2022 has finally come to a close and boy was it sure... something. I can't say I'm gonna miss it. But with its passing brings a new year, and to be honest, I have no idea what to do next. There are a lot of things that I want to do, but the question is which things will actually end up getting done. I'll narrow it down to the things I want to do for sure:

-Draw at least one thing a week-[/u] This should be self-explanatory. Practice makes perfect, as they say, and I can't get better if I don't do anything. So my goal is to post something at least once a week, be it a silly little doodle or a longer-term project. There are a few projects I have in mind already, I just need to decide on which one to do first. And commit to it. Which is the hard part. lmao

-Ultimate Inktober-[/u] There's an idea I had a while ago concerning inktober. I thought it would be neat if, instead of creating a picture involving each of the prompts, I could write an entire picture-book-like story with each prompt being involved in each page somehow. I haven't decided if the prompt would just have to be a word included in the page or if the page's theme would have to revolve around the prompt in some way. Either way, the end result would look like a children's picture book, with each day being a page in the book. It would take a lot of pre-planning and a bit of imagination to make it work, but I feel like it could be done. lol nope

-Be less of a stranger-[/u] It's known that I'm a bit of an introvert. I don't really reply to comments or talk to anyone much, and it's not because I don't want to. I truly, genuinely appreciate every comment and like, and every kind word means the word to me. But every time I try to say anything my anxiety gets the better of me and I just... lock up. I’ve never been the kind of person that initiates conversation, and I far too often overthink/over-analyze what I’m going to say. But I’ll try to be better this year, and hey, maybe I’ll make a few friends along the way. Responses might be slow due to how busy my days can be sometimes, but I'll do my best.

-Finish the damn ref sheet-[/u] Yeah, it’s high time I actually made a proper ref for myself, since the old one is extremely and painfully outdated. The problem is that when I’m doing my own ref sheet I tend to try and make things as perfect as I possibly can; clean linework, proper anatomy, that sort of thing. And that eats up time and makes it an unfun experience, which makes me want to work on something else. I need to get it done though. It’s way overdue.

In addition to these, I’ll do my usual stuff I do every year: AMApril, ArtFight, maybe a raffle or something at some point. There are a few bigger projects that I want to work on too, so the year is looking pretty stacked in terms of stuff. Whether or not any of it actually gets done is a completely different story.

Hopefully I can keep up.

Here’s to a productive 2023~