Saturday Update! (Patreon)

CURRENT CG COMPLETION: 85/181

Hello again friends! It's time for updates!

As I mentioned on Wednesday, I'll be taking a week off starting now. The burnout's gotten too strong so I need to take a little time to rest my head.

I do have some plans for my week off! I'm gonna try to fit in some birdwatching outside, I've got a personal IRL painting project I want to try [ I'm gonna 'upcycle' a thrift store painting I bought a while ago! ], and I'm gonna try to make a small video about my game progress so far :D 

The video won't be anything intense, just a basic sort of update in place of my usual monthly 'look at some of the art I did' thing that I do. I know that sounds like work but don't worry! I just need a break from drawing CGs and this isn't like that at all- and it'll be a low pressure thing cuz I'm really not worried about the video's quality xD

I'm not gonna lie, I'm actually really excited to have some time for myself next week x3 Burnout is such a bitch because it really compounds on itself. Instead of taking 3-4 hours to do a task, I've been taking like 7 hours to do the same task because I'm so tired and I have trouble concentrating. Since I end up spending longer to do tasks, it makes my work day stretch longer and longer- which makes me more tired the next day. During the last couple weeks, my work days have been 12 hours long because of the concentration issues. By the time I finish, I'm too exhausted to do anything fun for myself. I just spend my last couple hours awake in front of the TV waiting until I go to bed :/ 

With no serotonin, I get weird about my work too. I get really convinced it's all bad, and that's not only bad for my psyche but bad for the work because I can't tell when I'm actually doing things wrong or right. It's no good! Don't be like me! LMAO 

Anywho, let's get into the couple CGs I did! I got two done but I didn't do much on Friday unfortunately ._. It's the same reason as the past few weeks. I'm just at my absolute limit for burnout. But I digress! Art time!

I decided I'd do a little censoring here for spoiler reasons x'D It's not that hard to guess what's going on but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Let's just say Derek should have been a little more careful about sunshine exposure! Oh, and the reason this one is taller than the average CG is because I wanted to do a little dramatic camera pan in the game. 

Sorry x'DDD It's censorship central this week. Jack lost his mask for the this CG so I gotta cover him up. This is gonna be more common in the remaining CGs I have left to draw. I've been deliberately working my way up to the ones I feel are more dramatic or important because I want my skill level to be the higher for them. I've been learning this whole time so there's gonna be some quality difference between my first CGs and my last ones. Improvement is better than consistency, that's what I always say! 

Other than that, I don't think I have much else to report! Things have been really quiet around my apartment thank goodness. A quick note on the manager situation: It's been SO quiet that I'm actually fairly sure the boy's gone to stay with other family. I'm glad! Instead of slamming doors and yelling, all I've heard is my other neighbour's kids playing. It's been a VERY welcome change! Fingers crossed that things stay calmer around here ^-^

And with that, I think I'll close off by saying a HUGE thank you to you guys. Thank you so much for supporting me all this time, and for giving me the opportunity to take some time off to recover from burnout. I feel so incredibly lucky that I'm able to have the chance to rest and to work on my own terms. You guys are 100% the reason I'm able to do this, so I am DEEPLY grateful. I appreciate it so much, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

PS- There will be a Saturday update as normal next week but I'll just talk about my shenanigans instead of work!