#New Year's Eve 2024

[would-you-punt-them]

2024

[milounyo44]

here it is, the promised last negaposi fanart of 2024, I couldn't wait to share it after finishing it but the more time passes the less I'm starting to like how it turned out, it's still cute so idc. I almost only draw comforting/self-indulgent and cutesy stuff and idk what that says about me

-> The idea for this was thinking ab Hiro trying to take the initiative (he's been shown to have a strong enough sense of pride, I think he'd try to match Takaaki's energy) yet still being his awkward/not very experienced self, and this gap taking Takaaki off-guard, his heart skipping a beat and thinking "Wow. He loves me that much. I think I'm falling for him again."

Happy new year's eve, see you guys in 2025! (I'm not letting go of this ship just yet o9) (but also please end me this was so embarrassing to actually type out and share)(ever since the serirei comics or my first original comic I've always been and will always stay cheesy I fear)

[boingodigitalart]

Drawcember 2024 day 31: New Year's Eve 🎆🎆🥂🥂

My last drawings of 2024 and for drawcember. Thank you to @ace-of-garlic-breads for coming up with the prompts and hosting their drawcember event for this year. I also can't wait for what's ahead and look forward to drawing in 2025!!

Here’s to another great year and Happy New Year 2024!! 🎆 🎆🥂🥂

[rootedincuteness]

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! 🎉🥳🥂🎊🎆🍾

Mog and Ashleaf are here to wish you a happy and festive New Year's Eve! Spend time with family and friends, drink responsibly, and ring in the new year with hope and optimism!

[patchwork-crow-writes]

Happy new year, to everyone who observes!

To those who don't... continue enjoying 2024 I guess :3

[realmadridfamily]

"Happy 2025, my love 💙" - Dani

[galraluver]

Happy New Year's Eve/New Year's ✨️ 🎆 🎇🧨

[goggledoddle]

[rainbowsky]

Hey, sorry to bother you, but I had a tiny question and thought I'd bring it to you since you seem to be a good source of reliable, rational information, and have a good head on your shoulders. Do you happen to know if our boys will be making any appearances at any New Year's Eve events/concerts? It's been my tradition the past few years to watch the livestreams and celebrate with them. I tried looking for information myself, but no luck, so I'm hoping you or one of your followers has heard something. Thanks!

Hi Anon, it's no bother at all. I'm happy to answer questions, that's why my inbox is open. 😊

GG will not be performing in any New Year's events this year because he's just started filming a new drama.

DD will be returning to Hunan TV for this New Year's and will likely be performing his two new singles that were just released (he performs his new song every New Year's, so I doubt that's going to change this year).

He will also be part of a pre-recorded ensemble performance for the CCTV New Year's special.

As always, I will be sharing details for viewing once they become available.

[operationhammond]

Happy New Year’s Eve! We hope you have a safe, fun night.

In 2024, Operation Hammond provided first aid at a dozen events. Three were new - including our first ever Pride event! We look forward to continuing our work in 2025, at both new events & those we’ve done for years.

As always, to learn more about our charitable mission and how you can help nerds in need, please visit our website at www.operationhammond.com

[tenaciousmoneymuffinzine]

My New Year's plans got canceled cause my friend and her husband got sick (they're very chill and low key people like me so our celebrations would have been very low key as well)

So I stayed in and then it was like

Mom: I think [cousin] is throwing a party if you wanted to go. I think [brother and sister-in-law] are going

Me, at 7pm, fresh out the shower, hair wet, in my pajamas, overnight curlers already in, heat pad on, Kindle and crochet in hand because I was trying to decide which one i wanted to do: 😐😐.....

Anyway, all that to say HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I'm going to bed lol 😆

[showmethesneer]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 🥳🥳🥳

[rootedincuteness]

New Year's Wishes

Mudpie: "Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! Mudpie has special treat for you today. You know those posts with potatoes claiming to give you luck and good things in year to come? Could you really use one of those right about now?"

Mudpie: "Well, Mudpie may be potato-shaped, but... I'm no potato."

Mudpie: "I do, however, happen to be friends with a genuine lucky potato. This is Bradley. He's super lucky, trust Mudpie. Runs in his family."

Bradley: "Hello!" *waves*

Mudpie: "So, if humans reblog you, you'll give them many good lucks in new year, right?" Bradley: "I'll try my best!"

Bradley: "No guarantees, but I'll give you lots of good vibes and hopes for the future, and I'll cheer you on, too!"

Mudpie: "Give it a try! If it works, you will have all the best lucks for 2025. And if not, you'll still have a cute potato on your blog. And a super handsome rootling, too! It's me. I'm handsome." Bradley: "Have a great day, everyone!" Mudpie: "And please potate responsibly! You see what Mudpie did there." Bradley: *giggles*

[leam1983]

Temporal Liminality

What I like about the 31st of December is that it's the one and only time in the year where you can conceivably put something off to "next year" while not necessarily falling prey to procrastination.

Only ten days left in the Holidays as per my job's calendar? Screw it, I'll reframe the situation. I'll tell myself I'm not working until next year - and it's technically not incorrect!

