I'm feeling kind of defeated. I've been sick for about two weeks now with a god-awful cold, and I've been unable to work on my writing, since I don't want to fill my draft book with snot.

I have, however, made a big step forward in my artwork. I tried a photo-manipulation a couple of days ago that I'm pretty proud of. I just need to contact all the people kind enough to provide stock images for it so I can post it and show it off. But, that can wait. I won't be posting it until I've contacted all the stock artists, it just wouldn't be fair.

I've also tried to draw a horse in a different style to my usual. I tried digital pen drawing. Very fun, and the constant need to take a break to take some cold medicine or hack up a lung has made me come back to it with a fresh mind over and over again. I'll have to try and remember to do that with every piece from now on. Frequent breaks are great for seeing what needs to be worked on a little more.

Aside from that, I'm planning to do some paintings to raffle at conventions to raise money for the Help a Verd'ika fund. I won't get started on those until my cold's gone though. It just wouldn't be hygienic to raffle paintings contaminated with a cold.