Good morning, Blackbirds!!
I’m ecstatic to introduce to you a guest artist who will be creating the Bonus Card for November’s delivery! Please welcome: @Eleheba!
El Segal is an illustrator and fabrica...
2022-10-11 14:57:18 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Once again I just want to remind you all that I collect addresses on the 5th, to allow everyone enough time to fix payment troubles.
If you adjust your tier or cancel your subscription before then, my script will identify that current status, not the status you h...
2022-10-01 14:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostHello again, Blackbirds!
The MBPS has had a membership cap of 800 members since January of this year! In that time, I’ve been able to observe the flux of members and how they distribute themselves in tiers. The Jolly Jackdaw tier has always remained humble, and is the only tier to never c...
2022-09-26 20:55:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, Blackbirds!
This illustration is celebrating it’s 1 year anniversary this month, and so I wanted to bring it back for a treatment I’d wanted to give it since its debut: A lush, ivy-covered border treatment, and a richer update to the colors!
This second edition...
2022-09-26 13:49:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy first day of Autumn, Blackbirds!! I hope you all enjoyed your equinox — from here on, the night consumes the day. Are you ready for the long dark?
October’s postcard is here!! Just in time for the air getting crisp and the pumpkins coming out. I truly wanted to indulge in the mood...
2022-09-23 15:23:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
The heat is finally receding in those parts of the world especially blighted with it this past summer… So that I can finally call the summer “past”. I was eager to dive full speed ahead into the autumn mood, so as soon as I started work on October’s...
2022-09-14 19:18:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Blackbirds!
As discussed in this previous post, it is time for the Autumn Archival Sale, where I am offering 3-packs of September, October and November 2021’s postcards in order to clean ou...
2022-09-01 16:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
September’s bonus card will be this sketch illustration of Jules, an original character featured in last year’s October “Halloween Greetings” card as well as January’s “Hearthglow” card! I loved this sketch quite a lot, and these colors feel perfec...
2022-08-29 16:35:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Sunday, Blackbirds!
I’m here with a long-awaited announcement… This Thursday, on September 1st, the cards from Autumn of 2021 will be returning in another Archives Sale!
As usual, the way this works is that at the specified time, you may 2022-08-28 19:37:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, Blackbirds!
My apologies for a late update, as this artwork has been up elsewhere for a few days now! This week was a rush of finishing artwork deadlines while preparing the August delivery. But behold, for Patreon: “Even In Another Time: Part II”, a companion to August...
2022-08-19 01:16:39 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening Blackbirds!
I just wanted to pop in and say that from late June until now, my inbox — as well as my physical pile of returned deliveries — has been a bit of a mess! I am doing my best to get back on top of things now.
If you have a message that needs an ans...
2022-08-10 21:15:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
August’s silly bonus cards turned out just beautifully. There’s not much that cant be improved by gold foil!
I wanted to let you in on my little behind-the-scenes scuffling with bonus cards for the Raven Dandy tier.
My intention ...
2022-08-09 17:23:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Behold, Blackbirds: A very silly meme made by yours truly, doodled as a very silly bonus card by yours truly. August’s bonus card for Raven Dandies will be a premium postcard with the outlines of the frame rendered in gold foil, elevating this meme to some High Class Art. Enjoy this peak Leyend...
2022-07-30 13:40:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday, Blackbirds!
August’s Postcard of the Month is here! This postcard will go out next month to all Crow Collector and Raven Dandy members of the MBPS. Raven Dandies will also be getting a fun little ~gold foil premium bonus card~, which I’ll reveal later today or tomorrow! It...
2022-07-29 15:46:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
For August‘s postcard, I’m was inspired by some J. C. Leyendecker and Cheri Herouard illustrations to play with clashes of eras. Leyendecker‘s illustrations compare silver screen film stars and their iconic roles; Herouard’s expose the Modern Girl as...
2022-07-26 22:05:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
July postcards are in the mail as of today! Considering my move, I‘m pleased to have them out on a day that I can just barely still call the middle of the month.
I’m hard at work on August’s postcard as well as September’s simultaneously —...
2022-07-19 19:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Blackbirds!
As there are many new patrons this month, I wanted to offer a quick reminder: I do not collect addresses until around the 5th of the month, because this is how long it usually takes for Patreon to process all payments and for declined payments to get fixed.
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2022-07-01 15:14:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds!
Though we will be back to proper polls soon, this month for the sake of time and limitations I am wielding my power as the Penpal in Chief to declare July’s bonus card for Raven Dandies! I’ve reached deep into the archives to pull out a piece that I think ...
2022-06-28 15:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, Blackbirds!
I’m proud to show you: July’s postcard of the month!!
This postcard design is a redraw of Georges Leonnec‘s 2022-06-27 13:20:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, Blackbirds!
It’s been a little while since you’ve heard from me, and I apologize for that! Currently, I am packing my little house to move once again: This time, to Providence, RI! I appreciate your patience, but as ever, I’m keeping this circus act going in the middle o...
2022-06-22 14:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Blackbirds!
As discussed in this previous post, it is time for the Sunder Archival Sale, where I am offering 3-packs of June, July and August’s 2021’s postcards in order to clean out my archives!
Hello, Blackbirds!
It’s an absolutely golden afternoon here, and I’m excited to tell you that the Summer Archives Sale is almost upon us.
This Friday, on June 3rd, you’ll be able to purchase a 3-pack of the Postcards of the Month from June, July and August 2021. The ...
2022-05-30 19:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again, Blackbirds!
Last year for the Classics: But Make It Gay art book by Nova & Mali, I reimagined Botticelli’s Venus as transmasculine. In June, a premium gold foil version of this illustration will be June’s bonus card!! All Raven Dandies will receive a copy...
2022-05-29 23:06:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, Blackbirds!
This month has been a real frenzy, and next month will only get more chaotic as I handle my move to Providence! I appreciate you all very much for bearing with me as I keep all the balls juggling.
As most of you have seen elsewhere, one of the r...
2022-05-29 17:41:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Blackbirds! Happy Monday, and happy early birthday to meeeee!
MBPS Mystery Packs are now up!
You can read more about them — especially what is and isn’t in them — in <...
2022-05-16 16:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, Blackbirds!
In spite of my regular archival sales (Summer 2021 archive sale is coming up!!), the MBPS archives continues to live in my home rent free. 😩 I’m trying something new out to clear a little space! My birthday is coming up next week, and it seems like the perfec...
2022-05-13 15:46:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello Blackbirds!
My life is one grand juggling act with a hundred balls, and I am only a mortal clown.
Some of you have noticed that April’s postcard is not scanning! I would love to attribute it to a technical problem or a life event or a ghost infestation, but it’s just a bal...
2022-04-30 15:29:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, Blackbirds!
As April closes and the deadline for May’s delivery approaches tomorrow, you may have wondered why the usual Bonus Card poll was conspicuously absent… I’ve been tinkering away at a new little notion!
“The Book of Spring Volume I” is a si...
2022-04-29 15:57:41 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning, Blackbirds!
Just popping in to let you know that, as discussed in previous posts, members whose payments have been declined since February or longer before have been removed. This leaves a little room in all tiers! If anyone would like to adjust your tier, now would be a good ...
2022-04-15 15:23:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning, Blackbirds!
As a precocious and romantic little ginger queer myself, Anne Shirley was queen of my heart growing up. To celebrate my approaching birthday month, May’s postcard pays homage to this most incredible and pure-hearted sapphic romance of children’s literatur...
2022-04-11 15:26:20 +0000 UTC View Post