Admin Post: Community Check-In for December (Sorry it's a day late, guys)

[goss]

Yesterday was the last day of the month (and year!), and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you?

Did you get a chance to take part in any fandom activities in December, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, New Year's Resolutions, etc.

Also, I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to you guys for your friendship, encouragement and support, and for making this community a joy to be a part of. *hugs everyone* Happy New Year!

Comments

[goss]

Hmm, busy month in real life, not so busy month fandom-wise. I had student exams to deal with in the first 2 weeks in December.

So I was only left with the week before Christmas in which to do a mad rush of gift shopping, house cleaning and decorating, and of course making my own holiday cards, which has become something of a tradition over the years:
- Christmas cards
- New Year's cards
- Putting up the Christmas tree
- Decorating for the holidays

Fandom-wise, I wisely ;) kept challenges to a minimum after remembering how stressful and not-fun art deadlines become this time of year. I only participated in 3 activities:
- Prompt Generator challenge (Toph, Avatar: The Last Airbender, G)
- Puzzle Piece group project here at drawesome (and WiP photos)
- Art Yuletide Exchange (here's my entry at DW and AO3)

And that's pretty much it. Hope to get one or two days of quiet now that all the Holiday excitement is over, and work starts back on Monday (new school term).

I was hoping to start January with the Fandom Snowflake challenge, which I really enjoyed doing last year. But it seems like I've hit the ground running with so much to do IRL these last couple days, I haven't had the time to write or make posts to my journal. Oh well. There's always next year...

[mekare]

Hey good planning on your part, I definitely took on too much this last year. Btw, you can always join snowflake later or any day, it's no problem if you miss a day. Last year I didn't even do half of them.

Oh and your Christmas card finally arrived!!!! It is so beautiful and has a place of honour in my hallway with all the other Christmas cards (which aren't as beautiful by a long shot).

[goss]

Yay! So happy to know my card reached you safely! \o/

[mekare]

I hope mine manages that as well!

[syntheid]

I saw your cards and apparently... did not comment, but they were really pretty! I almost tried to do similar ones, but I ended up not really having time to do custom cards at all. Maybe next year though. Hope you do/did get a little bit of downtime, though.