artkarolina

Summer Update

So I wanted to post an update before I get overwhelmed with my schedule again. I thought to put aside religiously updating Patreon if ya'll don't rely on reading it so much. I had to take a break f...

Auction #4 - Answers

Congrats to Aesthetic Capybara for winning the last art auction.  All Patreon & Twitch subs go to tickets you can bid on this auction. Sub to join!

This artwork was finished in April...

Gideon the Ninth

New artwork! This is an illustration project I took on to expand my character art portfolio. I would really like to be illustrating book covers or MTG cards. I hope you see how title & author c...

I learned to tattoo

I am persuing tattooing as a side career. I discovered this is something that makes sense and is a natural trajectory in my work. Why?

🦇 the surreal, horror, monster stuff is generally the...

New Stickers Coming

Just wanted to share a quick update that I got new stickers coming! These are the mockups and I'm really crossing my fingers. I printed these as pixie dust, which is like glitter but much finer. Th...

Figure Drawing - Latex Continued

So here are a few more drawings from the session. I got a lot of drawings out of this one. Sometimes I don't, sometimes they're so wonky or incomplete it's not even worth scanning.
2024-02-13 23:33:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Figure Drawing - Latex

I saved these for a Valentine's Day appropriate post! I went to Dr. Sketchy a few times now and I have been enjoying it. This time, I went alone and got treated with this fetish model night. Artist...

Magpie Nest

I'm pretty excited to post this artwork. I feel it's one of my best animal paintings so far, and it had quite a journey to get here. The idea comes from some stories I read or heard as a child base...

Figure Drawing - Disco

Another one of my goals when starting a Patreon was going to more figure drawing. Whether it's once a year or once a month, any amount is better & the cost of doing that has been prohibited. I ...

Patron Black Friday/Cyber Monday Codes

Hello everyone, just sending out a quick update that I have special discounts for ya'll for Black Friday / Cyber Monday stuff. I am having a general sale, but the newsletter & Patrons get their...

Landscape Linocut Tests

So, I thought getting into linocut & block printing would be easy since I've done it before... I am so wrong. 

2023-09-21 13:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Experimenting with new skills

This summer, I experimented with new skills. I want to expand my usefulness in animation and expand the way I can make art. 

The stickers were a starting point last year. I am now consid...

Monster Sticker BG Color Poll

The mix of symbolism for this design is an Ibex/goat (typically an allusion to Satan) & the mudra used to ward off evil eye given by the goat.

2023-07-24 22:46:22 +0000 UTC View Post

New Artwork: Chicago L Train Crossing Street

Hello everyone, I'm back from my trip and with a finished Yupo painting for you, as always the large version file. I have more paintings to post, however they'd midway through getting scanned and c...

New Artwork: Cyborg and Drape

This artwork was quite the journey! Higher res image as always for you~ 

12"x18" on half-inch canvas. Will be varnished & ready to hang when dry. 

2023-06-01 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Auction #3 - Montreal Skyline

Congrats to Bratness for winning the last art auction.   Title: Montreal from Mont Royal during Sunset

Size: 13"x17" or 33cm x 43cm

Medium: Watercolor only, edges painted over...

New Artwork: Magnolia

I'm going to be taking a break from streaming due to some work & family travel next month. I have 2 paintings to show, including this one :)

I wanted to do something quick and experiment...

Congrats to Winner + New Artwork Poll

Congrats to Bratness for winning the Cheetah artwork! Thank you to everyone staying on & those of you who recently joined or upgraded your patronage. I really really look forward to when we can...

Squirrel Collection

Hi everyone, if you've been dropping into the infrequent art stream lately - I've been plucking away at a series of squirrels for the winter. It's been on my art to-do list to make a squirrel paint...

Funguary 2023 Week 1

Hey everyone! I decided to take part in another art challenge and really sticking to it seriously. I t...

NYE Drawing

Since I'm not a big drinker and NYE in Montreal is usual a -20C night, I don't go out for it. The past couple years, I started a new tradition with myself: Taking a macrodose of shrooms for the eve...

Sticker Discount Code

Here is a discount code for the stickers for 20%: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/KaroAfterDark?coupon=...

New Sticker & Dark Art Shop!

I'm very excited to launch this. When I started this Patreon, I was talking about making cool stickers eventually. Well we got the cool reward stickers, and now I'm launching my monster stickers!! ...

Happy New Year! New Reward.

Hi everyone,

So to roll this out, I am adding these stickers as a reward for all tiers Drake & up. I also have some other die-cut stickers I will send to current long-term patrons next t...

New Artwork: Time Demoncorn

OMG, I have been trying to post this for so long!! First I had to wait for it to dry to digitize it, t...

Next Auction Artwork: Cheetah

Title: Cheetah

Size: 10.75"x10.5" or 27cm x 26.5cm

Medium: Charcoal pencil on bristol paper, sealed with hairspray.

Year: 2012

Value: $200 USD

This one was drawn in on...

Pick a New Artwork for the Next Auction

Pick the Artwork for Next Auction

Congrats to the winner of the 1st art auction! I am so pleased to have everyone here and for this to happen because I really did think it would take months o...

What colors do you think work best?

I was just going to start painting in the first colors that came into my head. Since they're not super...

New Artwork: Coolest Street in the World

One of the things Montreal started doing for the pandemic was closing streets off to traffic and making them pedestrian shopping & dining zones. Plenty of main streets in different neighbourhoo...

August Update:

I'm going to make this a public post since there's no secrets in here. 

This summer is very busy for us. Justin decided to apply to all available conventions we could, then we got invite...