HEY guys! Haven’t been here for ages, really, sorry :( I think I’ll try to use my art blog more in 2018. I haven’t posted much art, either, because this year I worked on a lot of zines (i think 9? woah!) so it’s just been previews galore. some notes:
- I think 2017 is the record for most completed pieces I did in a year! I did ~15 full artworks in May and finished 2 portfolios from scratch in a week each (Sheridan, OCAD) in FEB/MAR.
- I also did my first HUGE canvas piece this year that I sadly didn’t finish; it’s of my OCs.
- did NOT work on webcomic at all, oops. 2018 goal: do a comic, pls. you love panelling.
- I made a lot of technical progress in the first third of the year, then I really dropped the ball come summer.
- In the fall I realized that without knowing it, I’d taken a break from art. I hadn’t drawn except for zine deadlines in months. A little earlier, I decided I was taking a break from zines to focus on personal art. That didn’t really happen, and I was feeling a bit burnt out. After lots of internal conflict (I was in art school, finally, and I was taking a break?) I decided to not force myself to work on art and by November I’d comfortably slipped back into drawing in my sketchbook.
- I still haven’t found a stream-lined art process, though I’m happy with the lineless style I find myself comfortably slipping into. Lots of experimenting this year though—each zine piece I tried to experiment with something new, and I did! Zines really pushed me to do finished pieces.
- I’m really proud of JAN-MAY and I hope that in 2018 I return to that level of productivity!
- I learned to use cool colours for shadows (MARCH) then forgot then remembered again (NOV).
- Did a lot of pieces with open sky comps and negative spaces! (MAY, AUG, SEP)
- created my first washi tape design (AUG) + printed my first zine
- I TABLED again, and profitted more than last time! 2018 goal is to table again again
a LOT more OC/Original work this year; over half of what I created was OG content. Which I’m glad for! I really took a break from active fandom this year, I’m playing it by ear to see if I’ll be returning. Kiyoyachis are still going strong in my art though :’)
I get a lot more wordy in my notes every year, comp.ed to my 2015 summary , 2016 summary :’)
as always, im on twitter @salsaeatschips now! hope to post more next year, see you all. thank you for all your support <3 really couldn’t have done it without you
