#year recap

[longingforrotkehlchen]

My Faves of 2023

I (quickly) chose 15 photos I took last year that I really like. I actually did more birding than photography this year but, in my case, one thing leads to the other, so it shouldn't be surprising that I have more photos I really like than last year. Though I'm surprised.

[23b0075nke]

this was fun last year so i did it again

[2022]

[matchasquid]

Tumblr Artists!!

I've been seeing a lot of people doing the trend where you show how your art evolved through the year by showing an illustration you did in each month.

I think this trend is very cool, but I've seen many artists with "blank spaces" talking about how "unproductive" they were this year or trying to justify themselves...

It's ok. You're not a machine. Everyone has their own pace ^^

And so, I thought about something else I'd like to do instead of it! If you'd like, you can do it too!

Show and talk about the three pieces you did this year that you're the most proud of!

Here, I'll start:

Commission for @trenchcoatofthelord

I'm very proud of this piece because I think the pose and overall flow came out great! It was one of my best attempts to adapt the Splatoon Art Style™ to something I'm more comfortable with, and it was also my first commission ever!!

I'm very thankful to @trenchcoatofthelord for making my first commission experience be so pleasant and for being so understanding during the whole process, as I was still figuring out how to talk to clients and how to use Paypal lksajdfhaklh

2. Amiibo Inkling

This is one of the first Splatoon fanarts I did, and it's also the first illustration that people really liked here on Tumblr, which gave me a big boost of confidence by the start of the year!

Although I don't like the execution (style of it) anymore, it holds a special place in my heart (and nightmares) <3

3. Fanart of @fisheyezzz's Bocca Della Verita

This is a fanart I did of a fanfic written by @fisheyezzz, called Bocca Della Verita! Go read it, it's really good!!

I'm very proud of this piece because I used to only draw single characters doing poses or portraits, so drawing two characters dancing with each other was definitely out of my comfort zone. I also tried a different art style to the one I usually draw in with this one, and I really liked the result :3

[onlydylanobrien]

Dylan O’Brien in 2023

January:

New / Old

Rachel Zegler shared this picture of Dylan O'Brien on his phone in her September highlights.

Dylan O'Brien’s sister Julia shared these two pictures in her fav moments 2022 post.

Dylan with some of the Maze Runner cast: x, x, Dylan & Thomas

Dylan O'Brien with Bruno Bilotta behind the scenes on the set of “American Assassin”.

��Ponyboi” bts pic

New

Dylan hanging out with friends: x, x, x, x, x, x 

New York Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns basketball game

Dylan with Victoria Pedredtti & River Gallo: x, x, x, x, x, x

Puppy Tony

Paris Fashion Week

Things also took a twist that nobody was expecting: x, x, x, x

February:

New / Old

Dylan with his mom and sister

“Ponyboi” bts pic

New

Dylan hanging out with friends: x, x

News

Ike Barinholtz, Dylan O’Brien Political Mockumentary ‘Maximum Truth’ Lands at Momentum Pictures

March:

New / Old

“Caddo” Wrap Party pic

“Maximum Truth” bts pics

New

Dylan O'Brien for the Ami Paris “The Casting” Spring-Summer 2023 Campaign

Dylan hanging out with friends: x, x, x

Fan Encounter: x, x

Fini’s Women’s Empowerment night

News

Dylan will be one of the guest stars in “The Other Two” Season 3

April:

New

Fan Encounter: x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Candids: x

Dylan & Tony: x, x, x

News

Dylan O'Brien is nominated in the “Best Comedic Performance” category for his role as Colin in “Not Okay” at the 2023 MTV Movie & Tv Awards

Twitter: + & +

May:

New

Michaela Coel presents Xhosa Met Gala after-party

“Maximum Truth” Stills: x, x

Dylan as himsef in “The Other Two” Season 3 Ep. 3

Katherine McNamara talks about working with Dylan O'Brien in a new interview with Collider

Fan Encounter: x, x, x

Dylan with friends: x, x, x, x

Ofiicial “Maximum Truth” Poster & Promos: x, x

June:

