So if you've been following me for a while, you probably already know that 2025 was not exactly a peak year for me art-wise (or kinda in general). While of course, I joined the FNAF World Refreshed dev team (and that was truly a dream come true in every sense of the word), that was really the only highlight I could actually say about the year as a whole. College put me through the wringer, and life in general just wasn't the most kind to me. And worst of all, my art suffered/stagnated as a result. While my drawings definitely LOOKED better and had more ambition than my drawings from 2024 and earlier, the actual amount of art that I wanted to get done was INCREDIBLY minuscule. It also didn't help that I was kinda just making art to make art, like you could TELL that some of my drawings were made solely to fulfill my "I exist" quota. I know it's not entirely my fault considering my circumstances at the time, but still, it just made me frustrated that SO many ideas that could've been brought to life (or WERE brought to life) at the time just went to waste, and while everyone else was smooth sailing, I was floundering and going through month-long burnouts.

But, I've realized throughout these past few months that what I needed to improve on wasn't my rate of drawings or fulfilling some self-imposed quota: I just needed to improve on my art as a whole. Better proportions, better color schemes, better detail, better accuracy, better ambition, the whole shebang. It was hard to come to terms with it, but let's be real: The old artstyle I used to have was inconsistent at BEST and actively hampering my long-term goals at WORST. It felt less like I was actively making drawings that people could enjoy and reminisce on, and more like I was just Frankensteining things together to appeal to my own taste (or in other words, drawings things off straight vibes alone). To be clear of course, there's absolutely nothing wrong with drawing solely for your own sake, especially because lots of other artists both here and throughout history have drawn for their own fulfillment. But I think it's a matter of your heart having to be in it. If you feel as though your art should be something YOU alone can look back on and enjoy, then by all means go in that direction. But for those who aim to please OTHERS through their art, it's hard having to realize that what you've been drawing over the past couple years is kinda just self-portraits into your interests. A truly legendary artist can satisfy both their own heart AND the hearts of their fans, and that's exactly what I intend to do this year.

More than anything, the goal of this year is CONSISTENCY. No more "half-anthro, half-animatronic" hybrids, no more proportional mixups, no more half-baked redesigns, and no more pillow shading. I need to move forward as both a person and an artist, and this is EXACTLY why I'm so deeply proud of my new Toy Freddy design: It represents my own hope for the future. It shows that I can absolutely make some AMAZING designs/drawings while still keeping my MS Paint artstyle tried and true. I just needed to have a better sense of direction and not hodge-podge things that very clearly don't fit into a properly cohesive theme. And I mean, if Toy Freddy looks THIS good on the first go-around, imagine what every other character could look like! The future looks bright, and at this point, I don't care whether I miss anniversary drawings or holiday drawings: I'm just gonna keep being me and working at my own pace, for REAL this time. Real/good art takes TIME, and as long as I can make something that'll satisfy everyone (including myself), that's alright with me. I don't want to make any definitive promises regarding what EXACTLY I'll draw for 2026, but all y'all need to know is that the art WILL be better and more cohesive than last year, 100%. I might draw even LESS than last year, but that's a worthy sacrifice if, again, it means I get to make everyone (including myself) happy.

Now, with all the art stuff out of the way, I'd also like to explain some of my OTHER plans for the year. For starters, I wanna officially announce that from this point on, I will no longer be a meme account. Unless it's a meme that I myself made/drew, you won't be seeing any memes/shitposts from me anymore. I was already starting to get tired of constantly reposting memes back in 2023, and by 2024, my art officially began to take a higher priority (and 2025 was basically non-existent in terms of me posting any memes), so I fully believe that this change was a long time coming. I'm not a 15-year-old naive FNAF fan anymore: I'm a grown adult who wants to actually CONTRIBUTE to humanity instead of leeching off it, and considering that nobody seems to have any objections to this, it's safe to say my "meme era" won't be missed.

Lastly, I wanna announce that I'll be doing a bit of a clean-up on my account. New profile picture, new banner, new bio, etc. Beyond a visual level, I also wanna cut down on how many people I'm following: I'm following WAY too many people as it currently stands, and some of these accounts are basically ghost towns now. Just to make this perfectly clear: IF I UNFOLLOW YOU, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE OR THAT WE'RE NO LONGER FRIENDS. IT'S JUST THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MY FOLLOWING TO A MINIMUM SO MY FEED CAN FEEL MORE COHERENT. I genuinely BEG that people don't take this following cleanup personally or that I "switched-up" on them: I love you all, and this is ONLY so that I can keep my following count truncated to remove any dead accounts that haven't posted in years and the like. If you believe that I unfollowed you unfairly, PLEASE let me know in my Shouts (because I'm still commentbanned) and we can talk something out.

But yeah, I believe that's everything I wanted to announce, whatever else will happen will come naturally. Before I head on out, I just wanna sincerely thank you all for supporting me through everything. From the bottom of my heart, y'all seriously helped to make 2025 not as miserable as it was, and with all the love I've gotten in just these past couple days, I can just TELL that 2026 is gonna at LEAST be a proper "return to form" for me. There's no telling what the future will hold for me, and yeah, sometimes I get worried that I'm just gonna do a repeat of 2025: Stagnant art, burnout, college stress, etc. But I just know that as long as I pace myself and do what needs to be done, everything will be alright, and y'all will still be there for me all the same. I hope you all have an amazing day, and I also hope that we all have a good New Year! Here's to a fresh start, take care everyone!