busybee: Comics tag:beesbuzz.biz,2026-05-12:comics 2022-05-26T20:38:32-07:00 Journal: I am so off-track 2022-05-26T20:38:32-07:00 2022-05-26T20:38:32-07:00 urn:uuid:38a1e9e9-f945-5cb0-8c12-500b665f69ff fluffy 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.

]]> 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.

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]]> Journal: Blocked 2022-05-26T20:25:49-07:00 2022-05-26T20:25:49-07:00 urn:uuid:33890202-3740-563f-adc3-aa0d5c2142b4 fluffy

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[[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.

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]]> Ugh, what 2022-02-10T21:57:57-08:00 2022-02-10T21:57:57-08:00 urn:uuid:8ba16a96-0ee9-5885-bb0a-497b5f11ea03 fluffy 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.

]]> 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:

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.

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]]> Journal: Armodafinil 2022-02-10T21:46:17-08:00 2022-02-10T21:46:17-08:00 urn:uuid:8bae600d-09bc-5b27-96f6-2181e8215929 fluffy

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[[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]]

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]]> Guest Comics: Awkward Starfluff - Lewi! 2021-09-19T01:19:27-07:00 2021-09-19T01:19:27-07:00 urn:uuid:bf834b65-08a9-55bf-a1a3-972ea9def04a Awkward Starfluff

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Some gift art from Awkward Starfluff, of Lewi having a long-overdue relaxing day.

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]]> Journal: The struggle 2021-06-19T00:16:30-07:00 2021-06-19T00:16:30-07:00 urn:uuid:5dd9a001-617f-5766-ba10-f79018a3e04d fluffy

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[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*

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]]> Oh gosh this is a problem 2021-06-15T22:24:52-07:00 2021-06-15T22:24:52-07:00 urn:uuid:758917ce-57df-5a84-83ba-4089c57f10b3 fluffy 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.

]]> 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.

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]]> Lewi: 90. Eviction 2021-06-15T21:58:39-07:00 2021-06-15T21:58:39-07:00 urn:uuid:4c34eca3-3ebe-5551-b41c-9cad808c14c0 fluffy

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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.

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]]> Good Things: Dance, Dance, Resolve 2021-02-25T22:27:44-08:00 2021-02-25T22:27:44-08:00 urn:uuid:ebd6e684-d319-5ce2-84a7-0a74f86a544b fluffy

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Sometimes I stream it on twitch, if you want to see me almost die on stream.

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[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.

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]]> Journal: Presiding 2021-02-12T23:51:04-08:00 2021-02-12T23:51:04-08:00 urn:uuid:72558deb-5933-59c9-ac8b-e6940d3ef442 fluffy

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[[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.]]

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]]> Lewi: It's been too long 2020-11-02T23:53:31-08:00 2020-11-02T23:53:31-08:00 urn:uuid:bc4d6b44-687e-5e38-97af-bc2fe1ae20b7 fluffy Wow, around two years since the last time I posted a Lewi comic. I finally got the itch again.

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

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]]> Lewi: 89. Lifted 2020-11-02T23:48:33-08:00 2020-11-02T23:48:33-08:00 urn:uuid:d7fc8d0d-388f-528c-8cff-28691922e55a fluffy

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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?

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]]> Journal: Biopsy 2020-10-11T01:46:40-07:00 2020-10-11T01:46:40-07:00 urn:uuid:681407d8-0170-5f24-a7e3-a4954d261755 fluffy

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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…

Several days later…

[[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?

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]]> Journal: July 7, 2020: Caffeine 2020-07-08T18:00:00+00:00 2020-07-08T18:00:00+00:00 urn:uuid:b8e5c33b-809c-5557-852c-9fd7a7422c57 fluffy

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Ten Years Ago

Voice (pouring coffee): Want some more coffee?

fluffy (looking excited): Heck yeah gimme somma that caffeine!

Today

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.

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]]> Good Things: Soap bubbles 2020-07-06T22:03:05-07:00 2020-07-06T22:03:05-07:00 urn:uuid:2bdd9869-ef4a-5846-a92d-a52c61ff1917 fluffy

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I decided to try Clip Studio Paint again. I’m not sure if I like it.

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The unmitigated joy of blowing shampoo soap bubbles in the shower

[fluffy is taking a shower and blowing soap bubbles from her mitt]

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]]> Journal: Bagel Island Birthday 2020-06-14T17:13:07-07:00 2020-06-14T17:13:07-07:00 urn:uuid:9731fd98-54f3-5b6d-89c1-3836fb455075 fluffy

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[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…

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]]> Journal: ow and ugh and so much else 2020-06-02T22:37:26-07:00 2020-06-02T22:37:26-07:00 urn:uuid:6a683b3e-a7ab-5a01-9e49-b8ae5004332c fluffy 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.

]]> 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.

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]]> Journal: Seattle, 2020 2020-06-02T22:30:52-07:00 2020-06-02T22:30:52-07:00 urn:uuid:ef2f4464-bc48-537c-a47c-a52d99f533fc fluffy

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[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!

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]]> Random: The average Daily Dinosaurs Comic, 2020 edition 2020-05-20T18:07:05-07:00 2020-05-20T18:07:05-07:00 urn:uuid:aaca3fcf-f5ce-4ca7-b523-d7ab4213ccd9 fluffy

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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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]]> Good Things: Squish 2020-04-22T21:33:52-07:00 2020-04-22T21:33:52-07:00 urn:uuid:d3b06e74-90cc-55a2-85e7-b06271d3be7b fluffy

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