I find it hard to balance wanting to complete to-do lists that I make for myself and feeling accomplished, and knowing that it’s unhealthy to let productivity take over my thoughts.
I think that I’ve got a balance there at times, and then I have days like Wednesday where I start out promising to finish off my current list once and for all, then spend the day so fatigued that I barely get online.
I’ve been discussing with my therapist about sorting my feelings of guilt and/or shame about things that I do into manufactured or natural emotions. And what should be unsurprising, guilt over “not getting enough done” is often just a manufactured emotion.
I don’t know. No groundbreaking thoughts here. I’ve just been trying to work through this in my own mind.
Instead, take a look at some of the recent minis that I’ve painted! I’ve been taking existing characters and painting them like fursonas for something interesting.
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Into the Myst – Adam Morgan, Inverse
I was a bit young when Myst came out and have never played it myself. Either way, a behind-the-scenes chat about the creation of classic games is always interesting to me.
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LACKADAISY (Pilot)
This has been a long time coming too, and fairly well brings the first few issues of this webcomic to animated life. The only complaint that I have is Freckles not sounding like he did in my head while reading 😹
Why Clip Art Was Everywhere… Until It Wasn’t
Sure, there’s the new Corporate Art Style of formless blobs and diverse body shapes/tones/styles, but there’s just a bit of that classic block-printing style missing from cheesy art these days
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catching up with Laser – Queersplaining
I love the conversational approach that Callie Wright takes in some episodes. I want more of these things with trans creators talking about their wins and journeys of ongoing self discovery.
Steve Irwin – Respect the Dead
When I saw who this week’s episode was about, I was worried that I was going to find out terrible things about a wonderful man. Thankfully I was wrong and it was one of the episodes where they match the podcast title.
Macroblank – スロー JAMS
This was really good to vibe to while writing this week, and it’s got the good bits of lo-fi that I like without that incorrect idea that it necessarily requires a very prominent click-track.
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