Bi-Weekly Report #25

The one where I took a week off and still got more done than last time. Boy howdy. I guess the thing about that is a week off is really just a week where I'm not stressing over commission work and deadlines and kinda just do my own thing. This amounted to a ton of UFO 50 (It's really good and you should absolutely get it if you're into the 8 and 16-bit era of games literally at all) but also all this other shit.

Let's break 'er down!

ANIMATION

I did not get to working on the Manor YCH at all, but I did finally finish that long-roughed-out WIP of Nicole bouncing on a big ol' sausage that's been sitting unfinished as my livestream sidebar eyecatch for several months. That kinda started the whole vacay, actually. It was really nice to knock it out, and folks seem to like it! Hooray!

GAMEDEV

I've started working on Slime Forest's proper little story intro. This means I've also had to design and start spriting the host and various assets for it. This has been a very nice change of pace from the programming and UI purgatory of working on the file management backend and user systems. It also, proportionally speaking, gives me a lot more to show for a lot less actual work, which I love. Nobody cares about backend systems. They are not flashy. Here is a big titty slime lady.

I did also get to play with shaders and particle systems some more in the process, though, so that was fun. Neat!

WRITING

I have finally sat down and written the next chapter of Thralls that I've been putting off for ages for fear I would fuck it up somehow. I don't know why I was worried, honestly. It was really simple and it's quite charming. It has humor. It has story development. It has lore. Elf husband is there. It's nice to have it moving again, so I also started the chapter after. Working on 17 now, for the record. We movin'.

COMMISSIONS

Completed:

• PWYW x3

• Adopt Autobuy Reward for Bruteforce

In Progress:

• Haunted House YCH

• Rarity Paizuri for Rowlet

Upcoming:

• Ref Sheet for Phlogs

• Some more emote sticker things for Cloud Hop

Commission Me Here | Check the Queue

AND THAT ABOUT DOES IT

I feel a fair bit less like I'm straight-up dying of stress. The week off entailed a lot of the miscellaneous non-commission work up yonder, a touch of mindless self-indulgence, and honestly a lot of sitting here playing video games. (Seriously, check out UFO 50. Do not start with Barbuta. Start with like literally anything else. But check out UFO 50.)

I need to account for the personal projects more. It's why people tend to be here, but the reality is that commissions pay the bills and I put a lot of strain on myself just worrying about that. Enough so that it seems to interfere with the actual doing of the work. I feel bad doing my own thing normally, but you need that passion fix or everything goes to shit...

I'm immensely grateful for the supporter who basically shot all my bills into space for a little bit so I could breathe. I am less grateful that the nightmare admin this country is under could kill the job that allows him to do cool shit like that for people literally whenever the fuck. I know I'm not the only one he helps; tbh the boy seems to do more good for the people around me than this fucking government ever does itself.

I had a dream last night that Elon Musk was about to disappear me and I had to say goodbye to my wife before the time came.

...

The world sucks. I'm trying to do my part to make it a little better. This week has shown that I'm very out of balance about doing so. Much to think about.

Take care of yourselves.

• Sera