WOOF. Sketch (Patreon)

Oksana making her way down to the pool, showing off a temporary dye tattoo.

Wolves go woof.

The next image I'll be doing is also a wolf, its actually a patron sketch from a couple months back now.  Some tweaks, and then I'll get to inking.

Its likely the next batch of images might be a bit rough.  I'm still getting back into the swing of drawing again.

Not to go into a lot of depth here, but my time as a caregiver is now coming to a close.  My father is at the point where he needs to have medical supervision I can't give him anymore, and I'm working with his medical team to figure out what that's going to look like as long term care.

I admit that for a couple days after he had to go into the hospital this last time I flipped between feeling very numb and not processing, to falling apart completely.  It was to be expected, but we always think we have more time than we do.

After taking a few days to literally do nothing but rest, something I haven't done in years now, I'm ready to start getting a routine together.  That routine is going to involve doing some art at least 5 days a week.  It doesn't have to be fully finished, it can be anything really, but the point is to have a routine as I find _not_ having one to be very strange.  My whole life since 2012 has been on a routine.

It's a strange feeling to not have to rush through art.  In the last year I felt like I had to cram as much creative time into 30 minute chunks that It started to burn me.  My whole focus was on my father's health needs that I couldn't see anything beyond it.  Now I'm able to finally have a moment to breathe again.  I'm working on not feeling guilty about that.

Until the next time.  Keep woofing.

-T.J.