Art Journal

Ever since I did that picture of a titanium moosebot looming over Dead End, I've been working on a fanfic that's evolved from that snapshot into a full blown story. And I lost it, deleted somehow. What's worse is that the reason I discovered it was gone, I was backing up my files and I couldn't find it. *sigh* I think I spent over two and a half hours exploiting every trick in the book I knew trying to find it again without success. /vent

( So have a depressed moosebot pic )

In other news, I got my first cell phone over the weekend. I've never felt a pressing need for one, even when I went to college. (guess who was pissed when they started getting rid of their payphones) And I didn't even bother activating my messages until today, well, yesterday to be technical. Obviously, I'm one of those doesn't talk to people much types.

Oh! And it finally snowed. Thank Primus. Anyone who doesn't believe in global warming doesn't know how scary it is to have key seasonal weather be over a month late. (or they just don't care, which is scary in itself) And as much as we joke "if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait ten minutes" this last year has been all over the place. A few of our festivals took me by surprise in their timing because I think of the seasonal changes and climate as temporal markers. And with those screwed up, so was my sense of yearly time.

I also need to gain some weight, at least ten pounds. While I kept my fluids up, I hardly ate at all when I was sick. I also tend to forget to eat when stressed, which I've realized I have been for over the last month, so that didn't help either. It's happened before in various intensities, so I didn't put to much thought into it. But then I knew I had a problem when I had to wait a little while so I could finish my plate at Thanksgiving. Hey self, you can't keep inadvertently starving yourself. You've lost weight like this before remember? You need to eat, but I guess the fact that you didn't drop below a hundred pounds this time is good.

( Have a spark while I'm at it. )

Nnng. I want sleep, fraggit, and I've been awake for about 38 hours. But that just let me finish the following pic that teaches one to check if the pillar/support beam is actually non-living. Or at least a living thing that won't mind if you lean against their leg.

( Spike was very glad he'd taken up running lately )

Unless I'm sick as a dog in the I'll thank you excessively if you shoot me sort of way, I can draw whenever. Even when my mind is too shot for anything else, including working on my messages, I can draw. So while waiting for the migraine meds to kick in so I could maybe get some sleep, I did this.

( Click for an insomniac attempt at a 'chibish' moosebot. )

Yeesh, am I ever on a moosebot kick.

( Moose and cat )

Just a pic of a personal!canon titanium moosebot(would you believe I'm still having issues with their design?) and personal!canon photovoltaic pussycat. Both of which seem to exist in the TF world due to a single dialog line each. I need to draw them and other cybertronian wildlife more, I barely touched my tablet during my hiatus and that just wasn't right.

There is owl courtship going on outside my window right now. And they're in the process of making future fluff babies.

( Two piccies not related to the owl sex. )

This is the reason for my organics drawing spree the last few days, I've been finishing up this puppy. For the longest time I couldn't decide who would be the intimidated mech, as one of the suggestions was someone who'd never seen a Titanium Moosebot before and were taken aback by the sheer size of the thing. alabaster_demon solved my dilemma by suggesting Dead End in my plea for characters post.

( Why do I feel that it should be even bigger? )