2017 Art Summary

Art: sakonma 

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Woohooo!! It's that time of the year again! Doing this every year is a lot of fun haha but at the same time, I can't decide which illustrations to put in each section! 
Similar to last year, I think my art (drawing style) has stopped changing. I find myself to be very comfortable with drawing now (after so many years of doing it I guess haha). I'm a bit skeptical about the lack of clear improvement but to be honest, it doesn't bother me much! I'm happy with what I'm drawing so I guess that's all that matters ´u`  

This year though, I experimented A LOT with new brushes and coloring/painting style to be honest! I tried out lots of different things like cell-shading, 1-brush-1-layer style, painterly style, and even more simplified-anime style or even sketch&screentones style! It was a lot of fun discovering what works best for each technique and how each style can be used to express specific themes better! I must say though that I regret not trying out the realism-style more QuQ I guess it's something I shall put in my to-do list for next year ´u`v

:flail: Similar to last year, but even more prominent in this one, I did a lot of speedpaints. I think my speed has improved a lot thanks to finally having settled with my art-style, and having experimented alot with the coloring/painting styles I mentioned above. New SAI-brush discoveries also helped a lot in that .v.b I think this year I was happy to be able to express things with just 30-59 min speedpaints. That was something very convenient, as I had very little freetime, yet still wanted to share/express my thoughts and feelings through small personal illustrations, no matter how messy they looked. It was important to get a specific "mood" across, and I'm happy I was able to do that! 
 
:flail: This year I have also done something I was dreaming of ever since I started drawing: Making my own game ´u` Even if it was in the form of a Visual Novel, it was a huge step for me! 2017 is the year I made a VN sample and opened a commission slot for it, and it's been such an experience! I would like to thank Bahamutia from the bottom of my heart! She was the one who purchased the VN slot and working with her on the Visual Novel all these months has been a wonderful journey! <333 I learned many things, and I feel that working on this project has expanded my horizons a lot in terms of software, project planning, and manymany other things. Istg Bahamutia is SUCH a wonderful person to work with I really feel like I have been blessed with a wonderful partner and friend for this project! We're slowly wrapping things up btw, so please expect the Visual Novel to release next month hopefully! >u<♥

:flail: Now as for other stuff, I think I streamed WAY WAAAY less this year compared to 2016. This is also partially because a big part of my time was spent working on RL stuff, and then the time left for drawing was spent working on the VN, which of course I didn't want to spoil haha :'D So yeah I couldn't share much through streams, and stopped doing them altogether, but I'd like to start them again for 2018 if possible .v.b 

:flail: Health-wise welp... This year was a trip XD I had very little hand/wrist complaints in 2017 actually, almost none at all, but I COMPLETELY RUINED MY BACK AT SOME POINT LMAO I overworked myself a lot and my back was like "Ok girl you gotta stop, here have a whole 10 days off where you just lie in bed and think about what you've put me through 8)". Next time I feel like I need a break, I will listen to my body haha. Please take care of your health everyone it's really important! QuQ I say this every year, but gdi why do I never listen to my own words o(-(

: No changes I think haha, but overall I can say that I simplified my style a bit? Maybe??? 

  Failed lmao

As always, I would like to thank every single one of you for your support this year as well! I feel like my being inactive&busy in RL has led to less communication between me and my watchers this year (or maybe it's just an overall thing that's been happening here on dA??) But I still appreciate everyone who shows their support and love! As I've said last year, twitter is where I usually hang out, but deviantart will always have that one special place in my heart  

Last but not least: I wish you all a beautiful, creative, improvement-filled and artblock-free 2018!!!  Always draw what you love, express your thoughts freely, and share&spread your passion with your art and artistic creations ´7`b  

_{I'm off to distribute some raffle tickets now and reply to comments}