#wrist health

[lynxgriffin]

Hiatus Notice

Hi all, didn't want to make this post on my birthday, but I do need to do it now: I'm going to need to take a hiatus from drawing due to my wrist being hurt again.

Anyone who watches my streams knows that I still try and do my stretches while working all the time, so getting hurt again so badly that I can't work at all is nothing short of completely devastating to me. I have spent most of my time crying nonstop about it. All I can do now is the proper next steps...stop and rest, talk to my doctor about it, and hopefully get any physical or massage therapy I need so that I can recover and get back to work ASAP.

I don't know what my timetable for recovery would be right now, but I'm really hoping it's not as long as last time. I just know I won't be able to share any art until I'm better and can draw regularly again.

This just sucks because I already feel like I've been slow at things, and I had multiple things in the works...Eldritchrune comics, and also a project I was working on for the next anniversary. I apologize that it's going to be a wait before I can share any art again...even once I get back into drawing, my job still comes first.

I will update here more once I hopefully know what to do from my doctor, and I can still answer asks, but no art for awhile. I'm so sorry about the wait...trust me when I say this is my biggest nightmare, and I've been an emotional wreck about it.

And artists: please learn from my miseries and take care of yourselves, especially if you draw professionally. Take breaks, stretch frequently, drink lots of water, do NOT overwork, listen to your body, listen to your doctors and therapists. The world doesn't treat us as such, especially nowadays, but you are athletes. Take care of your body the same way an athlete would.

Thanks again for your patience.

[leeholtwrites]

Everytime I see an ad for a fancy new mechanical keyboard or desk accessory with someone typing, I think, "Please, for the love of god, please lift your wrists. You're going to get carpal tunnel."

[superstargaycare]

nexember day seven! headcanon that nexus went through the Trans Experience of going through like 16 names and several websites

this one was honestly way harder than I anticipated and i think its bc all my thinking power when it comes to nexus is dedicated to rewriting his story not coming up with headcanons lmaoo

FIRST WEEK DONE !!! only three more to go [explodes]

[stargazelasagna]

ooough i have not rendered like this in a verry long time But I am.. very happy with it!!

[iamhereinthebg]

Happy Lunar New Year!!

(the one from last year)

[nordidia]

having a very rough night so raph doodles needed to be made

when in need, mash two interests together

[elkkiel]

Sleeptober day 8 — Eden

He is one (1) apple* tall

*100% scale

[abyssal-ilk]

so sorry vivienne my best friend vivienne. hitting you with the chronic back pain beam. i really like the detail of her upper back having visable armor even without any added upgrades and so now im giving her a reason for that armor. back pain beam.

[hballegro]

the clock is here. all hail.

i forgot to turn antialiasing to the right settings with my pen so it is. the little numbers are chunky. thats life sometimes. just dont zoom in too hard. if i fix it, i wont make a new post abt it ill just edit it on to this one or something [and state that i did so in the post]

prev post with noclock version

and as promised here is also progress pics, harvested from when i sent screenshots to friends as i worked. as a bonus ive also included various layer names and the 5 different names the file went thru. the parts i [very lazily] painted over with dark blue had not been done yet, ergo anything with dark blue over it is just the picture itself so do not regard it

i will now be nice to myself and work on my fanfic and smaller drawings for a while. i will do eye posts sometimes still when i get a slow day and wanna do some peepers for 3 hours, i have collected many eyes [klinger, fr mulcahy, trapper, margaret, charles, hawkeye, bj. ive been busy stealing eyeballs to paint on. theyre all on one document its pretty funny]. i will be doing my best to force the cast into my style so i can do quick stuff.

i also WILL do more paintings of full shots again, but. fellas. ive done 3 back to back full paintings with no other digital art projects in between.

this has been NOT good planning lol

not sure if i should tag everything again so i will just. do so? idk i have not been on tumblr hardcore since like 2018 and have never regularly posted so idk proper etiquette. im gonna leave off characters for this one ig

[goldkirk]

hey so it turns out that padded bike-riding fingerless gloves make it way more comfortable to use forearm crutches multiple hours in a row 👍

[ofcatsandstars]

everyone say happy birthday shay :-)

he'll be 21 today, if he lives this long

[lynxgriffin]

Wrist Health Update

Hey all, I thought I'd give an update regarding my wrist injury and recovery: I'm currently seeing a physiotherapist and (less frequently) a RMT to try and get my wrist all recovered. I've got exercise and strength training regimens to do in addition to appointments for getting the muscles worked on.

I'm still working hard trying to get it all better, but the most frustrating part about injuries like this is that it takes a long time to get back to 100%. If this is about the same as last time I was injured, I expect that I won't be back to normal (i.e. able to draw full days both for work and my fandom stuff without issue) until the end of the year/start of next year.

That said, that doesn't mean there will be no art from me! I'm trying to ease back into drawing with small amounts of time each day, seeing how much work I'm able to tolerate. Right now it's not more than 1-2 hours a day, all spaced out. So I'm trying to make a little progress on some fandom stuff. With a lot of luck (and exercise), I may be able to finish the short DR project I was doing by next month, and then another Eldritchrune comic after that.

However, that will probably slow down again once I try to go back to my job, which I'm hoping to do at the end of the month. Considering I've already missed way more work (and paychecks) than I'd like, even part-time work is going to take priority. And in general any drawing I'm doing for pay (like Patreon) will come first.

So, that's all to say: I'm getting professional help on getting better, I'm making sure to do my stretches and exercises, and I can tell I'm SLOWLY but steadily improving. There will be art, but it will likely be slow and spaced out for the rest of the year. I'm not sure when it will be safe to do art streams again, but in the meanwhile I can manage some game streams! And I can still answer questions or do discussions from the inbox!

Thanks so much again for being patient! I wish recovery was a faster deal!

[gaydogmarriage]

messy dog guy drawing

[decisions-at-3am]

As you hold my hand, I hope your fingers Don't find my wrist. It would become Fairly obvious, That my heart is still Racing from our kiss.

[cosmicheartz]

Not my best work but here’s a doodle of Clem and a Concept of an adult Crystal ( around 20-23 )

[bigmammallama5]

Did you retire

heaven forbid someone take some time away from fandom to get their health back to normal lol

no, im just biding my time in the gutter waiting for you to walk by