I've been doing a lot of livestreaming. I had downloaded a new version of Procaster the other day, the program I use to stream from my desktop. I'd previously been using Procaster version 2 - I realized that the latest version is 20, lol. It was a bit frustrating because the majority of the newer releases were very buggy, but eventually I found one that worked well. It's a lot better than before now. I used to have to fight with the program to keep it streaming the whole time, but now the whole thing goes pretty smoothly. People get to watch me draw, listen to some music, and chat through the day.
I really love streaming my work, much more so now that Procaster is cooperative. It's a lot of fun to interact with people in the stream, and sometimes I get to meet new people. Sometimes we talk about art, sometimes we just talk about random stuff, and sometimes I doodle silly things in response to the conversation. It's so much more interactive than chatting with someone over MSN or whatever.
I'll often stream for 6-10 hours at a time. By the end of the night, my eyes will feel tired and my arm will be sore from working so long, but I'll have been grinning so much that my face hurts. I feel completely ridiculous sitting here smiling and laughing at my computer screen, but it makes me happy. I love talking to people, I love drawing, and I love working. For once I feel like I'm getting something accomplished, even if it isn't much in the big scheme of things.
My art doesn't do much as far as supporting me, but with the way life has been going, it's just nice to have something to do that makes me happy for a while. It's a good thing.
There's been a lot of other things going on lately that I was going to write about, but I'll leave it for now. :P