A. L. Raden
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A. L. Raden
@radenstudios.bsky.social
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Multidisciplinary Storyteller (Writer, Illustrator, Designer) | Cosplayer | Newbie Gardener | Runner | Cat Mom | Lifelong Geek | She/Her

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Any work day is a better work day when you’re surrounded by cats 💙💙
Calico cat (named Tristana) laying on a blanketed perch on a desk, rolling onto her back and with her mouth open mid-meow for attention.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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It's been a minute since I shared my upcoming convention/event schedule, so take a look at what you can expect for the rest of 2025 (plus possibly one or two art shows still incoming)!

As always, the most up-to-date schedule is on my website: radenstudios.com/events/
- November 7-9, 2025: Twin Cities Con, Minneapolis MN (Artist Alley table F9) - November 29, 2025: Nicollet Island Fall Park Market, Minneapolis, MN - December 4-6, 2025: Dragonsteel Nexus, Salt Lake City, UT - December 13, 2025: Nicollet Island Winter Park Market, Minneapolis, MN - November 7-9, 2025: Windycon, Oakbrook, IL - November 7-8, 2025: MiniARTure, Minneapolis, MN - November 21-23, 2025: Philcon, Cherry Hill, NJ - November 28-30, 2025: Loscon, Los Angeles, CA
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The current crowdfunding marathon is ending soon! We have *just* under 48 hours remaining on these pins before my spooky Mythical Bards #Pintober campaign wraps. All five bard designs are now DONE and unlocked! ❤️❤️

Back on BackerKit: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Compilation image of five different mythical creature bard enamel pin designs, along with a freebie mini pin for Pintober participants. The bards include a cat-sìth with a pipe organ; a haunted, two-headed dragon playing a courting dulcimer; a gargoyle playing a lithophone; will-o'-the-wisps playing a theremin; and a wolpertinger playing a snare drum set. The freebie mini pin is a cupcake with black glitter frosting and a spooky lute decoration.
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Date night! Hearing the music from one of my favorite games played and expanded on by a 35-piece orchestra was beautiful ☺️

(Earrings for the occasion made by my spouse 🥰)
October 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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I'm steadily wrapping up the pin designs for my #Pintober Mythical Bards campaign (ends in just one week on Nov 1!) and am really thrilled with how the haunted dragon came out 😍

Next, a gargoyle is in the works (and already unlocked!) with wolpertinger on the way!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
A haunted dragon pin design for my Mythical Bards hard enamel pin collection, featuring a black and green two-headed dragon playing a courting dulcimer.
October 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Took a break from my current art projects and crowdfunding prep to do a new-to-me art thing just for fun. It was a nice mental break, and now I have a flower I made with my own two hands ^_^
Homemade stained glass flower with red glass petals and a metal stem
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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#Pintober launches tomorrow! Take a look at my campaign freebies. More info about each is on BackerKit!

The next three bards - as voted on in my recent BackerKit poll - will be a haunted dragon, gargoyle, and wolpertinger. I can't wait to share them with you!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
1.25" hard enamel pin depicting a cupcake with glittery black frosting, music note decorations, and a haunted lute. The pin is a freebie for Pintober backers, meaning that this project is one of 3+ Pintober 2025 projects you backed. 1.25" hard enamel pin depicting an artsy canvas with glittery ribbon around it and a stack of books and paint in front of it. The canvas reads "Stories nurture endless dreams & limitless possibilities." The pin is a freebie for Early Backers (those who back this project in the first 48 hours). 3" matte sticker of a pumpkin jack-o-lantern carved to look like a dragon face, with leaves, sticks, and pinecones stuck to it to add horn, arm, and wing details. The jack-o-lantern is holding a makeshift gourd lute. The sticker is free for returning backers.
October 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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New, spookier bards are coming for #Pintober on BackerKit, starting October 21! The first two finished pin designs are here, with a haunted dragon in the works. Plus freebies!

I'm so pleased with these so far, I hope you love them as much as I do!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
A cat-sìth, a spirit which looks like a black cat with a white spot on its chest, playing a haunted pipe organ. Glowing will-o'-the-wisps, mostly shapeless but with a center one in the shape of a hand, hovering over a woodsy theremin.
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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My face when it's Monday again 😅

My latest charcoal illustration, "Who Guards the Guardians," is done and dusted! You can see the full drawing on display at @oacmn.bsky.social's Gods and Monsters show starting October 18 👀
A garden gargoyle with eldritch horrors creeping their tentacles around it from the darkness behind.
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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ICYMI: The pre-order store for my Mythical Bards enamel pin campaign is OPEN and a new dragon bard was added (and already unlocked)! I do love a good storytelling dragon 😊

Heading into production soon, so excited! 🎉

Pre-order store: mythical-bards.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
A design preview for a hard enamel pin of a blue dragon standing on/crouching over a teetering pile of books while writing on a scroll with a quill pen. The whole scene is a bit messy - there's bits of paper and scrolls stacked on or sticking out of the books and ink spilling down the pile of books. A black magical swirl loops around and through the whole scene.
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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More new art? More new art! 😀

I'm playing a little bit of catch up to share some new pieces from the last month or so while they are currently on display. These baby ankylosaurs debuted last weekend in the @oacmn.bsky.social Paleo Art Show! They'll still be on display August 21-22 at 6-9PM.
Close-up of a charcoal drawing of three baby ankylosaurus dinosaurs breaking out of eggs. Their eggs/nest is surrounded by ferns.
August 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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New art? New art!

