Anonymous Puzzler is on Bluesky now

been percolating on the Nature Of Self recently. i feel like the Selves i am on- and off-line are closer than ever, but paradoxically, it's also become more important for me to keep the two lives separate. i'm not Playing a Role but i do Wear a Mask As It Were. featuring Puzz as Herself. yanno?

as i try to get back into Making Art™ i stumbled into practicing digital painting again. this was from a larger practice piece i did, and i wanted to share it, but i was nervous about putting A Photorealistic Representation Of My Whole Face On Line so i cropped it reeeaaal close as a compromise LOL

A digital painting of a photorealistic Puzz holding up a puppet-esque version of their persona. The puppet has light pink-purple skin, with pink cheeks and a little round nose. They have thick eyebrows and large eyes with two stylized eyelashes each. Their hair is wavy chunks of fabric, pink on the left and blue on the right, with a large curly cowlick in the center. They are wearing a dusty lilac turtleneck and a dark purple top hat with a pink ribbon. They are looking up at the viewer, mouth slightly ajar in a smile. The "real" Puzz has their face mostly hidden behind the puppet, one eye looking up at the viewer from behind large, thick glasses. They have very pale skin with blemishes on their nose, and mid-sized brown eyebrows. What little hair is visible is a mess of dark roots and faded bleach and color. They hold the puppet very gently, one hand on the chest and one behind the shoulders, almost like holding a child.

real thing

Puzz's last hourly, jam packed with panels and text. In sequence: 7pm. Puzz, in a shower cap, feeding their cat, who sits patiently. "To be totally honest there was a part of me really dreading hourly comic day this time around." Puzz sitting down to draw with their tablet, thinking "catchup time..." "I don't wanna get into it too much (esp not here) but tl;dr my day job has gotten way more stressful + i often get home late + burned out + exhausted + still have to cook dinner somehow". Puzz saying to Holly with a smug smile, "I think I drew you TOO sexy here". Holly lunges for the tablet, shouting "SHOW". "Because of that making art has been hard + of course comics specifically are notoriously tough". Holly waves, "okay gmod time good luck with hourlieeeesss", Puzz replies "Have funnnn I looveee youuuu". 8pm. Puzz holding a food package, "ohhh frozen calzone save meee". "I don't know how to fix this but i know comics are too big a part of me not to. i have to indulge in the creative stirrings of my oervert soul somehow." 10pm. Puzz in the shower with their arms out coated in watery dye. 11pm. Puzz in bed sketching furiously. "I just need more hours in the day."

Puzz lying on the ground clutching their wrist, shouting "OW", while their cat Kiki stares. Written above, "That's a wrap! Here's to a less navel gaze-y 2027! (Jesus that is not a real year fuck you mean 2027) 💖 Puzz"

got a little existential at the end. so it do...! thank you for anotha one folks

this just means you have more time for the best part of hourly comics day, which is reading everyone else's hourly comics

Puzz's 4-6pm hourlies. The first panel, for 4pm, is labeled "UPLOADING HOURLIES" and shows Puzz hunched over their laptop typing. Holly, represented as lounging on her stomach on a speech bubble emerging from the laptop, says "ohhh the sound of typing after all the woodcutting is a balm. like a babbling brook". The next panel, 4:30pm, is labeled "BREAK TIME" and shows a close-up of Puzz - labeled "on IKEA dot com" - smiling placidly and shedding a single tear, thinking "every thing cost so much..." The next panel, 5:30pm, shows Puzz getting up from their computer chair while removing their headphones and picking up their phone, saying, "Okay I really need to do my hair I'm putting you on da phone". Holly, delightedly sitting on the speech bubbles emerging from the phone, replies, "okaaaayyy yay!" A textbox under the panel reads "SURPRISE I'VE BEEN BLONDE ALL DAY LONG". 6PM is represented with 3 panels in a bottom row. The first shows Puzz standing at the sink in boxers, wearing black gloves and covered in hair dye, which is sitting in bottles and a little tub in front of them. Their phone starts ringing with an alarm labeled "IT'S 6PM IDIOT!! (snooze) (lol)"; Puzz, hands in dye-covered gloves, looks over in a panic shouting "OH NO". The next panel shows Puzz's cat Kiki rubbing against their legs while Puzz continues to put in dye; Puzz whimpers "Oh Kiki baby now is not a good time to be weaving around my legs". Kiki simply responds "MAH". The final panel shows Puzz grinning as they wrap part of their hair in tinfoil, saying to Holly over the phone, "Me and the transgender sapphics I pull by being UNDIAGNOSED." Holly replies "...I mean. That's not the ONLY reason," and Puzz interrupts, "Riiight. My fat tits." Holly, audibly wheezing with laughter, retorts, "NO, HON, BECAUSE YOU'RE NICE".

more of ! i gotta be honest 7-8pm was basically just working on these we'll see if anything else cool or funny happens in the next 2 hours

Puzz's 9am hourly page. The first, large panel, labeled "PLANNIN' MY DAY" shows a sleepy Puzz walking with her phone, tablet and water bottle in her arms, while her cat runs by screaming. Puzz makes a list in their mind, "go market, hairdye, laundry, wifetime, misc cleaning". The next panel represents Holly texting Puzz with a little drawing of a happy Holly on a grey textbox popping out of Puzz's phone, which reads, "selfishly i hope some day we're living together when hourly comics day happens so you can draw extremely flattering + sexy drawings of me flopping out of bed". Puzz, delighted, replies "awww yesss". The next panel shows them with a lovestruck smile, hearts all around her, then the next opening their eyes in placid realization. The final panel shows Puzz grinning smugly, saying "hey hon. You wouldn't ask to hang out just to be in hourlies would ya." Holly, offscreen, replies "no, hon. (LOL)"

