I finally figured out what was wrong with my oekaki, I had apparently not switched to v.2 of chibiPaint, so now I can save my drawings, and it feels less like drawing on the back of a receipt with a dried-out pen and more like ... drawing in a cheaper notebook with a newly snatched free pen ie. maybe not the ideal media, but doable.
Maybe I'll even get my pen pressure to work again sometimes and do more oekaki art.
Anyways, pet this is based on:

(Named Liva after my, now deceased, cat, which makes her even more dear to my heart)