Another set of sketchbook shoutouts from my Private Collector crew over on Patreon, always a joy to draw more folks’ OCs and shippy boys~
Hey and it’s the beginning of the month, which is the best time to join the Patreon for goodies like this, and my entire archive of either SFW or NSFW art and comics, plus some fun free stuff for free members~
Updated: Sept 1, 2025
What program do you use to draw? What brushes do you use?
I use Clip Studio for all my art/comics. I use an XP-pen display tablet on my computer and a Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ to draw on the go.
My lineart brush: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1788976
My sketch brush: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1811630
My tone brush (with swapped textures): https://rondanchan.gumroad.com/l/ms5-wc1?layout=profile
My colour palette: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1986433
My halftones: https://www.truegrittexturesupply.com/collections/clip-studio-brushes/products/beat-tones-halftone-brushes
What can I do with your art?
You may use my art as display pictures, wallpapers, and banners, and would like credit if you do so! I ask that you not repost or edit my work. You may not sell or use my art to train AI.
Can I use your art as a tattoo?
Shoot me an email @ jey@topazcomics.com first, but mostly likely yes unless the piece happens to be very personal. If you want to drop me a Ko-fi donation that’d be much appreciated too!
Where can I find you online?
Find all my socials at the bottom of this page or over on my portfolio
November has come and gone, but here’s some art and comic updates for y’all~
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Latest Public Arts
All Friday Fun Art is crossposted to tumblr, mastodon, pillowfort, bluesky, and jpawlik.com/blog and TWO months early for all Patrons — which also include sketches and thumbs with almost every piece! Maybe go check those out~
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Webcomic Updates
This month’s OJST comic came out on the 11th, “Journal Entry: DIY Strap On”! Don’t have enough money for a fancy strap-on? Why not follow this fun autobio guide on how to craft your own strap-on!
A DIY guide for y’all with some true stories from my early 20s. It’s always weird to draw my younger self for an entire comic, I kept accidentally drawing my big glasses instead.
Currently updating on Topaz Comics: The comic Max and I did for Tsushi’s charity zine “Jigen Before and After” — which raised $500 towards the Transgender Law Center!!
“Jigen, Now and Then” is a 6 page comic about Jigen on the hunt for Lupin as they grow apart. The first 2 pages are currently up, buuuut if you want to read the whole thing on Patreon or buy the physical copy!
Read from the beginning | Read the whole finished comic on Patreon | Buy the zine
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Patreon Updates
This month’s sketchbook is up over on Patreon!
Enjoy mostly some silly doodles this month. And of course some great shoutout requests from some Private Collector folks!
Did you know I do post a sketchbook PDF at the end of every month? AND you can see all those in the Sketchbook PDF collection if you’re a $5 and up member?!
More on Patreon this month:
- One-shot Fishing
- Concept Art Book – 3
- Sketchbook Shoutouts – 72
- Treasures of Time – 19
- OJST Behind the Scenes: Communication
- Bean Concept Art
- One-shot Cottage Window
- Treasures of Time – 20
- Phillip Pinup
- Birds I Saw – 6
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER Cover & 1
- Treasures of Time – 21
The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER PDF is up and available to download for $5 and up members right NOW!
This is a redraw of a comic I did in 2020 for the Canada Comics Open Library, and upon teaching webcomics now I realised I wanted to update the comic to give to my students. This comic now has updated art, tips, and info on how to start your own webcomic!
The comic will be also going out weekly for $1+ members two months before pages will go up for free over on Topaz Comics.
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Glad Day Author’s Fair
Max and I will be boothing at Glad Day Bookshop’s first queer author’s fair THIS SUNDAY, November 30th from 12pm-6pm at 32 Lisgar, Toronto entry is FREE!
Come by and say hi! We’ll have all our wares from our shop on offer.
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December Schedule
$1 members get Patreon early access posts on Tuesdays and Fridays
$5 members get Patreon posts on Wednesdays and my Sketchbook PDF at the end of the month
$10 members get Patreon posts every other Thursday (or so) & a shoutout request every month
Free comics are posted every Tuesday on Topaz Comics
Free illustrations are posted every Friday on my art blog and most social media sites
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Cool Comic Recommendation
Gym Punk is a brand new nuzlocke comic by the ever talented Olibhéare! Follow Hal as he, a 30 year old, goes on his first Pokemon journey through Hoenn. The art is fun and the jokes are so charming.
I used to read a lot of nuzlockes back in my DeviantArt days, so a comic like this feels so nostalgic to me.
I also made a cool little rotating banner for my blog, where each comic I’ve recommended will appear every time you refresh the page or move to a different page on the site!
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Other Things
I’ve just got 2 more classes left of the semester. It went by like a blur but, y’know? I think I really like teaching. Especially teaching comics!
I’m taking December off from a few things like OJST to get all my end of semester work done (lots of marking), so I won’t have a new comic in January but I’ll be back at the beginning of February with a new one so don’t you worry.
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Wow, what a month! Here’s to December and nearing the end of 2025!
Continuing my “Birds I Saw”, these were from up north last year! I always get the Eastern Phoebe and Kingbird mixed up from afar.
“March 1972, Caught!”
Another freebie photo for y’all!
Every Wednesday I post a Treasures of Time photo on Patreon and every 10th piece goes up for free.
Because these are candids and kind of mundane, it’s been hard to squeeze some Zenigatas in but there are more on the way!
Comic templates for 6×9 size comics made by me for my “Ins and Outs of Webcomics” info comic.
Templates include .png, .psd and .csp files. Dpi is listed in template names.
The urge to draw Maka as the Sailor Scouts was too powerful!
Some more LupinIIIClub prompts from earlier this year! Prompts: Zenigata in disguise, Fujiko doing Lupin’s nails, Jigen hiding something under his hat, Lupin disguised as a professor.
Going back down to 4 shoutouts per month now that I’ve caught up on a lot of my buffer! These are for my Private Collectors on https://patreon.com/jpawlik and what a delight these are to draw every month.
OH and it’s the beginning of the month which is the best time to sign up on Patreon! You can get monthly requests like these and my entire archive of either SFW or NSFW art and comics, plus some goodies for free members~
