Progress, Work and the Business

I apologize again for my absence. This has been owing partly to my overlapping health issues but mainly to being so bogged down in that accursed realm known as real life. Truth be told, I simply haven't been on the internet much and this time away from doing anything creative or - hell - what I enjoy doing has led now to some serious artist (and writers as I am active on some anon communities at the moment for my writing) block.

To prove it, here is the current state of the next update to Scarlett's Run (Issue #10):



It's all drawn out and done, but thanks to work being so fucking (yes, I used that work) bogged down in bullshit that I have been put in charge of fixing despite not really being paid enough for it really to be worth it, I have been too out of it and tired to get the most grelling part of any page done -- the inking.

That in itself is very demoralizing.

If anyone has seen the most recent MLP episodes will know how much you want to have that evil spell that Rarity had here she could make anything she visualised appear. I know it was evil but dear GOD I wish I had that ability. Hell, there are times when I wish I had written this story instead of decided to draw it because right now everything I draw looks terrible and mediocre to me. Though the skeleton of this page is ready for bringing to life, I just feel so sad that I have no muse to draw it.

You know when you want to tell a story so much but process of actually doing it demands so much. Frankly, I need to convert my back room into a work space because I don't think it helps either drawing at my laptop with the said laptop resting on my legs. But I digress...

My point is that working bogging me down and my lack of time for the things I love has made me realise... I need something for just me. It's like I said about going back to school. Evening school, maybe. I don't know -- I just need something to relieve the stress and hopefully the artist's block.

Right now, though, all I can do is power through and get my mojo back now I have a day to breath from work. *sigh*

I admit I am also down as an old friend of mine just got back in touch and she's not doing very well at the moment. Worse still she lives pretty far away so helping out myself it a little hard. That and other issues concerning friends have been praying on my mind too.

Anyway in final news, and slightly happier news (in a nerdy, sad kinda way), I finally finished Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and, good God, I am desperate to talk about someone about it. Trouble is that I don't know anyone else who has played it yet because, damn it, all my friends who like Ace Attorney are in the freakin' USA. So seriously, if anyone has played the game yet all the way through and wants to talk about it... let me know.

All I can tell you without spoiling you is -- it was amazingly well written, beautifully presented and short of a few lagging issues with the sprites in the final third of the game, it did genuinely surprise me. The twist, or rather all the twists, did genuinely surprise me. But God I want to gush... but I won't out of respect for those of you saying spoiler free.

Yes, I put this in bold because I wanted to distract you all from the whole "Sophie is whining about RL issues again" aspect of this journal entry. Let's highlight the happy in this one for once.

Hope you are all well and have not developed a seething hatred towards me for being so flakey in my appearances on here and the moment.