Wellp, after losing the last two work weeks to debilitating drawing-hand issues that have finally abated for the time being (*literally knocks on wood*), as I return to gingerly drawing Empowered vol. 12 pages I've been forced to reconsider my plans for the next few years of work. Lordy loo!

As noted previously, I'm clearly going to need to "go digital" in a more serious fashion for future projects that I'd be both writing and drawing; I'm writing this commentary on an insanely powerful gaming PC that has barely been pushed by any serious digital work beyond some rudimentary Photoshop work.

Side note: Annoyingly enough, g-d Windows 10 updates have finally killed my ancient, doddering copy of Photoshop 6.0(!), which has served me valiantly over two decades now despite its advanced age and less-than-advanced feature set. Thanks much, Windows 10 updates!

Whoops, still didn't get to the second point I meant to address. Well, there's always tomorrow's commentary, right?

Today’s Patreon update: In an attempt to scratch out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. However, my vast archive of years of Patreon posts—extensive Empowered previews, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.