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hopes & dreams: 2026 edition
Saturday, December 27th, 2025 01:25 pmSO. i think i've gotten a loose creative plan for the upcoming year. emphasis on LOOSE; since this is the first time i'm gonna try having a more specific 'plan' (instead of something general and hard to measure), i'm gonna make myself start with a simple set of goal posts.
the primary goals:
these goals will "go into effect" on january 5th when i return to the office. i'm not gonna start aiming for them hardcore until i'm back in my usual routine; i think trying to start them next week when i'm still on vacation will just throw my brain through more of a loop than i need to. my remaining vacation time will remain a bit loosey-goosey, especially since i'm trying to draw my own lil icons based off the catgirl ones i've been using. just with my likeness. think it'll unify the space a bit more, and also just be kinda fun to have for here and my tumblr space.
i might also take that first third of the year as a 'trial period'. see if how things go with nyxram's profile were smooth or not, if i feel like i can keep the energy up, etc. if i'm feeling good, i'll lock in (bible girl) and proceed with the year's plan... AS planned. if not, i'll readjust.
all this being said, i might take the year off making gifts. --more elaborate ones, at least. i could probably still work birthday presents into my cool down sketch periods. u-u i just think i need to allow myself to be a little 'selfish' this year and focus on art for myself. i've not done that much in the past two years. i'm NOT complaining!! i love drawing for other folks so, so much (otherwise i wouldn't do it), but the handful of times i've been asked to find references for my own OCs i'm just... smacked in the face with how little i draw them despite 'mentally updating' them. so much of my art feels 'out-dated' because of it. i'm such a fake OC haver.
iiiii THINK that might be it (for now). if i think of anything else before the 5th, i'll come back and update this as needed. c:< hope anyone reading this had a lovely holiday (if you were celebrating anything), and that your weekend is chill.
the primary goals:
finish character sheets/profiles for my remaining primary OCs. this would cover nyxram, gwyn, ash and darach. i'm giving myself roughly three months for each; nyxram's will be worked on january through march and completed by the end of march, gwyn's will be worked on april through june and completed by the end of june, and so on with ash and lastly darach.
alongside these, i'd like to return to regular art studies on the weekends in the mornings. i'll try to have a subject matter chosen and assigned to each month in the next few days. IF possible, a final goal would be to spend about two hours of 'cool down' time every day on a simpler/smaller sketch. i'll try to post/share all of these, but, if i'm having a particularly shit day, i give myself permission to not stress about sharing.
these cool down sketches, if shared, will be posted on my tumblr as they're done, and i think for dreamwidth i'll start a 'sketchbook sundays' tag where i'll post them all at once, once a week.
these goals will "go into effect" on january 5th when i return to the office. i'm not gonna start aiming for them hardcore until i'm back in my usual routine; i think trying to start them next week when i'm still on vacation will just throw my brain through more of a loop than i need to. my remaining vacation time will remain a bit loosey-goosey, especially since i'm trying to draw my own lil icons based off the catgirl ones i've been using. just with my likeness. think it'll unify the space a bit more, and also just be kinda fun to have for here and my tumblr space.
i might also take that first third of the year as a 'trial period'. see if how things go with nyxram's profile were smooth or not, if i feel like i can keep the energy up, etc. if i'm feeling good, i'll lock in (bible girl) and proceed with the year's plan... AS planned. if not, i'll readjust.
all this being said, i might take the year off making gifts. --more elaborate ones, at least. i could probably still work birthday presents into my cool down sketch periods. u-u i just think i need to allow myself to be a little 'selfish' this year and focus on art for myself. i've not done that much in the past two years. i'm NOT complaining!! i love drawing for other folks so, so much (otherwise i wouldn't do it), but the handful of times i've been asked to find references for my own OCs i'm just... smacked in the face with how little i draw them despite 'mentally updating' them. so much of my art feels 'out-dated' because of it. i'm such a fake OC haver.
iiiii THINK that might be it (for now). if i think of anything else before the 5th, i'll come back and update this as needed. c:< hope anyone reading this had a lovely holiday (if you were celebrating anything), and that your weekend is chill.
