hi, i'm 'trie (sounds like "tree") blasingame of tentacle-made studios, and i'm a mixed media conceptual artist and illustrator who also writes and occasionally makes videos.

aside from creating conceptual works/illustrations, i'm spend a lot of my time preparing work for cons and fulfilling commissions and other freelance work--and assisting in the care and feeding of a not-for-profit gallery where i'm a studios artist.

basically, i make a (questionable) living making art.

so, here's the thing: the idea behind this patreon is to help subsidize my art-making practice so that i can share that work more readily with y'all. that means that your support will go towards helping to pay for cons, for hardware and software in order to create better digital art, for traditional materials, and to pay for more mundane things like the roof over my head and ensuring that the cat gets fed (because he's demanding af).

your support will also mean more time spent working on my writing projects--a glittering venery, the artifact chronicles, and the hunters series--and illustrating them.

what i'm hoping to share here with y'all are the process and behind-the-scenes parts of being an artist. sometimes, that'll be process vids. sometimes, that'll be wips. sometimes, that'll be drips and drabs of what i'm writing. sometimes, that'll be sneak-peaks at conlife.

honestly, i'm open to whatever y'all would like to know about/see!

the majority of what i do will always be accessible to all level of patrons, but i do have some double-super-extra bonus for patrons who are able to support in a financial way:

$1/month patrons: access to my special "kelp bed" discord chat where y'all can chat with me about art, character creation, what we're all reading/watching/obsessing over right now with the ability to choose which court or faction that one wants to be affiliated with; access to wips; the thanks of a grateful squid;
$5/month patrons: all $1/month perks; a downloadable poster print; the thanks of a grateful squid;
$10/month patrons: all $1/month and $5/month perks; digital wallpapers every month to brighten (or traumatize) your day; icons to use on your socmed; the thanks of a grateful squid;
$25/month patrons: all $1/month, $5/month, and $10/month perks; access to patron-only art/writing streams (there will be art streams for everyone too, but patrons will get special ones); access to my special "enkid" discord chat where you'll be able to give me suggestions for characters and such; the thanks of a grateful squid.

i'm sure that i will continue to tweak and refine these perks--and, i do reserve the right to--but these seem reasonable, yeah?

thank you for taking the time to read this, looking at my various and sundry endeavors, and supporting them and me.