Thank you to all who participated in this month's polls: according to y'all, you wanted the theme to be "...Worth A-Thousand Swirls" and rendered using WARM colors! With those rules in mind, I've got the first, EXCLUSIVE test drawing, accompanied by the first two days of #ZESTVEMBER proper - take a look at 'em!
I love these drawing challe...
Howdy, all! Welcome to the special poll! Like the all-patrons poll, I've got a special treat for y'all regarding ZESTVEMBER '25!
To prepare for this event, I'll create ONE Patreon-exclusive drawing for y'all, following the rules of whatever we decide.
At present, I've got the following rules (these could change for...
2025-10-19 16:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy, all! Happy spooky month! I've got a special treat for y'all:
Let us (g)usher in the following month, and our next very cool arts event: ZESTVEMBER '25!
Once again, I'll be doing daily analog/traditional drawings for a month, likely for sale at MFF2025! I may also scan them and print them in book form down the ...
2025-10-19 16:03:13 +0000 UTC View Post
HERE WE GO: SETTING THE DANG STAGE. (the cover and first three pages are from a previous post - I've included them here to make it easier to read them seamlessly!)
It is impossible for me to articulate how excited I am about this project. Please read and tell me how you feel so far. Thoughts, expectations?
Besty,
Zesty
2025-10-03 18:42:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you as always for your continued support. It means the world to me that you're willing to fund my work, and I wouldn't be able to get by without your help.
I try my best not to do this often, but I'm going to have to cancel the polls this month. Let it be known that I never forget about them - I'm always brainstorming in...
2025-09-29 18:41:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this all possible - we're off on another journey together. To those who've stuck around since the FIRST Swirl&Cake, I owe you so much. I hope the sequel will suffice.
I decided to sort of recap and add a few new details in the objects shown on the first page, and the story kicks off from...
2025-09-01 05:52:16 +0000 UTC View Post
IT HAS BEGUN!!! Here's our new cover. Please let me know what you think. Enjoy! (I'm STOKED.)
Best,
Swirl (Zesty)
2025-09-01 00:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostThank you as always for your continued, EXTRA support. You make the dream possible.
I want this poll to tie in with Swirl&Cake 2 also. Please let me know what you'd like to see. This is where the real shit begins.
2025-08-18 16:06:49 +0000 UTC View PostHappy August! I've taken the first few weeks of the month to think hard about the poll I wanna promote this month. As usual, I'm excited about Swirl&Cake 2 (despite the lack of obvious progress). I think about it legitimately every day. I want to start, but I'm afraid to. It's intimidating but so, so important to me. To where I'm realizing I...
2025-08-18 16:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you all for your quick votings yesterday! I managed to whip up these two handsome fellas for use in whatever fun stuff is down the road! Might even appear in a little project I'm involved in, but no promises! Either way, super happy with how they've come out, I'm happy to add them to my roster of new, fun characters! (Yes, you can draw the...
2025-07-27 17:22:12 +0000 UTC View PostPOLL: Call it a cop-out, but I wanna design TWO characters this month - what species is the OTHER one gonna be?
2025-07-26 23:50:21 +0000 UTC View PostHappy July, folks! Please pardon the urgency of this poll - I'm working hard to make sure I finish all my other obligations AND give you fun choices to make each month. With that in mind, let's jump right in with something I think'll be very fun: a new character design!
POLL: I want to design a new character. What species should they be?...
Hey, all! Here we go - a NYC-themed Swirl&Cake artwork (there was a tie between NYC and Acadia so I broke the tie myself - two themes would've been pain ahaha)! This was a blast to make, made with Micron pen, watercolor, and gouache (a sort of paint)! What do you think? Is Swirl's surprise justified?
Besty,
Zesty!
2025-06-28 23:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey, all! Thanks for participating in my recent poll - check out the animation at the link below or the attached file! Rabu was VERY enthusiastic to see the surprise, he loves to go wild on me - thanks for helping me pick something he'd LOVE. (No, I didn't entirely expect to make it animated, but I thought it'd take only a bit longer to make a B...
2025-06-28 23:37:17 +0000 UTC View PostHappy June! Thank you for your patience regarding this month's polls. And your additional support! Really helps me get by, enabling me to make more for y'all!
June has sort of unofficially become "Swirl&Cake" month for me: I wanna do a special little drawing featuring our guys exploring a new place, or inspired by the essence of that p...
