ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: looking back on 1 FULL YEAR of mail rewards! 🌠😳🫶

ヽ(o＾▽＾o)ノ GUYSSSSSS!! WE DID IT! 1 FULL OF YEAR OF PATREON REWARDS COMPLETED omg! 🎂 /shakes various noisemakers like I'm spinning plates all while hoopin' n hollerin'/ I want to take a moment to share what all this motions to the surrounding space has meant to me.

• 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾: 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗂𝖼 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌, 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺 "𝗆𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾". 𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝖽𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖺 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖨 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗈𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅. 𝖨 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾𝗌. 𝗌𝗈, 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖨'𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖨'𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗅𝗒 (𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖻𝗌).

 ★ looking back on the art I made this year for patreon fills me with a lot of gratitude and satisfaction. life in its multitudes can't ever be succinct, but for the sake of brevity, before returning to patreon I felt incredibly lost with my art and felt largely unmoored both in life and with creative pursuits. I suppose they're just mirrors for each other at the end of the day. I had a lot of apprehension and doubts about coming back to patreon, wanting to do a good job and fearing that I couldn't follow through. to my pleasant surprise, I was met with kindness and support in the form of you guys and found I felt fueled to rise to the occasion to meet you where you were at. whatever energy it is that we have here feels good and I'm grateful. turns out you often find answers in the doing.

I'm very excited for the new year and want to keep doing my best to make things to share with you. I really feel like I've been able to push myself creatively with these rewards and continue to learn so much in the process of making them. I feel myself becoming more familiar with the essence of how I want to express myself and it's an exciting unearthing, like finding what was always buried there beneath time. it's an incredibly humbling experience that repeatedly shows me how little I know and how much there will always be for me to explore. you know what they say about art imitating life.

🌧️🌩️🌨️☀️🌤️

𝙤𝙠, 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩! :'𝘿 here's an overview of all the rewards from this year:

I really said landscape layouts and the color blue. boy, do I love my blues...what can I say, my brain feels like it's being gently washed and cradled when it sees blues. 🌊🩵🛏️🚿🧼 despite the postcard size, I really got to dive into my love for detail and learned that I have an inclination to draw swirls (*junji ito has entered the chat*) and flowing shapes. I've found myself leaning into those interests rather than trying to suppress them and making art that feels like I'm trying to be somebody else.

now for favorites! my fav postcard is either June or November. June's just makes me really happy every time I see it, because it feels so quintessential to my younger self and what she found cool and interesting about art. deviantart and forum-posting realness. November feels special to me, because I can glean a narrative just by looking at it. a lot of my art can feel like pretty for pretty's sake, which I enjoy very much, but I'd like to explore story more in the coming year.

my favorite stickers are April and September. for whatever reason, April's art slays unbelievably hard, like...she was cooking. the actual sticker is really cool, too with the holo details and border. and I like September's, because I love sticker sheets and had a lot of fun designing an oc and exploring her lore a bit.

⭐ what were your favorites from this year? I'd be really curious to know! thank you so much for your support in 2024, I feel really happy to have been able to create these pieces and continue making art with your help. showing up here inspires me to keep learning, experimenting, and trying my best. truly grateful beyond words for this opportunity!

(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ sending you lotsa love this holiday season,     

✦ vicki