Dogstomp (3/28 No Kings)

I need to figure out how to effectively communicate the idea that all disagreements are miscommunications.

Tonight I looked up at Orion and decided to identify the star at the tip of his arrow. I know this isn't the classic constellation. I like mine more. It was Jupiter. I expected a planet because it didn't twinkle the way stars do. - So I asked why planets don't twinkle and the internet consensus seemed to be that it was due to their distance. Even our best telescopes see stars as nothing but pin points of light. Some could swallow Jupiter's entire orbit and they're just so far away that they appear dim. So I looked up again, now interpreting brightness as proximity. The universe was 3D. And I was smaller than I'd ever been. #furryart #webcomics #autobio

Dogstomp #3347 - February 4th

I found a reason to enjoy winter. Nobody goes out when it's bitterly cold. But tonight is not a cold night. And it seems 41 F is comfortable enough for 2am hilltop parties. #furryart #webcomics #autobio

Dogstomp #3346 - February 3rd

I learned to build elevators in Minecraft Create mod. (big 8x8 elevator with weird gears at the top) - (excitedly descending with arms in the air like a rollercoaster) - (Rapidly bapping controls) - (Same as panel 2 except going up) #furryart #minecraft #autobio

Dogstomp #3345 - February 2nd

Cutting onions "Pain is a privilege envied by the dead." - Smiling because it's not bad any more - "I can't see the knife." #furryart #webcomics #autobio

Dogstomp #3344 - January 31st

The situation in America is *really* bad. We're on the path to recreate 1930s germany, except with advanced surveillance technology and nuclear weapons. If we allow America to continue going down this path, we will end up seeing what new lows Trump can take us to. He is not above sacrificing a blue city in its entirety to solidify his power. We need to stop it before it gets there.

Right now we need to:
1. Stock up on enough food and supplies to share
2. Connect to community mutual support networks
3. Be ready to hold the largest sustained general strikes you can imagine

At bus stop - "Bus arrives in 15 minutes. $2.80... the walk would take 30 minutes... hmmm.... I would rather walk 15 minutes and catch the bus at a later stop than just wait here." - 15 minutes later: "Well now the ride wouldn't be worth $2.80." #autobio #furryart #comic

Dogstomp #3342 - January 27th

I've used gf flour for banana bread before. The fact that you don't want gluten structure actually makes it ideal. Same for biscuits and brownies.

The best brownies I've ever had were made using gf flour.

I remember drawing these while eating lunch in a Mox Boarding House after EFNW 2023. :)

Clover asked how to read my banana bread recipe. I listed the ingredients and then put the order of combination in brackets. "You combine stuff in the brackets from left to right, though come to think of it, vanilla is misplaced. It should go in with the wet ingredients. - You know what, just cream the butter and sugar together then combine wet and dry and don't mix too much because we don't want gluten." (She did perfectly) #furryart #autobio #recipe

Dogstomp #3341 - January 26th

Visited an Air and Space museum. Saw the Spruce Goose. But my mind was mostly elsewhere ("How can I use this to make Liminal Velocity better?") #furryart #autobio

Dogstomp #3340 - January 25

What do you want to do today? - I don't know - Come on this is like when I ask your opinion on clothes. I don't want a whole game plan. Just something to work with. - ("I don't know how to answer. I don't have it in me to want things today.") #furryart #autobio

Dogstomp #3339 - January 24th

Photo of a mushroom I took last week.

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Why is it so much more relaxing to go on a walk at 2am? Because I'm intensely paranoid and being seen is exhausting. No eyes on you at night. I bet the coyotes I see out at night are out for the same reason. #furryart #webcomics

Dogstomp #3338 - January 22nd

Panel 1: giving an old guy bus stop directions Panel 2: at gamestop "walked to the mall to people watch, maybe buy a cheap video game" (xbox 360) I didn't buy anything. Panel 3: Sketched Pretzels in the clothing styles of people I saw. Panel 4: The weather only ever gets just cold enough around here to trick you into having confidence that it won't be too cold. It was hell waiting for the bus back. #furryart #autobio