New / Old

Dylan with Sam Lerner at his 31 Birthday party

Dylan O'Brien, Sarah Ramos and Logan Lerman at Sarah’s new art exhibition “Autograph Hound: A Retrospective” x, x

“Maximum Truth” bts: x, x, x, x, x

New

“Maximum Truth” Trailer II Stills: x, x II Promos: x, x, x, x, x, x

Dylan with his family x, x, Tony, x, x, x, Dylan and Tony, x, x

Dylan with friends x, x, x, x, x, x

“Maximum Truth” Interviews: x, x

July:

New / Old

Dylan with Chris, Ki Hong and Alex

New

Dylan with his family x, x, x

Dylan with friends: x

Fan Encounter: x, x, x, x, x

Dylan with Zoey Deutch and McKenna Grace in Ireland

Dylan on the set of his new movie “Anniversary”

News

“Ponyboi” update

August:

New / Old

Dylan with his family

New

Dylan with friends: x

Dylan with the “Anniversary” cast: x, x, x, x, x, x

“Anniversary” bts: x, x, x, x

Fan Encounter: x, x, x, x, x, x

Dylan's 32nd Birthday, Dylan & Tony, x, x, x, x, x

September:

New / Old

“Not Okay” bts: x, x

New

Puppy Tony: x, x, x

Dylan with frinds: x, x, x, x, x

October:

New / Old

Dylan with his “Anniversary” co-stars

Dylan with his family: x, x

New

Dylan supporting the SAG-AFTRA Strike

Dylan with friends: x

Dylan with his family: x, x

Dylan &Tommy Alter in the audience of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen”

Fan Encounter: x, x, x, x, x, x

November:

New / Old

Fan Encounter: x

Dylan at the “Caddo Lake” Wrap Party

New

Dylan supporting the SAG-AFTRA Strike

Dylan with friends: x

Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers game

Fan Encounter: x, x, x, x

Dylan’s IMDb profile picture was finally updated

December:

New / Old

Dylan with fans this summer

Dylan with his sibling Jules this summer

New

Dylan with Dexter Darden and Aml Ameen at the “American Fiction” premiere

First Look at Dylan in “Ponyboi”

Fan Encounter: x

News

“Ponyboi” will have its World Premiere at Sundance 2024

Dylan O’Brien reportedly in talks to star as twins in James Sweeney’s ‘TWINLESS.’

In total:

Dylan filmed 1 movie this year

Had 1 guest star role in a TV show

we got 1 new photoshoot

1 new movie with Dylan was released

[ari-birb]

Year review piece i put together really quickly and lazily

[raymuratadraws]

Was 2023 a year full of incredible friendships, DnD games and fantastic blorbos? Why yes, yes indeed sir. May 2024 be even better!

[themonsterthing]

A collection of some of my favourite non-people pictures, one from every month in 2023. Looking back at my landscapes, you can watch me get better, in tiny, brilliant ways.

I always think I've hit a wall, but no, not yet.

(It also becomes really obvious how much I love water lol.)

[iamthekaijuking]

I’m a little late as usual but it’s time for Art vs Sloppy Rat Man 2023

I don’t have much to say about 2023. I got a job working retail and I’m still working it, and my art skills have continued to improve. 2023 was also the year I started being able to illustrate entire skeletons and not just skulls, which shows that my knowledge of anatomy and biology is continuing to advance even further.

I did a sort of special little GUARDIANverse side project, The God Children of Ana, based on the Romani legend to somewhat more formally introduce people to Gverse through a shortstory, and while I’m not always so great at writing third person I’m still somewhat proud of it. I’ve also gotten outlines for the 4 mainline GUARDIANverse books.

I’m still helping out the Unnatural History Channel and my follower count is continuing to grow. I’m almost at 1000 followers, but also my patreon is still void of subscribers. I’m taking baby steps towards getting books written and maybe doing vtubing as a sort of hobby.

Let’s see what 2024 brings.

