Noodled on this for a good while yesterday. Progress is slow since I don’t want to over do it and put myself back in the deepest depths of burnout. I decided to stick to the brush I was using in CSP.

This gremlin, who has my whole heart and then some, turned 7. Which is a big deal considering I almost lost him to blastomycosis 2 years ago. Sir Magnus the Magnificent is spoiled rotten and you know what, he deserves it. He’s a Clumber/English Springer Spaniel mix.

Trying to find my feet again… I mean, you all follow me for the art. Have a very large dragon WIP. Haven’t decided if I like the pencil texture on this CSP brush.

Hey artist friends… Did you know that a vitamin B12 deficiency can cause carpal tunnel like pain and numbness in your fingers/wrists? And further aggro carpal tunnel if you already have it? Yeah, I didn’t. I do now. 😬😬

I want to find the asshat in the area that keeps letting off fireworks at 12am and kick their fucking teeth in. Nothing like being jolted out of sleep by the sound of said fireworks and your dog going off because he’s doing his job. And the city has a fireworks ordinance…

Today’s my first day back at the 40hours a week game and friends- I am not a fan. Bank book and future me will thank me. Brain and body will not. :( Guess it’s time to do the I’m 39 now, I should really start taking a multivitamin and certain supplements every day.

Peppermint tea is a lifesaver.

Back pain caused by the lady parts, plus cramps, plus back pain caused by my degenerative spine issues in a triple combo is a doozy. All I hear in my head is the old Mortal Combat “Fatality” sound effect as I curl around a heat pad and envision yeeting the offending organ into the sun. Hahah

There is nothing worse than taking the time and effort to redo your diet to be better and your stomach deciding flat out it hates it and it wants to make you as miserable as possible.

And here I was just saying Hisuian Zorua needed an illustration card… -me squealing at the 30th anniversary collection reveal- I HAVE MIGHTY NEED! Since they’re also reprinting base set Zard? Can the universe maybe gift me that??? I’d love to have that old artwork in my collection in some form.

I always wonder what is an acceptable timeframe to reach out again to someone when you’re waiting on a response. I’m not pushy.

I did this back in 2021, and man the lines did flow back then. I don’t have patreon or twitter anymore, I don’t use my Instagram. How things change. Corundrum (Ruby). Done digitally, had intended to take this and translate it into traditional media but never got around to it.

So I have a soft spot for Clefairy. The first Pokemon Anime episode I saw happened to be the one with Clefairy and their Moon Dance. So what better way to honor the little Moon loving fairies than a page all their own. Perfect Order treated me well this round.

Well, I will not be getting cool auntie points. I tried. And I am not paying Market for any shiny cardboard etb or premium collection. I even said no to buying shiny for myself for my birthday because the prices are that high. Maybe I should just buy art supplies instead.

It’s fricken level up day. Woo. One of these years I’ll say I got my shit together. This was not the year. Forever a chaotic gremlin!

Trying to find myself in art of any kind after this total burnout is a weird combination of feelings… I’m terrified to put pen to paper- what if it’s bad? I’m frustrated because I want to make THINGS again and yet… terrified. And I’m relieved because omfg I have creative ideas again.

"please bless the poor coyote" poetry or something. 2025.

I went to go buy some shiny cardboard for my birthday, looked at the prices of the sets I was interested in, threw my hands up and said f this. I understand card stores making money, but if you are charging $400 for a $129msrp still in print booster box you are as bad as a scalper.

So work calms down and then family bs blows up and I’m left feeling so defeated and frustrated (stuck in the middle sucks).

For whatever reason, the universe decreed that I was a Bulbasaur kid because the only one of the big 3 I ever pulled was ole Venusaur. So here’s my then and now binder page. Base set on the left, 151 in the middle (reverse holos too), and Japanese Mega Brave illustration cards on the right.

The fact that we have to get a no soliciting sign for the front of the house now is very annoying to me. You are pissing off my dogs, especially the dog that doesn’t like strangers… Motoring around on your little scooter… 3 times this week you’ve been to my house… GO AWAY.

My annual ‘yay you made it around the sun again’ level up day is soon and I think I deserve a treat…. The treat being finishing my Hisuian Zoroark card binder page. I spent 20 bucks to get the last 3 cards I needed. I wish Hisuian Zorua had an illustration card…. Maybe one day.

First “what the hell did you eat?” with Ruby… She threw up a Hot pink furry toy piece, (no discoloration at all) and we have no idea where it came from because she does not have free access to the soft dog toys due to behavior we’re working on. I can’t remember the last time she had a pink toy

Today is a good day- my catalog data merge worked first time and I don’t have to manually add in anything. Woo!

