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 More >> linktr.ee/radenstudios

Cutout of a rough sketch of a dragon holding badge ribbons.
I'll be in the Dealers Room and have art in the Art Show, plus a few panels this year: 🔥 Thursday, July 2, 4-6PM | Art Show Meet & Greet 🔥 Friday, July 3, 5PM | Solo vs. Multiplayer in Video Games (moderator) 🔥 Saturday, July 4, 2PM | Starting Tabletop Gaming 🔥 Sunday, July 5, 2PM | ConFABulous and CONsole Room (moderator) 🔥 Sunday, July 5, 3:30PM | Storytelling Via Medium (moderator)
Kelpie Bard pin design, featuring a misty black and dark green/teal kelpie playing a bagpipe.
Teemo, a gray tabby cat, on his 11th birthday!
Charcoal drawing of a black and white tuxedo cat pulling at a friendship bracelet that reads “what’s this line 4?”
We’ve moved! Instead of row F, we can be found at Artist Alley booth E53.
Black and white tuxedo cat curled up in a lap on his back.
Series 2 of Con Adventures hard enamel pin series. Each pin is 1.5" tall and feature an activity that happens at a con. These ones, in alphabetical order, read "Charge" (featuring a dragon holding a bunch of electronics and cords while facing a full electric outlet), "Delight" (featuring dragon and cat surrounded by badge ribbons and little ducky trinkets), "Play" (featuring a cat and dragon standing on/next to a pile of board games, a computer mouse, and holding a gaming console controler), "Relax" (featuring a sunglass-wearing cat resting on a dragon-shaped pool floatie while in the pool), "Snack" (featuring a cat reaching up to grab some pizza, with a pile of chips, granola bars, apples, and bananas behind her), and "Transform" (featuring a dragon gluing a feather to a top hat, sewing machine in the background).
Figaro, a tuxedo cat, curled up on his side, sleeping.
A muted calico cat named Tristana curled in a tight ball on top of a pillow.
Core pins from Con Adventurers 2, including: - Charge, because electronics are so helpful (when the battery isn't dead!) - Delight, celebrating the little goodies, trinkets, and surprises that add an extra dash of fun to the day - Play, for all the gamers of all kinds - Relax, which, let's be honest, we don't usually have time for during a con, but it's so nice and helpful when we do! - Snack, because we all need to keep our energy up - Transform, for all the cosplayers and costuming creativity!
The early bird reward for my Con Adventurers 2 pin crowdfunding campaign. Featuring a 1.5" tall hard enamel pin in the same style as the main campaign pins that reads "CAFFEINATE." The pin features a cat ready to pounce on an assortment of caffeinated beverages, including a coffee cup surrounded by coffee beans, a cup of tea, and energy drinks.
Pin design titled "Delight," featuring a red dragon putting another badge ribbon at the end of a long strip of convention badge ribbons. A calico cat is diving through the ribbon strip after a little duck trinket, with a couple other ducks scattered around the design.
An enamel pin design that read "Play," featuring a red dragon and fluffy calico cat facing each other and surrounded by gaming accessories - a stack of board games, video game console controllers, a meeple/miniature figure, a computer mouse, and a D20.
Fourth pin in my Con Adventurers 2 series of hard enamel pins: CHARGE. Charge features a dragon looking at a VERY full electrical outlet while holding more cords, a fan, a phone with low battery, and a battery pack with low battery.
Design for "Relax," the third pin in my Con Adventurers 2 series that is launching on BackerKit on January 22. "Relax" features a calico cat wearing sunglasses and sitting on a dragon-shaped floatie in a pool with a floating umbrella for shade.
Design for "TRANSFORM" pin, featuring a dragon wearing a Victorian cosplay (shirt, vest, cravat) and gluing a feather to a top hat. Behind the dragon is a sewing machine and some fabric.
Back both "Con Adventurers 2" and "Piles of Plush - Buster & Murphy Frankencorgi Edition" and get both of these pins free! From me, a "Make New Friends" pin featuring our cat and dragon characters along with a new corgi friend. From Robot Dragon Studios, a frankencorgi pin.
