I put this moment here

[reflectedeve]

So this was a year.

If there’s one thing 2010 hasn’t been, it’s boring. I can't really get into all the ups and downs, which have been considerable, but one thing does stand out. I spent a good chunk of this year really committing to the work I’ve been faltering towards for years: in some ways, I’d say that I earned the right to call myself a cartoonist. Not in the sense that I’m getting PAID, or that much of anyone has heard of me who wouldn’t have for other reasons, but in the most important sense: I made comics and art, continuously, and I started working to put it out where people could see it. That is … an incredibly significant shift, one I’ll need to keep building on.

I'm leaving this year with a fair amount of pride and a sizable chunk of regret; for once, I have some actual resolutions to fulfill, and I mean them. Whatever else 2011 brings, however, I am quitting my job and going to comic school, and that's more than enough to be excited about. Before that, I get to have concerts, and I've promised myself more fanart. After all, I need to relearn how to take breaks. ;) And I've missed fandom all year.

Of course, I have to make it through one last January admissions hell first.

I hope the New Year is good to all of you amazing people (the old one, I know, was not what many of you deserved). ♥ I am, as always, grateful to know you to the extent that I do.

I'm not sure it's even worth doing a fanart roundup this year, but it's short enough to tuck in here, so why not.
-four illustrations for Only Going One Way, by jjtaylor and ataratah
-untitled Star Trek: AOS band AU art, for trekreversebang
-writer’s block (featuring jjtaylor and Brian Schechter)
-The Dragon Of The West, Victorious (Again) for scribbleomania, for yuletart

(Also a number of locked pieces that were published somewhere under my real name. This secret identity business is kind of a pain in the ass.)

Comments

[sphinxfictorian]

Congrats on the comic school decision. That's so exciting!

I also had to comment because of the title of this post. Jig of Life is my favorite song from that album, and in fact my giftfic on Yuletide this year was from that song! I have always loved that part of the song, "I put this moment here/I put this moment here/I put this moment...over here!" Anyway, the fic was an interesting fairy tale take on the song. I can give you a link to the story if you're interested.

[reflectedeve]

Thanks! It is. :D

Ooh, that sounds fabulous. I'd love a link; I'm not sure I'm going to have time to read the fic right away, but I definitely want to at some point!

[sphinxfictorian]

The story can be found at this site. It's short but very interesting.