A Year in Review - 2024

Usually I make a blog post on my birthday going over how the current year has 
been so far, but since my birthday is in October I figured it makes more sense 
to just wait until the end of the year and then reflect upon the entire year.

It's been a big year for me. In many ways I felt like I've learned more about 
life than art this year. By far the biggest thing I've done this year was 
deciding to move out. Thanks to that I've been able to experience so much more 
from life, and not be stuck in a stifling and depressing rut where I only care 
for my family members and sit at my computer on most days. It's a very difficult
 thing to finally decide to break off and become truly independent, especially 
if it's sudden or not happening on the best terms. But after enough time it's 
become painfully clear that if I don't take my life into my own hands then no 
one else will.

But life lessons learned and hardships has only made the stories I want to tell 
and art I want to make even more deep and personal. I've held back from posting 
weekly since August because I have had great realizations on how I can tell 
better and more meaningful stories, hentai (and other future projects!) that I 
really want to see in this world but doesn't exist yet. And so I've been working
 in the background, toiling away at format, ideas, workflow. I couldn't do it 
without my partner, she is the one who believes in me the most even if I am 
making little money from art yet. And for me if 2024 was the year of change and 
growth, then I want 2025 for me to be the year where I perform. I'm preparing to
 open up commissions soon and get back to posting weekly, and this time I'll be 
posting fully shaded illustrations instead of half-finished stuff :P.

I don't want to ramble on for too long, as all of this stuff still feels very 
"new" to me, and although I embrace these big changes to my life it has taken me
 some time to adjust to them and just wrap my own head around everything, and 
understand what it really means to be an adult for the first time. And so I 
don't feel like I am really able to speak about it too deeply yet. But I think 
the biggest thing that I know for sure is I am more happy and excited for both 
my art and my own future than I have been in a very long time, and so I can say 
with confidence that this has been a great year and I cannot wait to see what 
2025 holds!

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