Happy New Year's Eve, unless you don't follow the Gregorian calendar, for whatever reason.

[realmadridfamily]

Dani and Luna ✨

[midnightechoes]

2024 REFLECTIONS

I’ll be honest, I spent a good ten minutes trying to figure out a peppy opening for this post. As you can tell, I couldn’t think of one. In many ways, 2024 was a rough year for us all. I’m not going to focus on the precarious state of the world here, even though I would be lying if I didn’t say that it didn’t play a part in how my year went. Instead, I’m going to try to focus on my personal journey through the year. I’ll be reflecting on my year, and what I hope to bring into 2025.

2024 was a year of endings for me. Well, that’s the charitable outlook. You could also say it was the year of things falling apart for me.

Perhaps the biggest was my daily doodle streak. On December 1st 2014, I committed to drawing something every day during that month. And I did it. I was so happy with myself, I decided to try to keep that streak going. I went into 2015 with the ambitious goal of doing a daily doodle every day of the year. And I did that too.

So I kept going. A month streak turned into a whole year streak, which turned into two years, which turned into a little over nine years. Yeah. I drew a daily doodle every day from December 1st 2014 to December 17th 2023. 3,305 days. It is still one of the things that I am most proud of. Sure, some of the doodles were glorified stick figures, or just part of a larger picture that I was working on, but the point is I still drew. Something. Anything. for 3,305 days in a row. I tried to restart it a few times in 2024, but the longest I got was around 60 days.

The streak came to an end over the holiday season because I caught the flu. A bad case of it.

That flu is also the reason I broke my writing streak of over two years. Not as long as my doodle streak, I was over 700 days into writing a little bit every day.

My daily streak of Japanese lessons (on Duolingo and later Busuu) survived the flu, but would also end in the Summer. It also lasted a little over two years, from April 2022 to July 2024.

On a personal level, my diet also fell apart in 2024. I did way too much of “eating my feelings”, and I’ve paid for it.

I told myself that I was okay with the daily doodle streak ending, that it had done what it needed to (get me drawing again), but in hindsight, I miss it. Hell, I think I need it. Since my daily doodle streak ended I’ve struggled to get into a drawing rhythm this year. It almost feels like a chapter has ended for me. One that began with my daily doodles, and kicked into full gear with the arrival of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

Between SPOP, and then CW’s Supergirl, and then RWBY and Mobile Suit Gundam: the Witch From Mercury, I had entered into this wonderful period of creativity, creating fanart, writing fanfics, just making so much stuff.

But I only drew a handful of pictures in 2024, and only did two tiny fanfics. I stopped posting much here, or on my other social media. All that just kind of stuttered to a stop, even though there were a bunch of ideas of things I wanted to draw and write.

I’m hoping to work on getting that spark of productivity back in 2025. I plan to restart my daily doodle streak on January 1st. Likewise I hope to get better about writing again, as well as start doing Japanese lessons again.

It’s sounded all like doom and gloom so far, but there was one very bright spot in 2024. A comic idea called Void Domain Midnight. It’s a concept involving a few of my favorite OCs that I’ve had around for decades now in previous incarnations, along with a bunch of new characters. It stars my OC Youmi, who’s been the character that’s been in my head for what feels like my entire life at this point.

I’ve been searching for the right story for her for years. I thought I had found it back in 2005 with a couple of friends, but that fizzled out in 2008. And then I spent the next six years trying to rework her story until I had to admit to myself that it just wasn’t working late in 2014.

So she went onto the shelf, and stayed there. I was beginning to think that she’d always just be a case of something I wish I had been able to do, but, in the summer of 2023, a convergence of things came about that got me thinking about Youmi for the first time in years. And, after playing around with stuff for a few months, I think I’ve finally found the story I want to tell with her.

A lot of 2024 has been spent working on and planning her comic, Void Domain Midnight. World building, characters designs, story outlines. I have done quite a bit of work on VDM, and my hope is to begin making VDM in full this winter so that I can actually start releasing stuff this year.

I guess it was wrong to say that my productivity spark was entirely gone. I’ve just been putting it into VDM. But still, even with VDM, I’ve been less motivated to get things done lately than I was in the past. I’m hoping to start building that back up.

Because… I’ve never lost my spark of creativity. That want to make things, that thing inside you that goes “oh I have this cool idea for a fic,” or “wouldn’t this picture look amazing?” That’s still there. I just need to get back to a place where I’m acting on those feelings again.

I think I can do it. Slowly but surely. I need to be patient with myself (admittedly not always something I’m great with), but I think I can get back to making the stuff I love.

So that’s the attitude I choose to bring into 2025. One of optimism. One of hope. Not just for my art, but for everything. I choose to keep working for a better future for myself and for the world. Yeah, my mental health will put obstacles there sometimes, but I know I can work through them, because I have in the past.

I’m going to make fanart of stuff I love in 2025.

I’m going to write the fanfics that I want to in 2025. I may even get back to working on Jackets in 2025.

I’m going to make Void Domain Midnight in 2025. I might even make a few other smaller comics this year.

This is the stuff I want to do. This is what I want to spend my time on. I’m going to do everything I can to make it a reality.

Happy New Year everyone.