Do it now. If you don’t have brownie mix, go get some. If you don’t have espresso, get that too. I tried it as an experiment and honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever go back. Just dump those fresh grounds in the batter and bake. Then call me from heaven because that’s where you’ll be after one bite.
-TB
So as some of you may be aware, I was having some problems with pain in my right arm a few months ago. I’ve been pretty quiet about it for a while now because I hate to burden my followers with my personal problems but I think it’s worth explaining why I haven’t been posting much.
After my first episode, I saw a doctor who prescribed me some pain killers while I healed from a rotator cuff strain. My rotator cuff eventually healed but it was just a symptom of a larger problem. My day job has me sitting at a shoddy desk in a bad chair for the better part of 10 hours each day. I regularly see a massage therapist to alleviate the damage but it’s catching up to me. Even with pain killers and massages, I’m in significant pain by the end of the day and when I get home, drawing is the last thing on the agenda. Lately my evenings have been spent resting, icing my aching muscles and just trying to keep myself from falling apart before the next day. It even persists into the weekends, making it hard to draw for anything more than a couple hours before I’m in too much pain to continue. I do my best to produce what I can but I’m so afraid of pushing myself too hard and injuring myself all over again. I requested an ergonomic desk from work but that was four months ago and yesterday I learned it could yet be another two months before they arrive. It’s a bad situation.
It had gotten so bad that I had to put in a case for Worker’s Compensation today. I don’t know if anything will come of it yet but in an ideal world, I’ll get some time off and physical therapy to manage my pain. But until that point, well, I’m just not going to be able to draw all that frequently. I thank you all for understanding and once I have something concrete, I’ll get you folks updated.
-TB
Utah literally just made viewing pornography illegal by classifying erotic material as a ‘Public Health Risk’ and fully intends to prosecute individuals for viewing or posessing pornography. This in the state with the highest per-capita pornography viewing rates in the nation according to pornhub.
Apparently nobody told them about Stanley v. Georgia. I’m sick and tired of living in a state that is just WASTING millions of taxpayer dollars in pointless lawsuits over stunted ideals and propaganda.
Others: Here’s a pic I did. I won’t credit the artist but try to guess where I referenced it from!
Fans: lololol What a fun game this is!
Me: Here’s a pic I did. I referenced from this artist, linked to their page and gave them a sterling recommendation.
Fans: YOU FECKIN PIECE OF TRASH, PROBABLY TRACED IT, REAL ARTISTS DON’T REFERENCE!!!
Name: Xiik
Race: Kobold
Gender: Female
Appearance: Standing at just 3′0, Xiik is a pretty petite little kobold. Her scale pattern shifts based on the seasons, transitioning from sandy with rust-colored spots in the summer to swampy with mud-colored spots in the winter. Being a reptile, she has no visible nipples. For apparel, she prefers light, wispy pieces complimented with plenty of chunky jewelry. Her only piercing is her right nostril.
Personality: A kobold of privilege from birth, Xiik is proper and welcoming. If you respond in kind, she can be quite caring, generous and pleasant but if she feels you are crude or uncouth, her elitist nature will show through. For her, respect is key. She can either be a loyal ally or a very cold shoulder.
She’s not one to hesitate to use her physicality to get her way or convince others and it’s no secret that she has a particular penchant for mammals. Their warm blood gets her own blood boiling.
Occupation: Shaman / Ambassador. As the speaker of her tribe, she communes both with spirits beyond and with the people of foreign nations.
Fun Fact: Although she specializes in communing with spirits and using more traditional means in her negotiations, she’s a reasonably good sorcerer. None of her spells are used for combat, however, and she’s useless in a fight.
-TB
In her younger days before she evolved into a Venusaur, Ivy and Maria Devo made quite the duo in battle. Their signature light and dark style of attacks were a deadly combo and whenever pushed into the defensive, Maria’s hypnosis only served to enhance Ivy’s potent poisons and spores. I really wanted to develop Mira’s pokemon team more and with Pokemon Go all the rage these days, I figured now would be a good time to get back into the Poke-drawings.
-TB
Oreo: “Send a cookie to a video game character? Easy! Love your body by the way. Not so much your position on not fucking monsters though. But don’t worry, I hacked the game pretty quick so I could screw everyone happily ever after. Hope you don’t mind, Ilias!”
-TB
Desired aesthetic
Thank you, Crystal! You’re too kind!
Is it gauche to say Happy Birthday to yourself?
-TB