Recent Works

• • #40
  • The inevitable happened
  • Well, my mom is positive for COVID-19 so we have at last become part of the statistic. I am fairly sure it was from numerous non-essential outings like restaurant dining, pedicures, massages...the state is going to be shut down soon to try to curb the rise in cases.
    
    In any case I am now staying in my room. Not sure if I'm sick or not. It's probably a lost cause but I feel better. Sort of. Tomorrow I might try hanging out in the yard for a while.
    
    So far her symptoms are mild, more like a cold that just won't go away. We'll see how she fares for the next 2-4 days. Her symptoms started on Friday the 13th.
  • 11/20/2020 @ 12:01am MST (America/Denver)
• • #39
  • More Pandemic Life
  • Rules were changed at the rec center so we all have to wear masks 100% of the time, which is safer honestly.
    
    I added a new project that I have filled with the utter nonsense I've been dumping on the FFXIV community for the past 2 years, so if you play FFXIV and love silly comics, go check it out under Projects! I've also updated the gallery with various pieces I've done.
    
    Most of it is fan art. I'll be honest, I've been having trouble with original stuff since my dog Terra drowned. But regardless of the subject matter, I've been practicing various skills and feel I've improved in a myriad ways! Story-telling, for example. Sequential narratives are no joke.
    
    I've drawn more than what I've added as of this blog but I may make a new project to add those to instead, since they're proper comics.
  • 09/20/2020 @ 11:50am MDT (America/Denver)
• • #38
  • Pandemic Life in July
  • Well, I got to teach class this month. Rec center put in some rules, like: must wear mask while moving around the building, but you can take it off once you're in place. After three weeks, Gov. Polis enacted a statewide mask mandate, so that changed to wearing the mask at all times indoors.
    
    I got my own stuff printed on some polyester masks (https://society6.com/surrosgallery/masks). I gotta say, as someone with asthma, the masks are pretty hard to wear when talking to class. Polyester isn't as breathable as cotton, but to be honest my real issue is when I breathe in, the cloth presses against my face and my lizard brain always has that second of panic: "Oh no I'm being SMOTHERED!" I have to pause and be patient and get enough air to keep talking.
    
    Might try Redbubble masks later. They're cheaper and apparently a bit shoddy but they might be a bit less efficient at filtering.
    
    My feelings about this...I'd say this wasn't enacted soon enough. People waited til we got actual studies being done...I think it's the BLM protests that really helped. Protestors mostly used masks and COVID19 rates did not increase. It's only in areas where people did not wear masks indoors, believing masks to be an infringement upon their freedom due to rampant partisanship driving a wedge deeper between Americans, that it's been increasing. Republican govs overwhelmingly late on every precaution, not taking care of their citizens. The unclear leadership from the white house has failed us.
    
    I may or may not survive this pandemic. I'd like to. I wanna go to FFXIV Fanfest...
  • 07/23/2020 @ 12:36pm MDT (America/Denver)