2025-06-21 23:13:30 +0000 UTC View PostHappy June! Thank you for your patience regarding this month's polls. We've got a special month here, and special polls to boot! This month's All-Patrons poll will focus on Rabu (@Raburigaron), my partner, who I'm sure most of you have heard of. Help me get Rabu the best gift possible??
POLL: Which do you think Rabu would enjoy the...
2025-06-21 23:13:27 +0000 UTC View Post
You voted for "interesting dynamic/concept" and this is what I came up with - getting railed by your motorbike (with onlookers!!!) Who you wanna be?
2025-06-01 02:42:21 +0000 UTC View Post
You voted for me to do more analog POKEMON artworks! So by drawing on and collaging some Monet postcards I had around, I came up with this cute group of fun guys! Really happy with how different this work is from my typical - I love using prepared textures/colors. Also ended up a lot more graphic than usual, as though I'd photoshopped them onto ...
2025-06-01 02:42:14 +0000 UTC View PostHappy May, all! Hope the weather is treating you well, wherever you may reside!
I really, REALLY enjoyed making this piece last week and want the chance to make another similar-ish analogy thingy. Help me choose what to draw. Oh, and to be transparent, this image will not be a Patreon-exclusive (I'll release images on Bluesky as well as p...
Happy May! Thank you as always for your continued support. You make the dream come true.
POLL: I'm gonna make some porn for y'all. Whatchu want this month?
2025-05-06 19:24:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Y'all wanted me to do analog sketches from references: so here we go! All of these were done with Micron or ballpoint pen on paper, then scanned in. I practiced hands, some chubby bodies, some animal face anatomy, and some cocks for good measure. Thanks as always for your support, and please enjoy this little bit of behind-the-scenes! ❤️
2025-05-01 01:55:14 +0000 UTC View Post
You ask, I deliver: here's a fully-rendered version of the sketch you chose! Do you feel Gusher is being unreasonable? 🤔🤔🤔
Thanks for your continued support! ❤️
2025-05-01 01:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey you bigger supporters out there - thanks for being awesome and supporting my work! You get a neat little poll this month, which I'm pretty excited about:
Which of the following older sketches would you most like to see rendered/colored?
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2025-04-27 14:52:36 +0000 UTC View PostHappy springtime, y'all! Thanks for your patience, been turned upside down, having just acquired my first car and jumping through the hoops (both redtape-wise and financially). So I've been bouncing around like a monster trying to take and finish comms to make ends meet. And there's the end of my short little update for y'all.
HOWEVER. YO...
You asked for Swirl&Cake2 stuff, and that's what I got for ya!! I went ahead and tested some analog mediums (assorted pens / markers) and photographed 'em, then toned 'em in post. Not sure I'm gonna go ahead with an analog approach, thanks to a lot of factors that would be too cumbersome to explain. But I'm gonna try a couple more things bef...
2025-03-31 03:30:41 +0000 UTC View Post
More embarrased tepig!!! (I was so excited y'all picked this option...) Short and sweet, not much to say about these - got to draw THIGH-FUCKING (which my partner really got me into lately...) And as always, both parties are of-age and consenting!
Thanks for your continued patronage. Love you all.
Zesty
2025-03-31 03:26:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Thank you again for all your help and support this month!
Do you like EMBARRASSMENT smut? Me too. What EMBARRASSMENT smut do you wanna see this month?
2025-03-01 16:49:54 +0000 UTC View PostHappy March, y'all! And thanks as always for your continued support!
I think I'm ready to jump in and make a little more of Aero Fixation or Swirl&Cake2. But I'd rather hear which you're more excited for: please choose which I should dedicate some time to this month. (This could result in as little as sketches, and as much as finished ...
2025-03-01 16:49:51 +0000 UTC View Post
HERE WE ARE: HIGH-FANTASY SWIRL AND CAKE and POKEMON DAY ANNOUNCEMENT DRAWINGS!!
Please enjoy, and lemme know what you like in the comments! Thank you for your continued support!!! 💕
Besty,
Zesty! ❤️
2025-03-01 05:38:33 +0000 UTC View PostHappy February everyone! - Thank you for your continued support!! Like the all-patrons poll this month, I'll be running this one for only a day, so I can get the reward to you all before the end of the month!! So vote wisely~~~~(???)
I've really had a lot of fun designing concept characters, like the controllers as rats/mice... I wanna do ...
2025-02-26 18:50:41 +0000 UTC View Post