Happy New Year!

[badbastion]

I hope all of you had a safe and happy NYE, and that you're not feeling too bad today, haha. Mine was spent quietly, watching Spiderman cartoons and eating chicken. Yawn, so boring.

I'm excited about my NY resolution, though. This year I'll be drawing every day! \o/ Even if it's just some garbage doodle, the goal is to get pencil to paper or stylus to tablet for at least 10 minutes a day. I did this in 2009 and for most of 2010 and it helped me a lot. I'm going to try to do some more varied stuff than just dudes in various states of undress, because I think that's why I've been stagnating lately. I love me some dudes, but after a while it starts to feel like every picture is just more of the same.

I've got a tumblr set up in case you want to see what I'm doing: bbdrawseveryday. I'll just copypaste the description here:

hello! i am badbastion

i plan to draw every day in 2014. I'm not posting most of these to my main blog, and I imagine some of them will be sketchy messes, some will be landscapes and still-lifes and figure studies (i hope!), and some will be other fandoms (including some anime/manga and comics, maybe) and some will be good old fashioned SPN porn, haha.

It goes without saying, I think, that this will be a NSFW blog. boy parts and girl parts, which i will tag as boy parts and girl parts in case you don't want to see one or the other.

some days i may just post a WIP thumbnail or short text post saying what i worked on that day, to keep myself honest.

i also have a twitter account set up, to which i'll be crossposting some of these, if you prefer that site.

if you want to watch while i muddle through broadening my art knowledge base and relearning anatomy, that would be amazing.

I'll probably occasionally make art dump posts here, of the things that i really liked. Who knows how often that will be, though.

I've also made some goals for myself, not quite resolutions so that they don't feel high-pressure. In 2014 I want to treat my body better by eating healthier and moving more and watching my blood sugar more closely, and I want to stop smoking as soon as possible because it's completely counterproductive to those other things, and costs too much anyway. I'm hoping to livestream more often, as well.

So what are you guys planning to do this year? <3

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

That is a great idea, it's like what we are doing over at 12morimo only a drawing version. Hmm. To be honest, I could do with doing this too. I was just going to say you should draw other things and then you said it yourself - you could even ask people to throw you the odd prompt for fun. Will you post your sketchy things here too? (*I hate tumblr mumble mumble can't find things on it etc mumble*)

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I love the drawing every day thing; once you get into the groove of it, it feels so weird if you get toward the end of the day and you *haven't* drawn.

I do plan on posting some stuff here, probably in compilations like I did with some of my sketch stuff a few months ago :) Polished stuff I'll likely post by themselves. But the tumblr is where ALL the junk will go, lol.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Damn. I'll just have to try and remember to check it then.

[indiachick.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!

That's an awesome resolution, lack of dudes in various states of undress or no. Beat that muse into submission :D Bookmarking the tumblr link!

I'm thinking of putting pen to paper every day too (pipe-dream), but my real resolution is to quit worrying and start living a little, travel maybe, or learn to bake without setting the whole place on fire. And also, yes- exercise, healthy eating. Good luck with all your new year resolutions and wishes and hopes. <3

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

You've got some great resolutions! Good luck with accomplishing them all, and I hope you have fun :) As for cooking, I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I'll be cooking out of packages and just hoping not to burn everything for the rest of my life, lol. No cook am I!

I saw that you posted a fic, and I am sooo looking forward to reading it later! It sounds fantastic.

Happy New Year!

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

Happy 2014 to you!

One day I will have to get a Tumblr, even if it's a blank account just there to follow things.

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Happy 2014 right back atcha!

Haha, that's what I said, but i ended up being pretty active over there.

[obsidianromance.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year to you as well.

Your resolutions seem great. I am looking forward to the art outcome.
I tried writing something everyday but life (translation: work) got in the way.
I'm going to try again. Afterall, Ray Bradbury suggested writing every day; not everything can be crap. :-)

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Writing every day is also a great goal :) I don't have the writing bug, or I'd try to do that, too. Drawing's enough for me :)

Happy New Year!

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

I had a very nice NY with stacy. We both had the day off and drank too much, ate too much, watched horror movies and I started watching the killing tv series which I am now hooked on mainlining til the series finale..

I don't make resolutions because I only set myself up to fail but I love to cheer on those who do, so I've been a busy body and followed both accounts. <3 ;) Get ready for some Cheerleading.

Happy New Year darlin.

Also, Freaking Orlando Jones (From Sleepy Hollow the series fame) rebolgged a jibjab I made and posted on tumblr tagged for #supersleepy.. which is a thing with him and an spn show runner (friend) for a crossover with sleepy hollow and supernatural.. he is a self proclaimed supernatural fangirl Who freaking ships wincest.. Squeeeeeee he is also friends with Jared Padalecki and since he tweeted about it and tagged me and my tumblr post in the tweet.. I fear for my wincest outing with Jared who might with his inquisitive nature go to see what Orlando was talking about since he mentioned it. *deep breath* So best thing to happen at the end of 2013 for me.

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a great NYE :)

Oh my, haha, good job on the reblog! Here's to hoping your secret is safe, lol.

Thank you, and happy New Year to you too!

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

Great idea :) Also, Happy New Year!

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) Happy New Year to you too!

[applegeuse.livejournal.com]

Just followed the tumblr! What a need idea. :)

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks! Hope you have a great 2014!

[matchboximpala.livejournal.com]

I'm going to follow your tumblr. And I can't wait to see what you accomplish this year.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Happy New Years sweets, hope to enjoy lots of your creations this year, I tend not to use twitter or tumblr much, but will avidly wait for image dumps over here. I shall be thinking sketchy/painty thoughts for you :D

I'm planning on sorting my muse out and writing at least once a week, watch this space for grumbles and hopefully fics ;)

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see what you draw!

NY res is to read more. Like when I get an hour with nothing to do just sit and plow through eighty pages instead of reading one page and then checking huffpo to see if somebody famous got divorced.