my commission queue is updated for the week! "Is Wario A Libertarian" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate, well that was supposed to be the link to the queue but i had this copied instead + thats fine. one sec. my commission queue is updated for the week! trello.com/b/OGcMv8c6/com… if you're a client and you'd like to see your position in the queue, or if you're just curious about what i'm working on, this is where you can check it out

alright guys. im honestly too tired to get super far into it, but i want to quickly type up the things that, to me, were the biggest takeaways from the patreon community live.
threading. - they are not taking anniversary billing off the table, despite passionate and consistent feedback. over 200 creators attended the stream; in the very fast-moving chat, i think i saw 3-4 people who were for AB. everyone else was very, very vocally against.

kicking off the #ADHDInvasion with a comic about CONSEQUENCES, and how my lifelong failure to react to them has been a huge source of frustration for me and the people who rely on me. (1/2)
#ADHDawarenessmonth even worse, it makes me appear apathetic or careless to others, when in reality it weighs on me super heavily - i just struggle to show it. (2/2)

FINE initial thoughts so far:
1. i am bad at this game, which is doing nothing to impact my enjoyment
2. it’s cuter and funnier than i was expecting!

lrt when i switched to full time, i thought after a lifetime of working under capitalism that 8 hours of art a day was mandatory + anything less was slacking off. in reality, on a perfect day, where the planets align + i feel really good, i am capable of like 6 hrs of focus total and that entire 6 hours is not 6 continuous hours where a drawing implement is in my hand and moving. some of that is inevitably eaten up by stuff like emails, organizing invoices, looking up references, boring administrative stuff -- but it still takes my focus as a professional

CROCKPOT IS SUCH A HARD WORKER look at how much of the diatoms/brown algae in the back he’s chewed through!!!! (featuring martini photobomb) i wish i had a before pic but in all my recent pics of the aquarium i kind of avoided showing the back glass bc i didn’t like how it looked lol. admittedly part of it is i was letting it get covered on purpose for crockpots debut but even when i scrape its hard to get everything

i love bouncing oc ideas off marina bc this morning i very firmly informed her i’m going to make a jester oc and 1. take the character completely seriously and 2. make them sexually appealing (but still absolutely a jester) and she is nothing but supportive of me me: [pacing] also like it’s just a fascinating space to occupy day in and day out. like “i have to be edgy enough that he [the king] doesn’t get bored of me, but if i am too cheeky i will be executed.” i want to think abt who would go for this job
my beautiful wife: [nodding

rating bat emojis bc i feel like it, starting w apple
this is the one i’m used to so i’ve gotten fond of it. shape is interesting. i like his ugly lil nose but i wish it was pointier. most of the things i have a problem w (like his drumstick legs) cant be seen at emoji size. 7/10 google. EXTREMELY cute. thank you for the prominent fangs and big ears and little thumbs. why do the legs just end in line with the overall silhouette, though? 9/10

had a dream i worked at a restaurant and found a dollar on the floor while sweeping but my boss wouldn’t let me keep it, saying it belonged to the restaurant and therefore to him, and in response there was an escalating montage of me throwing his belongings into a nearby river this culminated in me throwing his car into the river + then there was like, him talking to a reporter about it, informing them i had weighed it down with a roll of quarters and his “how to learn to drive” manifesto, a document of 100s of pgs that he “still referred to regularly”

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i binged all of petscop in one sitting yesterday and i’m like [Thinking actually mostly i’m feeling about petscop not thinking about it. having very very big feelings about like. okay hang on i’m gonna rot13 this in case there are ppl following who want to get into it at some point

oh i wanna do this for warmup.... don’t worry abt the comment number thing i think that’s confusing to keep track of. just choose the step you want to suggest something for w/o worrying and i’ll pick my favorites or the first ones to come in or some other arbitrary method w/e OKAY WHAT IM GONNA DO TO KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED is when i’ve for sure gotten a suggestion i like i’ll lock it in here so i don’t have everyone suggesting for the same category.
IVE PICKED:
- giant spider mascot!
- berry color scheme!

there are other intrepid aquarists who are trying to nail down breeding amanos in captivity (im reading an in depth thread from someone who has had some success as recently as spring/summer 2019) both out of enthusiasm + curiosity and the hope of reducing # of wild-caught amano (amanos are not in any way endangered or threatened but there are always potential environmental cons to consider in wild caught ornamental fish/inverts anyway.)

Hi, I'm Thinking about starting a quest, and I think I remember you having some like guides about that, could you… — #iracc i can def give some pointers, i’ll thread them below! and to tuck the answer to ur specific question here,… curiouscat.qa/baph0meat/post… so first off here’s a guide to the basic functions of questden, where i host my quests. if ur interest in starting a quest was influenced by reading my work, u probably already know this stuff, but it’s good to have on hand anyway!

https://twitter.com/baph0meat/status/1171968994754138112

i got reminded of this thread from the other day and actually a note i want to make abt this tip is that for me, it only works if i use it SPARINGLY. otherwise it just becomes white noise and doesnt help OR, at worst, makes me feel like im failing instead of helping me prioritize

https://twitter.com/baph0meat/status/1302189285316202498

it’s crazy how much the little stuff that impacts how the overall Tone of how u talk to urself makes a difference in how u view tasks. maybe i’m just incredibly sensitive but on the trello board where i keep track of commission status i had to switch the “not yet started” tag -

:3c watch all of these sprinkles sink directly to the bottom as these bake

I've seen you talk about doing weekly scheduling, and I was wondering how you cope when you aren't able to comple… — #iracc the short answer is being flexible w whatever i can! i’ll go into detail in replies so i can show examples ⬇️ curiouscat.qa/baph0meat/post… disclaimers before i start: i can only talk abt my specific method and i think time management stuff is SO specific and u have to figure out what works for u. but i built my method by observing other ppl’s so i hope u get at least some useful things out of this!

Tw: suicide, self-esteem

Yo I missed the fuck out of that 22nd July comic you brought back up again at the start… — #iracc i’m still working on that! that’s an endless process, and i think even more so when ur in a field like min… curiouscat.qa/baph0meat/post… ok continuing so i don’t have to mess w cc’s character limit on the subject of: how do u stop comparing urself to others re: the time you “lost” to severe mental illness while it felt like everyone else was Moving Forward lol

culture shock this culture shock that. what i am shocked by is i can now go to the doctor if something awful happens to me (or even if nothing awful happens to me!!! fingers crossed for finally getting an adhd diagnosis and maybe trying medication!!!!)

the only outside socialization i’ve had in weeks is me and all my neighbors going out onto our balconies because we heard a cat and trying not to look at each other while we look around for it FOUND HIM

one of vita’zi’s friends: so ur sure
tazzy: yes
friend: u want me to hit you
tazzy: absolutely
friend: in the face, with this shovel
tazzy: i need a scar. i need the face scar to be a truly imposing antagonist
friend: why don’t u just go out and do some stuff and see what happens tazzy: if i just let things happen as they may who knows if the scar will be sexy or not. i need control over the situation. please just do this for me
friend: [grip flexing on shovel] this is a lot of responsibility to bestow on me but okay