The watercooler: a place to chat

[julias_art_universe]

I opened up tapas to 47 notifications what the
someone read my entire comic liked and commented on every page and replied to my replies lol

[Emalie]

Congratulations and Happy Birthday 🥳

[julias_art_universe]

thank you hehe (glad I'm not the only person up this early lol)

[Shanny8]

So I DID NOT have "getting stuck in an elevator for an hour and a half" anywhere on my life achievements list...

[julias_art_universe]

you got stuck in an elevator rip

[Shanny8]

Got my evening walk in- on the treadmill at the gym at work; did about an hour...my bod is so worn out & tired that I'm not gonna be able to do any art tonight.

[VibrantFox]

been on the fence about whether or not i wanna join inksgiving this year but i am considering a couple of "giving back" posts to make good on some of the rewards i promised for previous goals like requests, icons and comic lore especially since my active projects have changed from way back then to now. i guess if anything it's a worry for folks expecting consistent comic updates to be coming back when that likely wouldnt be in the card till much later (like after new years) but hopefully those interested would maybe consider checking out other pages or platforms where i do talk about my current projects like tumblr or ko-fi

those stresses aside my big focus has just been keeping up with the day job especially with black friday closing in fast so i'm hoping to grant myself a bit of reprieve with comics and art on my days off and then the splatfest thats happening this weeked (go team fist bump )

[Shanny8]

FINALLY finished the art piece that had been working on since late July; unfortunately I threw it behind the Patreon paywall...gonna try to start on a new piece next week, but it might be towards the weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday coz of all the prep on the days leading up to the holiday.

Feels good to have the piece done, but now I'm in that "I feel empty" zone coz I dont have anything to currently work on right now.

Was supposed to have done my laundry, but spent the earlier part of the day finishing the colors on the piece & the latter part of the evening at the store getting the food on my Thanksgiving list. Only got a few items left to get, so I'll do my laundry tomorrow.

@VibrantFox thinking about doing inksgiving as well since A) I do have a small pile of ink that I havent been giving away in YEARS(about 47K) and B) it would be nice to get ink to top off my transfer amount(I'm at least halfway there)- who doesnt want free money for the holidays?

Oh yeah- a snippet of the piece:

[Gladoilus]

Yo, please May I have a price that you are making to make that glow affect on your character Also, what brush are you using?

[allenT]

So sad about Togashi's recent health & future of HxH

[ArtGremlin]

Bro I already have a new page???? I posted one just yesterday I want to post it now but I feel like I should try to space it out more or something. Whatever, I’m going to go watch Dragon Ball z.

[Shanny8]

@Gladoilus who me?

If you're using a digital program, which one are you using? I'm using Clip Studio Paint- just a layer set on Screen on top of the art(you paint bucket the entire layer black- on the screen effect it makes the black invisible) and the brush on screen(any color) which makes the brush effect glow...the particular brushes I'm using is a lightning ball effect brush and falling sparks brush that I imported from my old Photoshop brush collection.

[Shanny8]

UGH gotta stay up and make sure this turkey doesnt burn...the stove in the new place is weird- it shuts off by itself after a while and you have to program it on a timer; BUT I cant adjust the temperature while it is on the timer, so I'm having to stay up to baste/brown it and then once it's done I can slide into bed.

[ArtGremlin]

My siblings arguing about whether bears should be able to bear arms with their bare arms.

[Shanny8]

Up this afternoon and snacking while waiting on my last dish to finish cooking...then the FEAST begins!

[ArtGremlin]

I felt really big brain when I realized that my comic could update by itself without me (my internet went out for a while) because I had already scheduled the episode for thanksgiving morning

[TheYaoiEmpire]

Hello everyone! How are you?

[Shanny8]

Winding my holiday down...I gotta be in work early tomorrow- but leaving after 4 hrs; hopefully nothing productive is done during the 4 hours I'm there.

[ArtGremlin]

I’m going through all my sketches for upcoming pages and putting the text (instead of the scribbled dialogue I have down currently) because it’s satisfying.

[Gladoilus]

thank you can you leave a link to the sparkel bursh I only CSP