{"id":2088,"date":"2026-07-15T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/card-beastie-in-the-rain\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:00:08","slug":"card-beastie-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/card-beastie-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Card \/\/ Beastie in the Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did I ever post this here? I painted it in watercolor on an art trading card \/ ACEO size paper a while back. It was one of 4 (one with a brush, one with a map, one on a stump).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I made into a card on some lovely card paper I got from Paw-print printers. This the photo of that card … a while ago! Right around or perhaps before I signed up on Faire? <\/p>\n

The Mystery Mail tier people sometimes get cards from my art–like this one! (It is still my intention to catch up posting missing coloring pages. After that, I plan to restructure this whole Patreon thing and all the tiers. If I can figure out how… )<\/p>\n

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(Alt-ish text: A card on a wooden table. The card shows a purple beastie with a yellow beak and feathery fur (or furryish feathers) stands on its hind legs, holding a pink umbrella. The background is various grays, and a few drops of water are dripping off the umbrella and the beastie’s beak. A pink fountain pen lies adjacent to the card on the left and a spherical white crystal sits on the table to the upper right.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did I ever post this here? I painted it in watercolor on an art trading card \/ ACEO size paper a while back. It was one of 4 (one with a brush, one with a map, one on a stump). Anyway, I made into a card on some lovely card… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-xG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1115,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/tier-ideas-tell-me-what-you-think-please\/","url_meta":{"origin":2088,"position":0},"title":"Tier Ideas: Tell me what you think, please!","author":"Kir","date":"20 March 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been thinking about adding some tiers. 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