So it's been a few weeks since I admitted to being quite unwell mentally and it's time I really made a new effort to get better. First things first, I have talked to my doctor and I got in contact with a local mental health organization that has offered me Cognitive Behavour Therapy*. Unfortunately the waiting list is six months. That is for my social anxiety and as it is quite a long wait I'm going to try to be proactive and get myself back to painting. I certainly do not want to be inactive for even a month longer.

So, my plan to start of with: schedule a time and date for a stream. I'm thinking Wednesday (16th) 10am BST. Depending on how things go I'll do another one at 3pm. I haven't done any in ages and Picarto seems to be going places lately. I'm also going to try to do some fresh requests offline.

For the requests I'm thinking three word IBSFA monster designs. The format for suggestions is shape/animal/material. Post here or on Twitter or Blusky. You can also add a character reference and I will either monsterize the character or combine features along with the suggested three words.

The definitions for the three categories are broad but please keep it to one word each:

Shape can range from simple whole shapes to tactile sense and composition: round, sharp, furry, liquid.
Animal can be any sort of creature both real, mythical or created.
Material can be any element on the periodical table or basic descriptors: toxic, marble, shiny, cold.

If things go well I may be able to get back to those old requests and unfinished work. I really want to get back to doing big quality work and commissions.

Also thanks everyone for their comments and well wishes in my last journal. It's very appreicated and I'm sorry it took me so long to make a response. There are some things I want to explain more about but I don't quite want to get into here right now.

*Not to be confused with Cock and Ball Torture.