Heya! As of writing this, I'm less than 15 minutes away from the new year. Wacky.

As of this year, I’ve drawn once a month for an entire year, turned 20 years old, finished my first semester of graphic and game design studies, and even opened up about my actual religious beliefs. So…what now?

Don’t get me wrong, 2024 definitely has a lot of potential upcoming for me. I have a lot of dubious little schemes this year, most of which I’d never anticipated happening in a hundred years. I’m genuinely excited to share everything with you all.

I intend on doing more with my personal challenges this year. Gonna try to power through Inktober and Artfight on top of doing my Secret Santa and prior Secret Santa remake again. When the time comes for each respective event, that is. I don’t have many resolutions, but I do have a few and would like if some of you guys would try to remind me of them and hold me to them if possible.

• Be more physically active
• Improve as an artist and writer
• Be better

With all that out of the way, I can now firmly say goodbye to 2023. It’s been a ride, and in all honesty that’s a ride I don’t want to be on again for a long time.

Good came out of it, sure, but a lot of bad did as well. Mainly for my health, be it mental or physical. I’m glad I’ve patched some of the holes I made, and for what it’s worth I’m glad to be in a social circle that I feel like cares about me again, but still. Just meh.

Sayonara 2023. Hope we don’t cross paths again.

See you in 2024, Newgrounds!

~VelvetHeartSyndicate