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Another Year Has Passed By
2 years ago
Another hatchday has arrived gracing me with another year older under my belt. I'd like to say a few things here and reflect a little on my progression and goals for the upcoming year, here's hoping having things down in writing will motivate me haha.
I consider my 25th year a slow start in terms of getting more skillful with my drawing; sketching takes me forever and I'm never 100% happy with what I create... hence why I really seek validation from others. Of course I recognize that progress is progress no matter how slow, but I have a nasty habit of comparing where I am currently with others which honestly dampens my motivation to pick up the drawing tablet sometimes. Let me say though that I've done the best work I've ever accomplished this past year, that fullbody I did of myself fills me with pride having accomplished that, I think I did the best shading so far with the Dracthyr bust I made, and that Noivern piece that was posted back in October of last year was the quickest piece I ever made.... there's even an older version of that Noivern piece that was WAY worse that'll never see the light of day again!!! In terms of what I hope to achieve this next year, I want to finish a short comic and have it turn out well while continuing to try and improve my speed and drawing ability.
Something I'm really happy about myself improving is my social skills, before I was a super introverted lurker scared to reach out to anyone.... Now I have too many friends to manage! I've expanded my network of artist contacts too, which I will forever be grateful for all the help they each provide, and found a couple like minded individuals who share my tastes in subject material. And basically everyone has been super open and kind with me, which I really appreciate. Trying to join a new community is honestly very frightening, I remember physically shaking with adrenaline over sending those first messages or joining that first discord server, but now I can do that with only a small bit of anxiety! You guys made that awkward beginning bit much more bearable, I doubt I'd have even considered working on my art without you. In terms of goals on this front I'd love to be able to make time for everyone, time management is a big problem for me right now and sometimes I forget to message for weeks at a time.... if that's happened to you please forgive me I mean no malice behind it.
Not much more to say here, just for the first time in a long time I have some hope for self improvement, all because of my previous year of good experiences. To all 32 of you who are watching me at the time of writing this know that you are the most absolute real ones a derg like me could ask for. And to the many more that happened to favorite a piece or even simply took the time to check out my profile, know I send much love and amazing vibes your way. Here's hoping next time I do one of these there will be an announcement for a raffle or something at the end of it huh? xP
I consider my 25th year a slow start in terms of getting more skillful with my drawing; sketching takes me forever and I'm never 100% happy with what I create... hence why I really seek validation from others. Of course I recognize that progress is progress no matter how slow, but I have a nasty habit of comparing where I am currently with others which honestly dampens my motivation to pick up the drawing tablet sometimes. Let me say though that I've done the best work I've ever accomplished this past year, that fullbody I did of myself fills me with pride having accomplished that, I think I did the best shading so far with the Dracthyr bust I made, and that Noivern piece that was posted back in October of last year was the quickest piece I ever made.... there's even an older version of that Noivern piece that was WAY worse that'll never see the light of day again!!! In terms of what I hope to achieve this next year, I want to finish a short comic and have it turn out well while continuing to try and improve my speed and drawing ability.
Something I'm really happy about myself improving is my social skills, before I was a super introverted lurker scared to reach out to anyone.... Now I have too many friends to manage! I've expanded my network of artist contacts too, which I will forever be grateful for all the help they each provide, and found a couple like minded individuals who share my tastes in subject material. And basically everyone has been super open and kind with me, which I really appreciate. Trying to join a new community is honestly very frightening, I remember physically shaking with adrenaline over sending those first messages or joining that first discord server, but now I can do that with only a small bit of anxiety! You guys made that awkward beginning bit much more bearable, I doubt I'd have even considered working on my art without you. In terms of goals on this front I'd love to be able to make time for everyone, time management is a big problem for me right now and sometimes I forget to message for weeks at a time.... if that's happened to you please forgive me I mean no malice behind it.
Not much more to say here, just for the first time in a long time I have some hope for self improvement, all because of my previous year of good experiences. To all 32 of you who are watching me at the time of writing this know that you are the most absolute real ones a derg like me could ask for. And to the many more that happened to favorite a piece or even simply took the time to check out my profile, know I send much love and amazing vibes your way. Here's hoping next time I do one of these there will be an announcement for a raffle or something at the end of it huh? xP
-Your local air derg