It’s finally 2019 and so far it looks like some major things are already happening. Some good and bad, also some in the middle. The point is, the year is only good as you make of it. It’s up to you to decide how you will spend your time. Don’t waste it, it’s all you have. But now on to the reason why I’m writing this journal. XD

So I decided that I needed to step up and revamp everything. That’s right, everything that I have taken and learned durning the past few years of college and outside of it. I’m still experimenting in a few styles that I wish to get a hold of. Great artists that’s I look up too have their own. And now, I need to find mine. Following in ones shadow ain’t going to do jack, so I need to get my mind around that. Every failure I come to is an opportunity for me to take note of it. I make the mistake into something I can possibly use in later time. Same goes for art also; that too is why I’ve been slow on the uploading. I apologize to those who I do owe and very thankful for their patience. Just bare with me again please. I promise from here on out, I’ll dedicate myself to be my own artist that others can look up to. Not just traditional and digital; but that will be at a later time.

As for my well being, I want to get outside more. Maybe there are a few furries in my state. But I want to go outside of it. There are cons, meetings and other events that are not like the ones where I’m at. So I’ll be saving a lot of money to do so.

Now in terms of my sona...here’s the deal. I know many are not a fan of plants or anthro plants or whatever. I get that, but at the same time...I don’t want to be know as dragon number 34. To be honest, looking back I probably would’ve chosen something else other than a Piranha Plant. But, then later down I thought...”You know, maybe for the sake of diversity...I’ll stay like this.”. And while that has shown results, it’s clear to me that many others are not fond plants. So...I don’t know what will become of VaXen. But to those who are wondering will I kill him off, I’m not. To those who think I’m falling into peer pressure...I not. I’m just thinking, perhaps I should look into branching out more and experiment in doing my own creatures. I do have some in the back of my mind that is very fanciful. But I’ll elaborate on that later too. For now, I’m sticking with VaXen.

Now in terms of art, got me a new system in the form of Clip Studio Paint EX. To those who saw my first piece, that is only the beginning. But unfortunately, that brings to something else. With other art, it takes time for me to complete. So I might be doing more sketches or grayscale images as daily submissions. Though, every little bit builds up so...that could be fun. The more I do, the more I get the feel of doing it regularly. So yays for that. But y’all can expect more stories, backgrounds, characters and more during these coming months.

Finally some social news, I finally gots me a Twitter. You can find that in the contact section of my FA page. Nothing much there yet, but soon. I want to get to know y’all better and meet new friends along the way. And this will be a very big help on that alongside Discord and Telegram. X3

And one last thing...

I know I’m not very popular, and have a lot of content and very much quiet sometimes. But I just want to thank y’all again for sticking with me for these past two years. In few months time will be the third year of me being on FA. And you bet I’ll have something planned for that. But seriously, thanks again for sticking by me. If you wish to help me in any sort of way, help yourselves to tell others about me. May it be though Discord, Telegram, Twitter or anything...every little bit helps. :3

Well, that’s pretty much it for now. This is only the start of 2019, let’s make this one of the best of our lives. Friends, Family, Animals and...you know, let’s just have a good time. Stay in touch, peeps!

~VaXen