Heya there~
Just wanna do another lil check-in. More updates on:
- the state of my projects & what I plan to work on
- what I’m thinking of working on
- any other updates
- and let any of you all ask open-ended questions you’d like me to answer.
— Projects & Plans —
Getting settled into my new place was more awkward than expected, so I ended up focusing on making the animation more than the dungeon comic. I tend to gravitate to one particular project and focus hard on that one thing when my life gets really busy. However, as a result, I now have the next animation fully finished, posted for subs, and a teaser trailer up on my Twitter, Bluesky, and public Discord server!
As for the next animation, I already think I know what it will be - a music video. I've always wanted to make one of those. It will be both lewd and funny, with lyrics. It's gonna use this one song I heard years ago and have wanted to make a music video for ever since. I'll probably start work on that after I work on the dungeon comic some more.
Speaking of that comic, Down in the Dungeon is my top priority right now in terms of work. I should have more pages going public before February.
And on the topic of comics, I am dedicating more time to writing the Pushing my Buttons comic lately. I plan to spend about 3 days each week for writing the story. My resolution for 2026 is to finish the writing and at least start drawing this comic. I am hoping that if I stick to writing the story 3 days each week, I should be drawing it by March.
I sold this really nice YCH in early December and I'm really proud of how that one turned out! I have another YCH I plan to sell sometime soon. I currently plan to open up bidding for that around the end of this month.
— Ideas —
I am late writing this journal like the last one, but I am still here to write it and give you all updates!
One idea I've had bouncing around in my head for a while is to make all new comprehensive ref sheets for my main four characters (Mila, Lantha, Milo, and Buttons). I like the idea of an all-in-one ref sheet that shows how I draw them, the colors I use, key features, physical stats, backstory, and a little bit about who they are, what they like, maybe what bothers them, how they spend their time, their personal weaknesses, and what they enjoy doing. This way, all a person needs to do to get an idea of the character is to review this one image.
— General Updates —
My family finally left, and now I'm at my new place with room to breathe. But still, I kept drawing and drawing every day, because it's all I could really do while they were staying with me. I was drawing from sunrise to sunset. It wasn't until the 23rd of December that I stopped. I spun out and crashed, as I expected. I've been constantly going Going GOING in order to move out, get rid of all my junk, fly to Colombia, and get settled in to a new place, all while learning more Spanish, and continuing my art projects and commissions as best as I could. I was bound to hit a wall eventually. This is largely why I didn't write a journal until now.
All is fine though. I spent the past week or so just relaxing. I had to fix my sleep schedule; it was really bad, and it was negatively affecting my mental health. For roughly the past 5 days, I've started going to bed around 10:30pm and waking up at 7am, then going on a walk first thing in the morning. I definitely feel an improvement. At first, I was really tired all day long, but at least my mental health got better. Now I'm not as tired every day anymore. I have more energy and I'm feeling good. I'm ready to get back to a more productive schedule that won't burn me out.
Oh, and belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you! Thanks for reading these~
— Feedback —
If you have any feedback you’d like to give or questions you’d like answered, feel free to ask. Suggestions, technical stuff, how I do certain things, if I’m okay with something, anything.
