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Blog/Not-a-Poll: New Year's resolutions
🕑 Added 2020-12-10 13:27:33 +0000 UTCHiya!
Are you all looking forward to the holidays and finally saying goodbye to this godforsaken year? I know I am.
Of course, being self-employed, I don't automatically get free time around the holidays, and being an ADD workaholic I tend to forget I need that. So under the banner of "better late than never", I'm going to take a break after I finish my Patreon obligations for this month and sometime into January. Because I don't want to stress myself out by squeezing any more jobs into a small space of that month, I've decided to pause Patreon pledges for January.
My fiancé says I will inevitably get back to drawing before January is over. He's totally right, of course, so I want to dedicate that time to stuff I don't usually get around to and level up to the next stage of Rosie art!
To that end, I'd like to ask you: what would you like to see from me in 2021? Please reply to this post with any feedback you have--compliments, things that could be done better, or just cool ideas you have. I'll read it all and try to incorporate it going forward.
In the interest of both self-care and leading by example, I'll start by listing some things I'm proud of having done this year, some things I want to do better and some things I'd like to do going forward. I encourage everyone to do the same, because self-reflection is good, despite what college and job evaluations want you to think.
First, the things I'm proud of:
- I've done more drawings than ever this year, with 16 full drawings and counting, plus over 50 Damsel Yearbook drawings (I only started counting in April, so I don't know the exact count for sure)
- I started logging the amount of work I did each day, which made me more productive
- I balanced a day job and drawing mostly really well from January to July
- I started managing my ADD with medication, the aforementioned logging and generally developing better habits
- "The Princess' Bliss" is a personal best in backgrounds and lighting, things I've always struggled with. I'm incredibly proud of it and it's well worthy of being my most popular drawing on DA
- Speaking of which, I surpassed 1000 faves on that drawing as well as reaching the 1K and 2K watcher milestones! Sure, popularity isn't everything and somewhat arbitrary, but watching numbers go up is one of the few things that gives me a natural dopamine rush
Now, the things I think could go better:
- My daily routine definitely needs improvement; ever since I lost my day job I've gone back to getting up late and not really making the most of my time and energy. It's really hard to force myself to retain a habit if anything disturbs it, which is one of those ADD things, but I have to find better ways to do it
- My workaholic nature works up a lot of stress, because I'm always trying to be more efficient and do more work, which leads to productive bursts followed by burnout and depression. That's no good at all!
- The above stress has led me to get annoyed with people who don't deserve it sometimes. I've gotten a lot better about my anger issues than I used to be, but it's not okay until I've got it completely under control.
Finally, the things I want to do in 2021:
- I'm going to buy a new, better drawing tablet and learn how to use it. Hopefully this will make me better and faster in the long run since I won't have as much trouble with clean linework
- I want to dabble in comics. They're a suitable method of storytelling, but I've always been intimidated by how much of a timesink they'd be
- I want to do some pixel art. I've wanted to make a DID game for a very long time and while I've resigned myself to being a crappy programmer, making good sprites is a very valuable part of the process
- Since the above requires me to do some animation, I'd like to try my hand at doing some short animation work outside of sprites too
- This isn't a drawing thing, but I want to finish re-editing the novel I've been working on for a long time so I can shop it around again
Of course, some of the above goals might get delayed if things move along and I can finally move to the States and get married. Heck, once that happens I'll have to figure out what I do with this Patreon until I'm allowed to work! That will be a massive, stressful game-changer, but there couldn't be a happier reason for it, so I'll take it as it comes.
That's all I've got to say for now. What would you like me to do? What are your own plans for 2021? Let me know in the comments.
Rosie rollin' out!
Comments
Rosiero
This is a perfectly valuable comment! Sometimes, just hearing that I can have a positive impact is really helpful too ^.^
WarioNumberOne
It's taken me a while to get around to responding to this, but that's mainly because I have trouble commenting on anything if I don't feel like I have anything of value to add - and honestly, I can't think of much of anything I would want to see done differently around here. Your art is awesome, the yearbook commissions are a great value for the price, and watching you and Nothles stream tends to be the highlight of my week. Keep up the good work!
Rosiero
Aww, thank you so much! I'm glad I can deliver. ^.^
john duffy
For one, glad to hear you're taking a break to focus on yourself. Sometimes that's the best thing you can do. As for what I'd like to see from Rosie in 2021?...honestly I couldn't ask for more. I mean, since I've been a patreon, you've always been nice and friendly, you have a knack for knowing exactly what your customer wants (even when not given much info to go off of) and lastly, each picture keeps improving. Thank you for a great year of art, and i wish you the best in 2021!
I'm gonna start by publicly saying that you're a super awesome person honey. Self-reflection is important, and I don't think there's nearly as many people who are good at it as you are. As for what I'd like to see from you in terms of art... that's hard! I feel like I'm kind of too close to you to make a call like that. Cause I want to support you in any way I can, so whatever you make I'm happy with if it makes you happy! That said... this past year you've gotten a lot better at drawing scantily clad, busty damsels. Soooooo maybe I'd like to see a lot more of that :P