[stealingvirginsandgold]

I fear this is not news to me 💀

[el-is-away]

what a year man, what a year. thank you everyone who supports me and follows my journey :) i give you a big hug and wish a better 2024

credit for the template @ IceOfWaterflock on deviantart

[longingforrotkehlchen]

My Top 10 of 2022

I thought it'd be fun to share my favourite ten photos from last year. Surprisingly, I found it a bit difficult to narrow them down (I'm never really in awe of the pictures I take, though they do grow on me), but I decided for these (LONG POST WARNING!):

10 - The Leucistic Nilgans (Reblog / See post)

I was counting Egyptian geese when one clearly stood out right away. Nilgans without an eye patch, woah! So, yeah, I gave all of my attention to our friend here, who didn't enjoy that at all. Birds don't like it one bit when you stare at them. They know you're up to no good, but I managed to snap a few shots before this pretty goose (or shelduck) got into the water, and safe from the weird man. The others around me didn't feel threatened - I wasn't looking at them.

9 - The siskin bunch (Reblog / See post)

It was a long winter day when I finally managed to get some decent shots of siskins. These were birds that had always eluded me, first to spot them, and then to photograph them, as they normally forage too high, though usually in flocks. The geography of this lake helped me stay at eye level, and as plenty of them were going from branch to branch looking for food, I got this quite nice shot, even if the light that day was constantly changing and far from the best (and my cheap-ass lens depends a lot on the natural light).

8 - The epitome of a robin (Reblog / See post)

Rotkehlchen was always going to make it in this list, wasn't he? Oh, yeah, I remember that day. I was there to photograph the rare penduline tits that stopped coming to that spot the very same day I decided to go to see them. When my hopes were practically gone, this lovable guy showed up, looking at us the photographers waiting for the birds that never came and probably wondering: What are those idiots doing there? The other two guys kept on their business, while I couldn't resist to get down and picture him. I didn't get any penduline tits, but I got a big reward nonetheless: The epitome of a robin.

7 - Serenity coot (Reblog / See post)

Just a damn coot, right? Nothing special... Well, you see, I have this habit of taking pictures of whoever is there, and this time, Blässhuhn was there. I interrupted my chat with some other guys taking photos that you meet along the way and I decided to just snap this fella, who was actually preening uncontrollably. However, I captured this brief moment where everything seems to make sense, and that gives me tranquillity and inner peace just by looking at it. This should be just some regular photo, but it has something, something that touches me inside.

6 - The 'intersex' mallard (Reblog / See post)

Ever since @namu-the-orca told me about what I had actually photographed, I've been absolutely keen on this little girl. When I saw her again, she had a boyfriend, she was getting harassed by other drakes (because she's actually a female), and I totally had to snatch more pictures of her. In that exact moment, she just happened to open her beak, and I caught a lovely picture I really like. Now, I know she lives there. She's always there, and I pay attention to her, I look at her, and I enjoy knowing she's around, but I don't think I will be able to take a better picture of her than this one.

5 - The making of a wildlife photographer (Reblog / See post)

I don't want to keep raving about this guy, but he was so amazing that I did things I'm not very proud of just to get a snap of him. And I did that because I wanted to tell my little Tumblr world that this bird is amazing. First thing I'm not proud of is getting into a swamp to get close to him, and the second is playing playback (I genuinely had no idea that thing actually works and I was surprised it did) so he would just get furious at me, thinking there was a competitor in the area, and sang from a more visible place instead. The result was really nice, though. It looks like a typical profile photo in a bird catalogue, but I'm no wildlife photographer, and that's stuff some of them do, and I personally would rather avoid doing that kind of stuff. The picture is nice, but I think that what I did was wrong. Birding sadly also means disturbing birds by definition, so we shouldn't do extra stuff. My only comfort is that the guy was already singing non-stop.

4 - Finally goldfinch (Reblog / See post)

You've surely seen better pictures of goldfinches than this one, but it's been a personal struggle for me ever since I started this hobby and I was so happy to finally get a nice photo of one. It looks nice, that's for sure, but no wonder the feeling of accomplishment helped me decide for this one. Goldfinches are common, but in my experience, they're shier than other birds, and for a guy that just walks around with his camera, that's a problem. In this case, I was super lucky, since two goldfinches were having some beef, so they were 'busy', and I also was in the perfect position for this particular shot only because I had just got there (there's a slope to get to the lake and then I'd have been too low).