This dragon chef, adding the finishing touch to a delectable Victorian sponge cake, debuted at CONvergence in July, but will also be on display at the WorldCon Art Show in Seattle this weekend! Yes, chef!
Close-up of charcoal drawing "Chez Flambeau," showing claws from a dragon's hand lowering a chocolate decoration onto a Victorian sponge cake with strawberries and raspberries scattered around it.
August 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I don’t cook often, but it’s my husband’s birthday, so I made my first ever focaccia (a breakfast one!) and lemon blueberry streusel muffins with a lemon glaze and they both turned out delish. I’m so proud of these! 😊
12 lemon blueberry streusel muffins on a cooling rack Breakfast focaccia with eggs, sausage, cheese, and tomatoes. Seasoned with rosemary from my own garden and sea salt from a family trip to Alaska, so a little extra special!
August 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Best giveaway from Comic-Con?? 😃 #SDCC #MyCabbages
A real, actual cabbage in a mesh bag, in honor of Avatar: The Last Airbender’s 20th anniversary.
July 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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That post-con drop hit *hard* haha 😅 Still marveling in gratitude at what an excellent con this year's @convergencecon.bsky.social was. For me, that included drawing and coloring this year's Souvenir Guide cover! It got turned into a giant coloring page, too! 😊
The 2025 Souvenir Guide cover illustration for CONvergence, a convention held July 3-6, 2025 in Minnesota. The cover is a take on the very first D&D Player's Handbook cover, featuring CONVergence mascots exploring a dungeon together.
July 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I have no words, only gratitude. My heart is full ❤️❤️❤️ @convergencecon.bsky.social #CVG2025
The CONvergence Art Show award for Best Professional Piece in front of my winning painting, a pointillism painting of a unicorn titled “The Unicorn Breaks Free”
July 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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I am SUPER late sharing this but #CVG2025 is HERE and I am everywhere! I’m in the Dealers Room, my work is in the Art Show, I’m on *seven* panels, AND I found a dragon at my booth that brought along her badge ribbon horde 😄

We are 1.5 days in and so much more fun to go. Hope to see you here!
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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My Mythical Bards pin campaign ends in just under 12 hours! I'm so excited to *finally* introduce you to my phoenix with crystal chimes!

The phoenix, tree guardian, and loch monster are all *fully unlocked,* with stretch goal dragon in progress.

Back on BackerKit: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
An enamel pin design of a phoenix bard playing a string of chimes made out of crystal.
June 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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My Mythical Bards pin campaign ends in just three days! I'm excited to *finally* introduce all of you to my finalized Tree Guardian with their mushroomy sousaphone!

Back on BackerKit now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
An enamel pin design of a tree person (tree guardian) bard playing a sousaphone made out of mushrooms.
June 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Adventurers, our Mythical Bards pin journey is ending in just over a week already and I'm excited to introduce you to our finalized Nessie!

Stretch goals still to come include a dragon, will-o'-the-wisp, and wolpertinger. Designs coming soon!

Back on BackerKit: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
A loch monster bard pin, featuring Nessie playing a driftwood and kelpie harp surrounded by swirls of magical music and storytelling.
June 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I've been a little quiet on the new project front, but wanted to note here, ICYMI, that my Mythical Bards enamel pin campaign launched this week and there are two mini freebie pins possible for backers. Two-ish hours left to access the storytelling one for free! ✨

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Free mini storytelling pin for backers in the first 48 hours! The pin features an open book that reads "The universe is full of stories. Make this one unforgettable." Free mini pin for completing three "quests" in the Pin Quest campaign. Mini pin features a book music box with a glittery lute popping out of it.
June 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Mr. Figaro turned ✨14 years old✨ yesterday! Little dude is just as rambunctious as ever 😊 He celebrated with extra snuggles and his favorite treats. Happy birthday, Figgy!
Black-and-white tuxedo cat curled in a furry donut-shaped cat bed.
May 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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With just six short days left, the "Museum of the Uncanny" is 80% funded (with more stories in the wings as stretch goals), but it still needs you!

Help bring this comics anthology (and the spooky, mysterious museum objects inside) to life: verybigcomics.com/motu
Comics anthology "Museum of the Uncanny" is live on Kickstarter and currently 80% funded. You can learn more at: verybigcomics.com/motu
May 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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It’s the last day of #WonderCon and I’ve met so many wonderful people, thank you! 💙💙

I’m down to my *last* mini original (the little spaceship below) and am running low on several of the metal bookmark designs 👀

Can’t wait to see you all here (I’m at F-58) and hope everyone has a great final day!
March 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Deep in #WonderCon prep (just a few days away!) and I'm thrilled I'll be able to offer some mini original charcoal drawings for the first time ever! I won't have very many but I *will* have this little gaming quokka ^_^

I'll be at Artist Alley table F-58, hope to see you there!
Charcoal drawing of a quokka holding a 20-sided dice.
March 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM