I pretty much use journals to wish myself a happy birthday lmaooo. Just like last year and the year before that, I'll probably just keep it going as a little tradition of mine haha! *throws even more confetti in the air*

Damn, this mess of confetti is going to get bigger and bigger with each year. Hmmm...

Anyhoo, yeah a little update I guess. In the last week of 2021 I picked up reading visual novels and somehow got addicted to them. I already have a few on my To Read list, but the problem is that I always have a huge urge to draw the characters from the VNs I read, and I can only get those done so quickly while juggling other things like comms ^^; I suppose the good part about it is that I won't be running out of VNs to read through anytime soon.

Speaking of VNs, they've really pushed my art in the direction I've been looking to take for a long time. If you ask me, there's a pretty noticeable change in my art style and quality ever since I started reading VNs and doing fanart of them. I'm riding the inspiration while I can and noting the things that work & don't work, and you can expect to see a lot more character art soon :D

I also hit 1K followers on Twitter just before the New Year which is pretty neat, and it's already just about 1.3K at the tail end of January. That's a lot of people who like the stuff I draw! :O I'm just gonna keep doing what I feel like doing, especially since I've started getting to know a bunch of people in various communities around VNs. It's nice getting to talk to new people if not a bit scary aaaa.

Anyhoo, I don't have much else to say other than that I'll be opening back up for comms around early February, so keep an eye out for that announcement on my Twitter or when I update my FA bio. I'll maybe write another life/art/progress update before the inevitable 2023 birthday journal ahaha