Puzz's 10am hourly page. The first panel shows Puzz hunched on the floor in a dark cloud, with big text reading "TUMMYACHE. NO SURVIVORS." The next panel shows Puzz suddenly standing back up casually with a tiny fart, saying, "Oh never mind I'm just fine now I guess. Ok time to go out." Her shoes are labeled "FEATURING ERGONOMIC CLOWN SHOES FOR BOYS™". The next series of panels is in sequence below this. The first shows Puzz, wearing a helmet with heart-shaped goggles, walking over to their bicycle with two large shopping bags in hand, saying "la de da gonna drop off old clothes". The next panel shows them with the bags on the ground, going "Hmmmmm" as they stare at the bike, apparently figuring out how to transport the bags by bike. The next panels show them placing both bags on the rear rack, then struggling to secure the bags with hook-and-elastic fasteners. The next panel after that shows the bags all tied up on the rear rack while Puzz, posing proudly, shouts, "THERE WE GO!!" The final panel shows them pedaling off as the bags immediately fall off with a WHUMP.

Puzz's 11am hourly page, with "IT'S MARKET TIME!" written in large block letters along the top of the screen. Various drawings of Puzz show them walking through the farmers market in an implied sequence - first, walking through with a coffee and bagel, then doing a double-take as "A WHOLE ASS PRINCESS???" walks by in the background, then putting a purchase in their bag, then watching a band perform, then walking off with a shopping bag in hand. In the background are various farmers market-goers chatting over coffee, selling their wares, and walking dogs.

Puzz's 12pm hourly page. The first panel, labeled "CORNER STORE", shows them picking up a carton of milk. The next shows them noticing "a whole shelf of screaming chicken toys...?" with visible confusion. The panel after that shows them biking away, then the next, labeled "game store", shows them browsing a display of video games on a shelf. They think to themself, "god damn it no Rumble Roses what's the point of anything", with "Rumble Roses" represented as the game's logo. Below all these is a final borderless panel of Puzz arriving home, flopping down face-first in exhaustion next to her cat. Text below reads "AND THEN I CAUGHT UP ON HOURLIES FOR 4 HOURS WHILE HOLLY PLAYED RUNESCAPE." A tiny Holly on her laptop below this says "i loooove woodcutting".

(said in audible pain) bback at it. at the krispy kreme

Puzz's first page of hourly comics, for hourly comics day 2026. The first panel is labeled "February 7, 11:05pm PST" and shows a sleepy Puzz taking off their glasses, saying, "Well, I'm too sleepy to stay up til midnight, but I've got water + my glasses + my tablet up in bed ready to go... first thing tomorrow I can jump right into HOURLY COMICS DAY 2026!" The last part is stylized in big block letters like a logo, with 2026 running down the side and a stylized dip ink pen drawn in. The second panel is labeled "February 8, 8am PST" and shows a disheveled Puzz face-down in a heap of plushies, wearing a sleep mask. An alarm labeled "GET UP BITCH!" goes off loudly on their phone while they go "WHGUH."

it is happening. again

his cloak came off in the night one night and was lost in my Stuffies Nest so now i wake up every morning and his gayass is lookin at me like this

Tomorrow!

by the way i said it on tumblr i'll say it here too i want to talk about my guys i made up in my brain tonight. so you can ask me oc questions. in replies or on strawpage or tumblr or whatever. lord knows how people like to Ask Questions these days

oh my god i just looked at strawpage for the first time in a while. hello Every Welcome Home Fan. thank you for finally reading the credits page

A digital painting of Puzz's character Davey from the neck up. He is a middle-aged Black man with long, dark, curly hair. He has large ears, a long wide nose, large eyes with long eyelashes, thick eyebrows, and a thin mustache. He is looking off to the side with a neutral, pleasant expression.

oh right, i at least did this painting practice with davey last night! at the very least yall can have this for Daveyday

also happy birthday to my real life friend frankie sorry i stole your birthday for that guy. as your gift you get one free joke about his mustache (remembers i already let you do that whenever) as your gift you get one free joke about anything else about davey's life and self that would be funny

work's been beating me up with hammers lately, so i haven't had nearly enough time or energy to draw much. but, it is davey's (my guy i made up in my brain) birthday today. for the fourth slutty, slutty year in a row he is 46! congratulations, davey! someday i'll draw your comic and you'll be 47

I just want to thank everyone that’s tipped so far. I’m going to get to thanking everyone individually asap. I’ve gotten about a third of my goal so far. Incredible 🙏

last thing i see after yall finally get me to the club

email front desk. you need to email the provider. email provider you need to call actually. call provider they're like okay you have your cable box from the front desk? use your remote to select the source. person i got tv from didn't include remote. can't access settings w/o remote. hell on earth

my apartment includes cable with the rental and i'm finally trying to get it set up now that i got a hand me down tv and every single person at every step of the process is assuming that someone else in the process gave me what i need instead of pointing me to someone else. im gonna have an incident

the day before that about 50% of the computers in my department stopped turning on for no reason and then all turned back on at once when the IT guy showed up

context for this one bsky.app/profile/stra...

i feel like every day of my life i encounter a brand new tech issue that no one's ever seen before

wait can i also do this

wife just very plaintively said "I need to learn potato"

and a @hollowtones.bsky.social who is blue

YAY i saw the notifications on my RSS feed while I was working and was looking forward to coming home and reading all day... every update is a treat...

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i didn't know peach riot had posable dressable dolls like this... dangerous information for me...

well technically my wife did