#well fuck you life bc I still did a bunch of illustrations and pages even with you bein a lil asshole lol

[bleaksqueak]

I'm glad that almost all of the pages done while that back injury was still making my life a painful and sleepless/restless hell have been mostly posted now. Thre's some stuff I didn't like how the initial drawing came out for that, in a normal situation, would have just been a (quick fix), but I was so uncomfortable/in pain and slowed down to such an absolute snail that every single thing became a "Well that's good enough"

Anywho, back injuries really Suck. Going forward, due to how much time I lost with said back injury and another "out of my control" event that set me back during my buffer's run, I'm likely going to adjust the coloring technique on Soli. The coloring technique I've been using, when not injured and not being blindsided by a majorly stressful event, is one I chose due to it being a comfortable, quick painting style that I'd use for concept work. It's the style I work in most naturally and fast since for many things I'd just forgo the drawing stage at all, but it does require me being able to work without pain or without numerous unplanned interruptions. So, with my buffer practically gone and having lost a year to Snail Mode on the waves of that back injury, I'm going to likely adjust things to a looser version. As in, "there's a imddle point when I'm working where I enjoy how things look. In order to catch back up to where I was and want to be, I think I'm going to just use that stage to my advantage." Did I say back injuries suck? They really suck. Grateful that it's finally better now, but shaking my fist at the damage it did and all the other little instances butting infront of me and getting in my way. The ol' "CAN THINGS STOP HAPPENING??" plea lol. Anyway this is just a ramble serving as a heads up for "chapter 3 may look a little different, because the number 1 way to make sure I'll circumvent something's bullshit is to Make it Happen Anyway and I've got catching up to do."

#shut up pu #it's annoying bc I like consistency but #I no longer trust life to give me any at all time to myself to get anything done #this year was one thing after the other after the other after the other #until I finally basically just collapsed into a stress letdown state of constatn sleeping for abt a month straight #only getting up to get a bit of work done before zonking back out #anywho I promise this isn't about me overworking myself #this is me being frustrated at how happy writing/drawing makes me and how I was barred from that at like every turn this year #well fuck you life bc I still did a bunch of illustrations and pages even with you bein a lil asshole lol #you can't stop me because I am if anything stubborn