Got my wrist brace. Can use my mouse fine with it, might be able to draw with it too. Arm's hurting more today than it has in a while. I've been slacking with art for so long but now I need to take more breaks... Been doing 4-5h sessions when it needs to be way more. Conflicted.

Saw a doctor about my arm. They say I should wear a wrist brace as often as I can for a while. No permanent issues, but I need to take days off art more often or it could get worse. Been better the past few days since I haven't been drawing so I know that's the main culprit.

Gonna have to take another art break, longer this time. Arm's feeling worse, I don't really know how to deal with it. Guess I have to do nothing for a while. Frustrating, but if I end up unable to draw then I'm just kinda done in general so I don't have much choice.

Hanna sketch (OC) Might be the last thing I draw for a bit. Arm's feeling rough, need to take time off.

Chiyo sketch (OC) Tried twice to draw her, the first one didn't work out at all. This is still kind of messy. Not sure how much I should be drawing right now because of my arm. I hate taking too much time off, but I'm definitely slower than usual since I'm trying to be careful.

Hanna sketch (OC) Can't figure out straight-on heads at all. Sometimes they're good and other times not, even when I use the same methods. Faces are always pure luck for me, but it's much worse from the front. My arm still feels weird. It's less pain and more a noticeable discomfort.

Have to take the day off because of arm pain. Been a thing for a little while now and not sure why. It's not carpal tunnel since it's my entire arm. Annoying since the last things I did turned out alright and I wanted to keep it going.

Practice Follow up of the previous thing I did. Forgot there's a way to hide sensitive content, maybe should have done that for the first one, too. Kind of surprised at how well these went. This one was saved because of the effects, looked pretty rough for a while.

Practice Haven't done this kind of page practice in a while. 2h~. Like always I intended to more background stuff but never actually do it. Been thinking a lot about just stopping art lately, but I have no reason to be if I'm not doing it. Just can't get anything going.

Concept sketch I want to do the face and hair differently, but after taking so long to do the sketch I get to a point where I don't care to fix anything and just leave it. 4.5h to do what's effectively a cleaned up sketch. Just posting cause it's done. Gonna take tomorrow off...

Suguri and Mio sketch Haven't done OJ stuff in a while.

Halloween Hanna V2 (OC) Previous outfit was too flat, and while this isn't much better there's a bit more going on. Definitely not doing outfits for any of my other girls since this took 5h+ and I'm still not happy with it.

Practice (OC) Been a while since I colored anything so there we go.

Practice (OC) Mostly practicing clothes, idk if it went well or not. 5h isn't good considering both the simplicity and that I was trying to be as fast as possible. Bottom one took 1h, but it's also the one I cared about the least. Guess I'll throw myself at it again tomorrow.

Noelle (OC) 2.5h~ Sketch went very quickly, but the lineart bit was REALLY slow and I stopped caring after that. Gonna work on doing clothes better, which I tried a bit on the bend of the sleeve here. NEED to start doing BG stuff again too, but by the time I get there I'm too annoyed.

Halloween Hanna (OC) Endless issue of not knowing how to deal with clothing. Simple stuff like this takes 4h+ so I'm hesitant to try anything more. Wanted to do these for some of my other girls, also planned to do it colored and more dynamic, but I'm really forcing it even with this.

Managed to draw today but felt terrible doing it. Been getting nauseous while drawing lately. I'm not sick, it's just stress. Can't take a break, as the guilt makes me feel worse. Irl stuff might make me have less time to draw too. I have many thoughts right now, all of them bad.

Practice (OC) Straight-on faces still giving me troubles. Always ends up looking like a different style from everything else, even if it's fine overall. I don't get it. Might take today off drawing, mostly for mental health reasons. Depends on how guilty I feel about it later on.

Hanna (OC) Probably the most normal feeling drawing I've done in a long time. Bit slow, but not enough to feel bad, looks alright, but not good enough to feel positive about. It simply is.

Sketch Didn't want to feel miserable going into tomorrow so I tried another sketch and it went fine. I'm sure when I add stuff to it it'll show issues, but for now it looks fine. Don't usually show this part of a sketch (Though it's cleaned more than usual) so there ya' go.

""sketch"" Azur Lane char One of those times where not one thing went well. Infuriating. Can't even tell you what it was supposed to look like because it would basically be a different drawing. Feel too nauseous to try again. Gonna toss the idea entirely. Wasted day I guess.

Practice (OC) The most simple one gave me the most issues. Flat straight on shots are always a problem. Couldn't say why, but it's consistent. 1.5hr~ each for the other 2, which isn't the worst even if they're more simple looking than I'd like.

Chiyo (OC) 2hr on the dot. Slow. Nothing to add to that. Same stuff as always. Gonna do more, but posting this now to say that I really noticed on this one how quickly my mood drops while drawing. Felt good before starting (Rare event), and less than an hour in I was back to normal.

Noelle (OC) Haven't been timing myself lately. I never do when I'm trying out new stuff, but I should start doing it again. Thin lines is the way to go, the amount of extra space is wild. I drew the last 3 things pretty small, can't really tell. Gotta think of what to do, though.

Janine (OC) Playing around with thinner lines more. Gives a lot more room to work with, though I'm not sure what to fill it with as clothes/fashion are something I'm not good with. I figured it would make things look a bit more serious, but it's more than I expected. All good so far.

Hanna (OC) Relatives are visiting so this is all I could do. I tend to do thick lineart, but it's a problem when I have to draw in a smaller space so I'm gonna try thinner ones for a bit. Might help make things look more serious, too (Not shown here). Still having trouble with height.

Hime #100oj #100orangejuice

Sophy Comm for @arcluz77.bsky.social of their OC.

Been thinking about doing some comms here and there, but idk what prices are good. Doing the quick drawings is nice but I need to keep up with my slower higher quality stuff too. Also want to play WoW again for the Legion event but I know that'll slow me down a ton.

Chiyo + Noelle (OC) Had troubles with this one, had to push myself several times to not fix everything and just get it done. 3h since I kept trying to go and fix things. Still acceptable for two characters. Hard to get the quality I want when going quick. Might get better over time.

Janine + Tosia (OC) Idk exactly how long it took since I got distracted a lot. Wasn't too long at least. It feels like Tosia's too big, but I think it's mostly the figure. Sketch looked fine, but doesn't seem right now that it's done. Janine's always an issue to draw, idk what it is.

Hanna + Vivi (OC) 2h~. For one character that would be a decent time for me, but for two it's really good (Relatively). Trying to change my mentality going into it more than the drawing part itself. Need to try and make it consistent.

Hanna (OC) First attempt at a chibi style. Still ran into the same snags as usual, but it's way simpler so it wasn't as much of an issue. Should do the rest of my girls like this over time, interested in how I'll do something like Vivi's legs.

Jibril #ノーゲーム・ノーライフ #nogamenolife

WIP Thought about doing it all today but I know I'd get burned out. The sketch+lines took 4h~. I went out for a bit which messed up my timing, so 4h is my lowball guess, might have been 5. Still trying to not care about the minutiae and just be quicker, but it isn't helping much.

Lulu #100oj #100orangejuice

Been trying hard to be more simple with sketches. Might start ok, but after a short while it starts turning into messy placeholder lineart again, and once it does I can't stop it. Attempting differing heights gives me issues too. Any guides I try look weird every time.

Hanna sketches (OC) Mostly leg practice, or lower half in general.

The Howling Dark (OC I guess) The only of my "Gods" that I've drawn, did them once last year as well. Very easy compared to the others, though I want to try some of them eventually.

Halena #100oj #100orangejuice

Halena sketch (100oj) Not sure if I'll finish it, I'll decide tomorrow. Trying to ease back into it but ended up doing more than I expected to.

I'm back. It was only 6 days but felt like a month. Started warming to it over time, but there was so much dead time where there was nothing to do and it was eating at me. The "Help vs Nothing At All" ratio was too lopsided. Not gonna draw right now, give it a couple days.

Being sent to a hospital for a while, mental health related. Not sure how long. I'm fine physical health wise. No art til I'm out i guess.

Janine and Hanna (OC) 4h~. Been trying new things to be faster and idk if it's doing much. 4h is pretty consistent when I go as fast as I can, but that used to be for colored ones. Now it's that slow for greyscale. Drew it really small and had troubles with any detail because of it.

Practice (OC) Been a while since I've done 3 things at once. Never drew Chiyo's wings before. Wanted to stylize the webbing, but it always looked odd so I left it more normal for now. Probably do more with them some other time. Played around with her clothes bit, too.

Practice (OC) Still unsure on doing Tosia's eyes, any shape I try feels a bit off. She's slowly become the one I have the most issues with. Finally have something of Vivi with her glasses on that looks alright. Tosia took 4h, which would be an ok time if it had color, but it doesn't.

Janine (OC) Looks alright, a bit off what I wanted but close. Thought I was making good time for the most part, then looked at the clock and it was 8h so never mind. Lines+flats are the biggest culprit again.

Hanna (OC) Went about how I wanted. A bit over 2h, mostly because of the simple clothes and limited "colors," with just 3. I've noticed adding the flat colors has been a big slow point along with the lineart. Took a bit of extra time to add the bg, but not much.

Been starting to draw later in the day. My mind is trying to push it back and avoid it. Going out more, playing games, reading, it's not helping. Making it worse. If I'm not drawing I feel awful. When I am drawing it's also bad, but I need to do it. Either my girls live or I die.

Xocoyotl (OC) Didn't have much time but wanted to get something done. Hadn't drawn her in a while. I decided not to do the face to save some time and everything goes so much better, fancy that.