Oops! Looks like the last time I wrote a blog post was the end of late year. XD Oh well, better late than never! I hope the start of this year has been good for you all. =) It’s been a mixed bag for me, mostly because I had a flare up of neck related issues causing dizziness again… which explains also why this blog post is very late!
Site Updates
First of all, my site (and all related sites like the Sprites Archive and pulseman.co.uk) have been migrated to a new server with newer server software. This means that it performs far better now than it used to and no longer goes down when people look at it/break images all the time… which is a good thing for sure! It’s also made it a LOT easier to work on the site since it doesn’t vanish when perceived any more… hopefully this also improves the reading experience when reading the comics on here/viewing larger/more complex pages as well. =)
We’ve also managed to stop… a nefarious company… from effectively DDOSing my site. Looks like their (unwanted) crawler had gotten stuck in a loop on the like system of my comic pages and were dealing hundreds of gigs of usage on the site. This wasn’t the cause of the poor performance, but it has at least been fixed!
I’ve also finally managed to wrangle the theme into letting me colour links so they can be seen in a batch of text instead of auto-turning white! Downside is it seems now the site wants them ALL to be red. XD Oh well, tiny progress…
DGiacomo
I’ve been able to keep up updates for DGiacomo despite the flare up, which is a relief, hahaha! XD I hope you’ve all been enjoying the continuation of the “Gazebo Arc”… it ends soon. =) I’ve been trying to increase my buffer size to far larger than 4 weeks (which it is currently) so that it removes some stress from me… keeping up a schedule when you’re ill is a challenge for sure. XD
Aside from that, I’ve decided for certain that DGiacomo will no longer post on Tumblr. There are various reasons why I’ve decided this… a big part being it doesn’t seem to be the place where anybody reads it any more… which is fine! But that leads me to the decision of whether I want to continue to post to a void on a site that labels fat people as “potentially mature content” and enacts very anti-LGBT+ behaviour? No. Not really. If people aren’t using the site to interact with the comic, then there’s no reason to keep posting there and support things I don’t agree with.
The comic will stay up on Tumblr indefinitely, with the chapter dropping on Thursday (12th February 2026) being the last one that will go up on the site. Beyond that queued chapter, the next button will link to the next chapter on here instead.
For those who were using the ask system to send in anon questions to the comic, you can still do so. I have set up a “StrawPage” so that people can send in anon questions that way.
That aside, I received a wonderful pic of Rico with some Quaxly from La Ponto! Thank-you SO much, La Ponto! =D You can see this and all the other art others have drawn for DGiacomo over on the Extras page!
Originals – Bike Helmet Hero
Because of the flare up and having to focus on making sure DGiacomo still posts every week and the Bokumono Collab runs smoothly, I haven’t really been able to work much on originals like I wanted to. =( I managed to finish a mini reference for Megan Wilkins, which you can see over on the Cast page for Bike Helmet Hero as well, plus I started a mini reference for Frostbite just as the flare up started… this second sheet is still a WIP for now, but I haven’t forgotten about it!
I also got a few gift art pieces from various people including Ottobre (Black Mashetti), Wisteriaregalia (Megan Wilkins), Dodo (Tudy Gray), Snowberry Lily (Blitzwulf) and Kenzie Webb (Megan Wilkins). Thank-you all, SO much!! <3 You can see all these wonderful pieces in full over on the Bike Helmet Hero Extras page!
I also managed to work out a few plot points for the main Bike Helmet Hero story before the flare up, so that’s exciting as well. =) Not anything I can share though, of course!
Originals – re:Peat
No progress on my end for re:Peat to report, but I did get a brilliant piece of gift art from Gemma of Peat and Davey! Thank-you so much, Gemma! X) This art can be seen in full on re:Peat’s Extras page. =)
Originals – Pulsar
I’ve given Pulsar a section on the site! =) That means I can also display all the gift art I’ve received for the project too on the Extras page and that the characters now have a section in the OC Database! Give them a look if you’re interested! =D
The Massive Bokumono 30th Anniversary Collab 2026
This project is still going strong and it’s impressive how much progress we’ve made as a group!! The project currently stands at 110 artists and around 573 characters drawn across all of Bokumono’s history! There’s still a couple hundred characters still left to be drawn, so if taking part interests you, please reach out! It’s not too late to do so. =)
Here’s a visual representation of the currently unlocked characters that still need to be claimed and drawn, which really isn’t a lot! Once all of A Wonderful Life’s set and all of Mineral Town’s set have been drawn, their alternate designs will also unlock.
We also need help completing Pioneers of Olive Town as that seems to be the set least drawn… if you’re a PoOT fan and you’d like to take part, please reach out! =)
As always, I’ve been drawing an entry once a week! Here’s the ones I’ve drawn since last time, which, as always, can also be found in my Art Gallery (Fan Art section)!
Other
- Aside from that, I’m aware I still, STILL haven’t held the 2500 followers raffle yet over on my Bluesky… I still intend on holding a raffle event, but I can’t do it with flare-ups and no DGiacomo buffer… I’d like to hold it before Art Fight this year, though…
And I think that about wraps it up! I hope you’ve all been having a good start of the year so far and that I can continue to get DGiacomo posting weekly and maybe even get some plush work done on the side. =) Catch you in the next blog post (or maybe on bluesky)!
Leave a Reply