Is It 2018 Yet?

To cut to the chase, I've been disappointed with how 2017 unfolded art-wise. Although I've worked tirelessly, I feel as though I have little to show for it. Normally I have a collage of my accomplishments for the year, but this time, it just didn't come together.

And you know what? That's ok.

I've had a very daring year in my personal life. 2017 included a great deal of travel, self-discovery, social engagements, and workplace highs and lows. December was my first month of returning to freelancing full-time, and it has been a positive experience thus far. It is my hope that a transition into a new year will bring about a surge of productivity. I have much to do in 2018.

2017 is not without things to celebrate:

• Participated in Hourly Comic Day
• Was considered for a gothic romance anthology
• Started a button-making business, Pinback Buttons
• Tabled at MSU Comics Forum
• Reread and revised Petrichor for the first time
• Tabled at Lansing Fantasticon
• Tabled at Capital City Comic Con (my first con to revisit)
• Made a comic about my trip to Mexico
• Tabled at Grand Rapids Comic Con
• Participated in NaNoWriMo again
• Tabled at Grand Rapids Holiday Market
• Presented at a storytelling event in Lansing
• Met my goal of drawing 100 graphic novel pages despite breaking my shoulder in July
• Returned to freelancing full-time

Total Comic Pages Drawn: 112

Going forward, I would like to:

• Finish Minus, my graphic novel
• Finish my comic on traveling to Tijuana
• Experiment with risograph printing
• Pitch a new graphic novel
• Table at more conventions
• Do sketchbook exercises every day

We'll see where this next year takes me. I hope it's my most productive and fulfilling yet!

To finish off the year, here is my December sketch dump: