I actually weirdly feel a bit better today. I'm not coughing as much and I'm not quite as tired, either. I would certainly like for this to be the shortest cold ever. Here's hoping that happens!

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The Final Boss's Son Loves the Protagonist has updated! A little background on Adonis as the boss fight is almost over. Read my video game inspired boy's love story on Webtoons, Tapas, GlobalComix and NamiComi #webcomic #webtoon #comics #fantasy #BL #BoysLove

Hisaki has to rescue or otherwise protect Yasha pretty frequently, and she is T I R E D of it 😅 It's certainly understandable that she wants to not be a burden, but it's also understandable that he doesn't want a dead friend. 😅😅😅

Not me replacing my avatar with my Ace Week pic because I'm sick of the Switch picture >.>; Seriously, I like drawing a new avatar every time there's a new console, but...*stares at Switch 2* It's the same thing! 😅

Hey folks! Can we get a little help for Scribbled Death here? He lost his job suddenly and has a lot of bills to handle on relatively short notice

I did the thing! Goodness, @davidaludwig.bsky.social , seems we talked quite a bit in the last week!

Before all the unpleasant stuff happened, I ordered my very first set of Ohuhu markers. They just arrived today. I'm too tired and sick to really test them, but I like so far! 👍 (But seriously? 4 pale skin shades and only one brown shade? I know it's a six marker pack, but still...)

I was super confident this morning that I would be able to bang out another remake page, but...I think I'm coming down with something 🥲I'm so exhausted and I'm coughing up a storm. Gonna pull out the "I'm sick" excuse card and take it easy for the rest of the day.

My 5 dreams as a creator: 1) Have readers that comment once in a while 2) My comic is someone's favorite comic 3) Not be in the red every year from conventions 4) Finish KS, dammit 5) Have my entire comic on my bookshelf 🥰

Day 101 of posting art ‘til my hand is healed. An old spoiler pic I drew when I was writing the Kuroi arc. I remember I colored it at 3 AM and didn’t remember my method the next day. Insomnia art, whee! (Marked graphic media, for blood.) #oc #ocsky #kuroshouri

Hubby's sibling just popped over and gave us a litter robot as an early Christmas gift?? omg!! Little Man can't wrap his head around it. He keeps going in and digging for what he left in there initially and it's just gone. He's so confused lol

An early morning remake page! The thing about blood magic weapons is, they kinda don't hold up lol. ko-fi.com/i/IU7U01OBLQF #comics #webcomics #manga #kuroshouri

7 AM thoughts. I am a bit tempted to reformat the KS zine and put it at the end of volume 3. So it can live on and not die with the unwanted zine 😭 I worked hard on it, dammit!

Huh. Just need three more pages to make it a 5-month comic buffer. Can I do it before KS starts up again on the 5th?? 🤔🤔🤔

It has been almost 20 days since I was able to work on chapter 70. I have fixed that! Have a new page! (Glad all this crap happened while I was still building up a buffer, phew!) ko-fi.com/i/ID1D51OADG5 #comics #webcomics #manga #kuroshouri

Day 100!! of posting art ‘til my hand is healed. The initial sketches for Kakon and Hisaki’s outfit changes! As you can see, Kakon came to us right away, but Hisaki needed time to cook. #oc #ocsky #kuroshouri

Guess who decided to start feeling better only AFTER I confirmed the appointment? This cat likes to test my patience 🤣

I'm noticing something about the drawing pain. Unless I overdo it, inking/coloring does not hurt me at all. IT'S THE SKETCHING. >.< No matter how slowly or lightly I sketch, it hurts like hell and if I do it for the same amount of time as inking, I will get an RSI every time. 😭

Once again, I cannot draw a couple pose to save my life, but I apparently can draw two characters convincingly restraining a third character. Bruh. This is getting sad. ko-fi.com/i/IX8X71O946H #comics #webcomics #manga #kuroshouri

It's blizzarding out, EWWWWW

Psst you can't tell because it's b&w manga style, but the tones in her hair are red streaks. Because even though Yasha was supposed to be a normal girl from the beginning, apparently she still needed to look special back then lol.

I finished it. Current Yasha meets First Draft Yasha. I wonder who I should draw next 🤔 #comics #webcomics #manga #kuroshouri #oc #ocsky #art

Day 99 of posting art ‘til my hand is healed. It’s Jordan! Poor girl has been lifted from two separate webcomic ideas and she still doesn’t have a home. One day, friend. One day you’ll have a comic home ;w; #oc #ocsky #kuroshouri

I (finally) have a new page up for folks to read. Enjoy! And please, go check out @hvoice.bsky.social 's work, as she helped me immensely with this page. ko-fi.com/i/IA0A71O7ZMZ (...I don't know why it's previewing the shop. It's a comic page, I promise. Go look.) #kuroshouri

Gotta take little miss Lucina to the vet again, she's feeling sickly once more. Good thing I get my disability check this week. I'll be able to pay for the appointment. 👍

UGH the stress lately really takes it outta me. Always around 4 or 5 PM, I start feeling like I need to sleep. 😭I'm sure it getting dark early isn't helping, either... I just wish things would resolve completely so we could move on and not be panicking constantly.

