I've Been Thinking... is that ever good?

I have no shortage of places that I could post my nonsense. What I do seem to have a shortage of, is attention span. I often forget to post to, write on, or update things. However, I've recently been getting much better at that sort of thing. Maybe it's an improvement in overall mental health. Whatever it is, I'm not complaining.

That's what brings us here, now. I keep forgetting that my website is more than just a shop for me to sell prints in or a portfolio to post my art to. It's a whole website. I can sort of do whatever I want with it. So, I'm going to start small by remembering to post to it and schedule updates and articles. Then, maybe I'll start exploring all the other neat things I can do with this thing.

The Streams are still going strong.

In fact, I think we're up to 5 weekly streams on the schedule. That's not counting the random, unscheduled streams we do on occasion. We actually spent nearly 5 hours playing Hytale last night with MisterBright. That game is far too addicting, I think.

Gaming with the Bros

Tuesdays I always try to play something that my little cluster of bros will all play with me. Which has been Marvel Rivals lately, but has also often been TEKKEN or the Jackbox Party Games. We've actually moved over to Rivals more often because it's more fast-paced like TEKKEN, but our buddy Jawknee was recently able to come back to the streams and he's not big on fighters like that. He will, however, play the fuck out of Rivals. He's been really into Devil Dinosaur since they added it. Keeping him alive as White Fox has been hilarious. Erdie usually mains Rocket so the two of us end up focusing on support roles more. We're getting pretty good at it too.

The Spookum Squad!

Wednesdays and Fridays belong to the Spookum Squad. Which consists of Me, Erdie, MisterBright, and BroomLady. For those who don't already know, BroomLady is my mother and she kind of hates it when we play Outlast Trials, but she's getting better! We've been playing a lot of R.E.P.O and YapYap lately. They have a hint of Spooky to them without stressing her out so bad. We play other Horror games sometimes too. As long as all 4 of us can play together. Phasmophobia has been on the docket a few times. It's actually what got us started. We also played Ghost Watchers, which is a lot like Phasmo but with a "catching the ghosts" mechanic, and Dollhouse of Dead, which is just plain wacky and I kind of miss it sometimes.

I still do Art Streams, but now there's singing!

Thursdays are still the Drink & Draw streams! Erdie is a fantastic co-host. He helps keep the chat engaged while I work on the artwork. I've also started doing Karaoke near for the last half of the Thursday night art streams. Which has lead to some pretty hilarious banter between the two of us. I think we're pretty hilarious. I love us, if I'm being honest.

I'll likely make a post for this video separately, I just felt like showing off lol

Saturday Night is "Date Night".

Saturdays Erdie and I have started making each other play single player horror games while the other heckles from the sidelines. We also sometimes help. He played the first Outlast game, a really neat indie game called Dead Format, and then some awful AI indie thing we're not even gonna talk about.

Then I played the Mortuary Assistant with a heart rate monitor as a bit like he was "making" me play it as revenge. It ended up being a lot of fun. It's also why, now that he's finished the first Alien: Isolation game, I've pulled the heart rate monitor back out for Amnesia: the Dark Descent. It isn't as jump scare heavy as The Mortuary Assistant, but it's still gotten my BPM up there a few times.

I'm posting on Youtube a lot more now.

I'm not monetized or anything on there yet. So there's still a chance that when I meet the requirements, I get rejected from the Partner program for some stupid reason. I hope not, but I get anxious over stupid shit sometimes.

I post a lot of short-form videos on their shorts feed. Mostly, because they pull a consistent view count in the triple to quadruple digits. It's a neat mixture of art shorts, stream clips, and clips of my 3D Avatar dancing to Kpop.

In addition to that, I've started trying to get a video out every Monday. I'm calling it the "Let's Make an Art" Series. Because, regardless of what I end up actually talking about in the video, I'm doing it while forcing people to watch me create an artwork from start to finish. I've been enjoying making them more than I think people are enjoying watching them. Either that, or YouTube doesn't want me to make longer videos. So, they're sabotaging them. That shouldn't make the most sense, but it does. Because, YouTube.

Personal Creative Projects are Still Happening!

I've started working on some game plans regarding some of my personal creative projects that I've been consistently putting on the back burner for the past few years. Some of you may have some ideas as to what those projects are. If you're a supporter over on Ko-Fi, you'll be seeing more behind the scenes updates with more details. For now, let's just say that being in a better mental state is REALLY helping with my desire to be productive.

I think I'll wrap this up here. I've got other posts to make and content to edit! Thanks for your continued support. Y'all are the best!