The watercooler: a place to chat

[gabriellabalagna]

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.

[Shanny8]

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...

[Shanny8]

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.

[RedLenai]

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

[Shanny8]

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).

[ArtGremlin]

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 wasn’t what we were graded on I still got 20/20 and my teacher was all like “See? People who didn’t grow up learning Spanish can still do really well in a Spanish class.” She makes speeches like that a lot.

[Shanny8]

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.

[Shanny8]

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...

[Emalie]

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.

[Shanny8]

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...

[Shanny8]

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...

[Shanny8]

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...

[julias_art_universe]

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

[Shanny8]

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...

[Shanny8]

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...

[Shanny8]

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)

[Shanny8]

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.

[kyupol]

This is my studio...

Highly portable... Can take it everywhere I go (except to the next life)...

[Shanny8]

Welp gotta make do with what you have until you get a chance to get better.

Is that a Surface tablet?

[kyupol]

Thats a Samsung galaxy A8