Sometimes you feel like you've made a good deal and then without warning, Fate kicks you in the balls to remind you that anything can happen. It is with a bitter taste in my mouth that I write these lines. For confidentiality reasons, I will not tell the names of the organizations and individuals involved.

At the beginning of the week, I arrived in the morning on the site of a job to which I applied and I met my responsible manager there. He took me to a room with the other co-workers and when he introduced me to the team, I was stunned by what he said. He announced that I was a "extra" worker, that I was here "in reinforcement" if the other co-workers needed an extra pair of arms, and that my hours will be "variable", depending on the situation, can be from 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. or 11:30 a.m., etc....

I absolutely did not sign up for this when I made an appointment last Friday at the employment agency and when I read the employment contract, nothing matched what the responsible manager did say.

During my interview, they sold me a stable job, with fixed hours, from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and I do not remember that I was informed and warned the hours will be variable. Perhaps it is an oversight or a lack of communication from the agency or the client, but the facts are there. I feel like I've been the victim of a scam or false advertising...

I then reported all this to the responsible manager and he was as agape as I was for this negligence/error. He told me that if I could not adapt to the variable hours, he was not going to insist and force me to work on the place against my will. I then affirmed that I could not and did not want to work under these conditions which were revealed to me late and we made an agreement.

He was ready to release me immediately and pay me half a day for my presence on the place, but I offered to stay from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for observation, in order to have an overview of working with the workers, and thus be paid for a full day's work. He agreed and we parted on good terms. So, I contacted the employment agency to explain the situation to them and I wrote a letter of termination of the trial period, rendering the employment contract null and void, invalid for the reasons which I quoted before.

Never let yourself be pushed around and always check that the agreement between two people is always explicit and fair.

For my 2023 resolutions, I decided to learn Spanish.

I consulted my followers infos and I saw that some of them are hispanic. When I created my OC Beatrice 4 years ago, I made her as a latino-french girl, with a beautiful tanned skin. Some of my nsfw comics were translated in spanish by fans. And to finish, during Christmas at lunch, my parents told me my paternal great grandfather was spanish. That could explain why my long hair curls naturally.

What are the odds, guys ? Maybe it's just a coincidence, and I'm making movies in my head, but from now on, I'm taking Spanish lessons.

Hi there, everyone, Blueumbra here.

I come with sad news. First, I got messages from the repairman and my main laptop needs a new hard drive. It means windows 10 will be reinstalled on it, and all my current softwares will be lost in the process. I can still install them again, but the repairman can't guarantee all my files, images, folders and works I saved can be extracted. I still managed to save my last NSFW picture I was working on to an external hard drive .

Second, my last job contract ended and I'm jobless since the beginning of the month. I will browse offers jobs, send resumes and apply to job interviews. Meaning, all my energy and attention will be focused on this task in order to have a stable situation.

With everything that is happening to me, I'm obligate to put my NSFW career in a hiatus and postpone my current NSFW work.

I know it sounds like fate, God, the universe, or a divine cosmic force decided to piss me off and make me angry, lost my calm, but I did the opposite. I looked up to the sky and thought "You know what ? Game on, bring it ! Give me your worst, I'm ready." I took my current situation as a challenge, a trial, a test to prove myself. So far, I didn't cry or scream yet and I endured everything.

I can't tell you when things will be better and when I can resume drawing and publishing NSFW contents, but allow me to tell you this. It takes more than everything I told you to take me down and make me give up. I'll fight until the end.

Blueumbra out.

My main laptop is not running, with the message "No bootable device." I gonna bring it next Monday to the repairman. Meanwhile, I'm using an old laptop from 2010. My NSFW business will be on standby or very slow.

It's been 9 days since I stopped reading manga and watching anime. Now that I read fiction stories and saw cartoon series like Adult Swim, I feel more.... mature ? free ? less frustrated by clichés characters and already seen plots and stories ?

I feel like my eyes opened again, after 20 years watching the same thing over and over. Does it mean I'm now manga-free and anime-free ?

Greetings everyone, BlueUmbra here.

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The first time I read a manga, I was 13yo, I discovered a new kind of comics, and thus, I discovered animes, a new kind of animation. I read hundred and hundred of mangas, I watched hundred and hundred of animes and I was happy.... for a moment.

Now I'm 33yo and I realise that I no longer like manga/anime like before. With my adult eyes and knowledges, with a better understanding of japan culture, tradition and mentality, I slowly saw that manga and anime don't align with my expectations and tastes anymore.

After 20 years into the world of manga and anime, I saw the limits and the reservations of those medias. Compared to occidental medias, comics, cartoons and shows, for me, manga and anime don't take risks, avoid shocking the mentality. It seems in my eyes that mangas and animes care more about viewers satisfation than telling a story, breaking rules, codes, taboos, or being cynic and critical. I guess it is explained by the difference of culture, language, mentality and tradition, as I am an french guy.

Each time I read a manga or watch an anime, 75% of the time, I see the same things, I spot the same clichés, I recognized the same characters behaviors/mentality. Time to time, I can find an exception and enjoy it, but for 1 good manga/anime, I have 50 clones of the same thing I already saw years ago.

This is why I decided to stop reading mangas, or watching anime, to instead concentrate to occidental/western medias, like cartoons, comics and webcomics, stories and fanfictions. Why, you ask ? I will answer with just one word : ORIGINALITY. I'm the kind of artist/creator that never makes the same things, I'm the kind of person that always try new stuffs, and I'm the kind of guy that want to be surprised by unexpected creations.

One chater ends, another begins in my life of entertainment. It will certaintly and entirely affect my NSFW works, but i'm willing to to it, in order to match my tastes and my expectations.

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BlueUmbra off.

Drawing some Splatoon 3 contents

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SFW stream on Picarto, drawing Splatoon stuffs

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Greetings, everyone, BlueUmbra here.

As you know, I'm an infographist/illustrator and I also draw NSFW pictures in my free time, which I publish here. Sometimes I stream on Picarto, sharing with you the process of NSFW pictures. I made sure to never post SFW and NSFW contents on the same sites, in order to stay... safe, clean ? My SFW works are for commoners, friends, family, clients, recuiteers and professionnals. In the opposite, my NSFW works are for adults, grown up people, and the ones with fetishes and kinks.

However, I streamed a few time drawing SFW pictures on Twitch and it wasn't the same than on Picarto with NSFW streams. Maybe it was the plateform, maybe it was the atmosphere, maybe it was the settings, but I didn't feel confident. So I thought about streaming only on Picarto, but this time, I could also do SFW streams. I would use the same Picarto channel, though I would put different settings and an other overlay.

The thing is, only my NSFW fans would know when I'm streaming SFW contents, not my SFW fans. I know it sounds crazy, but I don't want that my SFW fans see I'm also drawing NSFW contents. But if my NSFW fans see me drawing SFW pictures, it would be more safe for me and my infographist career. Don't hesitate to share with me your opinion, or if you have a solution.

I shall give it a try and see if things go well. If not, I would resume using Picarto only for NSFW streams. Until then, have a nice day guys.

I need your opinions, guys.

Some days ago, I came up with a silly 2 panels story involving my OC William. I imagined him having a "fun time" with multiple pixies characters.

Now, would it be a good idea to draw a nsfw pic with a guy on his knees, pixies all over his body, teasing, pressing their bodies on him, and playing with his manhood ? Or is it too crazy and weird ?

I ask the question, because I feel like my imagination went too far and it could be too unusual to please viewers...