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(the December one I haven't posted yet cause I have a few more details to add into that piece before it's finished! But it'll def be posted within december so I figure it's still okay to use it!)

Time for a year reflection!

Stuff that I actively worked on this year:
color. Both color composition and just finishing pieces.
I don't think my color theory improved that much, but I've become quicker at finding the color balance in pieces that I want, so yay for efficiency!
I also worked on doing backgrounds more. I think the biggest accomplishment regarding backgrounds is losing a lot of my scare with just TRYING. 
I think the last thing I actively worked on was composition, I practiced trying to achieve coherent compositions quickly, and I have gotten faster!

Stuff that I did not work on this year : 
studies. I hardly did studies this year and to me, it really shows. My anatomy and face diversity hardly shifted this year, Im still struggling with placement of facial features, same old expressions. 
I didn't push  myself with trying out different color palletes, I kept doing my go-to of blue/greens (they're just...so pretty...cries). So a lot of my pieces this year was like...blue or green or both..
I didn't push myself with designing; I spent just this entire year worrying about finances and commissions that...I think I just put studying and practicing on the back burner : c
I had also wanted to study style and analyze what I do and why I do it, but I also didn't do that this year

NEXT YEAR I really want to try to do:
diverse color pallets and compositions (more nuanced pallets and extremes)
STUDIES. lots of studies. anatomy, color, enviroment. composition. animals. just at least do a study a week if I don't have time.
design, put more thought into adopt designs in future and also do research to create more well-rounded designs.
SPEED. get . more . efficient. 
clear all the super old commissions and trades I have!




Aside from art

it's been a relatively stressful year, but this last month has been pretty awesome!
Well for one major thing, Jude and I got out of debt! Thanks to an amazing friend who donated a bunch of money to us actually ksdjfkjd . No longer having that huge stress has been so goood.
(if yer wondering how we got into dept, well TL;DR I got into a major depressive rut and burn out for a month, so that was a whole month of bills and expanses piling up. You'd think that catching up to one month's expanses would be relatively easy, but fuckk it wasn't.)

Another thing is doing a freelance comic job for a friend! I'm getting so much practice with backgrounds and visual direction. I really appreciate the opportunity and also Jude for teaching me so much about directing!
(OH, that friend's comic's kickstarter will be going live on Jan. 5 btw! I'll be posting a journal to share that when that happens. I'm really excited! A lot of guest artists including me are doing a bunch of side comics for the main story, and it's really exciting. I can't wait to read all of it together! I'll be drawing relatively 46 pages for her kickstarter! )


and hmm I guess lastly, just overall really appreciative of the friends Jude and I have and the new ones we've made!
hahaa.. I remember when I thought it was like normal to have those few friends that make you feel bad. But I've cut off a lot of those people, and it's been so much easier mentally/emotionally!

> : O Here's to next year! Hope I will try my best!
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