2022 - Recap

Only a few days left until the year ends, so I wanted to make a post and reflect on some of the things I managed to accomplish this year. In May, I graduated from college but since then I've kinda been a little lost. However, all there really is to do is just keep on going, one step at a time. Drastic improvements are rare and progress always beats stagnation. Speaking of, here's some of the things I've gotten done:

• Mini-goal of drawing/uploading more than last year was beat.

• Redrew art from 4 years ago which help shows where I've improved.

• The Newgrounds Rumble Character Reveal (the deadline fell into the beginning of this year) had me revisit some old Games and Movies that were important to me growing up

• I managed to make 2 shorts this year, Creative Struggle and Apoidea! I want to thank @acxle and @TenodiBoris for letting me use their songs, and @LuckyDee who did an amazing job narrating Creative Struggle, which got frontpaged and the Daily 3rd! I do want to mention that Apoidea, which was in truth rushed, was still a great learning experience nonetheless.

• I completed an Inktober, technically.

• I've also started streaming Art on Twitch and will continue after New Year's!

And that closes out this year!

2023 - Planning

As for the new year? I hope to keep on improving my art and animation so that I can make the stories I've always wanted to. I have a tentative checklist for the New Year:

• Draw more Original Art - I only recently noticed how little of my art (minus Inktober) was mostly just fan-art. I hope to add a better mix of original art and fan-art for next year.

• Work on improving my artwork - I think I have a grasp on what I'm lacking, so I plan to focus on both bettering my art/animation skill, and my understanding of the two.

• Work on/Properly flesh out some stories - I sure hope I'm not the only one who has a 'graveyard' of ideas in a folder hidden somewhere right? I'm gonna dust those off and start working on them.

• Stream more on Twitch - Streaming on Twitch has actually been pretty helpful to me, it lets me be more confident in streaming/showing my art. It also helps me get into the habit of drawing more often and I think I've gotten a little faster.

• Getting more involved with the Newgrounds community - I've been pretty bad with this one. I'll try to be more attentive to community events that go on and meet some new folks!

Thanks for listening to me ramble,

I hope the holidays have treated everyone well and I wish all of us the best of luck for the new year!