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a year ago
hey all! figured i should give a little update
to be honest, i have not been in the best place recently. i have been through the mental and emotional wringer these last few months. still in recovery and dealing with the aftermath of hurricane helene and with the recent presidential election (i'm in the US) my mental health has taken an absolute beating! to simply say i'm stressed is an understatement. i don't have the energy right now to schedule the rest of my art backlog; i worked on some really cool commissions last month and am excited to share them when i get around to it. you can find them on my bluesky for now: https://bsky.app/profile/xredmoon.bsky.social
i have yet to even be able to start the new job i got before the storm; i can't just go find something else because there's not anything besides construction jobs available right now and my physical health prevents me from doing that kind of work. i'm planning to contact my employer on monday, just to see where things are at.
all the stress has made it very difficult to draw-- even when i have the motivation, my ability to focus has been spotty at best.
i am so incredibly grateful for everyone who commissioned me during and after helene, but i'm VERY glad i was able to complete all those orders before tuesday; i've been a mess all week. i'm still open to taking commissions, but just know that progress on anything will be really slow for the next while-- i'll be sure to keep in touch with commissioners should anyone order anything. unfortunately, still have to make money somehow; i gotta feed my dog
i think the biggest thing affecting me right now is that i won't be reaching the one goal i had set out for this year, and that was finishing my currently running comic by 2025. i'm trying to come to terms that i won't be able to finish it, but that's really difficult when i want it completed so badly. there's a lot of frustration but my lack of drawing focus is just shot. i'll get over it, and the project will be done, just not in the time i had hoped for it to be. lot of learning to be had: i'm not as quick at making comic pages OR drawing as i used to be and i need to find a way to make the process still look nice while also being more manageable. still, it's just another thing that's been affecting me as of late.
in better news, i've picked up crocheting again! i usually only do so about once a year but i want to make it an actual hobby. i'm going to make so many fun little amigurumi for my friends and family. but that's all from me. taking things one day at a time and doing what i can to get through the month.
sending lots of love to everyone, stay strong.
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-redPosted using PostyBirb
I wanna believe things can turn around for you and get better
also ooh would love to see the crocheting sometime :O