Weekly Update #5

Good morning, everyone!!

My sincere apologies for such a late post!! Nearly 2 weeks late now! T_T

But unfortunately, I was having some health problems. My ulcer had flared up due to stupidity on my part, stupidity being taking NSAIDs for my tooth pain/swelling. (If you don't know they can REALLY mess up an ulcer) The pain, stress, and what was happening to my gut then caused some small seizures. I know totally fail. I am finally able to keep food down and focus on things. I should’ve gone to the hospital honestly since it was a whole week of ulcer problems, but my C-PTSD is severe, and I was unable to bring myself to enter an ER.

Because of the things I’ve suffered in the ERs in my lifetime I am TERRIFIED to step foot in there again. I hope that if I’m in EXTREME need, I will be able to call the emergency services but as of right now I’m not sure.

I am working on this with my therapist so hopefully I can work through this.

(The recent surge of COVID cases also made me want to avoid the Er as well)

During this time my family had a small COVID scare. My kids were exposed to someone who was positive, and we had to quarantine until we were able to take the tests. Luckily everyone turned out to be negative but that was a doozy. You try quarantining in a 1 bedroom with 3 people and 2 cats @_@

But now that that is all taken care of, I can get back to work! Or so I thought…

I needed to make phone calls to try and see if I can look for an apartment. (I need a 3 bedroom)

But I’ve hit a rock.

I have a voucher, but I need it updated since the amount has now increased but there’s no one to help me. FHEPS is waiting on HRA, and HRA says they have nothing to do with it T_T So, I can’t do anything, but wait... Getting out of this living situation would help my trauma greatly so I must have some hope. I’m doing my best to keep my spirits up but there are times when I can’t stop crying. Now that I can eat, and my tooth pain isn’t so bad. I’ll try to just dive deep into my art while I wait for someone to call me and let me know what’s going on. And from time to time, I’ll give them a call and nudge them.

During my week and a half of sickness I went over my marker I use for the comic on unfortunately some of the were dead or the tips were fuzzing out from being used so much. (I should mention these markers are like 5 years old) But my Boyfriend being the super boyfriend he is, got me some new Tombow Grayscale Dual brush pens! (Along with some blue lead, a new sketchbook, 005 microns and Staedtler markers that I use for my panel lines) Now I know there is a new and improved Grayscale brush set out, but he got the older version I was working with before just incase there is a drastic different in the improved ones. This is helping A GREAT DEAL! And I won’t be throwing away the fuzzed or faded ones. Those can be used in other projects that require a light touch or a textured effect.

In my last blog post, I did announce that I will be sharing my comic pages this month and that is still going to happen!! I plan to release all 6 completed pages on Tapas and here in my Comic Section under ongoing Comics between the 21st and 24th.

After that I invite you all to join me on my journey as I sketch, ink, and paint the rest of the pages. I will now be posted pictures and videos of my work on twitter and some on Instagram. I am rather new at doing recordings so please bear with me as I get my set up just right. If you want full deets (details), I suggest you follow my twitter. Please note when I am ill, I do tend to disappear, but I will give small updates here and there to let you know I’m okay.

Now for some recent arts!

This a piece I started in the beginning of the month. I was able to do some of the watercolor before I go too sick.

Although the comic is my focus, I felt I need to do a piece to bring in the new year.

This is me with my hope and dreams for this year. Hoping they grow full and well.

Hopes and Dreams in the New Year

*Apologies for the quality. Working on my lighting set up.

Sorry I didn’t have much of an update on the comic, but life just smacks you in the face sometimes. I hope you all continue to stick around as I try and get things back in gear. My sincere apologies. The next update will be posted Friday 21st provided I don’t get sick again! *Fingers crossed*

Stay safe and have a great weekend!

See you next time in Weekly Update #6!