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This was less of a piece that I had been wanting to do and more of a comforting picture made to help me through some really, REALLY tough times in my life.
Let me give you all a rundown of all the stuff that has happened to me this year:
1. I got a job at a local fast food chain, so I have had a lot of stress built up from the fast-pace and rude customers.
2. My older brother and life-long roommate is moving out and hasn't yet collected the rest of his stuff, so I have to deal with his mess.
3. My older sister (and podcast cohost) are still trying to figure out if medical school is worth moving to Detroit.
4. Insane family drama, just an insane amount of it and it has basically lead me to hate my entire extended family save for my grandpa and a select few others (my extended family is full of complete jerks and absolute monsters, so it's not just a personal opinion).
5. I had a very stressful situation trying to get my drivers license and I barely managed to get it before my permit expired, I literally got it the very last day of the allowed time.
6. To top the previous situation, I had contracted Shingles, one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and this was during my driving tests.
7. My Uncle's health has been a rollercoaster of recovery and regression from what turned out to be a very mild version of gangrene, so there's been a lot of drama with my folks.
8. My Grandpa's dementia has been getting far worse because of the stress of my Uncle's hospital stays and my Grandma taking out her frustrations on him, so that's been a big fiasco.
9. Finally and most recently, because of the want to take care of my Uncle from my Grandparents' side, I was going to be evicted from my room, so I would have been forced to either live with my grandparents, which would have been a black hole of misery I would never have surfaced from, or move in with my other siblings, which would have meant we would have been living in a 1 bed, 1 bath house, and that would be too much. Thankfully, they were talked out of it and I am able to keep my room, but it set into motions serious plans to move, so there's that whole other can of worms.
So now that you've had just the smallest taste of the stress I had to endure in the last few months, you can now realize why I didn't work on the second half of the comic. I've been feeling really down, I haven't even been able to do things that I really want to do because of how little motivation I have for anything that requires energy. Hence why I drew this picture, I wanted to get back into the swing of things and actually focus on making a background. So I drew myself relaxing in a boat at sundown. Being on the water is one of my favorite things in life and I feel like I really need it at this point. I am so done with everything, I just want to go to the water and sleep. I'm sure you all have felt this kind of feeling before.
On the topic of the comic, I am not going to work on it for a long while. I DO want to finish it, but seeing it unfinished has now turned into a disheartening image, I lose the will to work on it when I see it anymore, because it only reminds me that I didn't finish it and it demotivates me. So I am going to focus on the things I enjoy doing for a while. It's not dead, just tucked away for a while.

I hope you all enjoy this picture, I know it helped me out a bit, I hope it brings you a small taste of peace. Take care.

Description
This was less of a piece that I had been wanting to do and more of a comforting picture made to help me through some really, REALLY tough times in my life.
Let me give you all a rundown of all the stuff that has happened to me this year:
1. I got a job at a local fast food chain, so I have had a lot of stress built up from the fast-pace and rude customers.
2. My older brother and life-long roommate is moving out and hasn't yet collected the rest of his stuff, so I have to deal with his mess.
3. My older sister (and podcast cohost) are still trying to figure out if medical school is worth moving to Detroit.
4. Insane family drama, just an insane amount of it and it has basically lead me to hate my entire extended family save for my grandpa and a select few others (my extended family is full of complete jerks and absolute monsters, so it's not just a personal opinion).
5. I had a very stressful situation trying to get my drivers license and I barely managed to get it before my permit expired, I literally got it the very last day of the allowed time.
6. To top the previous situation, I had contracted Shingles, one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and this was during my driving tests.
7. My Uncle's health has been a rollercoaster of recovery and regression from what turned out to be a very mild version of gangrene, so there's been a lot of drama with my folks.
8. My Grandpa's dementia has been getting far worse because of the stress of my Uncle's hospital stays and my Grandma taking out her frustrations on him, so that's been a big fiasco.
9. Finally and most recently, because of the want to take care of my Uncle from my Grandparents' side, I was going to be evicted from my room, so I would have been forced to either live with my grandparents, which would have been a black hole of misery I would never have surfaced from, or move in with my other siblings, which would have meant we would have been living in a 1 bed, 1 bath house, and that would be too much. Thankfully, they were talked out of it and I am able to keep my room, but it set into motions serious plans to move, so there's that whole other can of worms.
So now that you've had just the smallest taste of the stress I had to endure in the last few months, you can now realize why I didn't work on the second half of the comic. I've been feeling really down, I haven't even been able to do things that I really want to do because of how little motivation I have for anything that requires energy. Hence why I drew this picture, I wanted to get back into the swing of things and actually focus on making a background. So I drew myself relaxing in a boat at sundown. Being on the water is one of my favorite things in life and I feel like I really need it at this point. I am so done with everything, I just want to go to the water and sleep. I'm sure you all have felt this kind of feeling before.
On the topic of the comic, I am not going to work on it for a long while. I DO want to finish it, but seeing it unfinished has now turned into a disheartening image, I lose the will to work on it when I see it anymore, because it only reminds me that I didn't finish it and it demotivates me. So I am going to focus on the things I enjoy doing for a while. It's not dead, just tucked away for a while.

I hope you all enjoy this picture, I know it helped me out a bit, I hope it brings you a small taste of peace. Take care.