busybee comics

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to really work on comics, between a bunch of software problems and my usual health problems. I’ve missed making comics though, but I’m just so tired all the time, and when I’m not tired I’m in pain and/or busy with stuff.

On the plus side, one of the things I’m busy with is getting ready for GeekGirlCon ‘19 – because I got a vendor table! See me at table 101 (hopefully I’ll have a map soon!) and buy my books and prints and enamel pins and stuff. Or poke me with a stick if I’ve fallen asleep!

Wow, I had a feeling that people would either really get or really not get this latest comic, but I had no idea how distinct the division would be.

I guess it really is true that there are two kinds of computer users…

It’s been a while since I’ve regularly done Good Things comics, or comics in general. I’m feeling generally better enough now that maybe this is something I can do.

I just need to remember that daily comics don’t need to be spectacularly-drawn, they just need to be drawn. And it’s okay to miss a day now and then.

And maybe I’ll get back into drawing Lewi and even Unity, both of which I really want to work on quite a lot.

I am filled with so many emotions right now and the deep-seated need to get this angry comic out of my system just barely overrode the excruciating pain I’m in right now, so you get shitty stick figures.

Wow, around two years since the last time I posted a Lewi comic. I finally got the itch again.

Wow it’s been way too long since I’ve worked on comics, and I seem to have forgotten how to draw. Today’s Lewi is something I’d actually drawn something like a year ago, and had about 95% finished for around 7 months. And this is a big turning point in the story.

I’m in pretty big amounts of pain right now though and I find it very difficult to focus on drawing things. I want to get back to drawing. But I just physically can’t, right now.

If any artists out there want to help out, maybe we could collaborate on getting this going at a better pace? I dunno. Right now it feels like even getting organized and writing stuff out for others to be able to work on is more than I can handle.

Fibromyalgia sucks, y'all.

I have just not had the determination to draw in a while and there’s a number of reasons for it. I thought this would feel good to get something done but it doesn’t look even remotely like how I wanted it to and I’m just so tired.

Mostly I miss using Photoshop, but Photoshop’s gotten pretty awful lately. I drew this in Clip Studio Paint which is good for some things but some of the tools are just so fussy. Maybe I need to bring it back to basics.

EDIT: Before recommending programs to me, please read these detailed blog posts I wrote:

• Drawing apps, still meh
• More rants about art programs
• My dream art program

In particular, please don’t recommend Krita or GIMP. I know a lot of people love those. I have very completely ruled them out for my needs.

It’s been too long since I’ve been able to make comics. I’m not happy with this one, either. I’m so out of practice, and I have no energy.

I want to be able to do this stuff again. I’m not sure how to get there from here.