My Phone Decided To Become Uncooperative A Few Days Agohanging On Startup, Refusing To Go Through The

My phone decided to become uncooperative a few days ago—hanging on startup, refusing to go through the lock screen, not opening apps... All in all, worrying.

My tech-savvier brotherhas been trying his best to fix it, but at this point he says it'd be best to just straight-up factory reset the thing. Which... is understandable, sure, but I feel so attached to how it currently is that I don't want to lose it all.

And now, a selection of old hand-drawn art featuring Ghostie!

Here's a little view of the desert wastes that Ica calls home. Not the most homely, and every so often they have to worry about mutated creatures intruding from across the horizon... but, come heck or high water, he wouldn't trade it for anything.

Another video game I play mostly regularly is Sky: Children of the Light. If you haven't heard of it, it's a free game on Mobile and Switch (I play on the latter), where you customize a little Sky Child and wander across the world, exploring it and meeting other Sky Children doing the same.

I drew this piece inspired by the new seasonal event that started today—the Season of Moments. It's got this nice place called the Prairie Peaks with waterfalls, mountains, cliffside paths, and a big ol' monolith sitting in the middle of it all.

It's pretty serene and calming, as is most of the game. And it's seeing this area in-game (among other things out-of-game) that helped inspire me to escape a bit of a funk I've been stuck in for over a week now. Also provided some practice drawing backgrounds—I'm not the best at them, but practice makes perfect.

I also tried making a timelapse, which I'll share below... It didn't quite work, thanks mainly to how my current computer isn't quite the best thing out there, to put it lightly.

Why is that cat a square?

Here's some drawings of Cole meeting with some other bugs, on and off duty!

This is Abda, one of the aforementioned "snobbier bugs" around town. She makes no secret her disdain for those of lesser status than her, much to Cole's dismay.

Here he is delivering a heavy delivery of milkweed for this monarch caterpillar fellow. Inspired by just how large ones we nurtured a few years ago got!

And lastly, him being very confused by a bumblebee trotting along with a leaf dragging behind him. Inspired by a bee I saw doing that same thing (without a rope, unfortunately)!