well, another year in the bag.
the last couple times were usually a good occasion to talk about some upcoming changes or different plans i have for the future of this support site. this time around though there's nothing i wanna attempt to set in stone. looking back, i have had ideas of how i'm gonna approach things differently, just to end up changing things again. like for example how i planned on focussing on comms, but then ended up struggling making art even for myself. requiring me to adjust accordingly. i guess i have simply experienced the uncertainty that life is and how goals and plans really are just kind of a compass and not a detailed map that bends to my will.
as of right now i think the current character poll set up, with the quantity being tied to financial support, is a fair compromise. allows me to take enough breathers to carefully allocate my drawing energy to comms as well. that update is still fairly recent, so we'll wait and see how it develops and if we feel like changing anything down the line.
sometimes i look back at previous months and wish i could dig up that boundless energy i had for drawing. many months would result in 8 sketch pages and at least 6 drawings with every blue moon dropping an animation. maybe i'm blinded a bit by my past quantity and have since been more concerned with the joy of pursuing a craft, rather than being a "content producing husk". i have difficulties with managing the spectrum of being a mystical art creature made of stardust on one side and being a calculating businessman selling wares on the other.
I GUESS I'M SAYING ALL OF THIS, because i wanna signal that i'm aware i haven't been the most prolific artist i could be, capable of giving a consistent stream of entertainment in exchange for your hard earned money. which is why i'm surprised, relieved, anxious and thankful about the fact that many of you decided to support me even during what was possibly the roughest year i had with art thus far in my entire life! i'm incredibly thankful that many of you have that much faith in me and trust me when i decide i need to take a long break or need to change something up. all i can hope to do is repay that trust in form of more art that lightens up your life even if it's just by a little bit.
ok, i think this half-ranty emotional thank you letter is done here.
i hope you had a relaxing christmas holiday, i wish you a nice transition into 2025 and that next year is gonna be kind to all of us.