i have some not so great news… i don’t believe iSSUE 2 will be out by the JAN 31st deadline like I had hoped for :^(
in more positive news (depending on how you want to define positive) i finally broke down and reverse-engineered a way to get my pen display tablet to hook up to my laptop; meaning i can now work on the lineart for JSRX while at work! despite it being all bulky and difficult to transport, i’m hoping to use my down time to work even more on the comic. my tremors have died down for now, but i’ still going to be relying on this new method since my laptop doesn’t have pen tilt functionality. i’m thankfully pretty far along in the artistic process of the comic, most of whats left is the last handful of pages, polish, and small adjustments :^P
to (again) be completely transparent, i have a feeling i’ve been having a pretty bad depressive episode for awhile again. long story short, i was formally diagnosed with unipolar around 2019ish, and it’s somethin i’ve just had to deal with for as long as i can remember. unipolar is different from bipolar, even though it follows a similar pattern. while people with bipolar experience fluctuating manic and depressive episodes, people with unipolar only experience fluctuating depressive episodes. although it’s mostly referred to as major depressive disorder, i prefer calling it unipolar for myself since i suspect it stems from my family’s genetic history with bipolar disorder.
what i’m trying to say is i’m not crazy or severely depressed, but i’ve got a lame ass condition that’s been acting up lately. i have been receiving treatment for it consistently, and i’ve noticed my episodes last a lot shorter than they used to, down to around 3 weeks to 2 months. now that i think about it, i wonder if my tremor is related in any way… huh :^1
i’ve been dedicating all of my extra time to making this comic, and idk, the same sentiment that i had in my DEC 21st update has still somewhat lingered. i’m not trying to make excuses for myself. i understand that sometimes people can see an explanation as an attempt at an excuse, but i promise i do not intend to excuse my tardiness or whatever. it’s my own fault, and i take accountability for that. i tell y’all this in order to explain why and where i messed up and what i’m trying to do to make things better in the future.
side note: the post for this month’s fanart friday didn’t upload properly for some reason, but i’m working on fixing it atm-
