July was.....Eventful. (Patreon)

And no so much in a good way, as you could tell from the months content, which I apologize.

As you know, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! passed away at the beginning of the month which was already a big downer. By the end of the day, I wanted to put on some YGO to remember him by which getting to work on a tribute pic that I figured would be quick to do.

Switching the TV on, nothing came up on the screen. It had seemed my TV had also died that same day.

It was a decade old, and even though I had to get to repaired once before, it had served me well. As I'm in a period of trying to save money to pay of debt, the last night I needed was an expensive like that added on. So that evening was spent finding at the very least some kind of decent monthly payment for a new TV. Fortunately, I can't really work without any background sound as absolute silence is just more distracting so not having a TV anywhere up to a year or more was not an option. I found a good deal that night, and it arrived a few days later.

Little did I know, my problems would only just begin.

After very VERY carefully setting up the TV, I switched it on and.....cracked screen on the inside.

All that work amounted to nothing, I felt very defeated at that point, letting out my frustration at the complaints webchat. They arranged a pick up and an exchange, the whole process however taking 8 days and the company being very vague about the process of the exchange, not really helping the anxiety.

So the new new tv arrived, VERY carefully set it up (Turned out they lied about having someone come over and install it for free) and....worked! It thankfully worked and at least that experience was over. There was still that frustration of having to buy it, as well as playing all the various consoles into it and trying everything out...but the upgrade from HD to 4K has convinced me that 4K is a worthy upgrade at least, even if the TV was not a top of the range LG model. I went from not really being that bothered by 4K to hoping everything gets a 4K Restoration. XD Even regular blu rays seem to get a decent upscale with the bonus 4K Blu Ray Player included with the deal but man, when something takes advantage of the HDR like my 4K of Your Name, it really looks so stunning. Guess thats more reward for something I'll be paying off for a few years.

During all that, my gf's apartment flooded. The damage was not as bad as she feared but she did lose some important books, many of which might be near impossible to replace. I made sure I was there for her while she recovered from that mess.

What next on the list? Ahh yes, a recording breaking heatwave ruining any kind of sleep patterns I had. They're somewhat fixed now but man oh man, sucks to wanted to draw but you're just so exhausted and sweating.

As if to put the cherry on-top of this crazy month, on the last day my chair broke. I mean it was already broken but not it was broke beyond repair. Time for another emergency purchase. Thankfully, I found a listing for a gaming chair for a very cheap price which despite listed as used look more brand new. Its very comfy and does help my back at least which can ache sometimes.

Yeah, I'm sorry it sounds like a list of things I'm complaining about but both physically and mentally, its all been very exhausting and while a good chunk of debt was still cleared, it could be been quite a bit more if a lot of this stuff had not happened, which yeah feels defeated in a scene but better than nothing.

I'm not going to make promises that at the end of the month get jinxed and not done, but I'll be working harder this month to get stuff done. I'm also going to be a little more silent with answering private messages as I just want to get on with art and writings, you know focus my energy on that. I will respond to the monthly quests at least but I'm going to limit my time engaging in chats because I just don't have the time.  Just be aware I'll get to any owed art when I can and will update on how I'm doing in the next monthly journal.

Speaking of, be sure to send me your requests for the month of August if you're on a reward tier. ;)

Right, thats the monthly journal done, back to work. ;)