I want to be able to do this stuff again. I’m not sure how to get there from here.
]]>[[fluffy is sitting at the computer, attempting to draw on the tablet]]
NARRATOR: I’m having so much trouble working on comics these days.
fluffy (thinking): How does this thing work, again?
NARRATOR: Or, really, anything.
[[fluffy is laying in bed, a large Tuxedo cat (labeled “‘New’ cat”) sitting on her chest, fluffy wincing in pain]]
NARRATOR: It’s not that I don’t have any ideas, far from it!
fluffy: Tyler please get off you’re too big
NARRATOR: (Heck, I’ve had so many things I’ve wanted to make comics of!)
[[fluffy, Tyler, and Fiona are sitting on the couch. Lewi and Juni are sitting on the coffee table, looking at fluffy with concern.]]
NARRATOR: I’ve just been… blocked.
Lewi: Wouldn’t you rather be drawing us than watching TV?
fluffy: yeah probably
NARRATOR: I hope I can figure out a way past it.
]]>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:
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.
]]>[[A shovel enters the ground]]
[[A bottle of Armodafinil is thrown into the hole]]
[[fluffy walks away from the danger shrine, making a rude gesture]]
]]>Some gift art from Awkward Starfluff, of Lewi having a long-overdue relaxing day.
#guest #fanart #Lewi ]]>[fluffy is struggling to give Werner a pill]
fluffy: C'mon, Werner, you gotta take the pills so you can feel better.
[fluffy puts her mitt over Werner’s muzzle]
fluffy: Okay, swallow… Swallow…
Werner: *gulp*
fluffy: Good boy!
fluffy [walking away]: There, that wasn’t so bad, was it?
Werner [spitting out the pill]: *ptoo*
#Werner #fluffy #medication ]]>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.
#life #pain ]]>Lewi: I… did I do something wrong?
Dave: Criminy, I… Y’shouldn’t be able to do that at all!
Lewi: Why not?
Dave [pointing to his ring]: Because you don’t have one of these!
Dave: Listen, I… I think you should go. And don’t talk about this to anyone.
Lewi [staring at the defective lifter]: Okay…
Dave: Wait, no.
Dave: Tell your dad this one’s on the house.
Dave: And to never come back.
Dave [quietly]: Frottin' alchemists.
#Lewi #Dave ]]>Sometimes I stream it on twitch, if you want to see me almost die on stream.
[fluffy is playing Dance Dance Revolution]
fluffy [thinking]: Wow, I’m back to the level I was at 20 years ago.
fluffy [thinking]: So either I’m in pretty good shape for a 42-year-old…
fluffy [thinking]: Or I was in really lousy shape at 22.
#DDR #Dance, Dance, Revolve #fluffy #gaming #exercise #fitness ]]>[[fluffy is wandering in what looks like the woods, using a cellphone.]]
Tim [via Slack]: Have a good weekend everybody! Oh, and in case you missed it while you were out, Monday’s a day off, @fluffy.
fluffy: Thanks for letting me know. What’s the occasion?
Tim: Presidents' day.
fluffy [smirking]: Oh, right, we have one of those now.
[[fluffy’s last message has a 😂 reaction.]]
#fluffy #Tim #house hunting #forest #Slack #work ]]>Dave: It isn’t anything personal, y’know. There’s just… rules. But hey, at least I can do business with your kind, right?
Lewi [quietly]: Oh.
[Dave turns around and takes off his forti channel bracelet.]
Dave: Ennyhoo, it’s all swapped out now. I’ll just bill it to your dad’s account.
Lewi: ‘kay…
[Lewi picks up the removed lifter.]
Lewi: Oh, hey, can I keep the old one?
Dave: Heh, sure, if you can lif—
Dave [surprised]: Qhi'tal’s burn, you can lift it?!
Lewi [quietly]: Uh… yeah?
#Lewi #Dave ]]>Doctor: Most of your moles are fine, but there’s one on your back I’d like to do a biopsy on.
fluffy: Oh, okay.
Doctor [taking a sample off fluffy’s back]: There we go. Just change the bandage and add ointment over the next few days.
fluffy [uncertainly]: Uh…
[[fluffy is sitting on her bed, reaching for the inconveniently-placed bandage. Fiona sits behind her.]]
fluffy: Come on, Fiona. It’s way overdue, and it itches.
Fiona: Mree?
]]>Voice (pouring coffee): Want some more coffee?
fluffy (looking excited): Heck yeah gimme somma that caffeine!
Voice: Hey, are you okay?
fluffy (clutching chest): Yeah, I had a small half-caff espresso two hours ago and my heart is still exploding.
Voice: Um…
fluffy: I munna lie down.
#caffeine #coffee #health ]]>I decided to try Clip Studio Paint again. I’m not sure if I like it.
The unmitigated joy of blowing shampoo soap bubbles in the shower
[fluffy is taking a shower and blowing soap bubbles from her mitt]
]]>[fluffy’s celebrating her birthday in Animal Crossing. Ava, Puddles, and Lyman are singing and dancing.]
fluffy: Thank you so much for helping me celebrate my birthday!
fluffy: I’m so glad everyone could be here.
fluffy (thinking about Pashmina): Well, almost everyone…
]]>[A stick-figure game show host addresses the audience]
Host: Hey kids! It’s time for your favorite game new game show of 2020…
Audience: NAME! THAT! EXPLOSION!
Host: That’s right! First up: Rifle, flash grenade, or tear gas canister?
Contestant: I… think it was just a firework?
Host: Maybe! But you’d better close your windows just in case!
]]>I suddenly got an itch to add the last 5 years or so to this thing. Funnily enough, last time I saw Ryan North in person he said he’d be surprised if it would ever look any different!
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