Chore Day and Clip Studio Paint Obsession Day

This week I scaled chore day back and cooked minimally for the coming week. I made vegetable broth, barley, quinoa, butternut squash — that’s it. I won’t starve, but I’ll have to add some spices to everything to make life interesting.

I’ve been obsessing about Clip Studio Paint. It’s got every feature I need to do comics and picture books.. Yesterday I watched an awesome Skillshare course by Reuben Lara, Intro to Graphic Novel Coloring. His Youtube channel is also awesome. I dreamed that I was painting someone who kept asking me, “What value are you painting my coat?” I couldn’t answer.

Yesterday I started reading Marble Cake, by Scott Jason Smith. The book had been been sitting on the shelf for six months since my partner bought it at More Fun, our local comic book. She had put the book aside and eventually forgot about it, until yesterday, when she put the book in the bathroom for reading while on the throne. It’s awesome reading. The writing is perfect — I know the characters from my own life. I can see myself in some characters. I like that kind of writing.