lol ye i'm terrible with names on a spoken basis, but since everything is text-based here, i've been doing a better job at getting them down hehe. let's see now... prof. plum is Tyler, Sheep is Janna, VisionOfMilotic is Sam, Astromancer is Riki, Xorn is Dakota, colours is Angie, Tsutarja is Zach, Aquacorde is Anna, Caite-chan is... Caite i guess? bobandbill is... Marcin? shoot i can't remember lol. Corviknight is Aaron (even tho we ain't that close, i should know their name bcs we share the same one lol), Eleanor is Loomie, ionno if that's their real name but it's cool regardless, Fairy is Jo, and uhh i think that's all i can remember off the top of my head. i also realized, i don't think i know your real name lol. all good if you aren't comfortable with sharing it tho :) (unless you did at one point and i completely forgot, to which i say i'm so sorry! i do be a forgetful lad eheh).
ooh yeah looking at your screenshot, i don't have Lumiose Press or The Signal on my side. the only one i got that you don't is the Moderator Lounge hehe. i don't even know if we're supposed to be sharing stuff like this so let's change topic pronto!
yessir i love watching digital artists do their thing. timelapse videos on youtube are my bread and butter when i just wanna chill and be inspired haha. yoo you got a banjo tho? that's wicked cool! do you know the chords and stuff? or full songs or something? i've been trying to allocate time for my hobbies here and there. at least 10-20 minutes of attending to them everyday can go a long way. i may no longer be able to write songs as fast as i used to, nor can i binge video games for hours on end, etc. but if i just work on them little by little on a consistent basis, that's still productivity! i'll take it over mindlessly watching youtube for 9 hours a day :S ugh i need to work on myself.
yeah the cheap tablet was actually what i was on the fence about, since the lower end models still go for a pretty hefty amount for me. my cousin actually bought one a few months ago, and it was pretty interesting having tried it out first-hand. gon take a lot of getting used to since it's nothing like drawing on paper with a pen, but if it means i get to rekindle my creative spirit, then i'll get around to it!
ooh i'd love an easier time finding jobs for sure. it's a mess out there due to how many people do the exact same thing as me, and do it way better! for my current freelance gig, the company actually sells custom shirts, mugs, & posters of your pet pictures. basically you send a picture, then it gets run through our software to make it look like a Van Gogh style oil painting. we send you that digital pic back for free. it's up to the customer if they want the custom stuff to go along with it. i'm in charge of drafting mock-ups for mugs and shirts, as well as making video ads to be blasted through our socials. it's just really simple edits right now tho, cuts and transitions here and there, while i'm still a novice hehe. i'm glad our boss is super chill too. i don't think he's asked for a revision once yet lol.