Next Year's Art Goals

trying something different

Created: 2025-12-23

Last Edited: 2025-12-23

Hopping from project to project practically ensures I never get anything completed. Which of course means I never get the satisfaction of actually seeing a finished piece. I really wanted to make a picture book this year and somehow get it printed. But, here I am. Last week of December and I'm not even done with the draft I still have to edit. Disappointing. Sure, there's no deadline to anything I make, but I have so much I want to do that if I'm disorganized I'll never be able to do all the fun stuff I want to.

The picture book will be wrapped up over what little time is left in December and January. I'm going light on the editing, my need to constantly rework everything (I think this is the 4th-5th complete rewrite...i even had sketches of those pages ) gets in the way of me actually drawing. Ahhh, this was supposed to be a short simple project but then I got really into it, which isn't bad, but I've been messing around with it for two years... Really, I've been daydreaming about Moon and Elaine a lot, which sucks because I really struggle to translate those to an actual story. Writing has never been my forte, and I've never felt a particular pull to writing novels. I would've made this a comic. But the idea of a picture book just pulled at me more, I don't know. Maybe it's the joy of making a lot of full page illustrations. Those could be individually printed at some point.

2026 will be the year I focus on sharpening my 3D and sculpting skills, with a heavier focus on physical traditional art. I just have so many materials I neglect because the computer is easier but that restricts the types of art I can create. There's just an allure in having something you can hold. I haven't really decided on a big project that will make me happy. 3D printing a sculpture of one of my characters? Well, while I'm working on the picture book in January there's time to consider.