A smidge early. Birthday is actually the 7th. But I wanted to Post something today because tomorrow I will be playing with a Birthday present I bought over 5 years ago. For those that follow the LORE. I'm talking about my Kamvas Pro 16 Surface Tablet. Back then, I had issues with Motherboards and Graphics Cards. But I think I have enough hardware to plug this thing up, and actually USE it!! This has made me stupidly excited.

The whole initiative of being more active as this NSFW-sona is paying off Mentally. I am more productive. Ideas are being Properly Noted and Logged. My Digital organization has increased like 300%. Still broke as Fuck though, LOL!! But it all starts with the Mindset. And this Mindset of getting out there on Twitter, Bluesky, & Discord is helping me immensely on a Mental Health standpoint. Sure I still have Anxiety drawing during the Day (when I can draw). And Motivation doesn't always line up right at Night when buds want to play games. *sighs* The juggling act between SFW and NSFW is still NOT second nature to me. But I have made more baby steps these last 4 months then I did the last 5 years!! So I am pumping my chest this Birthday.

Daily life is Weird. Day Job has cut my hours WAY back. And I still have Bills to Pay off and Dreams to fulfill. This isn't the "Cry for Financial Help". But for folks that do show up in the Comments and Favorites, if this Tablet thing works for Personal Projects. (I mean really works out). I would be more willing to discuss monetization options with my Art. Ubb bup bup bup!! Calm down! I know there's like a handful of folks excited to read that. But please allow me time to feel out this Journey. I DON'T want to do a SubscribeStar. (Fuck Patreon.) But I have a Ko-Fi page in my link page underneath these journals and submissions. Someone did proved it worked!! (Thank You again!) THAT is the BEST way to throw $$$ at my face. Just Buy me Ko-Fi's and encourage me to post more Goals. Because I got Financial Goals trust me!! Not just Bills either. I want to Upgrade Equipment, Buy Software, Acquire Toys, & Buy Commissions!!

Whew... Listen. It's my birthday (soon). And I am excited to be back into ART. Let's just enjoy the weekend. (might splurge and post 2~4 works this week). Thanks for visiting these journals. My Journey to 800 Followers continues!


~ZD~


Update: [2/11/2025]

Birthday is done. But we'll be celebrating for the rest of the month anyway. Excited to announce The Kamvas Pro works!! I also found the Cable I thought I lost!! So to the individual(s) who donated towards the missing cable, rest assured your donation will now be rerouted to Coloring Books to learn how to Ink and Color with the Surface Tablet. We did post a bunch of Artwork over the past few days and looking back through everything I've posted so far, I'm learning what folks like. But that observation will be the topic of another journal. Just wanted to update folks looking back that the Birthday went well. And some changes will be slowly happening to the Gallery. In time though... In time. ZytherDark, signing off.