#And I want to make it proper mixed media. Lots of traditional art and irl camera shots...!!!

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Did I hear Lizzie animatic correctly

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I didn’t plan to do this, but seeing other’s work inspired me. Out of these 12 I’ve posted 5 of these on Tumblr (February, April, May, November, December). I have mixed feelings about 2017 but hey, I’m looking forward to what 2018 will bring.

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See under the cut for each month + resolutions for 2018. (Very long read)

January - A drawing of Kidou Yuuto for a close friend of mine for their birthday. It’s a scene from a fic that I also made for them, and this was within the time I had gotten back to Ina11. 

February - Again, birthday art but this time for one of my favorite Youtubers. I had a lot of fun drawing this actually.

March - It was an entry to a group on Instagram that submitted monthly works based around a theme, and the theme of this one was a redraw. I redrew the first entry of my OC Alsteria Loretta which I submitted to the group back in May 2016 (so it’s about a 10-month difference).

April - My first OneShot fanart and also my first proper attempt at lineless art. It sticks out like a sore thumb in this art summary—but it aged well.

May - Another entry for the monthly group thing, with the theme of “mermaids” because of MerMay. This was my attempt at mixed media, with the traditional linework and digital coloring. 

June - The theme for this one was “Beach” so I drew my OC Elery Moreau with an ocean floor background that was hell to do.  Personally, I think I peaked at this point? Then my art went downhill.

July - This was for a contest on Instagram which I won third place for. It’s a drawing of Alluka and Killua Zoldyck taking a selfie but I only put Alluka in the summary up there. The characters themselves looked fine but the background was shit lol

August - The Instagram group was really the only thing that made me do digital/mixed media for a reason (if not school). The theme was “Superpowers”, so I drew three of my elementalist OCs. The one shown is Cheyenne Fleur.

September - In the group there is a collaboration month, and I collabed with mikee_mia on IG for September. The theme was “species swap”, and we swapped the species of their angel OC Carmen and my mermaid OC Kylana (the one featured in the summary). They did the art (which was on paper), and then I lined and colored it. 

October - The theme for this month was “Halloween” so I drew my OCs Valera (the one in the summary) and Zacharie trick or treating. For the entirety of October I didn’t do any digital art (I did this on the 31st,,), so I used an soft/oil pastel look which was easy.

November - Cuphead became popular around end of October to November so I did watercolors for Hilda Berg and Cala Maria. I also hadn’t done watercolors in months, but it was really nice to go with a new medium. (And I was very happy with the outcome of both!)

December - The last two OCs I made in 2017: Limoncino and Maraschino, my cupsonas (I’m a little of both). I did a lot of art for December and I could’ve chose others, but I chose this one specifically because I liked how it turned out way better than I imagined. 

I know it would’ve been better to post this at New Years Eve but hey, I wasn’t actually planning to do this in the first place. But seeing others’ art summaries inspired me.

2017 wasn’t the best for me in many aspects, including art. After I made the entry for June I just… fell out of art? I lost a lot of my passion and confidence in general. This slump of mine stopped me from doing Inktober 2017 I did the first 3 days before leaving it entirely and it stopped me from doing projects I planned for myself. I hadn’t been enjoying what I was making for a while until late October. 

These aren’t first world problems or anything. 2017 still had its good sides (this year I went to a convention after 2 years + cosplayed for the first time) I just thought about it for the past two days, and now I got my resolutions in mind. I’m heading to 2018 with a fresh start, a new found passion, and a strong drive to do my best. I hope to improve as much as I can. It sounds cliche but I do want to be able to make 2018 a great year.

One resolution relating to my art is that I want to keep this blog alive. I’ll post things every other day and maybe a bigger project or two when I can. I do want to prioritize irl things first though so yeah. (I also hope to start talking about my personal projects on here.)

TL;DR: I’m going to do my best for 2018. Hope you guys stick around!