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New Set Up

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Oh man oh man. I got a monitor arm for my Big Honking Tablet, and it's so much easier to move around and use now. Does this mean I will Art More? God I hope so. There have been so many times where I wanted to draw, but putting the 22" monster into position and then trying to find a way to balance it on the desk (at an angle because. that's how I draw.) without it tumbling off or having to use my upper body strength to brace it was just exhausting to think about, let alone do.


I used to pull the little 12" thing into my lap and balance it against the edge of the desk if need be, but definitely can't do that with this one. I've already completed a sketch idea for my deck (which. uh. for those who don't follow me on instagram, ahahahahahahaha oh. oh man. that deck needs SERIOUS repairs. fucking twisted and rotted joists. One day I will get back to art and cosplay on instagram, but for now it's me renovating my house. thanks quarantine), a handful of designs for Crescent Cavern, and I'm actually at the shading stage of an Org-Inf Mission. Like holy hell I'm getting shit done!!


The downside is that during all this set up changing and rearranging and my decent into cable management... I broke the screen of my monitor. The 32" one that I just bought... two years ago? Something like that. A screw rolled under it while I was readjusting the stand and went through the screen.


So now there's another $300 on my visa that I can't really afford, but I can no longer work with only a single monitor. Upside: it's a budget curved gaming monitor that looks so much nicer than the broken monitor and it came with girl guide cookies.


Anyways the whole point of this post was to gush about my new set up and the way it's already increasing my productivity, and that I have girl guide cookies.


Also. Go follow my instagram. I currently update once a week with everything I've done around the house that week, with story times of shenanigans like that time it rained and I wouldn't let Rinoa out and that time it rained and the hail was bigger than normal. Oh, and you'll probably be the first to hear about New Dog when I finally get them. Breeders waiting lists are long, but there's a Golden Retriever out there in the future with my name on it ;)

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Welp, it's finally happened. After eight years I'm replacing my Wacom Cintiq. Probably for the best; it's getting harder to source replacements when the animals accidentally destroy parts of it. 

Amazon had the Huion Kamvas Pro V22 on sale for roughly 50% off, and when I called mom to get her to talk me out of buying it, I instead got the recommendation to buy it. Mostly because starting next month I actually have to start paying my property taxes. Let me tell you, the palpitations I had when I got an overdue taxes notice from the city practically choked me. Thankfully my lawyer got that straightened out because those were supposed to be paid by the previous owner.

Anyways. Mom suggested I buy the tablet so that I'll have All New Tech (computer, phone, and now tablet) and hopefully won't have to replace anything for fiveish years, instead of hoping my older stuff holds out just a little bit longer.

The tablet is supposed to be delivered on Thursday. It may even be delivered Tuesday. I never know with Amazon anymore.

Still makes me feel a bit sick to have spent so much money lately.
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Remembrance

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Tis Remembrance Day.

Grandpa died one year ago this afternoon.

I'm. not entirely sure how I feel today.

Drawing a lot of pokemon. Not that this is any different than every day of the last couple weeks, but. I dunno. It seems wrong, like I should be doing something more, but at the same I don't know what I would be doing. 

My aunt wanted mom to come out for the anniversary (and to go through the last of his stuff. mostly so they could go through the last of his stuff). Mom said no. I'm kinda glad she did. With the snow and the ice and all that fun stuff, I wouldn't want her driving through the mountains thinking about her dead father for seven hours. 

I dunno. 

I wasn't as close to my maternal grandfather as I was with my paternal grandfather (and even then I was. not the best of grandchildren), but it seems wrong that I'm not more... upset is not the right word. Solemn? That doesn't seem right either.

It's a weird mood for a solemn day kind of day I guess.
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Vacation

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Going on vacation!
This is my first non-convention related vacation in almost seven years. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do without cosplay and schedules involved.

Mom and I are headed to Hawaii for my 34th birthday. The only thing I know for sure that I want to do is see the Pearl Harbor museum, since I am exactly that kind of history dork. But that's not going to take two weeks. Sleeping in the hotel is definitely not what mom is going to want me to do even though that's like. my favorite part of a vacation. 

I like sleeping. sleeping is nice.

Any suggestions would be welcome. 

Other than that, my wrist is finally able to work without excruciating pain, so that's nice. I'll bring my sketch books and see if I can knock out any stuff for my various groups. Need to draw me some Barus and Teseh and Beni and Ane and Phae and-- well, there's a lot of characters that I want to draw. Been trying, but all my attempts at digital art have made me rage quit the programs, so maybe some pencil sketches will make me happy. 

Here's to hoping.
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All the people who need to know have been told and I haven't been murdered in my sleep so I think it's safe to say

I bought a house!

This may not seem like something that would need to be kept a secret, but there were people who (at least at one point) knew about my dA account and needed to be informed personally instead of learning with the rest of the world.

Conditional sale date is August 9th, and all that's left is the home inspection. I take possession on the 22nd.

In late February I had a break down over feeling trapped where I was, like I was cut off from friends and family because of where I was living and how I had made exactly zero friends in the two and a half years I've lived here. Circumstances beyond my control left me feeling like there was no way out. Looking for a new place to live started as a dream of escape; I just couldn't bare to live here anymore and I was desperate to be closer to friends and family. I was originally looking at renting as there was no way I could afford to become a homeowner.

And then I started crunching numbers.

It's going to be tight for a long while. But I'm moving back up north and I'm so goddamn happy.
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