ChrisWharton

New Steam Golem Tee Shirt Design!

Hey Everyone!

I've got a new Boss Monster Tee Shirt design that just went up on my 2023-05-11 19:33:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Stream starting in 5-10 minutes!

I'll be drawing live for the next hour or two! If you want to watch as I work on this print for Free Comic Book Day you can watch on the Venture Cats Discord if you are a patron! 

~Chris

Drew Terrifica on Discord!

Just finished up a livestream on the Venture Cats discord where I drew this :D

Hope to start doing this sort of thing more often!

~Chris

How to Draw Hands Tutorial

Hey everybody!

The past week I have been focusing on making my first youtube video in what feels like forever! It's been so long in fact that I felt kind of nervous about making videos again. I felt out of practice, but in the end it was a lot of fun! 

Anyway, I've been asked by ...

This morning!

Heya Everyone!

I'm planning on drawing live on the Venture Cats discord this morning! If you are supporting me on Patreon you can jump on the discord and watch as I work on February's featured sticker. My computer tends to slow down like crazy if I livestream and record my screen at the sam...

Dragon Sticker Steps

Heya Everyone!

The featured sticker this month (November 2021) will be a Blue Dragon! I thought I would include a breakdown of the steps involved in coloring it.

First was drawing and inking the drawing, then dropping it into Photoshop for coloring. At this point, I prepped the linewo...

I'm Fine Slime Apparel is on TeePublic!

Hey Everyone!

I decided to try out printing apparel on TeePublic, and I started with the one that everyone seems to want on a shirt. Check it out! 'I'm Fine Slime' is now on TeePublic! On sale for the next 3 days!!!! http://...

8 New Coffee Mugs on Etsy!

Hey Everyone!

I just added 8 new coffee mugs to my Etsy store! They all featured colored handles and interiors, with my art wrapped around the mug. If you are interested in one (or all of them) here's the link to the Esty Store :)

2021-10-20 17:58:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Live coloring on Discord right now!

Coloring this sticker design right now on the Venture Cats Discord! I've gotta be quiet since my wife is writing next to me and can't be distracted, so I'm gonna be muted.

~Chris

Live coloring on Discord this morning...

Starting on the Venture Cats Discord now :)

September’s stickers are here!!

I got myself in gear early this month and put in my order so I could have September’s Minotaur stickers ready to go as soon as the month starts! I have been wainting patiently to get this guy turned into a sticker and am so happy with how he turned out! He’s been around since I drew my behold...

August Stickers have been sent!

I just realized that I hadn’t posted on Patreon that my August stickers are in and have been mailed to my backers! If you didn’t already know, this month’s sticker is a Steam-powered Golem with crab legs and a long handled hammer! I’m super happy with this illustration and can’t wait to...

Sticker Club - July - Bee Pug-ressive

Heya everbody! 

July's only a week out and I wanted to show you guys what the Sticker Club will be getting, and give you a quick breakdown of how the sticker came to be. I first had hoped to develop a sticker for my bumble pug character which I created when working on ideas for Alicia ...

New Video Series + Monthly Sticker Club

I just posted a new video where I'm inking Hawk, and I let people know that I will be doing a new video series where I will be inking pages of Venture Cats! I've been wanting to get back into making videos for a while now, and now that I'm done laying out the book it feels like a great time to ju...

New Monthly Sticker Club Starting June 2021!

Hey Everybody!

New reward tiers have been added so that starting in June you can join the New Monthly Sticker Club! This club will feature a new sticker every month, with options at 3-inch or 5-inch sizes.

June's sticker will be the "I'm Fine Slime". ...

Zombie Thorgrim Minion - May 2021's .PSD Reward!

Hey Everyone!

Here's the colored image my wonderful patrons will be getting this month, with a layered .PSD file for the $5 tier and up!

This is Zombie Thorgrim, Guppy's first Minion! Thorgrim is the biggest of the snoblins, and is seen battling Bull on page 117 (of Venture Cats Book ...

Mesmer - April 2021's PSD reward

Hey Everyone!

Here's the .PSD file of the colored image my wonderful patrons will be getting this month, for the $5 tier and up!

This is a Mesmer: a combo of a Jellyfish, Octopus, and a Beholder! The idea came from a pendant of the Hand of Fatima my daughter got a few weeks ago as a p...

Get Coffee, Get Creative, Take Over The World

Heya Everybody!

Got any good New Years Resolutions? I plan on getting in the habit of making checklists and checking the bejezus out of them!

By the way, if you like this illo I've turned it into a coffee mug. Check it out here => 2021-01-05 19:32:09 +0000 UTC View Post

I'm Fine Slime

Do you ever say you're fine when you're dealing with some stuff, and just don't want to share that burden. Yeah, me too.

Here's hoping you all are able to either let stuff roll off your back, or get toxic people out of your life!

Sunday Morning Livestream

Hey All,

I am planning on starting a Livestream on the Venture Cats Discord at 9am EST, in about 20 minutes. If you guys want to join in and watch, just pop into the discord and say "Hi!"

The VC Discord is only for patrons, so if you haven't joined up yet, now's a pretty good time to ...

New Live Streaming Goal Added!

Hey Everyone,

The title and image say it all! I have been playing around with OBS, YouTube and trying to arrange the rest of what I need in order to try out live stream drawing for you guys. I figured I could do some live sketching, work on some pages, answer some questions, and maybe even ...

Coming Soon! Weekly "Venture Cats" Webcomic for Patrons!

Alright! Now that I have your attention, I wanted to thank you guys so much for being so patient! It's been radio silence up in this Patreon for too long, but you guys stuck it out and I have some news that should put a smile on your face. I have been working on a mock-up book/binder (pictured ab...

Inktober + Venture Cats

Tomorrow is the beginning of Inktober and I am super excited! Not only to see all the cool stuff everyone else is going to be creating and putting out into the world, but also because I plan on starting to show off inked panels from the Venture Cats comic! Its gonna be a fun month ^__^

One ...

Chatting on Discord now!

Hey Guys!

I spent yesterday working on the above piece and was chatting on discord, breaking the process of making it down. It's still not done yet, still need to add 2 more characters, but I made good progress for a day's work. Today I am working on a commission of the Incredibles, and I'm...

Totoro/Pokemon Mashup Print Colored!

Hey Guys!

I woke up this morning with a very happy email in my inbox! My colorist, Kathryn Layno, who has a patreon too, and totally gets what I want out of every piece I send her, just finished coloring my Totoro/Pokemon Mashup piece! I'll be sending this to my printer in the next week or ...

Guppy Running sketch

#DailyDoodle of #Guppy

#dailysketch #venturecats

#cat #cats #necromancer #wizard

Goblin Skeletons

I’ve been thinking that the human proportioned skeletons I’ve been drawing in my page layouts recently are not quite right for the story we’re telling. I thought about some alternatives and almost settled on more cat-like skeletons, but I think I like the goblin proportioned skeletons work ...

Venture Cats Discord!

The Venture Cats Discord server is up and running!

I’ve got it linked to all Patreon reward tiers now, but it’s just started and pretty empty.  Its Just waiting for us to make it awesome! See you guys over there 👍

~Chris

Rebranding my Patreon

Hey Everyone,

Just an update to let you know I've decided to change the focus of my Patreon to my personal project, Venture Cats. 

VC has been a big part of my free time between paying p...

I Found An Awesome Colorist!

Hey Guys!

I recently found an awesome colorist to color some of my stuff while I am tied up working on other projects. Here name is Kathryn Layno, and she is amazing! Here are the first two images I have had her color and I a...