I’m going to keep this (kind of) short, since I actually have a busy day with my family today. Shocker, a post from me that is relatively quick to read, right??

You might be happy to know that 2022 was actually kind of a banner year for my art. I got involved in a ton of team projects, most notably contributing to Michaelsoft Binbows ‘97 and quietly chugging away at a large animation project since late 2021. My follower count skyrocketed as I became more active and social here, and with ArtStation and Twitter in particular shattering every last illusion I had about mainstream social media sites I feel like spending more time here in 2023, there just seems to be more of an actual community here and I’m pretty sure that Tom Fulp doesn’t want to hurt me like Elon Musk does if he ever finds out about that viral Tweet I made once making fun of him in 2020.

As for resolutions? Umm…Obviously I need to find a job so that I can have a decent income again, and it needs to be less demeaning than being a bag boy surrounded by Karens who read way too many conspiracy theories and yell at me like I have anything to do with Hunter Biden’s laptop. I can assure you this post would have been more of a downer if I stuck with that retail job, perpetually surrounded by some of the most pessimistic and complain-y people on the planet for 8+ hours a day (basically, irl Twitter). But I am practically 30 and need to support myself and potentially an entire family, so hopefully I find something that at least pays well enough to make the bad stuff worth it and allows me to actually hire help for my ambitious animation projects, too.

As for art, I need to get better at 3D modeling if I want to get a “dream job” working on a large animated production at Hollywood or an AAA game studio, so I’ll be continuing to master Blender once this project I’m working on is finally done. I also want to learn RPG Maker more because that recent game I made in it was a fun learning experience and it might be a great new hobby for me, making funny takes on the standard SNES/PS1 JRPGs of the ‘90’s. I will focus more on RPG Maker 2003, though, because unlike MV it looks like you can actually play the 2003 games on your phone in addition to PC, plus the extremely low resolution by today’s standards will ensure I don’t spend too long doing the art for each game.

That still came out kind of long. TL;DR I know some people have had a rougher year than others, but you can at least rest assured that I am the LAST person you should be worried about going into 2023. I was so productive this year on multiple fronts!

Here’s to an even better 2023 for all of us!