WOO-HOO officially on vacation!
Unfortunately I gotta slide in bed coz I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning...
So according to my doctor I'm doing okay getting certain issues back under control with my health; seems the exercise and trying to change up a few things in my diet are helping...still tired & fatigued from the day job and stressing about the future/path of my art but I'm trying to not worry about what I can't control.
Trying to get some rest then I can settle into working on some art stuffs..!
Whatever time off you take, enjoy it! We'll still be here. Or at least I will.
I already had like a 3 month vacay from drawing(September-November), so I don't mind working a little through Christmas. I'll still be spending time with family. Heck, maybe I'll finally tell them I'm publishing a silly/serious chicken comic online. We'll see how that goes...
Also, I really gotta get back into exercising cause I got fatigue issues as well. Did it a lot before I got serious about comic-making/art. I'll put that on my growing 2024 resolutions list, along with coping with a job IRL. Maybe cut back on sugar. That actually helped with my mood in the past.
At the very least, I can say this year was productive.
Merry Christmas/Eve and Happy New Year, if I don't see ya!
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone..! Currently up and trying to stretch myself into shape so that I can eventually get to cooking Christmas dinner(and brownies) so that I can settle down this evening and watch some stuffs while I try to get back to work on this art piece.
Spent yesterday watching a football game, cleaning my bathroom(was supposed to have done it Saturday but was too tired from my doctor's appointment & getting up early for said appointment), and watched a Christmas movie(A Christmas Story- one of my all time faves)...wrapped up yesterday grabbing some Waffle House for dinner- it was SOOO good.
Day after Christmas- finally just got up. Christmas dinner was good yesterday, gonna eat some leftovers in a few then start working on art stuffs.
Currently looking at new glasses frames- gotta try to grab some for my new glasses prescription in the new year...
Found out that I have enough funds in my benefits to get the glasses frames I want...I may get 2 just in case I accidentally break one(although I've had my old glasses since 2019 & haven't broken them).
It's back cold here; I was gonna try to do some last minute stuffs and try to move my storage to a new spot over the weekend, but I'm tired- and it's the New Year's weekend; just gonna chill...I'll pay the fee on this old spot ONE MORE month, but definitely switching spots before January is over.
I finished catching up to this thread! After being so busy with two art challenges in October and November, juggling other projects, I ended up feeling sick a lot through this month 
Iām feeling better for now though. I want to try to be more active here.
Sounds like you need to take it easy on trying to do too much. I used to want to "participate in all the things"- and kicked myself because I wasn't a fast enough artist, but over time I learned it was okay to not push myself to do so much because if I had, I'd be even more tired of everything art/art related, and burnout would've been even greater.
Up this morning/afternoon only coz someone was using a [leaf] blower and it was noisy af(seems I can't ever escape those things- LOL)- PLUS my left foot cramped up & woke me out of my sleep...I figured it was time to get up anyways and back to working on my piece; corrected the left arm to where I'm good with how it makes the piece look better- now I just gotta work on the right arm and then I can move on to the next penciling stage.
Happy 2024 everyone..!
Final day on vacation; it's back to work at the day job tomorrow...coming out of the gate tackling some financial issues, and then I gotta start trying to figure how to make this comic/art revenue thing really work for me this year.
Made it to Friday...going to TRY to start inks on the piece I've been working on this week, but no guarantees; been feeling really tired the past few nights- last night it got really cold & I was so tired I was like "fuck it" and slid into bed earlier than I wanted.
Really tired this morning, but the promise of Chinese takeout awaits me at the end of the work day..!
In other news, FINALLY ordered my backlit keyboard(got an Am*zon gift card/credit from my boss for Christmas) so that should be arriving by Monday; gonna try to clear some more of this paper around my art station out of the way so that things will look more cleaner/organized & I can slide the keyboard under the stand that the laptop is sitting on.
Started inking on the piece; will continue to attack it as much as I can...I do need to pause to get some more ACNH play done- as well as make an errand trip to the grocery store to get more laundry detergent & trash bags(before it gets cold).
Today was my first attempt at trying not to slouch and while I think Iāve done a pretty good job, I donāt think my body is used to my posture being good so the trap muscles and shoulder blades hurt like hell and Iām currently lying down. Iāve always had bad posture since I was a kid but itās only been recently that itās come to rear its ugly head. The back of my head would hurt constantly, even when I was not drawing and it didnāt go away after sleeping. The set up Iāve had since April is no longer effective given that Ive had way more free time than I did prior to May. I did so a chiropractor yesterday and my check up appointment is a week from now so hopefully Iāll be able to keep my back straight even when drawing in between then and now
Recently being hard on myself for being always such a minimalist (designing wise) Sometimes I think my stuff feels so empty without design elements. A lot of times I hope to have a woman's touch so I can make those intricate design thingy (which I don't feel important in my minimalistic mind but they add so much warmth & fuzzy feeling) My design mind is so fixed on being to-the-point, couldn't handle working on those stuff! It would've help elevate my works so much 
Sorry for the rambling, I was watching craft channels.
