it anywhere), and asking for more participation from my patrons.

- What's my branding? In the middle of the year I changed my branding and became Shadderstag. I want to explore that identity more, looking at how I want to visually represent myself, as well as figure out what sort of business face I'd like to present. This would be entirely separate from what content I create, as I don't think I could limit myself to a niche and stay there. There's too much I want to do!

So a whole lot of everything happened in 2018, and I just know 2019 is going to be just as full, but here's hoping the positive far outweighs any negatives that may come my way, and that I can overcome them when they do!

To all of you who have been supporting me: Thank you! I appreciate each and every one of you, and I hope to continue to build a community with you all <3

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Today's my 30th birthday and I'm so grateful for all the amazing people I know. Thanks for making my life absolutely phenomenal ❤️

A being cursed to a life of mortality during the day, and an immortal form during the night, dancing as they slowly burn themselves up until they are nothing more than a pile of ash come morning, when their mortal form crawls forth out of the ashes to start the cycle anew.

This is the first design my Patrons had a part in creating! I asked for prompts, and they delivered. I want to thank them for their input and inspiration!

Asking $75 USD for them. I am also offering a discounted upgrade ladder option. For another $50 USD I will design a custom human or anthro form for them, following your prompt!

That's $125 USD for both the original design, and the upgraded additional design!

Buyer receives:

High res image

Low res watermarked image for reposting

for $25 more, I will design genitals for you

for $35 more, you'll get a sketch of your choice of this design

10% off all future commissions from me that have this design in them

You may: 

Change their sex, color, species, story, etc.

Trade, give away, or resell for the same price or lower

Repost the watermarked image to your gallery or social media (link to my gallery appreciated!)

You may not: 

Claim that you drew the art

Edit my artwork in any way. If you would like edits made to the artwork (sex, markings, color, etc) or upgrade to a full ref sheet, I will do so for a fee.

If you are interested comment or message me with the following information: 

Username

Paypal email address

I’m not sure whether my blog will become searchable even if I do “purify” it by removing all NSFW and trying to make it non-explicit. 

If you want to continue following me and receive all my content, you can find it on  Patreon, Twitter, Furaffinity and Picarto. You can also find my non-NSFW content on DeviantArt,  Artstation, Ko-Fi and Facebook.

Finished half of my trade with @cornyeelart! Featuring her fantastic Mafia boss Fabian punching my OC Derrek in the face. Derrek was probably sent to represent his boss, and told to dress up and be nice. Dressing up for Derrek is indeed a tracksuit, and, well, laying on the innuendos really heavily during what is essentially a business meeting is a fast track to pain. He definitely had it coming though.

Derrek/Art (c) Scott Francis Fabian (c) @cornyeelart

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October's Adoptable! My Patron's got first pick, and she got snatched up quick!

Art © Scott Francis

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24 HOURS LEFT!!!

Until October 31st, if your commission includes a monster, you automatically get 10% off!

If your monster is feral or is paired with a human, you get another 10% off!

If you buy art from @spartadog’s Monster Sale, you get another 10% off!

Bring me your werewolves, demons, eldritch abominations, cryptids, and other things that go bump in the night! Don’t have one? I’ll make you one! Either by altering one of your existing characters to be more monstrous, or by creating you a unique design to call your own!

If you’re not sure whether your character is monstrous enough, ask!

Fill out a form and I’ll get back to you ASAP!

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