Kirbish

There have been an incredible amount of artistic talent involved in The Pride!

This here is just a sampling of some of their art, there is so much more awesome, wonderful, beautiful art to see!

Which is why we want to keep it all in one place, in one massive collected edition! A stunning collection with this whole community working towards creating a world of better LGBTQ+ representation for all the fans, whether they are LGBTQ+ themselves or not!

You’ll find work from Gavin Mitchell, Dan Harris, Dani Abrams, @jdmakescomics, @kristaferanka, @melovecomics, @snibbits, @csmithart, @denismedri, Christian Wildgoose, Jack Davies, @kendalldgoode, @marcellerby, @jackademus, @wscottforbes, @pryce14, @kirbish, Samir Barrett, Ryan Cody, @jacopocamagni, @adamgraphite.

Hand, Wrist and Forearm Exercises! 

Over the past couple of months I’ve mentioned here and there that I’ve been working on strengthening my hands and wrists in general. I figured I’d make a bit more of a comprehensive post for anyone else that might find it useful!

Towards the tail end of last year, I was getting a lot of pain in my drawing hand. I’ve never let it get as bad as developing carpel tunnel, but I was starting to show a few markers. Like a lot of us, I paid very little attention to the health of my hands for a long time. I feel like you can get away with it for many years. Once I hit my mid-twenties though - that shit really starts to catchup. There’s been a few instances where I just couldn’t draw any more and was completely freaking out internally: ‘holy shit I’m going to fuck up my hand’ etc. I had to take time off to recuperate. 

I draw a lot.  Not as much as some, but with my day job and freelance on the side I can easily wrack up 210 hours of drawing each month. Sometimes less, sometimes more. 

I wanted to find something I could do for my hands to combat the problem, rather than rest being the only option. It’s absolutely a given that you should still take plenty of breaks, make sure you’ve got an ergonomic set-up, do stretches etc. But I’d reached the point where those precautions weren’t really doing enough to prevent pain, and they felt like more of a temporary fix rather than a solution. 

Now, to the point. Exercises! I don’t really know why I’d never thought of weight exercises to help with the pain, I guess my natural inclination was always to just rest it instead. 

Last year I bought myself a 2KG weight and started doing these exercises. It really didn’t take very long to start noticing a difference. My wrist immediately felt relieved from all the stretches, and after a couple of weeks the pain really started to fade. I’ve gradually moved on to slightly heavier weights, and doing this (exactly what’s in the video!) has made the biggest difference to anything I’ve ever done in regards to wrist health. 

These exercises really feel like you’re actually doing something to fight the wear and tear on your hands, and I don’t know about you guys - but I want to be drawing until I’m an old lady! 

Bring Down The Sky is a fanzine dedicated to the wonderful characters and worlds of the BioWare games.  The zine features over 50 amazingly talented artists, and is curated by Sarah Simes and Charles Tan.  Proceeds go to the Child Refugee Crisis Relief Fund through Save the Children.