Hi guys & happy holidays! I had originally planned for this project to look very differently, but there wasn’t enough space for everything I wanted to include, so this is what I managed to come up with instead ^^ Most of the description is literally just me yammering about how my year went, so no pressure to actually read it lmao Anyways, hope you guys like it! <3 (btw, my next art dump will be coming out sometime this week!) -- 2023 art summary - January - I don't remember much from this month, but i think it was fairly uneventful ^^ the most stressful thing happening around that time was probably when i failed a group project i had in math (i got a 40/100). I really struggled with that since up to that point, I had never really failed in anything, at least academically, so that was a real reality shock lol . This piece was a DTA entry (the og project was deleted and i can’t find the user anymore…) this piece was around the time i started experimenting with hair shading - February - This month probably wasn't the best I had - i was really stressed in the earlier months due to irl stuff happening, school, friendships, & i was also really, unhealthily addicted to scratch around this time ^^" i was on it (and a few other sites) almost every free moment I had, trying to distract myself from irl stuff to the point where i struggled with turning in my schoolwork on time :"D thankfully I'm better now tho . AT with @inkquince & one of the first times I started experimenting with lighting - March - This month was...something haha ^^" A lot of irl things happened (more like exploded in my face) & during majority of March & the next few months, my burnout was at its peak & i was kinda just going through the motions - & producing art for scratch contests & stuff on almost a daily basis, which is why this month has so much art lol . This was a DTIYSE for @Mattly_ and the first time i had discovered what overlays were and started to experiment with what they could do! - April - I don't remember much about this month - i think it went by quickly because i was focusing on studying for my finals, as well as some school drama :skull: . This was a DMCE for @FreEeFollOo - a relatively simple piece, but i still like it ^^ - May - I had finals, along with my graduation (from middle school)...it was a very chaotic month lol . This is a piece featuring Cooper from 0rdinary! The glasses are kind crooked, but the lighting is nice i think - June - This was a busy month - my bsf visited & stayed over for a week, i was preparing for the next year by reviewing all the math-related content I'd learned, along with upcoming lessons . One of my first meet the artist pieces for the Scratch Artcon booth, an event hosted by my friend Moon ()! - July - I spent most of this month prepping for school, as well as spending a lot of time on scratch, chatting with some online friends :) i think this was probably the peak of my year on scratch . Piece for ’s (rip) decades art collab that i still really like (the accessories and bg colors I used are probably my favorite parts :) - August - This month was a bit of an adjusting period - I started highschool and met a lot of new people! It was chaotic and confusing for most of the time, but there were a few good moments <3 . A little drawing of Analynn for my late Pride Art Collab! - September - Throughout this month, I didn’t have a ton of time to draw, seeing as how I was busy with irl things (school, family, extracurriculars, etc), but I think this piece is one of my favorite, in regards to color. . DTIYSE for my friend, !! - October - This was a super busy (but also sorta chaotically fun??) month, mostly because I had tons of projects and homework to do, as well as the fact that I was the main costume designer for the 9th grade play! After our final show, a bunch of the cast and crew went to iHOP (i had never been before, so that was pretty exciting) and stayed out late, hanging out (it was almost 11:30pm by the time we all left :skull:)! . This piece features Cooper (again ;), who I drew with the prompt “golden” in mind, from Inktober. My favorite part of this is probably the shading on the clothes <33 - November - Similar to September, I didn’t draw a ton this month, but I did manage to finish 2 really cool MAP parts for ‘s Disaster Palette MAP (by Conan Gray). . A frame from that MAP part I really liked, featuring the highschool/future versions of Cooper and Embry from my comic, 0rdinary - read it at ! Check out the MAP parts here: - December - This was a relatively normal month, nothing much happened, since I was on break for like, half of December lol. I did have a sleepover with one of my closer friends, so that was pretty fun ^w^ . DMCE for a friend, ! I love how the colors and lighting turned out, as well as how wintery it feels! ——— <3 Railin_
