"Dude, Where's My Life?"

[hwango]

Now that the new year is upon us, let us take time to reflect upon the year that has come before. Ponder with me. Watch as my thoughts inevitably lead to the ultimate question: What the heck did I do with 2003?

Looking back over computer files, I can see some of the things that I accomplished:

Art

• Borders and icons for prototype CCG
  
• Character illustration for Arkady
  
• Character illustration for Digger
  
• Character illustration for Sithiss
  
• Card Illustration for Fid Blue Eye
  
• Card Illustration for The Glowing Staff
  
• Illustration for Exalted of Kurogov
  
• Illustration for Exalted of Isarev
  
• Illustration for Exalted of Skittering Clawed Marauder
  
• Illustration for Exalted of Tentacle Strider
  
• Illustration for Exalted of Fleshcrafter
  
• Illustration for Exalted of Homonculi
  
• Illustration for Exalted of Wyldspawn
  
• Illustration for Exalted of the Citadel of Thirteen Obsidian Knives
  
• Various sketches made during lulls in roleplaying sessions.
  
• Livejournal userpics created to fill requests to the userpics team.
  
• Not sure of the dates, but probably a couple of sculptures for friends were technically made in 2003, since I know I didn't have them ready for Christmas.
  
• Carved Jack-o-thulhu for Halloween
  

Other Creative Pursuits

• Wrote material for my Exalted campaign - enough to have run Sessions 9-24 (16 Sessions), plus leftover bits we didn't get to last year.
  
• Wrote a couple of character histories
  
• Any and all work on Livejournal, since I signed up in February, 2003
  
• Significant progress on my first board game
  
• Started work on my second, wackier board game
  

That's not enough to show for an entire year. I know that I spent lots of my time doing things that don't result in tangible objects - reading, card games, movies, and so on, and much of that time wasn't wasted. I enjoyed myself, accumulated pleasant memories, etc. But if I'm going to call myself an artist then I'd damn well better produce more art this year than last year.

In an attempt not to feel like a jobless slacker aimlessly meandering through life, I hope to keep better track of how I spend my time, and to spend my time more productively. I suppose that's a New Year's Resolution, in a way. The horror.