Digital art program journey: MS Paint Some kinda painter program (Win 98) Comicworks&Corel Painter Essentials Comicworks&Photoshop CS Comicworks&Paint Tool SAI MangaLabo&Paint Tool SAI Manga Studio 5 EX Clip Studio Paint EX

Day 98 of posting art ‘til my hand is healed. The redraw! Bisexual lighting works so much better. And also just a much less busy picture. Now, someone poke me with a stick until I make more Beholder art, yes? #oc #ocsky #beholder

A birthday present for @darkhalo4321.bsky.social! Her character Taryn from an upcoming comic project 👀 Please, if you can, go say happy birthday to her! She deserves it! #fanart #art #vampirelordsretainer

Please consider joining Darkhalo's Patreon! Her art and comics are amazing and worth it! Happy birthday, Darkhalo! 🥰

The last details for the con in two weeks have been settled and we're good to go. I hope we do well, because we need the money of course...but I also just hope it's fun ;w; With things being so uncertain, it could be a long while before we can sign up for new cons. 😭

Day 97 of posting art ‘til my hand is healed. Oh hey, some Beholder art, for once! This piece just doesn’t quite work, but that’s okay, because that’s what the redraw is for! ...which I will show tomorrow! #oc #ocsky #beholder

First one is a picture of hubby, second one is a picture of me lol He always comes up with these nutty fight scenes and I'm just dying inside, imagining what I'll have to draw as he explains it to me. 😭😭😭

Finally working on another one of these. But I have to go slow as to not overwhelm my hand, so I gotta wait a day or two before I can ink it fully. ;o; But I wanna finish and show it nowwwww 😭 #comics #webcomics #manga #kuroshouri #oc #ocsky

Reasons I love my comic: -My lead character is a fem man. He's allowed to be a valiant hero and his feminine traits aren't treated as a joke -He has other fem friends who aren't catty and they get to be pretty together -His love interest adores him even in altered forms

Day 96 of posting art ‘til my hand is healed. The redraw of yesterday’s artwork! Drew this for the 18th anniversary, and let me tell you, it felt good to fix up everyone to the way they’re supposed to look and act, haha. #oc #ocsky #kuroshouri

2 weeks from today, we will be at @bakuretsucon.bsky.social ! Just look for the purple table with the Viking Cat Creations table runner. :> This was our table from last year. I think we can outdo it, yes yes?

I went to my artists alley group because I needed a product recommendation for my setup. I explained the problem and specifically said what wasn't working. 3 or 4 people actually helped. Everyone else apparently didn't read because they all told me to do the thing that I said wasn't working. Sigh.

Agreed on all of these, including the dynamic sound effects which I definitely don't do. Because CSP is an absolute bitch about it 🤣

Trying to ease back into drawing now. I inked for a half an hour only, and my hand did start to settle back into it, thankfully. Got quite a bit done, but unfortunately I'm staring at one of the characters and I'm like 🤔I need to start from scratch with you, sir!! #art #kuroshouri

Pssssst. Hey. Less than one month until Kuro Shouri starts updating again. If you need to refresh your memory, you got time to re-read before new pages go live! Links are here: bindings.app/read/Tps9G0Nh #comics #webcomics #manga #kuroshouri

Two weeks before a convention, and that's when my cutting machine starts to argue with me again. Yaaaaay.

Day 95 of posting art ‘til my hand is healed. This is an absolute fossil of an art piece. Haru and Mr. Green Hair don’t even slightly resemble their middle/final counterparts, and the relationships are just...wtf. But is okay! I redrew it! #oc #ocsky #kuroshouri

Yesterday, I found out my grandmother died. 😔It sounds like she was really sick, so I'm glad she's not suffering anymore. But I am terribly hurt that my family once again excluded me and didn't tell me until afterward. I had no idea she was in failing health...

Been dealing with a minor RSI. Went a little too hard the other day when I finally came back to drawing, after like a week and a half. I've been resting, of course, but I didn't splint it. I also kept up with my hand exercises. Feels like it's healing. Good thing my PT taught me how to handle it.

My #commissions are still wide open as I continue the job hunt #bskyart #artshop

Ana has been doing top tier reporting on what's been going on with the payment processor malarkey when the main sites are barely covering it *and* she keeps getting her Vtubing stuff dinged on various sites. Let's reward a talented journalist/cute giantess for all her hard work

God, the bad things just keep piling up. I just want to hide right now.

Elbie was kicking her back feet while kneading just now. Cutest thing I’ve ever seen! #cats