Well that's a wrap. July was a pretty good month for me! I didn't publicly announce it considering I don't really like the attention online but I celebrated my birthday on the 17th with family. I got some pretty neat gifts like the first 2 box sets for the one piece manga series, aforementioned in a previous news post, along with the first 3 volumes of the neon genesis evangelion manga series. I'd watched the anime a bit ago and loved it on a personal level, so I decided to give the manga a shot. I'll probably follow up on my opinions on that series in an upcoming news post. On top of those, I also got some scott pilgrim tees, and I have 2 figurines on the way that I'm still waiting to receive, those being the boyfriend figurine from needlejuice records' website and the scott pilgrim figurine which i plan to pose next to my collection of scott pilgrim graphic novels. thanks in advance to @ivanalmighty and @phantomarcade for putting together such an accurate and charming figurine for the boyfriend. Hope life is treating you two well.

Anyway, let's talk about art! I've been pretty active in the art game recently, even getting scouted finally, so with that hopefully I can dish out enough art pieces to finally make a name for myself on here! I also finally managed to make a small reference sheet for my oc that I'm sure you are all familiar with by now, catnap. Here are a few recent art pieces I'm proud of that I've posted this year!

Let's change up the pace and get into how I'm doing in terms of mental health, art production, and my general thoughts. My mental health has definitely been better since last I'd made a public announcement on here, so that's definitely a positive. I don't expect it to last super long though since starting August 30th I believe, school is gonna be starting back up, so naturally not too thrilled about that! I'll do a small and quick summer recap in next month's update so stay tuned for that if any of you guys care. In terms of art production, this particular week I've found myself in a bit of a slump in my artistic talent. The yips as some call them. I have been working on an art trade with a certain person you may recognize, so look forward to that in the near future once I get a design laid out. After fooling around and warming up in a whiteboard, I think I've finally found the push I need to get back into the groove of pushing out art steadily again! Thank you all for your support in my artistic journey on here, you all mean the world to me.

To conclude, this July was a very productive month for yours truly, and I hope it's been treating you all well too!

Until next time, I've been Crawdad, and goodnight!