Sorry for my extended absence, I've been working hard on something super cool. I'm gonna be announcing the big news this Friday, October 1st, just in time for Spooky Month! Stay tuned friends ;)

This past Sunday marks the one-year anniversary since I moved in with my boyfriend. It's been a crazy stressful 12 months, what with COVID, upheaval and family tragedy, but it's still been one of the best years of my life. I'm so lucky to have someone to share my life with, and I'm looking forward to more years together. <3

GREETINGS, BOILS AND GHOULS!

Jacob Firestone here, and I'm happy to announce that my Subscribe Star page is finally live! I'm gonna be using it to fund the first proper issue of my comic Stanley Crowe, a hand painted spooky adventure comic (and it's about time, too!).

If you kick in a few silvers you'll get access to tons of extras like sketches and WIP stages, plus the monthly spooky painting poll where you weirdos can vote on a horror-themed painting for me to do in addition to the comic.

I'm stoked to finally be getting this series off the ground, and I hope you'll enjoy it too!

I haven't been posting a ton of art lately, but that's cuz I've been working on something really cool. It's about your boy Stanley Crowe of course, and I can't wait to share it with you all!

I'm in the process of writing / scripting, designing, inking, painting, and of course, drawing like crazy. I still have some work to do before it's launched properly, but I'm shooting for sometime in late March - early April.

So yeah, keep your eyes peeled, cuz Stanley is about to go on another adventure, and it's gonna be far more epic this time around :D

I'll be away from my computer and all internet stuff for two weeks. Seems like a perfect opportunity for a digital detox. When I come back I'll have some really cool Stanley Crowe stuff to share and some HUGE announcements to make about what I have planned for him!

See you all in a fortnight! :)

It's officially October, the best month of the year! I'll be spending as much of my spare time as possible whipping up some more horror / Halloween themed art, because I am DETERMINED to enjoy myself. I've got a lot of spookiness planned, including some work featuring a certain pumpkin-headed adventured fella! ;)

Greetings citizens!

I'm trying to expand my audience and get more people to take an interest in my work, so we're gonna try something new. From now on, each week I'll hold a theme poll on my Twitter that everyone's free to vote on, and the winner will become a watercolor painting.

This week's theme is "Spooky Forest" and you can cast an official vote by clicking that link (and maybe follow me while you're at it ;3). Voting will be closed in 24 hours.

You can also support me by contributing to my Patreon

Cheers, friends!

~Jacob

So your pal Jacob hasn't been around much this past month and change, as you may have noticed. I've been dealing with some pretty heavy brain stuff, and it's been really bad for my productivity. I won't go into the details; let's just say I've been feeling pretty crummy for a while.

That's okay though, because the skies are clearing! I've got some pretty exciting things happening in my life right now - some great projects underway, some huge life events coming up, all that good stuff. A new chapter is opening up in my life, and things are gonna be okay.

I'm back on schedule as of today. I have a lot of work to do to get Stanley Crowe #1 off the ground, plus there's a ton of painting I wanna do, music to make, and fun to be had. Thanks for sticking with me, I'll see you all around!

Cheers, friends!

-Jacob Firestone

So, 2019 was a pretty shit year for a lot of people, yours truly included. I won't bore you with the details, but I'm glad this big, smelly, poopy-pants of a year is over.

That said, I'm looking forward to the new year very much. I have a lot of really cool projects in the works, my arm is finally on the mend after three years of daily, often debilitating pain, and I'm ready to go back to being crazy productive again. Before I do that tho, I need to shake off some of the bad habits I got into while I was hurty.

Long story short - I'm doing a digital detox.

For the entire month of January, I'm not gonna be watching any videos of any kind. Not as BG noise, not on breaks, nothing. Once the month is up, I'm only gonna watch vids on the weekends from then on. Also, social media and messages will be limited to my designated break times, and what spare time I have will be reserved for practicing music or reading.

I'm also gonna start streaming art stuff on Twitch, so that should be fun.

Bottom line - my new year's resolution is to make 2020 my year. Develop better habits, ditch the old ones, be healthier, be more productive, and make lots of awesome art.

Oh, and some really cool announcements regarding the future of Stanley Crowe are on the horizon, so keep yer eyes peeled!

That's all for now. Here's to making 2020 the year of the Orbital Death Ray!

Some WIP for my upcoming Stanley Crowe animation. It's taken me a while, but I'm finally in a decent work groove. There's plenty of news about this character on the horizon, so stay tuned!

If you wanna, you can help support my work by contributing to my PATREON or my KO-FI. Every little bit helps, and I'd be much obliged to ya for any support you wanna give ;)