Too much gaming, bad sitting posture, and then improper handling of the resulting repetitive strain injury. Thankfully i am right handed, so my lefty being in pain doesn't have that big an impact on my life (and righty is less painful, so...). Thanks for the concern though, it's nice to know that people care about me. c:


sadly i didn't get lucky enough to go beyond drawing their pretty faces

:<

i don't even have that much muscle to be in pain so keeps surprising me with how much it can hurt

:<

I have been to a physiotherapist though, and basically it seems to be a combo platter of irritation of muscles, tendons and nerves. He has massaged the evilest spot more than once (which was rather painful), but alas, it was no magic cure. Neither was acupuncture, for that matter, but at least it didn't harm either. :v (it surprises me how much it DOESN'T hurt to have needles stuck into your flesh)

Man, I can't imagine how much that must suck. Just don't push yourself mate. We care for your health too after all.

It's not too bad once you've gotten used to it, really, but thanks. I don't have reduced function in my hands, it just hurts if i use them too much and/or use them wrongly. Of course, it ideally shouldn't hurt at all, but that's what i get for being an idiot. :v

The current biggest problem with taking a computer break is that it would leave an 8-ish hour void in my life that needs filling. Reading and television would collectively fill up maybe 3-4 hours if it's really engrossing (or much less if there's nothing to read/look at), and i'm still plagued by anxious thoughts when i try to draw things. I'd lern2music, but that's generally also a pretty finger-heavy activity (well, except singing, but oh god i am way too shy for that). I'd go for long walks, but my right achilles tendon is also feeling slightly yet ominously sore at my heel, and i don't want that to progress. I'd hang out with friends (maybe), but everyone except me either has a job or active study, and that's without counting my anxiety. Besides, i'm bad at being social for extended periods of time; at some point i just kind of retract into a bubble. Life and times of an anxious caveman. :I

if you don't mind, i'd like to draw a snek in your honor

want to continue trying to get out of this artistic rut and starting to just not care about consistency of content

also pledging you on patreon

HHHHHHHHHHHHHH

THANK YOU

Also that's totally fine, not like i have a copyright claim to sneks. Also also, you have the exact opposite problem of me; i'm worried about drawing too much of the same stuff, because my brain tends to gravitate towards the same things all the time. While that's not necessarily bad, it kind of bothers me, and is one of the reasons for my current art slump. :v

i drew a snek too for shook since he my master doodler

with pledging, does it take X amount of money a month if thats how much you pledge, or can i give you a certain amount at once for now?

certain amount now and you can always change it

i believe

idk i did 3 dollars and will continue to do so

In my case, due to having selected the "per month" option, pledges begin to get processed on the 1st of every month (they say it can take up to 72 hours), so if you just want to donate once, you can pull your pledge after that. I'd like to set up a much more convenient donation button via PayPal, but that's not terribly easy to figure out, and i'm not sure how the paypal.me thing works yet. :v

why not a dick as long as my legs

??

oh well

I'd pick the latter because having fingers that long would involve them snapping like twigs multiple times per day, and that would be extremely painful. At least stubby legs wouldn't have that problem, plus i'd have an excuse for sitting on my ass all day. :v

also here have a thing i've been doodling on while on vacation

Scanner is currently absent so you'll have to make due with a potato photo. I call him Sir Boutiz Faiz. :v