A showcase of some of my art from this year. I drew a lot more than I thought. Those who've talked with me, or consoled me, or comforted me during the year know this has been the worst year of my life.

I had to get myself a new car, went to the hospital many times this year, had to get surgery, had to make the decision to put my cat down, lost CreatureUnknown, Had a falling out with friends, Got diagnosed with an uncurable (not dangerous or bad, but it IS annoying) disease (unrelated to surgery and hospital visits), been dealing with severe anxiety and stress, and just recently lost a childhood friend who had helped me become who I am today.

But through it all, I gained a better appreciation for my friends and those around me. I was at my lowest this year, and I've never had so many people reach out to me and do their best to help me and be there for me. Thank you to everyone for that. I am truly grateful.

While I could showcase many pieces, most these pieces have a bit more to them:

January: The Telltale Scarecrow, a campaign I made for my friends. I drew a picture for them to celebrate their completion of it. These friends have also been there for me on several occasions this year.

February: I always have a valentine every year. As someone who is Ace, I don't experience love or attraction to same way most people do. Rus has been very receptive of a lot of my ideas and has let me feel less like an outsider for what I can and cannot do.

March: A bit of story building for Chomby. People asked me questions about him a lot, and this is where I finally made the turning point on his canonical story.

April: A drawing to remind myself that Sarge is still me.

May: The final interaction I had with CreatureUnknown. I gave him this drawing out of the blue. He was confused, and I just told him it was for all the drawings he did for me... and he even added me into a picture when he learned that my cat died. I wanted to show him my thanks.

June: When I found out Creature was gone, and that my last interaction with him was the picture from before, it suddenly felt hollow. I'm thankful my last words to him were my showing appreciation to him for what he's done for me -- but it still hurts me that those were my last. This picture was how I coped -- talking to my imagination of him. Even if it wasn't really him, it helped me come to terms with what happened.

July: A little bit of fun teasing into Sarge's and Chomby's story, and showing the prominent role of Indigo again -- my 'neutral character' who I get to draw whenever I need a secondary character involved with Sarge's misadevntures.

August: A gift for a friend who's been by my side for years now. He's shown compassion and is easy to talk to, so the obvious choice was to make a rap battle picture with him in the style of Friday Night Funkin'!

September: Chomby shows his personality and a little more of his "resting angry face" that people grow to love. It also shows he's a sweetheart.

October: Creature's birthday. Artie and I did an entire stream dedicated to him this day. Artie has supported me when I've been dealing with all this, and he let me read my story on stream. This piece was my final goodbye to Creature, imagining he's chearing me on from behind the curtain -- a continuation of the showmanship from the previous two pictures.

November: One of the few pieces I did in November. It was a stress relieving picture for myself. While I worked on the 12 Days of Streaming and contacting my guests, this was all I could fully dish out during this time.

December: With the loss of a friend who had been supportive of my endeavors, including my darker ideas, Squandered came in and helped me out of my funk. Losing Creature ruptured my confidence in my abilities to tell a story or to captivate an audience. Squandered accepted all the ideas I had and helped me regain my confidence.

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Overall, thank you everyone for sticking with me this year. It's been rough, but I feel I've grown as both a person and an artist this year!