Hello everyone.

First of all, I do apologise for not getting these journals updated more often, I rarely update blogs unless it is really necessary nowadays. In any case, I want to first want to hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday. I know that for many of us, 2014 has not been an especially good year for many of us, but hopefully the holiday season brought some last minute joy to you all. For gifts, I mostly had new shoes. A nice pair for work and a couple for general run around which were nice and comfortable though. The biggest and best gift though was me getting a 12 month membership at at the old fitness gym I used to go to which I do plan to start going again to hopefully get a healthier lifestyle like I wanted from last year.

For many of us as I said, 2014 has been a mixed bag for many of us and myself included. For the good,

- I finally managed to get paid commissions set up and managed to get a decent amount of money from it which I am grateful for.
- I did manage to get out and more active helping out at my parent's allotment and enjoying the opportunity of growing our own fruit and vegetables.
- I was able to explore new styles for my art and feel a lot more comfortable in doing so without worrying too much about how I compare my previous works.

However, I did also regret 2014 for financial woes, the loss of beloved celebrities and the unease of things I shouldn't let get to me so much. x.x I do hope that 2015 will at least bring me and everyone else some better moments.

For this year, I have been planning on making a few alterations to my life:

To start with, I am re thinking my commissions prices and availability list. Since I still can't fully decide how I want to choose to produce my art (whether digitally with vector inking or traditionally with brush pens) I will be making the choice for you to want my work one way or another at varying prices. I was also thinking of maybe even starting a Patreon account to hopefully acquire more work and more pay.

For another, I want to start a video series on Youtube, whether they be of a reviewing series much like the Brony analysts community does with reviews of Friendship is Magic episodes and maybe even a drawing tutorial series on how I produce my work for helping with tips and tricks on how I produce work.

For a third, I want to start making more animations of varying content and possibly even as commissions. I need to figure out how to charge for reasonable prices and hopefully build up a more prominent portfolio for future hire. Speaking of which;

Fourth, I will need to start sacrificing my time here on FA and other places since I will need to start making some more affordable income. While I won't be leaving FA for now I will still be here taking commissions from anyone who wants them and producing any art I want to in the mean time, but I will also need to start getting out there more for work I can charge professionally to make a more stable income.

I also will not be closing this account down since I have thought about it and decided that I can't really let go of the place that helped me develop as a person and an illustrator/animator, but there will be a massive overhaul of older work and pictures which will be removed or stored away since they would either clutter up space and sometimes we all need an 'out with the old' approach with things.

Firth, I want to take up more hobbies offline and maybe even spend more time out and about with friends and family while I can get the opportunity to do so. Friends and family is important you know.

Sixth, make my own website for both work and entertainment. I also want to try and work on a project that I had wanted to work on with my pal Steven for the last 10 years. I've put it off for far too long but this year, I want to try and have a crack at it once and for all. What is it? If all goes well, one day hopefully this year, you'll see. ;)

And finally, once and for all, get ALL late trades, requests and overdue pieces of artwork over and done with once and for all. I'm sick of being in debt to people I know I owe too much to and want to get that work done and dusted.

So hopefully throughout 2015 we will see some changes coming and a lot of things will hopefully be made for the benefit of making this a year to remember for as many of the right things as possible. There will be ups and downs throughout the year (since we do experience them throughout any year) but with luck, we can all try to strive for 2015 to be a year for us all to enjoy.

Happy New Year everyone! :D