#workstuff

[nomnomroko]

more work stuff eeey the long term project I've done a lot of concept work for has finally been announced :D Alabaster Dawn! while we wont do a full release for a good while, we're aiming for a 2025 early access release, and you can wishlist already on steam <3

[thelaughingmuse]

No, recruiters.

I do not want to be part of a "challenging" team.

I'm in my mid-50s. I want to be part of a "mature" team, a "powerful" team with a large and well-managed "throughput", a "structured" team that knows how to use processes to quickly and accurately handle the Same Stuff Happens Every Week so that when someone else comes screaming in with their ass on fire babbling about something someone else broke and We Need To Document This Thing NOW NOW NOW, one or two of us can calmly turn from our current tasks, neatly and quickly handle La Emergencia, and calm the panicked person's heartrate without raising our own.

I'm old. Fuck "ambition". I just want a good paycheck and no dumbass "this REALLY could have been avoided" hasslepanic.

(originally posted July 3 2023, over on my fediverse account)

[bykatnav]

On jobs and self-worth

A job is a job, and we are the ones who bring meaning into our jobs.

Is it about building something for the greater good?

Is it about getting an award and the respect of everyone?

Is it about the salary we'll get to purchase the things we want?

For the longest time, I thought the job was my contribution to the world. It is a part of me, so the mistakes and the KPIs reached were all ME. My worth was based on my salary, and how people perceived me was based on how flashy my job title was. Everything was about work. I was busy, burnout, and feeling oh-so-important.

And then...

I got kids who needed me and asked for me. Now I'm questioning everything above. If those are true, why am I feeling so lost and taken advantage of?

Was the award worth all the overtime?

Was being the head worth all the mind space where I got ticked off with my kids asking for attention?

Is the 2 weeks off enough to compensate for my missed weekends?

[disarmd]

i think you’re soooooooooo smart and amazing and funny and talented oops I forgot to hit anon 🤭

stoppppp it turns out my distraction from tomorrow is going to be softly weeping over my keyboard (never stop)

[booperbeanv3]

Probably won't have much art to post until I really Get To It. Shit's been rough. But you know

[aeternxm-aa]

host: bachelor b - what would you say is your greatest weakness?

eito: oh gee, i suppose it would be my inability to form meaningful relationships and, in the off chance that i could, i disappear before things get too serious because i'm terrified of getting too close to someone and feel like i'm not worthy of love.

host: .....

eito: ......

host .... anyway, bachelor c, what about you?

[ethernalium]

just because I'm using myself on my icon portrait doesn't mean I'm a personal blog and suddenly some weirdos can stole and repost my gifs, hum

seriously when I fucking GET YOU

[al-n-cartoons]

I am now immensely curious if you have art for this.

hey just sayin Ben Tennyson totally has ADHD

[cosmicrot]

So I basically got denied SSI because I'm "too smart" and "speak good" and am "well groomed" all things that happened because I was autistic, scared of people constantly yelling at me for being stupid and not understaning people, and because being greasy and sweaty freaks me out so bad, so even though I only shower twice a week [3 if I get sweaty] I'm "too well groomed" to be considered disabled because I'm also "aware" of when I'm "not well groomed"

anyway

getting denied SSI means I can't get braces, I'm going to lose one or two more teeth, I can't afford top surgery, I can't afford the trip I desperately want, ontop of a million other things, but worst of all my parents are forcing me to get a job or they will kick me out.

they basically told me that if I have to pass out and end up at the ER due to said job, or if I get yelled at and fired multiple times, that's just what I have to do in order to get SSI or in order to make enough money to pay rent and shit.

so I might be opening a gofundme or something sometime soon :/ as well as I guess getting a job and ending up in the hospital[hopefully not but last time I tried to do super normal lowkey workstuff I passed out].. I'm heartbroken because I most likely can't do artfight really this year unless I make enough money between now and then.

if nothing else I will be reopening commissions on my vgen super soon, but for now, please considering supporting me on ko-fi

[currymaker]

i wanted to make eris play a little bit of minecraft with me before other stuff tonight but she is doing workstuff i think... so sad... puking throwing up

[cookiiemancer]

2, 9, 27 for the artist ask game

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)

I had to look at previous drawings but I believe it's facing left. I wonder if it has to do with your dominant hand.

9. What are your file name conventions

Bold of you to assume I have any.

I do not have any when doing personal stuff so it goes like this, even in animations:

The ones in procreate are always "Untitled" or whatever the name is when you create a new file. If it's professional or workstuff then it goes like this:

LL3_P25 ( A comic sample)

LL_SCX_SHXX_LAYOUT/ROUGH/CLEANUP ( Animation shots, usually collaborations or studio work stuff)

LL3_COVER2 (Comic covers)

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with

My current job doesn't do any drawing so I do not do any warmups for it, but if I do I like the ones where you draw gestures in 1 min or less for like 10 minutes, but I like doing them as fast as possible so I set them for at like 45 seconds per gesture.

[philipsimon]

workstuff

[roisnoir]

Dug through the Pile of Lace in search of something square and under 5' across. I have two pieces that are the right size but aren't candidates to be painted (one has beads, the other is tiny leafs and i'm not painting another of those for a long while.) The remaining square one will block out around 8' across, which is too big to work in my current space.

So oh noes. I have to do a round one! hehehee After work, i'm breaking down the square frame and putting together the round one. (ok octagonal but 'round' is easier to type)

This is a short week for me - i'm off on Friday, and then through the 2nd, because borthday. No actual plans for what i'll be doing for a week. probably what i'm doing now, except not doing workstuff while i'm at it.

Things I Think I Might Do With My Birthday Break:

work on personal website where i will put patterns and how-to babble in an easier to use format than my tumblr (if it goes well, then maybe a ko-fi or something because while i really do not want to monetize my hobbies, i'm still broke af and paint and yarn get spendy) (my former weed budget is being put towards yarn/paints and i have #Feels about it)

paint the lace cardi. i've got a handle on my paints and techniques (such as they are) so technicolor dreamcardigan, here i come!

assemble marble run kits

gaming - DAVG and BG3 and so many other games, just hanging out on my steamdeck, calling out in haunting voices "play us! plaaaaaaaaaay ussssssss! let coral island rest for a few! come back to us and pick up from before your partywipe!"

botanical gardens? maaaaaybe. if it's not super warm or windy (i don't like schlepping my parasol around but especially not when it's windy)

miniatures - maybe work on the gothy kitbash i started forever ago before i lost focus on it

clean stuff (ahahahahahaaa yeah no)

hang out with people? Maybe? If anyone is around and wants to be crafty/quasisocial?

[iroirohac]

*3 big project workstuff+5 side projects+managing porto= all need to be done in this end of month* *new bingqiu fanfic* *see post daily sqq drawings* *found russian fanfic website* oh nooooooooo

[youubringmehome]

About to open my work laptop to read workstuff for an hour for the first time in 7 months😟

[email-me-more]

ye olde "oh i should move my chapter draft to word to flesh it out and be able to edit it better now that I'll be travelling for workstuff-

twenty-eight pages??????????????????????????"