3 - Jabba the Spatz (Reblog / See post)

I simply thought this was a hilarious shot! Its other photos ended up being way more popular, but I still love this loafing baby sparrow with a dopey facial expression. Also, it was loafing just in the gap of those stones. Also, it was loafing right in front of me and couldn't care less about my presence. Sparrows are usually great models, and they're such cute birds. I always enjoy photographing them.

2 - The not-yet-blue daredevil (Reblog / See post)

This one is very nice. Like, for me, this one and number one are miles ahead of the rest. The story behind this one is simple: I heard baby whinging and there I went. A blue tit chick was chasing mom or dad, while another (this one) seemed to be a bit more independent. After the initial recognition of the situation, I saw that one of them was hanging low and relatively close to me. I lifted my camera as quick as I could, shot, and the moment was gone. I immediately checked the photos out on the display and I seemed to have got only blurry shots. As usual, I cursed my luck, but when I got home, not only this one looked sharp, it looked amazing. The pose, the colours, the whole moment... I realized I had taken a pretty damn good photo, and the difference between having it or not was such a fine line.

1 - Und die Dohle (Reblog / See post)

My current laptop background. It was April 2nd and it was... Snowing! I guess I haven't lived here long enough or it doesn't snow enough for me not to lose my sh*t when I see snow, so as soon as I saw this spring miracle, I grabbed my camera and went out. I wanted to take pictures of birds in the white snow! However, my choice of destination was perhaps questionable, as instead of going to a place with higher altitude, I went to the lowest point in the city... So there was no snow... But it was still snowing!

I like all the photos I took that day with the snowflakes falling from the sky, like this one or this one, but the jackdaw is by far the best. I spotted two jackdaws among all the crows that normally hang around there, and I was determined to finally get a nice photo of one of them. However, they were incredibly shy. No matter how far I was, if I took a step in their direction, they'd feel threatened and fly farther away from me. The snowfall was increasing, it was getting late, but I wanted my jackdaw photo. Eventually, I managed to approach one by making sure a trash can was blocking their view, and it worked! My knees were most likely hurting, but from there, I snapped a few shots, and one came amazingly well.

I love everything. The snow falling, the expression, I mean, the jackdaw looks fierce and majestic, and it has such a dramatic aura. Once I checked that I had indeed taking a good photo, I thumbed-up a crow that I may or may not have given peanuts earlier, and that was waiting next to me for an extra treat. There was no treat, but he got a photo too, since he was there.

If you read the whole thing, I hope you enjoyed knowing a bit about the background of what I do for fun, or at least I hope that it wasn't too unbearable. If you also have a favourite picture from this blog, I'd love to hear from it!

[kkulbeolyeonghwa]

Year recap

(I don't know if I should laugh or cry!)

The monthly recaps ended because I've been too busy to post but no worries, I haven't stopped studying! Now I will showcase what I did this year <3

Korean

Korean is my main focus every year so as always, I studied the most words in it... And it has really paid off! I started 2023 not understanding news broadcasts and took that as my challenge. Today I can confidently say that I now understand it all!

I had logged 596 words before I stopped logging it all. My favorite words were 回甲, 石花, 날름거리다, 수레, 匿名 and 덕계못.

Japanese

Secondary focus this year, I found a friend who's also studying it and I wanna be better :3

267 words logged, my favorites being ソ連, 昔, 仲, 日常茶飯事 and 駄菓子!

Mongolian

I love studying Mongolian but I had no time... Maybe I will study more next year! My favorite words were шашин, шалтгаан and найз.

Ainu

I LOVE finding new pages with words I haven't learned before! I also watched a lot of content on YouTube about the language. I don't think I have favorite words for Ainu, as I love them all!

