Summing Up the 2017

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"Don't waste your time, or time will waste you."
This pretty much sums up what this year has teached me.

Remember how I planned to do all commishes, design my profile, get all show characters done, yadda yadda yadda?
Fuck this bullshit, I think this time I did absolutely the opposite.

This is one hella year where more stuff happened in my life than in any other. I got cheated on at year start, first time made figurines for a big convention, lost many IRL friends to my online business (I don't regret this), employed a few students on modeling, found true love, finally MOVED from my crazy old house, rent a cozy flat, bought a 3D printer, started my first successful Patreon campaign, represented SFM-Ponies at DerpFest, met new chill dudes at Tumblr, failed do-or-die December by only completing 70% and, finally, became SFM-Ponies' Co-Founder.

Haters will run rampant with their "yu dunt kep promis" roars, I won't care.
I may have failed every single commissioner this year, I may have been the most inactive on dA in years, I may have  even killed a rising star with git gud. Yet!
This year was beneficial for me personally. And here I start thinking egoistic.

This year has changed me drastically. I'm not here for horsefame or commission amount anymore. I'm here for the bloody sake of it.
I've seen quite a lot of cool modelers crumble to dust, start pointless drama to ruin their reputation, or even going full paywall on all content they produce, killing all interest. Yes, I mean particular people and they will probably read this  new year shitpost of mine. Quite a shame, and I cannot leave the community to people like this.
I may differ little from these guys, may even be a worse plague, but I know what I'm doing.

This community needs The Modeler. Steady, stable and efficient. Most folks don't believe they can become The Modeler. They should overthink why they're making content to start with.
In the coming year I wish every promising creator to make up their mind and work hard to become the artist they wish to be. Yea, there ain't gonnna be any New Year miracle. Only your determination.

And huge thanks to all those that still support the sick egomaniac bastard such as yours truly. This year would've gone far darker for me without you. I love you all in a purely platonic way.
Except those guys that don't like me. These should git gud.

See you next year, if I survive this night.

© 2017 - 2024 AeridicCore
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daimando's avatar
You didn't fail me.  The fact that you got Lord Tirek out as an SFM Model says alot.  And all I can say is...thank you.