2017 Art Summary (Patreon)

Before you potentially read the text below I just want to say something for you patrons..
Thank you so so so so so so so so so so so much for your support this year I am forever grateful for having the opportunity in life to profit off of a "hobby" Patreon support has become one of the most important things ..I'd say .. in my life (if that's not going too far)   I'm blessed to have this platform , it gets me through most of my bills and helps pay for my schooling . I love having the opportunity to get closer to you guys whether that is through Patreon only descriptions in my posts, replying to comments, or messaging you guys here on Patreon . Im just so thankful and I hope that you guys enjoy what I do on here. Thank you :D

the original description :
<<<<Regardless of being hard on myself I want to thank everybody that has followed and continued to follow me this year , I'm insanely grateful to have the opportunity to show my artwork to you guys! I love conversing and getting inspired from everybody that talks to me , like my photos, shares my artwork, its something I treasure very much and I'm just very grateful to be apart of this community! >>>>

Honestly I'm disappointed in myself even more than I was when I started to make this . At first I saw that I had done 90 artworks this year and was disappointed that I did reach 100 since that is what I did last year . And now I look back at my last art summary in 2016 and I can't believe what I had said. I stated how happy i was that I compiled the summary because of how much art I got done that year ! and now I'm frustrated because I did a little less ? and also I'm let down because I didn't put out enough quantity?? like for real as if quantity even matters !?

2017 has been a struggle and not even close to what actually matters, what actual people call a struggle. 2017 I've become such a workaholic its starting to become a real big issue. I worked 600 hours at my part time job , put in around 2000 hours into artwork , sat at school for around 500 hours ( plus 115 hours of commute time) so I consumed around 3100 hours of work time which is ridiculous , absolutely ridiculous and disappointing 

Last year I said it 2017 would be a year of CHANGE, which I'd say was a success , I changed up my style, I drew more ocs, that is enough for me to check that off .
I said it would be a year of time management and scheduling , failed that completely but Im not giving up!
I said it would be a year of practice , which I've come to realize I will always fall short of unless I graduate or cut something from my schedule
I said it would be a year of fun .. now while it was a frustrating year I'd say I had a little bit of fun , not enough to check that off as a success but enough not to fuss over

This year I want to call out 2018 to be the year I...

further develop my style , Ideally I want to move over to Photoshop entirely but I do not see that happening until 2020 but I'll try to make baby steps this year at least!
Time manage , FOR REAL , starting with quitting my job , I HAVE to do that in order to fulfill my artist needs and clear up my mental stress over my psychotic boss
STREAM MORE!! I want to stream every saturday ! possibly take a commission for that stream in order to earn back some money I'd be making from my job
Cut the extra shit, I want to work towards delivery ONLY what is needed , nothing more , I need stop giving out more than is needed because it takes up too much time I could be spending on other stuff , this includes school assignments, commissions , and any other drawings.

I will have to write this out and put it on my wall or something as a reminder but heres to hoping 2018 will be a year of Efficiency with half the stress !!