As expected I lost time to myself this year, and I'm likely to lose more. Work schedules are sporadic and I never know when I'll get a good chunk of time to myself to just work on stuff. That's why this year was all about doing stuff faster. That meant using more tools and techniques to get stuff looking perfect rather than actually being so. There's so much more I want to do but can't because of a lack of time. Specifically when it comes to writing or animation. Reading more has reminded me that descriptions and fights can generally be boiled down to only what is needed to imagine it. Every single detail tends to be way too much information and gets lost in itself. However, longer thought blurbs or detailed descriptions of the environment tend to capture a mood better. Movies and TV are lousy ways to learn how to solely write.
Next year, I want to get faster at these things. I want to put out more stuff to match the pace I'm happy with and match the time I have to work on them. The best option would be to somehow get more of my time back, but that doesn't seem like it's happening right now. At least I finished my Warriors fanfic series. Way behind when I thought I would, but it's done. I like what I wrote. Especially the sci-fi fanfic. But next year, I want to write one that's a lot shorter and a little more grounded. I want to improve my storytelling most of all.
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Song of the Year
Solitude (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation) - M83
I had this song on repeat when rewriting Warriors - The Last Ancestor. It was the song, I felt, best identified the tone I was going for (even if it didn't quite convey). I like how lopsided and dream-like it sounds while leaving a lot of "blank space" for you to imagine. I normally don't like large parts of songs being this, but it works here. Maybe I'm just a sucker for it because it sounds vaguely sci-fi.
2) Drowning In Memories - Blixemi
3) Amity - The Gathering
4) All 2 U - Bryce Pinkham, James Monroe Iglehart, Cristina Vee (Helluva Boss)
5) Enemy (from the series Arcane: League of Legends) - Imagine Dragons & JID
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January
Embrace - Ravenscry
Confusion - The Gathering
Me and the Devil - Soap&Skin
Heads or Tails - Thousand Thoughts
February
We Rise - The Gathering
Without Fear - We Are The Catalyst
Amen - Amber Run
March
Analog Park - The Gathering
Next Up Forever - AJR
Poison - Blake Roman, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg (Hazbin Hotel Original Soundtrack)
April
Rescue Me - The Gathering
Going Under - Evanescence
Drowning In Memories - Blixemi
May
Stronger - The Gathering
Goth - Sidewalks and Skeletons
June
Stonegarden - The Gathering
Solitude - (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation) M83
Evelyn Evelyn - Evelyn Evelyn
All 2 U - Bryce Pinkham, James Monroe Iglehart, Cristina Vee (Helluva Boss)
July
In Colour - The Gathering
Orphan Soul - Infected Rain
Lies- Evanescence
August
Broken Glass - The Gathering
Home - Amarante
I'll Fly - Blixemi (ft. Nola Klop)
September
Paper Waves - The Gathering
Francis Forever - Mitski
Normalize - Mother Mother
October
Travel - The Gathering
The Bishop - Battle Of Mice
Needles In Your Skin - Oathbreaker
November
Amity - The Gathering
Enemy (from the series Arcane: League of Legends) - Imagine Dragons & JID
A Million Gruesome Ways To Die (Original Game Soundtrack) - Billie Bust Up, Daniel Ingram, ft. Black Gryph0n
December
Strange Machines - The Gathering
On The Borderline - Blixemi (ft. Justin B)
The Holly(leaf) and the Ivy(pool) - Sunnyfall
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