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🎄 Holiday Giveaway!
With Christmas coming up, I wanted to do something special to thank everyone for the support this year. Anyone who becomes a supporter at any level on my Buy me a Coffee page between now and December 19 will be entered to win a free one-year membership — my gift to you this holiday season. Every coffee you buy also counts as an extra thank-you entry. ☕✨ I’ll announce the winner on December 24, just in time to tuck a shiny new membership into someone’s stocking. Thanks for being part of this creative journey — and happy holidays!
Happy Halloween!
👻 Happy Halloween! I’ve got a special jack-o’-lantern drawing going live today — quick, fun, and festive for the season. Check it out and share your favorite Halloween art or costume in the comments! 🎃🖤 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZIPEookl6o
New YouTube Channel
I started a new YouTube channel over at https://www.youtube.com/@BDCrowell . I figured I'm working on illustrations anyway, and some people might like watching that progress. I know I enjoy behind the scenes videos , and I like watching other artists draw . So, if I like it, there's bound to be others. The first video is up. Give it a watch, and if you want to see others in the future, be sure to subscribe.
Email Subscriptions are Back
Subscribe to Newsletter (photo credit: Gerd Altmann ) In another case of Google killing off a service that a lot of people use, they killed off the RSS to email subscription feature of Feedburner, which is what this site (and many, many others) used to provide email subscriptions for updates. After a lot of hunting, I settled on follow.it to replace that functionality. It’s completely free for subscribers and has a lot more options than Feedburner offered. We’ve imported our previous subscribers who had previously confirmed their subscri…
Smashwords End of Year Sale
Derrick the Dog is free for the rest of the year through Smashwords with coupon code SEY25 . Merry Christmas!
Site Update
It was overdue that I needed to update my site. The old one not only looked dated, but it was also not responsive (as Google kept reminding me). Thanks to a new premium template from Sora Templates , the site is now: Responsive Mobile Friendly Fast Loading Minimalistic Simple SEO Friendly Clean Layout Clear Design Using HTML5 & CSS3 Improved Modern Browser Compatibility I also took this opportunity to update the Gallery page , as the old gallery plugin from deviantART had stopped workin…
