Hello, I saw one of your posts about your repetitive strain woes. It's a bit comforting to realize that I'm not the only artist going through this. How are you managing yours, if I might ask? Being an animation student I can only imagine how scary it must be for you. It might seem dramatic, but the first time I felt the nerve pain in my wrists from drawing too much, I felt like my life was ending. Hope you're taking care of yourself, keep being awesome! :3
Hello!!! My answer ended up being really long, so more under the cut!!
Don’t worry as it’s unfortunately a thing that happens a lot to people who use their hands a lot, be it artists, programmers or people who play instruments. :( It doesn’t help if you work continuously for hours on ends without stretching either wagh;
The first time i had RSI pains I didn’t take it seriously because, hey, it can’t happen to me right haha (wrong it can happen to anyone pls take care) It felt like a tendon or a muscle stretching from the tip of my middle finger, running through my wrist all the way up to my shoulder and it h u rt. It escalated to the point where my entire right arm up to my shoulder was in pain. It wasn’t extreme pain but it was just discomfort and it hurt to hold a pen it was awful. :(
I managed it by getting a hand brace and just not drawing for a while and did more regular stretches. It doesn’t hurt as much anymore but during cold weathers or during heavy work periods in my life my hand starts to twinge and I immediately slap on my brace again and just take it easy. I find that heat packs help a little as well as my aches tend to worsen during colder weather.
I completely understand panicking and honestly it was partially my own fault for allowing mine to escalate to that point, but when i did get to that point where my whole shoulder was in pain I was lying in bed just thinking “why me, i should have taken better care” and that was also during a low point in my life so this added insult to injury. The worst part was that I wasn’t even drawing that much when the pain started so i didn’t connect the pain with drawing. It was a combination of the cold, bad posture and just not stretching/taking care of myself. So don’t be like me, take care of your hands!!! RSI can happen to anyone!!!!!
And a final note if anyone else decided to click read more, reminder that RSI or carpal tunnel is not a medal of honour as an artist. It hurts, it sucks and sometimes you may not even be drawing a lot and you can get it simply by having bad habits. So please don’t glorify RSI/carpal tunnel as such!!
Remember to do stretches and to take breaks! Hold your arm out, keep it straight and pull your fingers back to stretch it out or push your palms against the wall while keeping your arms straight.
This ended up really long, but tl;dr. RSI is no fun, i’m not as nervous about it anymore since I try harder to take better care of my hands and I know what brings on the pain and how to manage it.(its usually cold weather and heavy work periods) SO KEEP YOUR CHIN UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
WhooooAhh HO HO HOOOOO. You're hilarious. Oh my god. Thankyou SO MUCH. Man oh man did I get ripped a new one. But I really appreciate you taking the time out of your day to critique me! You've got a follow from me. Is that your art at the top? Pfft AWW how cute.
I have legitimately no idea if this is sarcastic or not.
How long did it take you to develop the lexicon for High Valyrian?
The lexicon for High Valyrian is still under development. I honestly don’t think I’ll ever be done with it—or with the lexicons for any of my created languages. Creating words is the part that takes the longest for any conlang (aside from a minimalist language like Kelenala). Natural languages have hundreds of thousands of words; a conlang is lucky if it has a couple thousand. It takes years to create that many words and to create them authentically (with etymologies and interdependencies, etc.). So I’ve been working on the High Valyrian lexicon since 2011, and I will continue to work on it until the death date someone fills in on my Wikipedia page some day many decades from now.
Sorry if you've explained this already somewhere but: 1) What's the story behind your screen name: slugette? :) 2) Also, its Yvad (EE-VAHD) right? 3) Sausage or Bacon?
Slugette is what my husband used to call me, before i hijacked the name for my online persona.. I am not a morning person, and quite sluggish in the morning? so he called me slug one day, and it kinda stuck..
yes :) it starts the same as the names like Yvonne or Yvette.. then I give the accent to VAAHD.. “a” sounds like “aaahh” like when you go to the dentist.. or when you say “calm”
This is a very hard question because I like both… I will say Bacon, just because it’s more versatile..