Mandarin

I've been learning Mandarin passively from the start (i.e. focusing more on listening and speaking than writing) as I know the characters well enough from studying Korean and Japanese. I can now understand a LOT and have no idea how, as I never actively studied the language. My next step is to start doing output, writing, and studying the grammar more.

French, Okinawan, Cantonese, Dutch, Italian, all the others that I totally forgot about

Were apparently not worth my time (jk. I love them all) But I studied them very little. I know I learned a lot of new things from all of them but listing them individually would be super boring.

Additional!

I've started brushing up on my Karelian and Ru**ian again (due to the recent events, I want to understand what the news is saying about things in Ru**ia) My grandma who spoke Karelian is getting old now, and nobody else from the family ever learned the language so It's my duty now! I will be more active in these languages next year.

[ultimateaclrecovery]

2023 year in review!

I actually had a pretty incredible year.

It’s weird, back in like 2021 I had been really stuck in my life and just kind of bored of doing the same things over and over and feeling like I fell into comfortable and was stuck in a rut, so I took an opportunity to live in LA for a year in 2022 which was mostly fine but the job sucked, and then came back to Colorado in 2023 and it’s like everything was all rainbows and sunshine. The grass really isn’t greener on the other side. So anyway here’s my recap.

Played lei out where we had a good time despite getting rained in.

January 21 went on our first date with my now boyfriend.

Ran a half marathon

Got to celebrate an actual valentines with my first boyfriend (although he wasn’t quite my bf yet)

Had an adorable galentines

Bought a horse, the very best pony and fulfilled an absolute life long dream and I still just can’t believe it.

Spent a weekend in dc with Anthony and got to do all the muesuem and eat purple food

Hosted a whimsical brunch just because

Had my golden birthday and turned 30 and was so purple

Played frisbee master nationals with a womens team after qualifying at regionals

Got a promotion to basically my ideal job. Am now a level 4 (out of five normal levels). Came with an 11% pay raise.

Went camping and hiked a terrifying fourteener

Helped return a sample of an asteroid to the earth.

Spent a girls day at the lake

Qualified to regionals for frisbee again. Finally.

Went to the hot air balloon festival in New Mexico and saw the eclipse and went camping

Realized the Nuvaring was not good for my emotional stability and came off of it (the one negative of the year)

Played fright flight frisbee tournament and got to be super hero Barbie

Spent nearly two with Japan with Anthony and had an absolutely marvelous time

Met his parents for thanksgiving dinner

Came home early enough for Christmas to make cookies with my mom after having to skip this last year.

Between a horse, a promotion, a boyfriend, great travel, great friends and an overall healthier for me and my family( no Covid for my birthday or dad breaking his hip before Christmas this year.) it’s been a pretty spectacular year.

Wishing you all an equally wonderful 2024 full of joy and peace!

[trushe-and-poetry]

The year 2023 -💗✨

brought surprises..... evenings crying in bed and also brought hearty dinner celebrations. With the new year I hope to learn new lessons.. make new friends and acquaintances and radiate love and light 💗✨

[23b0075nke]

art[sans]artist //

I actually have more things I spent a bunch of time on & still like than would fit in a 3x3! I think that's a first!

[onlydylanobrien]

Dylan O’Brien in 2022

January:

Dylan with his friends Desus Nice & Tommy Alter

Fan encounter: + / + / + / +

Dylan hanging out with his friend Tommy Alter

Dylan hanging out with his friends Logan Lerman, Sam Lerner and more x, x, x, x, x, x

February:

Dylan celebrating Lunar New Year with his friends Logan Lerman, Sam Lerner and more

Dylan with Broti Gupta

Fan encounter: + / + / + / +

Dylan with his friends Sarah, Matt, Sam and Olivia x, x

"The Outfit" bts: + / + / +

"Infinite" bts video

Dylan with his friends Desus Nice, Tommy Ater and others

Dylan hanging out with friends

Andrew Garfield on Dylan's “The Social Network” reenactment scene

Dyan and his friends 24h trip to Las Vegas x, x, x, x, x

"The Outfit" character poster

March:

Dylan O'Brien with Sarah Ramos at the “Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty" premiere

