Hey there everyone,

I hope you all got well into 2023 and made it through without hangover or other party related side effects. I dunno about you but I'm really glad 2022 is over. For everyones benefit, I will skip the long review and summarize it quick and dirty. 2022 was messy, frustrating and really stressful but it was also a good time to grow and to improve. I've learned a lot and pushed myself to all kinds of new limits. So right now I'm in a good position to reorganize and to sort things out. In this journal I wanna talk about how I wanna start the new year and what will change.

I've reached my goals for this project in 2022 and I'm very happy about it. However I feel like I've done a lot of fan service mostly because I got a bit more confident in drawing bodies and characters. Currently I have no big project planned for Celestia or Jade. But they will appear in 2023 in my gallery, don't worry.

I've drawn many smaller and some bigger pictures last year and I got a lot of attention for most of them. However, I became to notice that quantity is better to reach more people, because it increased my chance to be seen just due to the number of pieces I've submitted.

I always have an eye on numbers, so I can't deny that it is important to me to also be visible. I can say that I've been quite successful that way. But to be honest, it was also very frustrating to see that there was nearly no difference in how well or bad a piece was received considering the amount of effort I've put into it.

I know that many of my watchers like my current story, the OC's but also my backgrounds. And I'm happy for all of you! Seriously. I wouldn't have gone as far as I would be today, without you! But I got a bit distracted by numbers and attention sometimes and I actually want to change that.

That's why I will reduce my output this year and instead focus on single pieces that will get most of my attention. An example would be an artwork I've done in November that took me more time than other pieces.

Many of my art buddies and friends told me that I've improved in the last two years and I can agree with them. But still, I think that I have a lot of issues when it comes to draw characters proportions and perspective. I've not been able to focus on that purely for the sake of learning something. And I wanna change that. I will make more time to actually learn certain drawing techniques and how to draw certain things such as expressions, perpective and better bodies. I think that not all final pieces will make their way in my DA art gallery but I will put them in my Discord channel and on Twitter. So if you are keen on following me there, hop on over.

I have neglected streaming on my public accounts completely even if I've streamed alot in 2022. But it was mostly on my Discord server with a hand full of people. It was fun but I also think that it might be worth it to switch to my public streaming account again. Since I've been drawing some nsfw content, I prefer Picarto. I will probably do multistreams with Momo-the-Bunny who is already pretty active there and @pawcanada who seems to be quite interested in this as well. I will announce regular streaming times once I've been able to set this all up ^^.

I will still offer other artists Trades and take Commissions. But I will not focus on that as much as I did in 2022. I'm happy for all the new friends I've made last year but I got a bit lost in so many projects. That's why I will limit them to a few pieces a month. For that I will proper announcements as well.

I will not use AI programs or "tools" because I'm simply not interested in it.

I've put a lot of thoughts into my plans this year but still I guess there are many things that will probably come up once I reached to a certain point. However, my main goals for 2023 can be summarized as followed.

• Improving in drawing better characters
• Drawing fewer but bigger and more complex art pieces
• Scheduled Streaming times

And now I hope you are all in good spirit for the great year that will be 2023!!!