I've had bad posture since I was a kid too. Fixing it always felt impossible cause you can only force yourself to sit straight for a few minutes before tiring out/forgetting.
Finally, a year ago I started doing weightlifting for the first time ever. Stretching and strengthening my muscles helped way more than anything I'd tried before. Now unconsciously, I stand and sit with a lot better posture. If you can do any sort of strength training, I definitely recommend it.
Up this afternoon and back at work on inks- I got 50% of the piece done yesterday, and thinking of sneaking in some more video game play in later this evening/tonight. Right now I'm just gonna watch football and work on it...
Finished inking the piece- going to start colors tomorrow evening. Happy with how it turned out for the most part..!
Hoping this work week is bother free like last week...and that I can get my work done as efficiently as I need to.
Also my keyboard arrives tomorrow! Can't wait to nook it up so I can stop scratching my arms reaching up to type or having to stand & type.
Today I'm back to work, currently about to start sketching some commissions.
I also went to the gym and I'm all sore lol oh, and the temperature doesn't help, is so damn hot outside despite there was a storm yesterday. I hate when that happens, rain with no decline on temperature
Had a holiday weekend- it is over...now it's back to work for at least two months until mid March(when I usually take time off).
Still working on the current piece; got an idea for a couple of new [fan art] pieces and I'm feeling like I wanna skip over the OC update piece I've trying to do since 2021(got notes & sketches but havent finalized a design). I also wanted to do more than just ONE piece this month, but I'm not gonna push myself...
Gonna try to get back to my gym/workout activity this week- just been really tired since returning to work from the Christmas/New Year holidays, so trying to settle into a "energy flow" routine. Also been trying to straighten out finances(the current inflation trend has had me spending a little too much and now I have to figure out some budgeting strategies AND pay off some debt).
I sung let it go in Spanish in my Spanish class. Good thing I can actually sing 
I was probably the only person who could actually sing for that project. Unfortunately that wasnāt what we were graded on I still got 20/20 and my teacher was all like āSee? People who didnāt grow up learning Spanish can still do really well in a Spanish class.ā She makes speeches like that a lot.
It is F**KING COLD here(13 degrees F this morning)..!
I slid into bed last night without working on any art coz it was cold; left work late-ish, then tried to help this person jump start their vehicle...the 15 minutes I was out there, my fingers froze- it took the rest of my trip home for them to warm up.
Went to the home improvement store when I left work tonight and grabbed some adhesive foam strips for insulating the windows; so far with what I've placed on them, the room feels less drafty & cold.
Trying to evaluate this and see if I need to add a few more pieces to effectively seal off possible draft areas to keep the warmth inside my room...
I'm happy because I drew 11 chapters of my next project in advance, I honestly didn't think I would do it before the date I had estimated to finish them. 
I have edited and re-edited them countless times.
I'm going to take a short break and will continue with the next part of the story very soon. Well, I really enjoyed drawing those 11 chapters, I'm not going to post them all at once, I've decided it will be one update per week.
Back at work on the piece; decided I was gonna add a background to this...so far it's coming along- hoping I can finish this tonight and start laying out the pose for the next piece.
Trying not to leave the house today but I'm going to eventually have to coz I need to grab some grub; the Chinese takeout I got last night wasn't as good- they overcooked the chicken this time...
Up/awake because the muscles around my right ankle decided to cramp up when I stretched in bed, trying to roll over- so I had to plant my foot on the floor(and walk around) to flatten everything & soothe the cramp out; then I had to get some water in my body.
Surprised at the temperature so far today...yesterday it did NOT get up past 30 degrees(F) the whole day; this afternoon it's at 33. Last night it got down to 14...
Finished the piece tonight- I am done for the night will start on the new idea tomorrow: the only thing I may do is gather up some reference/pics to make sure I'm doing it right...
don't get farenheight bc I'm too Canadian too function but I feel you a few weeks ago it was -36C b4 wind chill here
Did not start on the new piece tonight; my throat has been irritating me all day so I'm gonna slide in bed a little earlier than I usually have been...
UPDATE: Welp, I'm officially SICK. I crashed hard last night...been sleeping in increments of every 4 hours, getting up to go to the bathroom, take meds, and get liquids in my body; eating a cup of ramen noodles rn...
Finally don't feel so much like crap today; throat is still a little irritated, but seems to be going away...I just got a LOT of stuffs to do(cleaning, laundry, some errands, and not to mention I missed out on my day job for the last 3 days). Been brainstorming & gathering reference material for the next piece that I want to start on, but most likely wont do much of anything today...my main priorities for today is to do this preventative thing in the kitchen, start laundry and wash my [germy] bedsheets, and get an errand run done(for trash bags and toilet paper)
Finished clothes laundry, but still gotta wash my bedsheets so that will happen tomorrow...I really should've went to the grocery store coz now it's late and I'm craving cookies or gummi bears
Had a bit of extra coin after a thing happened to me last weekend; so placed an order for my Naofumi nendoroid(Shield Hero)...I already have Filo, and may get Raphtalia after I make sure a couple of other bills are taken care of.
