My regular activities are my weekly roleplaying game (usually D&D, but not always), and playing Arkham Horror the Card Game with my husband.

Hi all!
I have tons of hobbies/pastimes so I'll try not to write an essay about it!

One of the other majors that takes up my time is writing. I write mostly in the science fiction, urban fantasy, supernatural, and horror categories. I was writing novels before I ever started working webcomics.

I'm also pretty outdoorsy. I love to fish the ocean (grew up on it). I also hunt, hike, camp.

More recently I got back into both crocheting and leather working!

Ooh thanks for starting this thread Darwin! It's so interesting to see what people do outside of comics!
Hmmm... okay, outside of illustration/visual arts, creative writing etc. which overlaps a lot with the comicking, some other things I enjoy include:

- Eating 😂 I'm not very good in the kitchen but I looove trying new foods. I definitely was one of those people who spam food photos on the instagram back when going to restaurants was a regular thing. (Sorry!)

- Learning languages. I mostly dabble but I find it so fun to think about the wonders of all the different ways we communicate. Sometimes I even attempt to translate things. Currently I'm working on improving my Japanese on Duolingo and taking some ASL (American Sign Language) classes!

- Tea and ceramics. I love tea bowls and whisking matcha. I also have a soft spot for oolong teas! And I love bubble tea!! I have taken a couple of ceramics workshops but mostly I appreciate them!

- Buddhist studies. My main practice/focus is Mahayana Buddhism. I enjoy learning from many traditions, and I find it very personally enriching and nourishing from both a practical perspective (mindfulness, meditation and so on), and also a creative one (history and culture, cosmology and mythology, etc.)

- Fountain pens and inks. I love creating art and writing with them! I have a particular weakness for neutrals that split into unexpected colours and inks with interesting names. By extension I'm also a sucker for stationery supplies like stickers, washi tape, oh nooo...

- Collecting mokuhanga/Japanese woodblock prints and rocks and minerals. Very modest collections, mostly I enjoy learning about and looking at them. In a similar vein, other pet subjects include paper (especially handmade and decorative), and the Tale of Genji 😍🥰

I have a fair amount of hobbies. I don't count other art and writing stuff, since neither of those things are as much a hobby as the main things I do...

So, yeah, that aside: roleplaying gaming (D&D, MERP, occasional other systems); computer gaming (mostly RPGs, but also some RTSs, shooters, racing games, and puzzle games); karting; reading (mostly science fiction and fantasy); biking; hiking and kayaking when I can; board gaming (although I haven't managed to do this much lately); historical martial arts (particularly German longsword, sword and shield, and lately knife); watching hockey and motosport (F1, IndyCar, WEC, Formula E, F2, etc.); photography; and some day I'd like to get back into doing more theatre. I used to act, direct shows, and do lighting and sound design, but it's been quite a while now since I did any of that. I also like listening to music (varieties of metal, mostly).

OOo this is cool! Everyone does such interesting stuff!! I'll be honest the vast majority of my free time goes into art of some form, but apart from specifically comics, I used to do a lot of artist alleys and now that conventions are starting up again I've been tryna prep for that.

I'm really into houseplants! like I probably have 50+ lol, and taking care of them is like some weird indirect self care routine if that makes sense hahah. I like learning how to propagate them.

I do some rec leagues with friends but am painfully bad at sports. We're currently playing softball and have a fun 0-4 record, but we're gonna do beach volleyball soon so hopefully that'll be our redemption arc.

The comic itself IS my main hobby, I don't have a lot of time for other things since I still got a day job. Hopefully that will change one day. The reality for me is the comic is a job ( a great one) and my work feels more like a distraction from it.

When I can I love to make art for the patron page (We have a whole 18+ section), go to the gym and hang with friends. I am about to be even busier as we are going to jump into homeownership which.. that's a whole hobby it itself with all the upkeep. I also love traveling and trying new foods, but thats only now and then. I'm excited to visit Ohio soon to see friends!

I can get into videogames sometimes, and I love animated movies and cartoons. But again, I have so little time. :(

I tend to fall in and out of hobbies on a whim. >>

The ones I'm most consistent with are video games (particularly narrative video games, been playing since the Sega Genesis/SNES days), animated films, and drawing/writing.

I also code. For those that don't know, I built this website more or less from scratch!

Things I dabble with are making my own games (here's one: https://ayemae.github.io/RightAngles/ ), playing the piano/writing music, and baking/cooking.

It’s hard to remember what my hobbies are. I think plants were a hobby but I had to give them all away for my international move last year. Some of them were close to ten years old, too. Many aspects of my life are like this. Something that was my hobby last year, I no longer have a way to pursue.

I’m not sure if cooking counts as a hobby since it’s also a necessity, but I like trying to make new dishes.

Otherwise...
Tea art. I have some training, a good setup, and way too many ceramics. But this is difficult to pursue outside of China.

Walking in the woods. Having lunch outside when the weather’s nice.

Video games. For the past year I’m almost exclusively playing Touhou games. They really won me over with the fast pace, the difficulty, and the music.

Oh music! I put a lot of effort into searching for new music and learning about music history. I also like to just listen to an album all the way through, without doing anything else at the same time.