New years goals 2023
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With 2022 coming to an end, I'd love to hear peoples goals for 2023. I have several, maybe too many, but I like lots of things going on at once haha.
1- to create a solid portfolio
2- to work on making more dynamic characters
3- to work on a look and find book for my kids
4- to graduate university
5- to take more online classes -
@AngelinaKizz those are all really solid goals, and I wish you all the luck in the world in achieving them! I only have 2. First to build a solid portfolio/website. Second to be full financially support my family with my art by the end of 2023. Here's hoping.
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@MarcRobinson I believe you can do it marc! You have beautiful pieces already created that are worthy of selling as prints for extra income over and above the jobs you can aquire. You've got this!
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@MarcRobinson exciting times ahead! Your work is great! @AngelinaKizz I love the goal to create a book for your kids. Wonderful idea. And go get that diploma! If it's art you can graduate while working on the other goals.
My goal would be mastering fundamentals and getting my story ideas into text and sketches. And switching my career towards primary education. -
@Chantal-Goetheer Yes, I’m in university getting an Illustration diploma from Emily Carr. I’m turning 40 this year, so I’m powering through.
My youngest is absolutely obsessed with look and finds, and we own every single look and find available at our bookstores, so now he’s run out of look and finds. So I feel like there’s a decent market for more look and find books, and they wouldn’t require any story writing/editing, just story elements to the images.
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@AngelinaKizz Awesome 2023 goals you got there. Accomplishing even ONE of them will make this coming year so meaningful. Excited for you!
For me, my main goals are:
- Train and finish my 3rd marathon in March 2023 (in Napa, California)
- Continue to go all-in in learning illustration and producing my best art from the heart.
- Make a decision in June 2023 to see what I want to do for the rest of my life (aka determine if the illustration career is viable for the long-term - no big deal
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May 2023 be a year of growth for all of us!
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Hi @AngelinaKizz, great goals!
Here are my creative goals:
- Sign with a well-respected literary agent and agency.
- Sell at least 1 book dummy (as Author/Illustrator)
- Continue learning voraciously.
- Continue improving my portfolio.
- Continue helping others learn and improve.
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@Jeremy-Ross I love that list! I would love those things too, though I think I have at least another year to go to hammer down my style. I'll be here cheering you on!
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@AngelinaKizz you go girl! Love it that you prove the life long learning path. It's never too late. I think it's also an awesome inspiration to your girls.
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Love some of these goals. Best of luck everyone. Mine reflect the newness of my journey after a long break. So here goes:
- Work my way through SVS Learn's Foundations Curriculum - aim is to complete it.
- Enter monthly illustration contests of some description (was going to be Critique Arena!)
- work on/start thinking about my own children's picture book/s.
- Start posting to my instagram account
- Keep my focus on learning
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These are all awesome goals you guys...
I'll add to the convo:- Finish portfolio
- Continue working through the rest of SVS classes, enter more contests (SVS, SCWBI, 3x3) as well as finish my Nucly tutorials
- Develop rapport and relationships with art directors/publishers
- Keep learning Instagram- LinkedIn- Facebook
My style is slowly getting there. I have to keep my shiny object syndrome under control. Funny how that is a wily beast, the one that wants to do all the things and before I know it I have a hundred million projects and notes in my to-do folder!
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My 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027.... 2098, 2099... Long-Term, New Year Goals:
- Get a well-paying day job with a work-life balance
- Eat healthier and get a beach body
- Got to the gym and my three favorite martial arts schools frequently
- Make sure I am cancer-free and gain control over my medical condition
- Study the politics of the animation industry and maybe get a Master's Degree
- Take online classes in architecture, animation, architecture and animation programs, anatomy, storytelling, and writing
- Improve my architecture portfolio
- Improve my illustration portfolio
- Figure out if I really want to work with children's books, ya or comic books or all trades
- Get my life sorted, because this is really a mess y'all.
Extra goal: Get rid of all my student loans.
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@MarcRobinson Awesome goals, Marc! I'm rooting for you!
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@AngelinaKizz This would be an awesome project! I'm sure you would learn so much from it. And you're right, search and finds are so much fun, but there's just not enough of them!
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@AngelinaKizz Thanks for starting us on sharing! I think it really helps with goals to put them out there for everyone to see. My goals for 2023 are:
- Create a finished book dummy for a story that I've written (I'm enrolled in Children's Book Pro, and I'm also working with my agent on a manuscript, so I should definitely meet this one!)
- Have work that is in the works to get published by the end of the year.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirsten.mcgonigal.art/
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I have been working on the fundamentals of drawing in 2022. In 2023 I am working on colouring and composition.
I also want to be less shy / worried about posting illustrations. I started early by joining the December studio post!
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@kirsten-mcg Is that the CB Pro in Feb 23? I did the most recent one. Brilliant course!!
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@Jean-Watson yes! I'm happy to hear that it was helpful for you! I'm super excited.
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@AngelinaKizz thank you for starting the conversation. Love all of your goals, especially making look-and-find book for your own kids
These are my 2023 goals:
- Revamp my website to be more kidlit focused and easy to navigate
- 11 new kidlit portfolio pieces
- Cut down on UX client work, focus more on illustration client work
There are probably more I haven't thought of
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Thanks for starting this thread @AngelinaKizz - it has me thinking. Last year my goal was to understand color better, and I feel like I've come a long way with that.
This year I think I'll set my sights on:
- Understanding/Mastering Sequential Art
- Do More Plein Air Sketching/Painting & Paint More Landscapes
^This second one doesn't appear kidlit friendly but I've found that painting from life in a short amount of time forces me to observe the colors in front of me and helps my understanding of light and shadow.
