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Seeing all the love for my cheesy grin ghoul art the last few days got me like-

It means a lot and reminds me why i like the internet- and specifically tumblr. Especially after officially deleting TikTok and the experience over there.

Soap box moment- Yeah on TikTok I could get thousands of likes and views, but no one followed and maybe one or two people would comment. There was no real dialogue to show the appreciation and I knew my stuff would eventually disappear amongst the algo in 38-72 hrs. And so many of those views and likes were throw away accounts, bots, and frankly a whole lotta nothing. Instagram is just as bad now but I at least see the niches and people searching purposefully for what they like.

Over here it’s so nice to see people chatting and sharing something they like to one another and adding it to their lil collections. Seeing your accounts and how you curate them and such shows there’s a soul behind even the smallest interaction on a post. Yall keep being you and loving the things you love.

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Go on- Kiss the goat

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Companies love when we make fanart and effectively give them free advertising and material to feed the fanbases but hate to see anyone make five to ten bucks on a print so they can keep making art of the things they love and keep the companies IP alive….

My Arthur Morgan print listing has been nuked by Etsy and a rockstar subsidiary- of course during the holidays where people want to buy them for gifts… so I here I sit with a handful prints and feeling more and more deterred from making fanart.

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Working on art thangs here and there but mostly on the making Christmas gifts grind anytime I have free time from work and life things.

Why buy a card when you can terrorize your family with hand collaged bonkers images of your pets?

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Hot off the presses and ready for the holidays! The shop is stocked with prints, patches, pins, magnets, and patches! With only more to come in the future!

Shop Ransom Hart on Etsy

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I did it. I did a lil test selling my wares at a local market and now I've got the boothing bug.

Admittedly didn't make much- but it was free for me and the spot we boothed wasn't prime traffic zone and off the beaten path. But its what I needed to test the waters and ensure I really wanna do this without investing to heavily. On top of that everyone was so nice and those who did buy from me were all so cool and sweet! I'll certainly be returning next year. My friends who were selling their stuff along side me and already devised a game plan!

Everything I didn't sell this weekend is being listed on my etsy the next coming days- including more 5x7 prints and patches restocks!

If there are any artist alleys, makers/art markets, pop up markets- and so on that you know of in Florida, primarily north central, central, and in the tampa/saint pete areas, let chya boy know!

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“How are you handling the news cycle right now?”

By disregarding it and everything I should be working on and drawing my pirate oc’s instead.

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Remembering I have free will and don’t have to doom scroll. I can practice escapism by drawing my OC s, plotting and sketching comic pages to playlists I’ve made for them, and fantasizing about the terrible things they’ve endured and what more I’ll put them through.

One of my pirate characters has something he wants to say about it-

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The Death and Rebirth of Agnes

Taking a slight shift away from my usual fanart to self indulge a little. I made this piece to represent and tell the pivotal point where my character, Agnes, is freed from the cult she had lived in all her life- but at a cost. It’s the longest I had spent on a digital piece, and there had been long periods of downtime time between working on it. So I got to see where I had developed skills in the last few months.

I have rough sketches for the other characters in the story Agnes comes from, and may make a series of these in the future.

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Right now when I paint In the evenings I have to keep my iPad unplugged at a certain hour. So when the battery dies it forces me to stop and go to bed.

Bedtime alerts do not work when one is in a flow state.

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Returning to a complicated oc WIP months later only to realize based on the point in story the piece is depicting the character would be pregnant… and you most def did not paint her as so way back when this first started… adding a lot of revisions to an already long list of todo for the piece…

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Chop 👏 Chop 👏

I did it. I gave inprnt the boot and dived into getting my own prints to sell through my Etsy shop. To start out, I’ll only have one size (5x7) and as time goes on we will see what the future holds. I’m very excited with the quality of these prints and the cardstock! I have noticed smaller size prints tend to lose some of the finer detail and nuance in my art- but I think It’s not so off that they lose their charm. I myself am partial to smaller size prints for my home (more room for more art), but not all work can fit in a smaller scale. Noted for some of the illustrations I have in the oven that’ll be ready for your eyes soon

For now some of the prints will be withheld for the market in November. BUT after that I’ll list whatever I might have left over- including the other products I have in the works. that includes more and new designed patches, hand painted polymer pins, and pin back buttons. Im looking into bookmarks and stickers should I get the other completed in time for the market.

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I have such a soft spot for pet memorial work.

Rest sweetly, Mr. Ozzy.

Always remember: art comes with an ugly stage but it comes out ok in the end. A lot like life.

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Mr. Popus Opus or as my household more commonly calls him “Grampa”.

( ok it’s Emeritus I aka Primo)

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When you get your crusty little claws on a button machine 😈

Im working hard to achieve a childhood dream of mine of selling in an artist alley. So the goal is to get into one or two next year.

Cut to me getting samples from different printers and manus and snooping around my connections for what supplies/equipment they got. In doing this, I’ve been Invited to sell at a local market this year to wet my toes since I haven’t been on the art market or show scene since highschool/college.

I’ll be sharing some of this process and what I learn. As well as some of the handmade things in whipping up for the up coming market (in two months and some change 🥸). What I don’t sell may pop up on my Etsy or get put in back stock for future markets/shows.

Maybe stick around to see all that and more? You made it to this point 🫵🤓 so why not

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„That hyped up shit!“

After the Tampa ritual I’ve been very inspired and geared back into making more art. New goals, more plans, and another weird little guy to my arsenal.

One of six in a series 😈

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A lil me for my portfolio, because I’m putting my hours in at the art kitchen. I’m cooking day and night and whipping up some delectable treats for your eyes.