#litanote 2021.10.24 (Patreon)

Hello dear my patrons,

A lot of things around me were updated during October. There's so much going on that my mind hasn't caught up yet! I'm trying to get used to it slowly, one thing at a time.

Inktober 2021!

This month I've been focusing on drawing inktober. I've been looking forward to October every year since I decided to draw a specific set of characters!

Due to my stream schedule, I haven't been able to stick to the rule of one drawing a day. Even so, I'm really enjoying the month of October because I feel as if I'm living with the three nekomimi kimono girls this year :)

So I'm really enjoying focusing!

During my stream break this week, I scanned all the inktober drawings I had done up to that point. I love to draw, but I'm not very good at this kind of work. (I also forgot to post my drawings on Twitter for about 3 days...)

I'm currently editing the scanned data for uploading and for my art book.

iPad and procreate

Last week, I started drawing with procreate on my iPad.

I had touched it a little when I got the iPad, but because I used a pen tablet usually, I felt that drawing directly on a digital screen was weird.

I couldn't get used to it, and I couldn't decide on one software, so I mainly used Clip Studio, but I couldn't get used to it and the free trial period ended.

And, due to the side effects of the medication, I couldn't draw digital arts for over 1 year. So iPad was only used for language learning and watching videos.

I don't know why, but I suddenly wanted to try drawing with my iPad after I got my iPhone 13 pro, so I took off the iPad stand I had been using and tried drawing with my iPad in an analog drawing position. And I felt so happy!

Some time later, I had to draw a picture in Photoshop on my computer. As usual, I drew with a pen tablet. Then I felt very uncomfortable, and for some reason my neck started to hurt a lot after that. That's when I got an idea. I had never been interested in display tablets before, but I thought they would be great!

When I told it my husband, he said, "After all this time?" and he was surprised, because my husband had recommended it many times before. 

When we visited Nyacchii-san's house, there were many opportunities for me to let me try painting/drawing with display tablet, but I didn't seem to be interested at all. (Sorry, I don't remember that at all)

I'll be drawing on my iPad too, and saving up to get a display tablet someday!

New Patreon Rewards

And because of that, I've been able to get some new Patreon rewards!

procreate drawings (PSD files if I can add them), and full time-lapse videos

I'm planning when should I upload them. Weekly or monthly and etc. I hope you like them!

Winter is coming?

Suddenly, the temperature in Japan dropped and it suddenly became like winter.

I was planning to resume walking when the temperature outside dropped and there was no longer a danger of heat stroke, so I resumed my walks starting at about 20 minutes a day. But at the same time, it was also a season of unstable weather, and I wondered what I should do on rainy and windy days.

Then I started doing some strength training at home, watching some training videos I found on Youtube! My muscles are very sore today because of it :D

I'll enjoy these kind of activities, too!

Since my last litanote, I've been thinking about my future life and many other things. There are many things that need to be improved.

And one day, I want to be in a place where I don't have to worry about my life, and can just think about drawing.

Thank you for reading this note, and thank you so much for your amazing support!

Love♡

Tachibana Lita