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Sprinkles

 Should probably tack on “do not use for anything at all”.

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Ongoing Haitus; Update on Life and Health

Things have gotten out of hand recently.
Family had to come get me several months back.
I'm now in a wheelchair, I cannot walk but for moments. I cannot take care of myself anymore. I am bedridden.
A lot has happened while I've been here.
It didn't take long for covid to find it's way into this house seeing how my family are all redneck Trump supporters who don't listen very well because they're afraid to have their freedoms taken away.
I did everything I could to warn them, to talk sense to them. No one listened, they laughed. When it hit, it hit hard. People here not only got sick within the sickness, they also wound up the the hospital multiple times and nearly died.
During all of this my dog Sandwich wound up with pancreatitis because no one could take him out and he kept holding it in ): We laid down pee pads for him but he really just wanted to go out. The vet bill hurt really bad, so did the medicine cost but we had to make sure he was okay. He's recovered now, thankfully.
Once I got through covid we found out I've got type two diabetes and hypothyroidism. We did not, however, find out what's causing me to not be able to walk or take care of myself.
Last week someone hacked into my amazon account and spent my money on my card. I was able to file a dispute and get my money back but I just haven't mentally recovered from everything here.
I had to replace my old laptop because it kept dying due to the fan not working anymore. I wiped it and gave it to family. It's a high end laptop but I just can't afford the maintenance on it right now ): The laptop I got runs perfectly. It's not the hoss I gave away and that makes me really sad and sometimes frustrated but at least I can use this in my situation. That's why I got a laptop in the first place-- for when I wind up in situations similar to this.
I haven't managed to draw but twice since I've been here. I couldn't complete anything. I think the fatigue and depression just takes everything out of me.

I've been playing a lot of Wurm. When I'm tired of that I play Rimworld and Starbound. I even recently purchased Fate from the Steam Autumn sale. So when I get tired of those I'll play Fate. I have fond memories of that game from when I was younger.
As for wurm I've been managing two deeds to keep my mind occupied. When I get tired of looking at one I go back to the other. I also go around each linked server feeding everyone's animals they leave at the starter deeds. That way they don't starve to death and I'm helping somehow. 

Second deed - Early stages

We're thinking I'll need to stay here until my lease is up, however, it's not going well in that department because I was supposed to have an application in last month seeing how I need 30 days of warning before moving for my old apartment. I may end up needing to rent storage or something, I'm getting nervous. It's hard to get anyone to take the issue seriously (again).
A friend sent me an article recently about a girl who got covid and wound up in a wheelchair. She just stopped being able to walk. Her story is just like mine-- I just don't know if I had covid earlier and maybe this was my second time catching it? (I did go to the hospital a LOT earlier this year for migraines that just wouldn't leave me alone and I couldn't breathe when I laid down.) She says there are other people like us. When things calm down I'll be looking at the support groups that are available that she sent me. I'll be mentioning it to the neurologist if I ever get to go.
This year has been a dumpster fire. I know this upcoming year wont flip a switch and turn everything around but I do hope it's better than this one.

As for "Are you coming back?" I don't know. I'd like to think this question should be "When are you coming back" But if I get worse I may not be able to.
I can't make art right now and typing takes a lot out of me. Thinking up blogs take a lot out of me. Having to remember everything I'm trying to forget takes a lot out of me. When I move it'll be a different story. I'll keep you updated. But I don't plan on abandoning this place or shutting it down. I put too much work into it and I still have content I want to make.

Stream Testing

Yesterday I did a lot of testing for stream-setting-up purposes
I'm not happy with a LOT of this but it got the job done and was pleasant to create.
I've had the odd itch to draw fringe recently, fluffy fringe and hair.
It's likely that's a Spring thing but I'll probably never actually know.
This is not this character's final image. She'll be far more fae-like and have a different dress and hat.

Doodle Warmup

Gaia Online Avatar Doodle

I've had this Gaia avatar since October- threw it together on the fly to get rid of the Halloween costume event thing. I accidentally fell in love with it and haven't been able to bring myself to change it ever since lol so have a doodle of it. I've been working on it since I got out of the hospital and I've only just now felt well enough to complete it

Badly Drawn Doodles: Request

Had the itch to doodle but didn't wanna doodle my own characters. Spammed a small discord I'm a part of with unwanted doodles of their characters. Turns out they really enjoyed them and started to throw their refs at me.

"This is what I'd look like if I were a furry"

Meh.

ARTFIGHT: Stitcheddraws - Bunni

ARTFIGHT!: artfight.net/character/223233.…

Tired Doodles

This was actually all one big accident

Sai Brush Testing

Around 2013-ish I had a famous brush that I was in love with. CGArt website went down and upon losing my files I lost my precious brush. I’m still working to get it back but I can only do so much. In the meantime enjoy my testing doodles. Both drawings are two different brushes. The one with thicker lines doesn’t have as good blend-ability so I’ve put it on hold until I can bother staring at it for longer.

I’m also pushing my “style” limits. Sometimes nothing comes of this. I guess we’ll see.

Style Test

While looking around on twitter I mis-looked at something. Mis-looked. I saw a human form on accident from a furry form. An accidental style within a style, I guess? Tried to emulate it. Failed. This came out instead and I just kept rolling with it. Oops. We'll see.

Self Couple's Portrait

Sometimes when I feel low I draw circles. Depending on how low I feel the flatter they become. The more flimsy my lines are. While drawing them I felt inclined to give a body to one. For some reason, the tall one reminded me of my fiance so I only found it natural to attempt to draw a fitting representation of myself beside him.

Concept Doodles

I felt it was time to doodle some of my older characters again. I never draw them enough.

Test Doodling

Playing around with colours and ideas.