#beach slinker

[aeridanus]

It's an overcast day and I'm going to have the beach to myself, you thought... and then, this fucker trudges along. There's this ghost story of them coming out when it's overcast, and since it's almost never truly overcast, well, who would've thought. They won't eat or harm you, they will mind their business until they disappear behind some lava rocks. Maybe they're there all the time, disguised as rocks, but maybe not? Maybe they live in undiscovered caves beneath the barrancos, where there's always a little stream of water running towards the shore. Who knows?

[aeridanus]

The sketch page which also had the raw version of the first "sand slinker" image. I'm not sure whether I like smooth and shiny or smooth and matte skin better. Maybe there's both?

Those sketches came after a series of doodles revolving around Goal, and I started to think about the reasons behind his looks and which came first. Some drawing and worldbuilding groove, yay! :)

[aeridanus]

Added some color to another sketchbook page of the beach slinker. It's fun to stay loose and not getting lost in detail :)

In general, I feel that I took a certain amount of stress-disordery-affliction from my old workplace. It slowly starts to surface, but it's not surprising and I know how to deal with it. Thanks, game industry, I guess? ^^'

I didn't do any sports the entire year because of the stress (which should have been a wake-up call sooner), so all my gainz are gone and I packed on several pounds of nice stress-eater fat instead. Nothing insurmountable, but it's going to take consistent work until next year to get some basic fitness back. We'd like to return to Fuerteventura late January or early February, so that's going to be my goal date.

On the contrary, I had some first onboarding calls with my new employer and the contrast is difficult to put into words. I feel respected and wanted in my position, no sexist bullshit to deal with, and the key people I talked to were a joy to listen to. Please please please, end of bullshit phase :´-)

[aeridanus]

Had some more chill time with leisurely coloring sketchbook pages. It's Goal and some derived ideas, I'm thinking about expanding his "lore" with some more darker shit that went down during the Lodger War phase of the Tenebra Versa headworld part.