Hey guys, seeing a lot of these but it's a yearly bandwagon that I'm happy to jump on.

So, just one and a half hour left of 2015 as I'm typing this, and to be honest I have mixed feelings about this year. I'm happy to see it go because of all the bad shit, but so much was good that I almost don't want it to end.
To be honest, I don't even remember most of it.
Am I leaving 2015 the same person I started? No.
Do I like the person I am now? Not really. I could still change so many things about myself that still manage to haunt me even if I've left school.
But that leads me to something else;
A lot's happened this year.
I've left school, started and finished work experience at a 24 hour emergency vet's, I've also started college. And for what? To reach my ultimate goal of working with dogs and wolves? Probably. But plans change. At the end of next year I might be taking a completely different path.
A lot can happen in a year, but that doesn't mean it will.

In terms of change, this year has definitely seen the most. Since I left that hellhole, Eastwood Academy, I've become so much less defensive at every little thing, I'm less likely to snap at the touch of a nerve, and most of my demons have disappeared.
That doesn't mean I'm a much better person for it.
But I'm getting there.

Am I leaving 2015 with the same people I started with? I'm not sure. I'm still friends with many of the people I started this year with, but I don't talk to them as much because we're not forced to spend six hours a day, five days a week with each other.
Of course, some I have made an effort to keep in touch with because I feel wanted, needed.

On the art side of things, I've improved a fuck ton, especially with my digital work, though I still feel most of it gets ignored apart from one... maybe two people.
Improvement is evident in this little Deviation here: http://spooky-noodle666.deviantart.com/art/Timeline-Of-Art-2015-579829830

My fursona's definitely changed too;
January: http://spooky-noodle666.deviantart.com/art/Alex-Feral-Ref-2015-522756506 Mid-year: http://spooky-noodle666.deviantart.com/art/New-Spooks-Ref-2015-554175396 October/November: http://spooky-noodle666.deviantart.com/art/Alex-Ref-FURSONA-2015-574644815 Now: http://spooky-noodle666.deviantart.com/art/FURSONA-REFERENCE-2016-580795025

Of course, my little striped wolf is still for sale if y'all want to discuss a price >.<

But even in these references you can see an improvement; in January I wouldn't even attempt anthro. Now I think Yazhi represents me in a way that none of the others could really do. Apart from maybe Spooks, who is staying on as my little mascot/feral 'sona.

But anyway, I think that's all I have to say in this journal.

Happy new year, you lot.
Have a good one <3