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Devious Journal Entry
Hello again, everyone. The past few months have been much busier than I was expecting them to be. I got out of the hospital and instantly had to jump both into the busiest season of my day job (we're a holiday greeting card company, so we were doing 12-hour days, 6 days a week and sometimes longer) and finishing up a freelance map project at the same time, for a Call of Cthulhu themed game. I was also taking chemotherapy medication and doing radiation treatments every day of the week. Now that we've passed Christmas and New Years, the freelance projects are done, the holiday rush at work is done, and the medication and radiation are largely d
Devious Journal Entry
Oct 24
...Just an update on myself, for any who are curious. First of all, it was my birthday yesterday! I'm 29 years old. They tried to strike me down, but I am still here, and more powerful than they ever could have imagined. (Did it ever bother anyone else than Obi Wan says that, and it's totally not even true? He's not more powerful at all...he just stands around and flickers.)
I'm fine now, health-wise. (The doctors are more cautious than I am, which is why I'm still being subjected to radiation and chemo every day for the next six weeks) I still have a big white scar running across the length of my head, and I still have all of my ha
Devious Journal Entry
Sep 10th
Got home from the hospital the night before last, after a grueling week of brain surgery and blood tests. Everything went ridiculously well, really. They *think* they got all the brain tumor out, and I will be waiting around at home, zonked out on Pain Pills/Steroids/Laxatives/Tylenol/etc. I'm still a little bit fuzzy from all of the medication (I have a personal policy of not ever taking any, so in the past week I've taken more than in the rest of my preceding life combined, I think). Maybe my "tough it out" policy has helped me with more resistance to this kind of thing, because I'm already conscious, back on my feet, and home, fo
Devious Journal Entry
Just wondering, for you people that like these maps that I do. I try to make the 1-inch grid visible on most of my maps using the textures; but on some of them, like the outdoor maps in particular, the grid isn't a natural part of the landscape. In these cases I've been turning the grids off, so you can see my pretty pictures better. If you'd like me to upload versions of these maps with the grid turned on, please let me know and I'll be happy to!
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Just FYI: According to his page, Daniel passed from brain cancer in 2017. I don't know if anybody from his family is here, but a few people still seem to find his maps every week, and some of us would be happy to pay into a memorial fund. It may not amount to much, but his maps were of a quality so high that they demand recognition.
All the best to Daniel's friends and family. I never met him, but he had a genuine talent and his work will, I think, inspire people as long as people play tabletop RPGs.