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This year I read: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Pretty engrossing! I really liked its exploration of isolation and the recurring motif of the mind as a castle/physical structure. I don't think a book as made me tear up like this in a long time

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This year I played: Formless Star

As expected of Splendidland, all the creatures were really charming and fun to find. The soundtrack was also very good. Give it a try if you've got an hour or two!

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Ghongata believes in you! I wanted to do some lineless art practice

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This year I rewatched: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

It rules. Matthew Patel and Roxy deserve even more screen time

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This year I attended: the India Blooms Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic garden

Nicely designed show, I had a good time. There was this cool room designed to mimic the architecture of a stepwell, which I liked

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Something went... wrong

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This year I played: WarioWare Smooth Moves

Pretty solid! The mindwave demo put me in the mood for some Warioware, so I figured I'd try one I hadn't played before. The wii motion controls + Form-swapping were fun, but proved spotty for me. There are some microgames that just didn't work no matter what I did, which was frustrating. I'm curious to see how the switch Wariowares control now.

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Stagnation

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Momodora - Reverie under the Moonlight

Super atmospheric metroidvania with fun combat and a decent item / equipment system. I wish I got to learn a little bit more about the characters - that's really the only detracting factor for me. I'll definitely need to go back and 100% it sometime.

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I had to decapitate her for reference purposes. Please understand

2025 Secret santa gift art of Merengue from Animal crossing. I wanted to challenge myself with a more complicated perspective, so I'm grateful for Clip studio's 3D reference tools.

The cake and strawberries were a fun challenge too - I haven't drawn a lot of food before so the texture and shading took me a bit.

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2025 Secret santa gift art of Merengue from Animal crossing. I wanted to challenge myself with a more complicated perspective, so I'm grateful for Clip studio's 3D reference tools.

The cake and strawberries were a fun challenge too - I haven't drawn a lot of food before so the texture and shading took me a bit.

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Shin Kamen Rider 2023 (Rewatch)

Really good! It still felt super fast-paced, but I was able to more easily digest its barrage of characters / concepts the second time around. Extremely cool suits, solid action & effects, compelling-enough characters & story; I'd 100% watch a sequel.

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Felt like practicing with some of the comic tools in CSP so I made a couple pages about Fluffles and his new car. His daughter and his rival don't like it very much.

Page 2 script from this video

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A summary of my digital art in 2024.

A combination of medical problems and lack of motivation made this a pretty sparse year for me. However, several of these pieces represent some significant improvements on my part. The highlights of the year were definitely my first steps into learning Blender; I think my 3D models of Scrapbots Ferrite and Carbide look nice for how simplistic they are.

Additionally, the fanart of my friend's OC Ghari Slater was an undertaking - I really struggled with the posing and fabric, and I'm happy with the result. My mockup character select screen was also a ton of fun to design.

In the final weeks of 2024 my focus has rapidly ricocheted - simultaneously I want learn more about 3D in Blender, learn some html to set up a new portfolio site, and maybe try my hand at some writing / illustrating to continue Curse of the Violet Eclipse. There's so much I want to do in 2025. Happy new year!

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Pic 1: Carbide edited final render, on card without effect text Pic 2: Forced perspective needed for leg positioning Pic 3: Unedited Carbide render Pic 4: Unedited Lily Pad render

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My second 3D card, Scrap Carbide ex!

It was fun to revise Carbide's design a little while I've been learning blender. I made sure to include the mini-toad it keeps its mouth.

Card template by aschefield101 on deviantart

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Check it out - I'm in a Car

Opened flipnote studio for the first time in ages and decided to animate a cute little loop with Fluffles