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New year, new Goals!
9 years ago
Happy New year guys!
2015 was pretty lackluster with ANY updates or anything, it did start to pick up once I could start buying commissions towards the end though. So what's next? Well here is the plan if a few steps that i want to achieve going forward in 2016:
1. Keep writing. I will continue to write Aston's story and more for this site. I was stuck in a rut for so long I kept coming up with ideas but not have time/energy/motivation to put them down to paper. Now that I'm out of it, thanks to some art from Clue that got my creative juices flowing, I will start writing things again. I'm gonna finish up a few things I had on hold and once they are done time to start making some new ones baby. Aw yeah!!
2. Get some more commissions ordered. I've found that if I get commissions done for character in some of my stories or my fursona "canon" my creative mind gets ticking and gets motivated to keep/start getting to it. Now that my commission virginity is broken I can do more in the future :D Of course this will rely on my money situation which is fine for the moment, having no income at the moment so I'm trying to keep most of my spending to a minimum. But so far I have enough left for some more, so expect to see a few in the future.
3. Get my fursona ref sheet done. This is more of a personal thing than for other people. After being on this site for a few years I always wanted to have my own Personal ref sheet, one of me/my character. It will help with future commissions and my own head canon, as I have a lot of story going on for my character. I have seen a few people actually use their OC's for stories they make and actually make them like scenes that happen in shows or movies, doing writes ups for the situations they are in. I want to do that, and in order for it to happen I need my ref sheet. I will probably have to get quite a few done as Gattsu/Guts has a LOT of forms and variations, there is quite a lot to him rather than him just being a hybrid :P But that's all hush hush until I get there ;) For now I will probably need his Human and Wolf anthro ref sheet so I'll be looking around for artists that can do ref sheets and I can work with to create the "right" one :P So if anyone has suggestions or know of really good artists let me know and I'll given them a look see.
4. Attempt to draw again. Again this is more a personal goal. I've always enjoyed what people can create with just a few pencils or a tablet. I get a little jealous at the quality and love they have for creating art and have always wanted to reach their stage. However, even though I can be pretty damn persistent in some things, I get EASILY frustrated with drawing anything and end up binning most stuff i try to draw. I need to get past that. I haven't drawn anything for about two years now so I probably lost what I had managed to achieve last time I drew, which wasn't a lot but it was something at least. You can check my scraps if you want to check those. I might start of slow, watch some how to draw videos, practice simple things like circles and maybe start doing swords again. A friend once told me while I was in college that my sword designs were good, I didn't believe her. She isn't a bad artist herself so i thought she was just being nice but...maybe she was right? It's worth pursuing to make sure nothing is there or not. But i am going to try again,now I'm a little older and hopefully wiser I can temper myself and take it step by step and maybe be able to repay some people with art when I get gud :P.
So there you have it,my goals for this year on here. Right now I am motivated to get this done but I have to remember not to burn myself out all at once. I have to take it slow and let the creativity flow gently and not come gushing out like normal :P I will have to try and use computer programs for the drawing stuff, i have the free Artweaver tool which I think is pretty good so i'll give that a shot, I might even get a tablet and try that as well. I did some stuff with tablets before in college but i was crap at it, but what is it they say? You have to earn talent? Or something like that :P Anway thanks for anyone that read these journal things and i hope these goals will be achieved this year.
Cya guys in the next one. Lets make 2016 a year to remember!!
2015 was pretty lackluster with ANY updates or anything, it did start to pick up once I could start buying commissions towards the end though. So what's next? Well here is the plan if a few steps that i want to achieve going forward in 2016:
1. Keep writing. I will continue to write Aston's story and more for this site. I was stuck in a rut for so long I kept coming up with ideas but not have time/energy/motivation to put them down to paper. Now that I'm out of it, thanks to some art from Clue that got my creative juices flowing, I will start writing things again. I'm gonna finish up a few things I had on hold and once they are done time to start making some new ones baby. Aw yeah!!
2. Get some more commissions ordered. I've found that if I get commissions done for character in some of my stories or my fursona "canon" my creative mind gets ticking and gets motivated to keep/start getting to it. Now that my commission virginity is broken I can do more in the future :D Of course this will rely on my money situation which is fine for the moment, having no income at the moment so I'm trying to keep most of my spending to a minimum. But so far I have enough left for some more, so expect to see a few in the future.
3. Get my fursona ref sheet done. This is more of a personal thing than for other people. After being on this site for a few years I always wanted to have my own Personal ref sheet, one of me/my character. It will help with future commissions and my own head canon, as I have a lot of story going on for my character. I have seen a few people actually use their OC's for stories they make and actually make them like scenes that happen in shows or movies, doing writes ups for the situations they are in. I want to do that, and in order for it to happen I need my ref sheet. I will probably have to get quite a few done as Gattsu/Guts has a LOT of forms and variations, there is quite a lot to him rather than him just being a hybrid :P But that's all hush hush until I get there ;) For now I will probably need his Human and Wolf anthro ref sheet so I'll be looking around for artists that can do ref sheets and I can work with to create the "right" one :P So if anyone has suggestions or know of really good artists let me know and I'll given them a look see.
4. Attempt to draw again. Again this is more a personal goal. I've always enjoyed what people can create with just a few pencils or a tablet. I get a little jealous at the quality and love they have for creating art and have always wanted to reach their stage. However, even though I can be pretty damn persistent in some things, I get EASILY frustrated with drawing anything and end up binning most stuff i try to draw. I need to get past that. I haven't drawn anything for about two years now so I probably lost what I had managed to achieve last time I drew, which wasn't a lot but it was something at least. You can check my scraps if you want to check those. I might start of slow, watch some how to draw videos, practice simple things like circles and maybe start doing swords again. A friend once told me while I was in college that my sword designs were good, I didn't believe her. She isn't a bad artist herself so i thought she was just being nice but...maybe she was right? It's worth pursuing to make sure nothing is there or not. But i am going to try again,now I'm a little older and hopefully wiser I can temper myself and take it step by step and maybe be able to repay some people with art when I get gud :P.
So there you have it,my goals for this year on here. Right now I am motivated to get this done but I have to remember not to burn myself out all at once. I have to take it slow and let the creativity flow gently and not come gushing out like normal :P I will have to try and use computer programs for the drawing stuff, i have the free Artweaver tool which I think is pretty good so i'll give that a shot, I might even get a tablet and try that as well. I did some stuff with tablets before in college but i was crap at it, but what is it they say? You have to earn talent? Or something like that :P Anway thanks for anyone that read these journal things and i hope these goals will be achieved this year.
Cya guys in the next one. Lets make 2016 a year to remember!!
