Coy Powers

Health Update and some Art

Added 2021-05-02 03:51:09 +0000 UTC

I feel sure I've mentioned my migraines here before, but I don't know if I said exactly how frequent they were/are. Usually I'd get around 3 a week. Sometimes more, sometimes only one or two. One migraine in a week was a miracle, it very very rarely happened. The big problem with this, other than the crippling pain, was the period before and after the pain, where mentally I was foggy, and I'd have no energy, and my anxiety would spike terribly. This means, if I have three migraines in a week, the entire week is either 'migraine' or 'exhausted from migraine'. I've been coping with this for years.

Lately, they've gotten so bad that I've gotten increasingly desperate for a solution, and I finally think I've settled on one. I have, as of posting this, been migraine free for 3-4 weeks. But it's had it's own issues. My energy level is so much higher than it used to be that I'm finding it hard to sleep, because I feel constantly keyed up. Also going through some fairly mean caffeine withdrawl (part of the solution), so my thinking is a little scattered still yet. The high energy level means I'm finding it hard to sit still and actually do art, too, which is why there's been a drought (Other than the fact that I apparently forgot to post stuff!)

Anyway, long story short, I'm getting better, for real, and it feels amazing. I just need to get back used to feeling 'normal'.

As for the pics: One is the terrible Cinnamon Toast Crunch mascot thing. The creepy little cannibals from the commercials. I have a figurine of him on my desk, and randomly drew him as a warm-up one day.

The second piece is a German Shepherd showing her panties! Nothing particularl going on there, other than I wanted to do a little more work on the setting, instead of putting all my energy into the character. Trying some different stuff with lighting/shadows.

The final one is one of my Guild Wars 2 characters, Tam. She's an engineer, always mucking around with machines. I went a little crazy with her background workshop clutter!