Dogstomp #3337 - January 20th

Started walking to the mall to doodle random people for inspiration. Walked for 10 minutes before realizing I left my sketchbook at home. "I'll go tomorrow I guess" ... "Why do I feel like garbage today... I forgot to eat." #furryart #autobio

Dogstomp #3336 - January 19th

@liminalvelocity - Tonight I realized the view from the top of my hill looks like the setting I'm developing for Liminal Velocity. The city lights look like planets and you can see extra bright ones along the highway network. I'm on the outside of a sphere looking down on it. #furryart #autobio

Dogstomp #3335 - January 16th

Minecraft - Problem: I need a thousand tons of sand but the only sand is 5 minutes away by boat. Solution: build a Crusher (create mod) to turn gravel into sand. - The recipe for a crusher is ridiculously large. "Lets start here. How do I make this big crafting area?" - "You place those materials on top of mechanical crafters." - "It can not be saying I need to create 21 mechanical crafters" - "It is" - "I just want sand." #furryart #minecraft #autobio

Dogstomp #3334 - January 15th

The Happy Valentines Day sticky window letters from 2023 aren't holding up too well.

Still haven't perfected sleeping, but I am managing the pain. Whenver I get up at night, I make as little sound as possible. As if Clover hearing me awake in our own house will have consequences. I suppose it's a childhood habit that no longer serves any purpose. I should kill it. #furryart #webcomics #autobio

Dogstomp #3333 - January 14th

Excavated an underwater cave with glass windows to the sea, in Minecraft. ("I don't like how this looks") It's disappointing to complete a build and it looks bad.

Dogstomp #3332 - January 13th

Took a short midnight walk. Thought about how differently everything must look to animals without the context of how this place was constructed. There were two young coyotes on the road. After they saw me, they retreated out of view. And for once in a long time it made sense why they were nervous. (I should make a coyote fursona) #furryart #webcomics #autobio

Dogstomp #3331 - January 12th

New American January tradition: stocking up on non-perishables in case the country collapses. We're grabbing extra every trip. If we don't end up needing it, we are bound to know someone who will. #furryart #politics #autobio

Dogstomp #3330 - January 10th

There's no excuse not to stock up on extra essentials. In the event of a general strike, those of us who can't risk direct participation will need to send support to those of us who can.

When I woke up I got straight to work. Cleaned the kitchen. Went shopping. Baked banana bread. Made tacos and a charcuterie board for dinner. We watched Jojo's bizarre adventure. #furryart #autobio

Dogstomp #3329 - January 8th

Do you mind?

Since the setting of this comic is inside a mimic that bases its appearance on the minds of the characters, I have to develop all of them before I begin the comic, to know what it looks like. - For someone who claims to have so much difficulty developing characters, you sure chose a setting that requires it! - Yeah. And cars. [No skill drawing vehicles. Setting is 90% highways and driving] - I'll learn. #furryart #webcomics @liminalvelocity

Dogstomp #3328 - January 7th

I am begging you. Please learn about stress/discomfort tolerance. Practice raising it. You need this to survive. If someone online can ruin your day with a throwaway comment, you desperately need to understand discomfort tolerance and consciously, systematically build that shit. Also! Stress tolerance is such an important skill that having a learning disability in that area is a major symptom of a whole lot of other disabilities/mental illnesses! Struggling with it is a huge part of life! It sucks! Am I saying everyone with misophonia needs to listen to chewing noises all day? No. But you need to find ways to tolerate it enough that you don't treat others like shit if they make a mouth noise near you. No, you don't have to read the fic with your trigger tags. But you do need to be able to handle scrolling past the tags without being upset. It is hard! But not having it also makes you so so so easy to manipulate. That grandma is racist AF because her mom raised her to be uncomfortable around black people and she never fought that discomfort. Trans people make so many cis people uncomfortable and that discomfort turns into bigotry real fast. Letting your discomfort dictate your actions and beliefs about things is a great way to become a terrible person. Learn. Discomfort. Tolerance.

Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.