What Are You Doing?

Just got off the god damn phone trying to convince the back that advertising costs for the new book were not the result of scams but as part of the expenses of being an author and running my own business
Oh well - at least I have access to my money now as Australia prepares to go into full COVID19 lockdown.

 

My parents are working from home now and I don't know if their internet can handle it.

 

Listening to Seals & Crofts.

I love their granola sound.

 

Watching my way through my DVD collection. I don't think 76 discs will last me very long, as I binge watch.

 

Selling my soul for the cost of one small potato.

 

That sounds like either a brainteaser, or a writing prompt.

 

Or a clue from a cryptic crossword.

 

Most Irish shit I`ve ever heard of. I approve.

There`s an speculative historical fiction in there somewhere. A potato farmer makes a desperate deal to help his farm survive during the great famine and now goes on a hair raising journey into the world of the occult to save his soul from hell.

It`ll be called "The Devils Potato!" Mark Sheppard will star in the film adaption.

OT: Eating fig newtons and not much else so far. So far I`ve just walked the dogs, made pancakes, and napped alot today. Should at least get the partial unemployment thing started today.

 

I've been experimenting with card holders / wallets for the last few days and finally settled on this design. There's a card slot on the left that will take up to two cards (three at a pinch), that also serves as a cash holder, and a flap on the right for receipts etc. I don't normally like the look of stud fasteners, but quite like them here.

I have a long way to come with my leather craft, and my stitching still leaves a lot to be desired, but even this effort will outlive any of the mass produced commercial wallets out there.

 

Picking up the pieces now, slowly but surely. It'll come together again.

 

ITs a big grey area - but I'm pretty sure in Australia its can count as a sole trader business? It just depends, it is certainly taxed as such

 

One chapter done for the day and at least one more two go... but I need coffee first

 

Eating potatoes. That seems to be a theme here. Kinda slept the morning away, still kinda hitting the goalposts of my routine though. I haven`t changed my clothes yet today though. Still having trouble bringing myself to do quite anything. Feel like I`m wasting all this extra time but maybe what I need to do is just use to rest and try to work on my mental health. Need to not feel like that`s a failure, and unproductive.

Idk, we`ll see what I get up to today. I do wanna make hot choclate.

 

PA`s site keeps crashing every time I try to apply for partial unemployment. Was not built for this.

 

Watching photoshop tutorials. Decided I got the time to get accustomed in using Bamboo. Yep. The whole thing is gonna be created digitally. Wish me luck... and patience more importantly. I got inspired by the first page of Jo Nesbo's "The Son" and Imma draw Buddha Junkie Sonny.

 

Nah, ya can't start with the face, ya gotta think of other
places first.

 

Matching @Moon avatar.

Starting to feel human for the first time today finally. I mean not fully but getting there, talking to an old friend helped. Both in feeling connected to something...but there`s somethings you can only really talk to with other people who were also deeply traumatized as children....we`ve also known each other since the sixth grade so that may have helped. Letting myself fall apart isn`t per say a bad thing, I mean....it`s a bad time without the doomsday looming. Dad`s birthday at the end of the month, stepfather died in April back to back punches. Had to let it happen, think I`m now where I can pick the pieces up a bit and try to make the most of the rest of this quartine however long that is. While prioritizing self-care.

Feeling reinvigorated to write. Gotta focus on the things I can a lot of other things our just gonna have to wait until this is over.

 

Kinzville, your avatar made me almost scream with delight once I realized what it was.

On topic: I am staring into space. I do this a lot these days.

 

If you spot intelligent life out there, please share it with us.

 

You're gonna make space blush. Don't just stare at it.

Back to mine: I'm starting to lose it already. My sketchbook is 3 feet away from me. My pencils are 1 arms length away... I shouldn't. I WON'T! Problem is I got a mere 2 gbs of ram and my pc semi-crashes now and them, making bamboo and ps malfunction. Seems that sketching with lag is a superpower I can't attain. F%$#@*. Anyways. Break's over. Initiating the damn, I mean lovely program again.

 

Have you tried closing down apps before starting Bamboo? Especially browsers and social media (discord etc)

 

I only have youtube and this. I need music to stay motivated. And awake. It stopped crashing for now. I did a very rough rough and now I'm on line work, but god, this is frustrating! I've come to realize that sketching even basic lines at the right side (of the canvas) of the character is much more difficult. The hands look like crap.