Three drawings of the same character showing improvements in the art style over several months. Personal character for the Somnivores ARPG.

Case in point! You just gotta keep trying!!!

Every time I draw a little guy I think, "Hmmm I can draw this cuter." My art improvement strategy lol.

Cave bear <3

I had this same surgery on my right hand when I was 6 and they put my arm in a big green cast!

So cute! I love a little guy! and the colors!

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If you really enjoy it, you can support me on Patreon for only $1 a month and get early access to new pages! 👀 patreon.com/cavetoonist

Yeah!! 💖

Speaking of comics, I updated sci-fi webcomic VALOR with two new pages a couple of days ago! Enjoy!
valorbot.webcomic.ws/archive/

Anyway, I'm feeling better today. Therapy is good!

I want to stop feeling bad about not doing things the same way as other cartoonists. I want to stop feeling like I'm doing everything wrong. I'm me and my work is mine and I can do it however I want.

I want to make comics my own way at my own pace. Even if that means I only draw a handful of pages a year. Even if that means I never publish a book. Even if that means I'll never be "successful." My new goal is to find joy in my creative process and confidence in my voice as a cartoonist!

heck yeeeeaaahh! ✨🤝✨

I love breaking the "180 rule" no one can stop me.

What15,0000-year-old jewellery found in a cave tells us about prehistoric life Even when living hundreds of miles from the sea, Magdalenian people had a strong cultural connection to it

What a piece of 15,0000-year-old jewellery found in a Devon cave tells us about this prehistoric ‘civilization’
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

Whoa 🤯

The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

That first one is stunning!

I still want to make comics. I'm just trying to figure out how to do it in a way that doesn't make me want to disappear into the forest and become one with the moss.

Thank you for making this for us to read! It's fantastic :)

I love this! Happy birthday!!

Feeling a big kind of way about my art and what I want from it lately. I very much enjoy art as a hobby. I enjoy helping other people complete their art (inking). But I don't want to be "marketable" and I don't know if I actually want to make large projects (GNs) anymore which is kind of a big oof.

If you're looking for an inker I'd love to hear from you! I'm hoping to line something up for late summer/early fall. :)

robogart

My friend has made a ton of great CSP brushes! robogart.itch.io

I'm so sorry this keeps happening and the studio isn't taking good care of your hard work! 😔

Being very serious about budgeting and managing my money is my best strategy to make everything work. It's a balancing act that I've gotten very good at it over the years. Freelancing can be stressful and uncertain at times, but I wouldn't trade it for a 9-5 unless I literally had no other choice.

I'm a fulltime freelancer as a single person with a child and it's HARD, but I make it work by being very frugal and renting a very small apartment. Anyway, I'm just saying my piece to let other single creators know that it's possible! It's not easy and I make a lot of sacrifices, but I'm happy!

I was today years old when I learned that the two divots in the top of a Ramune bottle are so you can nest the marble behind it to make pouring the soda out easier. Also the bottle design was invented by a guy named Hiram Codd in the UK in the 1870s!? I want to make a zine about it.

Thank youuu! I visited a botanical garden and ate a lot of nice things!

Thank youuu! 💖

It's my birthday! 🍀🌈✨

Get well soon!!!