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2021
🕑 Added 2021-12-31 23:27:09 +0000 UTCHello all,
To say 2021 was anything other than a shit year feels a bit like gloating. There were glimmers of “normalcy” coupled beside a pandemic and a year that involved record breaking heat waves and cold snaps. In the summer the forests burned and in the winter those same forests flooded; washing out roads, highways, homes, and lives. It was a year where it was hard to feel centered; I no longer long for the “normal” that existed before. The year somehow dragged and drifted into the rear view at the same moment. When I felt myself falling inward, I found comfort in looking more closely at the world around me. There’s much alive, good, and thriving.
It was a shit year but also a good year. For the first time, as a professional, I felt like I had some semblance of a career. I illustrated a children’s book, started a comic strip, abandoned a shitty gig, and launched my patreon. I know what I’ll be working on for at least the next year and a half. I stumbled into a job as a part time designer on an animated show. It’s hard to know whether or not this will be sustainable but, for now, in this moment, I feel extremely grateful for the opportunities I have. I am working daily on projects that are incredibly personal, with people who care, and characters I love. That I enjoy the work I must do to make rent feels like I have cheat codes enabled and I never want to take advantage or forget it.
I say all this not to gloat, but just to acknowledge what I have, what I have gained, and what I am grateful for and that it includes the audience reading this. All this to say, thank you. I am humbled that anyone would enjoy my art enough to support me. It has made a world of difference and I am extremely grateful. Writing and illustrating are so personal and sharing my work and having it received well, makes me feel like a part of myself is also being received in kind.
Anyways, of course this went longer than intended. Thank you a thousand times. Onto better things in 2022,
Adam
Comments
Adam
Thanks so much!! Happy new Year!!!!
J. Marshall Smith
Love your work, Adam, and I'm really glad that in spite of all the mess going on in the world that you're able to take the time to recognize and celebrate the good things. Looking forward to all the good work you'll be doing in 2022!
Adam
Remy thank you so much! This is incredibly kind. Best wishes.❤️
Rémy
Adam you are one of my few favorite creators I discovered this year. Your work has a very unique feel that is both very touching as a reader, and super inspiring as a fellow creator. I am so happy to have stumbled upon your work. I wish you a happy 2022 and that things go the way you'd like them to this year. ❤️