Dylan was hanging out with friends

Fan encounter: + / + / + / + / + / + / +

Dylan at Camila Cabello’s birthday party

"The Outfit" Press

Dylan's Bustle photoshoot

"The Outfit" screening in New York

Dylan was hanging out with his friends Desus Nice, Tommy Alter and his cousin Declan x, x

"The Outfit" bts

Dylan was hanging out with his friends x, x, x, x, x, x

Dylan attends Vanity Fair and Lancôme Celebrate The Future Of Hollywood

Releases:

March 18: "The Outfit"

April:

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Fan encounter: + / + / + / + / + / + / + / +

Dylan O'Brien had a reunion with one of his “Love and Monsters” co-stars Amali Golden

Dylan at Sarah’s new art exhibition “Autograph Hound: A Retrospective” and the “Hold my Hand” screening

Dylan at Coachella

May:

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x

Dylan O'Brien attends an exclusive screening and premiere for “Angelyne”

Dylan doing karaoke with Camila Cabello x, x, x

Dylan with friends at the Haim concert

Candids x, x, x, x

Fan encounter: + / +

Puppy Tony

June:

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x, Michael Myers challenge, x

Fan encounters: + / +

Candids x, x, x

Dylan at the Tribeca Film Festival

Dylan with friends at the Bleachers concert

July:

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x

Fan encounters: + / + / + / + / +

Dylan at Dexter Darden’s Birthday party

Maze Runner Cast Reunion x, x, x, x

Dylan during the Bachelor Party Weekend of his childhood friend Tommy x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x

"Not Okay” Press

Dylan’s Interview Magazine Photoshoot

Dylan changed his Twitter pfp (Yes that really happened)

Dylan at a Mets game

Dylan at the “Not Okay” premiere in New York

Dylan at the “Not Okay” Pop-Up Event

Candids x, x, x

Dylan at Highsnobiety honors Willa Bennett party

August:

Dylan at A24’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies” Screening

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Dylan with his mom and sister at the rehearsal dinner of his friends Tommy and Kaylynn x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Dylan was the Best Man at the wedding of his childhood friend Tommy x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x

New / Old pictures of Dylan with his sister Julia and her girlfriend Aly

Dylan’s 31 Birthday party

Dylan at the Video Music Awards

Dylan at the Video Music Awards After Party

Releases:

August 5: “Not Okay” 

September:

Fan encounter: + / + / + / + / + / +

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x, x

Dylan at Interview magazine x vans nyfw dinner party

October:

Puppy Tony x, x

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Fan encounters: + / + / + / + / + / +

Caddo bts x, x 

New / Old picture of Dylan with his family

Dylan with Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and Zoë Kravitz.

New / Old picture of young Dylan with his mom and sister

News:

Dylan  is credited as drummer on “Snow on the Beach” and as crowd applause on “Question…?” on Taylor Swift’s new album “Midnights".

Taylor Swift explains how Dylan became the drummer on “Snow on the Beach” ft. Lana Del Rey on her new Album “Midnights”

Dylan with Taylor Swift, Austin Swift, Jack Antonoff and Rachel Antonoff in the studio. 

November:

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Fan encounter: +

Dylan hanging out and doing karaoke with Rivkah Reyes, Victoria Pedretti and others x, x

"Ponyboi" bts x, x, x, x, x

Dylan with his family during Thanksgiving

New / Old pictures of Dylan with his sister x, x

Movie News:

Dylan starring in "Ponyboi"

December:

Dylan hanging out with friends x, x, x, x, x, x, x

New / Old picture of Dylan with his sister Julia and one of their cousins

Fan encounters: + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / + / +

“All Too Well: The Short Film” bts video

Candids of Dylan in Paris x, x

“Ponyboi” bts

“Maximum Truth” bts

In total:

Dylan filmed 1 movie this year

did some reshoots for Caddo

we got 2 new photoshoots (we haven’t gotten one of him in a very long time)

2 new movies with Dylan were released

So I would say it was a pretty good year for every Dylan fan filled with a lot of new Dylan content.