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a very late submission for a certain 2023 huevember art challenge, but its neither november nor 2023. day 6

Part one of “Bill’s new name” AU

OOOF well that was a ride

I NEVER DREW COMIC PAGES BEFORE and god this is hard

But oooh boy it’s only the beginning

Favorite bird genre has got to be 'that's literally just a dinosaur'

Groove-Billed Ani

Hoatzin

Pheasant Coucal

core classes as undead :)

🐉 new CSP brushes up in my shop! 🐉

thirty-seven scaly, spikey, toothy, and generally crittery tools for clip studio made from scanned ink drawings.

like most of my brushes these are sharp-edged and fully opaque to fit in with bold art styles, with plenty of optional blending and colour variance. have a look if you're inclined to make some little guys, or expand your texture collection!

as always, my full library of brushes can also be accessed on patreon at any tier.

shifty's first word

OK Tumblr Geriatric Ward, let’s talk about your posture-

there are things you should be doing now to prevent yourself from starting to look like 🥀

Why does it matter? Future you would like to avoid the pain, limited motion, and fall risk that goes along with worsening posture.

What’s the focus?

1. Keep the flexibility in your spine

2. Stretch the muscles in the front

3. Strengthen the muscle in the back

Here are some simple things you can do daily while sitting and when you get up to go into the bathroom or the kitchen

Keep the flexibility by doing these repeated movements: 10 repetitions several times a day

The goal is to give yourself a double or triple chin. Keep your nose pointing forward, don’t let it tip up or down

Thoracic extension- use a chair with a seat back that comes up to the level of your shoulder blades. Try to bend back over the top of the chair without arching away from the seat back and without extending your neck. If the pressure from the top of the chair is uncomfortable you can place a towel there

Stretch the muscles in the front by using a door frame. This one will feel good afterwards

If this isn’t enough of a stretch you can do one side at a time. If you have the right arm up step forward with the right foot and turn slightly to the left. Then do it on the other side.

Strengthen the muscles in the back by squeezing your shoulder blades together for a count of 10 and then repeating 10 times. You can do this several times a day Hint: Don’t lift your shoulder blades up

There are lots more exercises for strengthening your back muscles but this is a good starting point and easy to do. I like doing it while driving

Tips:

Do the best you can

If it hurts stop

Envision future you saying thank you each time you do one of the exercises

Sea monster illustrations by William 巴特尔  Bao