Ever Since Daylight Savings, I Felt More Fatigued Than Usual. Does Anyone Else Feel That Way?

Day 18/19: Escape/Flight 🕊

恭喜发财! 🐷

It's that time again! Join me on this #inktober journey :)

Day 1: Poisonous. Inspired by the Black bat flower 🦇 

Another “Cells at Work” fanart, starring these oddly adorable creatures. I knew I had to draw them the moment I watched this episode hahah

“Sleep Apnea”

This is something that I’ve been wanting to delve more deeply and apply into my work. I don’t think that many people are aware of the severity of this common but serious sleeping disorder.

About 10 years ago I was diagnosed and, like many people, believed that it was simply just snoring. But after getting informed and doing further research, I realized how much it severely affected my overall well being.

“Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain -- and the rest of the body -- may not get enough oxygen.” -- Nayana Ambardekar, MD

I’ve been told that, before using the equipment to help with sleeping (the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine, or CPAP), my breathing sounded like a loud creature getting choked from its own body. I can joke about it now, but it was a really scary discovery! But despite this health condition, I’m still thankful that I got to be educated, to find out in my early years, to get the help and resources I need, and to be more understanding to those that are also diagnosed with it or something similar.

You can find out more about sleep apnea in your own time. I just hope that there will be more awareness about it, that it’s not just snoring, that seeing the term or the supplies used won’t be so foreign, and that there are solutions to improving their health in the long run.

Day 21: Drain

I've been listening to a lot a lot of lofi lately

It is finished! 🐴🐮🐰 The original illustration is by Natsuki Takaya, her style was a big influence for me growing up 😊 Only 5 more days til the anime reboot!

恭喜发财! 兔年快乐! 🐰🧧✨

Wishing you all a healthy, refreshed new year ❤️

Something fun, a redraw of @oddgraham's comic about feeling regret (but not really). I hope you all are well ❤️

And here are the remains of this year’s inktober! It was hard getting into the flow of things at first, but I made it! 

It was nice to see the improvement and learning new inking techniques. Now to sleep for 20+ hours onto new projects!