The watercooler: a place to chat

[Shanny8]

The brush that I used was only made for Photoshop- I downloaded it back in 2016 and I dont remember where...

However, here is a brush that is in the Clip Studio Assets- go there to find brushes; all you need to do is type in a key word(the word I used is "dust"):

Dust brush - CLIP STUDIO ASSETS

Ice Dust - CLIP STUDIO ASSETS

Metallic spark - CLIP STUDIO ASSETS

BTW they are free to download. The other dust brush that I have via CSP was free, but has been moved to 10 clippy points...to make the brush "glowy" you create a layer, select & fill the layer with black, change the type of layer to "screen", and then you can pick the brush- pick a color you want to use and change the brush type to "screen" as well; be careful though- the more you use it in a certain area/space, the brighter it gets...

[Shanny8]

Awake a little earlier than I wanted to be coz I crashed yesterday afternoon after getting off work mid day & stuffing my face with leftover Thanksgiving food. Got up yesterday eve and started promoting some stuffs...planning to start on a new piece today- just trying to decide between doing this piece of my OC or doing a fan art idea that popped in my head at the last minute last night.

I'll probably either crash for a early evening nap OR slide into bed earlier than I want coz my bod will be like "okay tired, let's go"...I want to at least get a good amount of art done before that happens.

[Shanny8]

Starting on a new piece...I hope it can turn out like my mind sees it.

[ArtGremlin]

Nooooo I just realized that the only kind of geese one would find in the location my comic takes place are canadian geese, which are not white. Kinda sounds racist but uh I wanted there to be white geese they’re just more iconic… whatever I’ll deal.

[Shanny8]

Kinda pissed coz there were these sports wear items/ensemble that I wanted to get for the Christmas holiday(a hoodie sweatshirt, non hooded sweatshirt, & a long sleeved t-shirt) but the non hoodie and long sleeve tee are sold out and I cant get the hoodie in the size I want, so gonna have to wait until they restock- which could be [WAY] after Christmas...

Guess I'll have to move on to something else; I'm not really buying myself much(looked at Crunchyroll and there are no decent anime tees I like there- looked at 80s Tees and there are no decent 80s cartoon tees I care to get).

[Shanny8]

Waking up late afternoon after sleeping in coz I had to be in early on Friday...the whole week was one big episode of "dont wanna go to work". Mentally I'm ready for my week vacation at the end of the year; they are doing to many unnecessary things that don't have to be done right now.

So ended up getting nothing for Cyber Monday, just gonna wait and get everything I want little by little; it's for the best. Once I get the storage stuffs moved to a new spot I should be able to save a couple hundred dollars...just so tired of everyone raising prices- all the meanwhile making my job wages look like peanuts.

Gonna do soe cleaning & laundry today, then start back trying to work on this piece I started last weekend...right now trying to made adjustments to it coz the right arm looks "off".

[Shanny8]

Kinda glad I'm in this week; taking Friday off...after that, 2 more weeks, then I'm out on vacation til January 2!

Switching my day job activities over to a new laptop- for years I was on a desktop, but 1) a cybersecuriry incident back in March messed the network up for months & they aren't wanting to open things back up fully...so some of the research I have to do I have to get out on a hot spot to do it- for months I was using my own from my personal phone and my iPad, but now they've issued me company phone to do it, and a new laptop...2) the desktop was old and wasn't getting a lot of the system/network updates as fast anymore.

I think I have everything loaded on the laptop that I used from the desktop- so I should be good to go.

But back to this Friday- I am SOOOO ready for a day off; I'm really ready for my vacation...this year has been a LOT.

[ArtGremlin]

I said I was gonna post on Monday… Monday is almost over now
Backgrounds are time consuming
Whatever, my 49 subs can wait. The “schedule” was more for me than them anyway

[ArtGremlin]

No why is there gonna be a baby shark movie?

[Shanny8]

I REALLY needed this day off- slept in til almost 2 this afternoon; my body needed the rest after yesterday's madness at the day job(ended up being there 12 hours).

My cookware set came in- gonna open it probably by the end of the evening; just been downloading new assets on Clip Studio(since I havent been in weeks) and about to go snag me something to eat since it's the weekend...just gonna spend tonight watching movies & trying to work on art stuffs.

[Shanny8]

Had a doctor's appointment yesterday and they took some blood as usual, so I spent all yesterday not doing anything...did do laundry, but that was about it.

[Shanny8]

HOLY CRAP this mini heater is doin its thing! I don't feel so cold anymore at my desk...

And it hasn't tripped the breaker yet either...

Fingers crossed

UPDATE: Been more than an hour....and this heater has warmed up my room quite a bit- all this for $10!

[ArtGremlin]

Funny, I just got a new mini heater for my room too it’s so cold in the morning

[Shanny8]

I swear my bedroom is like the coldest room in the house...last week fam came to my door in the morning and they backed up real quick coz the cold rushed out to greet them. Lol

At first I wasn't going to get this heater, coz it WAS $10...I was like, "it's a Walmart heater, probably not worth shit"- boy, was i WRONG. This heater has warmed my desk area up..!

Gonna move it near my bed when I go to sleep for the night...

[Shanny8]

UPDATE: the heater did its thing through the night- I slept pretty good...woke up this morning and my room is warm.

I am a happy camper!

[allenT]

Webtoon 2023 statistics is pretty cool

Summary

[Shanny8]

Made it through this torturous week of work; gonna try to work on some art this weekend but I got some cleaning & laundry to do...

One more week and I'm out for the rest of the year on vacation..!

[ArtGremlin]

Lately I’ve been having a lapse of motivation. It makes sense though. I had loads of motivation a while back. I just have to wait it out.

Heheh my vacation starts early

[allenT]

First time learning that otters are naturally good at juggling... Interesting fact that I can use on my character Jen.

[Shanny8]

Made it to Wednesday! I'm tired and ready to start my vacation, but gotta get through 3 more days(one of which I have to go in early again)...

Been trying to get motivated to work on a piece some more but right now I'm tired when I get home from work