Hey guys. It’s been a wild month for me! My car kicked the bucket and I got a new one with some help from my family. It’s bittersweet because we were gonna replace the car anyways, but my partner and I were really attached to her. But it’s fine! I’ve got a new one! And it’s green!

Work has been busy but not overwhelming, which I’m glad for this time of year. I’m almost wishing for more hours haha. I’m not off again until Christmas Day, and I still don’t know if I’ll get to see my family since I won’t get next weeks schedule until Friday, but I’m hoping I can.

I haven’t really gotten anything done in the art department lately. I’ve had decent time to do stuff it’s just… split up over the course of the day, and I have a hard time working when I don’t have hours laying out in front of me to use for art. I haven’t been having much fun either: I have maybe tried gaming a handful of days the past month or so. I finally unlocked co-op in Genshin but I haven’t gotten around to advancing the storyline yet hehe… I have really been wanting to get back into Pokémon Legends Arceus too, but I feel like I can’t justify gaming while I work so little on art. I need to stop mindlessly scrolling social media but damn is the constant stimulation addicting.

Uhhhh other updates… my pets are doing good! The cats are all behaving exactly as expected and being very cute about it, I need to get better at sharing pics of them to my personal social media accounts bc they’re always doing something photo-worthy. Our little crestie is doing well too, we’re trying a new flavor of food for her to see if she likes it. She’s a nice healthy weight though, eats her CGD like a champ. Isopods are doing good too, for the most part! All my Thai Spikeys died off, which I’m sad about because that’s like $300 worth of bugs. On the other hand, I didn’t pay that much for them, and the two species I got with them are thriving and reproducing, so I got way more than my money’s worth in the end. In fact, minus the Spikeys, everybody is thriving! I’m going to need to start selling soon. 😵‍💫 If you live in Texas and want isopods, I’m your guy.

Anyways uhhhh I’m hoping I can at least finish up the detail shots on this ref sheet before the year ends, but I promise I won’t beat myself up (too much) if that doesn’t happen. Once I get that finished I’ll be doing a raffle! Not sure what to offer as prizes so maybe suggest what you would like to see? Once I get back in the swing of actually working on multiple things a week, I may update more than once monthly. I tend to update my personal accounts more often than my art accounts, so if you want to see more non-art content you can follow me on Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram @ ErithacusRou. Thinking of opening my art discord server again too… Let me know if you’re interested!

WOW this entry got long. Thanks for reading, and I hope your holiday season treats you well!