I don’t think I ever shared this stained glass on glass mosaic I made finished and in a window. I purchased the pattern from Etsy (pattern by GlassGardenLV) so I could practice using the grinder. Still in the beginnings of this glass journey. Need to get back to it.

Welp- time to type a nice but also scathing email because this is becoming ridiculous and super frustrating. :/ :/ :/

I am super tired with work stuff and having to constantly be checking on things that shouldn’t be an issue, but are suddenly an issue. :/

Last binder photo I’ll share for a while. This was Kid Moonlit’s collecting crowning achievement cause the art made me so happy as a kid. I remember copying this art over and over as a wee baby artist.

I love when my stomach decides it wants to choose violence at 3am on a day I don’t work. And the question remains, why? Because no one else is sick and yet we ALL ate the same thing yesterday so? Why?

It’s not been a great week, but I was able to get to the tote with more of my old cards. I got back into collecting at the release of 151 and it’s been boosters or card here and there since as a treat. Theme for both of these pages is ‘then vs now’ (Never did manage to get Zapdos from 151)

Ooooo STARFOX!!! I am actually digging the design direction since it reminds me of the original puppets. Starfox 64 is one of my favorite games ever and I was very very good at it (to the chagrin of my friends in multiplayer mode).

Given everything art burn out and such, I almost feel it’s in my best interest to a: go back to basics and b: reevaluate what I want to actually be creating… I want to draw/create/paint/make. I just have to get through the slog of everything is bad and stop being a perfectionist.

…urgh. I’m going to have to go down to the post office and deal with a package that needs address verification. It made it ALL the way here was out for delivery and suddenly there’s a problem with my address? Which is correct on the invoice for my order??

When my stress level drops I am going to have the worst migraine… Work stress dropped but other stress did not and have gotten worse…. My D&D character pretty much sums up where I’m at…

I bought a binder for my recent shiny cardboard, and then remembered that I could get to some of my kiddo cards. My fossil Moltres and Zapdos are safe in the other tote that I can’t get to right right now. Oh nostalgia. I can’t believe these survived kid me. I can’t believe I still HAVE THEM.

Sorry, sorry #animalart #swiftfox #digitalart

Last night I actually sketched something. Nothing to share, yet, but it’s actually SOMETHING that may be able to be TURNED into nice. Maybe. If I don’t let the perfectionism win.

I’m so fricken tired of the state of the world right now. I’m tired of it all being on fire and the people who have power and should be trying to put out the flames are cackling and putting MORE gasoline on said fire. I would like to live in uninteresting times for a while.

I feel the desire to create starting to come back… it’s slow though. Burn out is so real.

Well that was a doozy and probably the loudest it’s ever been, I could hear the storm over the weather radio. We are fine and the only damage we can see is a couple of our fence panels have popped out of place. And as much as I love storms- I need to sleep.

I am preparing to go to the safe room again as the storm just to the west is tornado warned… The last 2 years have been brutal with severe weather.

I’m sitting waiting for my package of shiny cardboard and worried that a: if it’s delivered to the mailbox (it’s at the end of the street) it’s going to get soaked and b. If it is delivered to the door, it’s going to get wet. Waiting on some nasty weather too. And my hours are back to normal.

So I am totally free from all my projects now. The chaos time is over! WHEEEE But the biggest SQUEAL? My Mega Dream box was the best box I’ve ever had. I also pulled the Obstagoon card and the Mega Dragonite mega attack card too.

I have 4 items left to proof and then upload happens and we are done with the chaos time, and the side project is done too. I ordered my shiny cardboard reward last week. One booster box arrived so I’m gonna open some Mega Dream packs tonight. The others probably won’t arrive until next week.

My leather tooling is still very messy, but I'm proud of how this turned out for only my second piece. Waiting for some stains to come in before it can be finished. It'll be a sketchbook "cover" sleeve #GoblinLeather #art #artwork #WIP

SIDE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. Shiny cardboard reward purchase coming soon. Gonna buy me a booster box (I don’t know of what yet).

I now have to figure out how to block my dogs from the small tree in the back yard. Small tree is Ruby height. And it’s not even a good nesting tree We just get rid of bunnies and now it’s birds… No eggs yet, but I really don’t want to have dead birds or fledglings (joys of bird dogs).

There is nothing more infuriating than prepping a fresh packet of chicken thighs you bought yesterday with a use by date next week and getting half way through and discovering the other half of the pack is likely not safe to eat… And let’s be real, if half of them are bad, they all are.

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I am a few hours from work side project being complete and the person it is for is thrilled with the outcome. I am exhausted. I can’t wait to get back to glass and art in general. Whatever art turns out to be. After I sleep a couple of weeks.