My shoulder has pretty much healed up, I can do everything again except some heavy lifting and pushing. Long periods of using my mouse don't feel uncomfortable anymore and moving around feels good again.

That being said the week of rest has made me think of my art and upload schedule. I'm still going to take it easy for a bit and just work on the images that interest me. Which means maybe a bit less Non OC art as I have plenty of ideas with my own characters. 

I've overexerted my right shoulder this Wednesday and it has been a pain to move around and do art with it. I've decided to take a short break so it can rest up, and maybe even get over this burnout I'm experiencing with my art. 

It's November, which means people are going to do NNN challenge. And I'm going to be a villain here. >:3c
Or at least try to do more, I know I can get burned out on these things fast like every year.

I made a newer version of Amy Rouge. She comes with a more accurate body, muscle flexes, a bunch of facial flexes and make-up.

Includes the QCs, blend file with textures, a PSD file for the head and alpha pngs for the lipstick.

I can't post the image on Newgrounds due to the rules, so check out the video and the download in the next tweet: https://twitter.com/Tahlian1/status/1713656323257094571

As of now, my pc hasn't been doing anything weird, even after some renders. So I'm thinking it might just have been a fluke and/or windows updates doing that shit. Still holding my breath on it, my old old pc had a similar thing where it would turn itself off like that once, be fine for a few days and then completely break.

Also my bday is coming up soon, July 7th. Just throwing that out there.

Yesterday my pc turned off all usb slots and my monitor for a brief sec. And today the first bootup didn't go through, it had to start up again.
I think my power supply might be having an issue. I hope it's just 2 flukes, but I'm scared. 
It's my only form of entertainment here and nobody will be around for 3 days. Meaning I'll be twiddling my thumbs for those days. I do have my phone, but that's not going to do much.

Seriously hoping it's just bad luck and not a broken power supply, but already looking for solutions. It will be hard for me to replace it as the pc is too heavy to pick up and dismantle.

So my life is finally moving forward again.

When I was discharged from the hospital back in September, I didn't really had a place to live. I ended up in a service flat in another city.
But now after 6 months, I will finally move to my own home, back in my home town. This will happen in 2 weeks.
Planning out a move isn't easy and I've been having some stressful moments because of it. So I will be taking the next weeks easy and focus on games a bit more to let my mind rest. I'll still do art, but slowly.

Speaking of art. I've decided to update my OC's refsheets. All of them were somewhat outdated, graphics as well as lore. 
I'll be updating the old images with the new ones over the next few days. Kiki, Lily and Felicia are currently done. I might do an art image first before I'm focusing on Kimiko and Rose.

You can check out my twitter for the updated images with the old one attached to it, or just look through the gallery here to see the newer one. I'm not going to make a new entry.

Is that I should limit the amount of alt's.
It's really fun to do other angles and such, but in the end I still need to upload these. And every upload site has their own limits. 
That plus it feels spammy having to upload 7 of the same animation over and over again. 

Still it was fun doing these. Will keep this in mind for next time.

More short smug elf and shortstack related art coming soon, but probably no longer on a daily basis.

Thank all of you for your love and support. It's no secret, 2022 has not been a kind year to me and those who surround me.

I started 2022 in the hospital, hoping that I'll walk out of it at the end of January. Instead I spend another 9 months in it, having to learn how to do transfers and move around in public while in a wheelchair.
Those 9 months would've been a nightmare, if it wasn't for the people who supported me (IRL and online), and my art.
On the 20th of January 2022 I was moved to the therapy building. And a day later I had my pc in my room and made my first image on that same day. Ever since that day I've been uploading daily to help me pass the time and soften the pain.

It's been almost one year of daily uploads. I have to admit that I'm getting burned out now. The better living condition I'm currently in (compared to the hospital at least) has me less focused on my art. I can play games again and talk to people online without any issues. And I've been struggling to get a daily image the recent weeks due to lack of motivation.
I'm at the point where I see myself doing quantity over quality, and it's bothering me. I can do much better and will do much better if I were to put my time into it, instead of "rushing" it to meet a supposed deadline.

Starting 2023, I will take a short hiatus to do some background work and relax a little bit. I'll be changing my uploading schedule from daily to whenever it's ready. I'm planning on doing other things such armature stuff and learning to animate. And also try to set up a system for my art, so it's not the same thing over and over again.

Thank you for making my 2022 bearable and I'm glad I could help others this year.
Let's hope 2023 will be a bit less eventful.