Free pin from Con Adventurers 2 if you back both Con Adventurers 2 and Piles of Plush - Frankencorgi Edition. My collab pin features our cat and dragon characters surrounding a new corgi friend and reads "Make New Friends." It will be a 1.5" tall hard enamel pin.
First pin design reveal for Con Adventurers 2: SNACK! The hard enamel pin features a cat reaching over a table edge to grab a slice of pizza. Behind the cat is a chaos tumble of additional snacks that the cat crashed through - a bowl of chips, half-eaten granola bar, apples, and bananas.
Earlier WIP of corgi vector on the left, with updated version on the right.
“I believe we are in crisis. The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.” - Quote spoken by Mon Mothma in Andor, season 2
Gremlin princess, aka muted calico cat named Tristana. She rules all. Love her to bits.
A crowd of attendees at the Worldhopper Ball at Dragonsteel Nexus. At the front of the room is author Brandon Sanderson and his wife, Emily.
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 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
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.
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.
Homemade stained glass flower with red glass petals and a metal stem
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.
A cat-sìth, a spirit which looks like a black cat with a white spot on its chest, playing a haunted pipe organ.
A garden gargoyle with eldritch horrors creeping their tentacles around it from the darkness behind.
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.
Close-up of a charcoal drawing of three baby ankylosaurus dinosaurs breaking out of eggs. Their eggs/nest is surrounded by ferns.
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.
12 lemon blueberry streusel muffins on a cooling rack
A real, actual cabbage in a mesh bag, in honor of Avatar: The Last Airbender’s 20th anniversary.
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.
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”
An enamel pin design of a phoenix bard playing a string of chimes made out of crystal.
An enamel pin design of a tree person (tree guardian) bard playing a sousaphone made out of mushrooms.
A loch monster bard pin, featuring Nessie playing a driftwood and kelpie harp surrounded by swirls of magical music and storytelling.
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."
Black-and-white tuxedo cat curled in a furry donut-shaped cat bed.
Comics anthology "Museum of the Uncanny" is live on Kickstarter and currently 80% funded. You can learn more at: verybigcomics.com/motu
Charcoal drawing of a quokka holding a 20-sided dice.
Charcoal drawing titled "One Giant Leap for Goat Kind" featuring a goat astronaut in a space suit, a spaceship reflected in its visor, and a nebula behind.
The results of the poll I posted asking for favorite con activities not yet represented in the pins was tied between "gaming" and "cosplay," so this sample drawing features the dragon and cat characters playing pinball while in gaming-related cosplay.
This pin, "Collect," features a dragon with a backpack full of goodies. It's a nod to the convention's vendor room(s) and all the art, books, collectibles, and more available for folks to celebrate their interests with.
Full set of six pins from the "Con Adventurers" hard enamel pin collection, now live on BackerKit as part of Pintopia. From left to right on the top row: - A dragon holding a convention badge, titled "Experience" - A cat playing with a microphone, titled "Discuss" - A cat and dragon standing in line, titled "Anticipate" From left to right on the bottom row: - A cat reaching into a water bottle, titled "Hydrate" - A cat and dragon in front of a convention-themed treasure map, titled "Explore" - A dragon holding open a backpack filled with convention goodies, titled "Collect"
Close-up of the "Explore" pin peeking above a banner that reads "Con Adventurers hard enamel pin collection, created by Raden Studios". The "Explore" pin features a simplified red dragon and calico cat in front of a treasure map showing common convention locations, including lodging, badge pick-up, panels, artists, and more.
Close up of the "hydrate" pin, featuring a fluffy calico cat reaching into a bottle of water, above a banner that reads "Con Adventurers hard enamel pin collection, created by Raden Studios".
Spotlight of "Anticipate" pin, featuring a red dragon standing in anticipation in a line behind two other people, a calico cat on his shoulders. The image reads "Final Week" over the pin, noting that it's the final week of the BackerKit campaign to produce these pins.