Ya'll probably tired of hearing it by now, but I gotta say it: Happy New Year's!

With every Happy New Year's you hear, there also comes the idea/concept of a New Year's resolution. Well, this year, I'm going to take one of these to heart. Think of it as a JunYear's Resolution™, if you will.

Taking a look back at all my work, I realized that a lot of people really liked my animated stuff from a while ago. Heck, looking back at my animated work, I still like how a lot of it turned out. I didn't know much about Flash then and I still don't now, but I think animation is a very rewarding and worthwhile adventure to embark upon. I just love seeing pones in action, it's great!

So, my JunYear's Resolution™ for 2019... I'm going to start focusing my efforts on creating more animated works. I took quite a bit of time analyzing things, quite painstakingly if I might add, and I think creating more animations is really the coolest way to go. To make sure that I stick to this resolution, I've bought a calendar that I'm going to use as a production schedule (currently WIP, should have this month planned out by Friday). Also, I'm going to make sure I check in with you guys here weekly so that I stay on task. Check-ins might be done with either a journal update, posting caps of a new project that's in the works, or straight up delivering the goods. Not completely sure which day I'll use yet (Sunday evenings, tentatively; may change to Saturday nights if I know I have something coming up on Sunday that'll prevent posting). We'll figure out the rules/fine print by the weekend here.

In the past, I've disappeared for a few months at a time, usually due to severe de-motivation (aka 'depression' or 'an art slump'). I think some of this was happening because I would get stuck in a rut or a routine, where I just wasn't feeling it and making my artwork felt more like following an instruction booklet than being creative. Then comes the lack of motivation, falling off the Earth, and disappearing. Well, I don't like doing that. It stinks. I love making cool stuff for you guys to look at and go 'hey, that's pretty good'. So, I think a good way to drive my motivation forward is by adding in the challenge of animating my scenes, lewd or otherwise. My long-term animation goal is to move towards using good software, like ToonBoom, and eventually get the complete heckie away from Flash (though some of my early stuff this year will probably be Flash). The learning curve is steep, but I'd like to use it to start producing high quality animations of all sorts. We may be in for a bit of a long haul, ponefriends, but I really want to step up my game. I want to deliver something special to all of you ponelikers out there.

Here's to a great new year ahead, my friends! Let's make it happen!