Happy New Year everybody! It feels like 2025 went rather quickly, all things considered…
While I’m usually the kind of person to keep looking forwards, and never turn back, I think this year should be one where I really consider how far I’ve come, as well as explaining why posts have slowed dramatically since around the latter half of 2025.
2025
2025 was quite a year for me, both in highs and lows:
Me and my current partner, who I’ll call ‘Dog’ for privacy, have been together for 3 amazing years, and that’ll be 4 by the time mid 2026 comes around. They have been nothing but supportive to me all these years, even when I haven’t been the best. They have helped me realise and recognise my flaws, as well as my strengths, in my personality. And most importantly, they have just brought so much life and joy into my life.
Without going into too much detail about my mental health struggles, I’ve learned that I’ve basically been spending half of my life dissociated since childhood, in no part thanks to my home life. This year I’d really like to prioritise getting help and caring for myself, because the way things have gone between us, my family, and even the relationship I have with myself, I simply can’t keep on ignoring it or putting it off for later.
Then again, I think the idea of going to a doctor and unloading all the things that I feel are ‘wrong’ about me, only to be told ‘Oh, you’re fine’ is what is scaring me the most. Especially when it has taken this long to gain any semblance of understanding myself, with both what triggers me, and also recognising the signs of distress within my own body.
On a more positive note, however, I am extremely proud of the leaps I’ve taken in my art. I feel like my posing, my anatomy, and my style has just gotten so much better and consistent lately. There is still room for improvement, there always will be when you care deeply about something you make, but compared from the start and end of 2025, I feel like I’ve more than made up for what I was making in 2024. I’m also proud of myself for trying to get involved in the communities surrounding the stuff I like, and trying to socialise more! I still feel a bit awkward though… ^^;
2026
Now then, my plans for 2026.
For starters, the Honorary Titles blog will go through some changes. The reason posts ended up slowing down was due to creative fatigue in trying to fit in drawings between Captain Feathersword and Mr. Tickle specifically. Don’t get me wrong, they are still 2 of the most fixated characters I draw, however what used to be an all-consuming hyperfixation has since mellowed out. Honorary Titles will still have asks open, but it will not specifically be an ask blog. Instead it will become my Wiggles and Mr. Men specific blog. Captain Feathersword, Mr. Tickle, and their queerplatonic ship will still be featured, but it will become where I dump all of my Mr Men and Wiggles art, including reblogs of other people’s art.
As for where I will put the rest of my art, that will be on my new sideblog @theprimordiallight. That blog will become my general art blog in a sense, almost like a main blog but it would be a lot of hassle to move all of the Honorary Titles stuff onto a side blog. So this will have to do. That blog will simply be where I have OCs, other fandom stuff, crossover stuff, personal art, and more! If you’re still looking for Mr. Men or Wiggles stuff, don’t worry because Captain Feathersword and Mr. Tickle will still be featured prominently over there!
What’s more, I have a Ko-Fi now, and I am officially open for commissions! Any commission requests, donations, or anything of the sort would be highly appreciated, as they will be used to try and further my art by saving up for education, as well as any commissions becoming part of my professional portfolio!
All things considered, despite the lows within, 2025 has been an overall good year! I’ve made friends, I have been growing as a person and my art, and I’m just so glad to have the privilege to do what I love on a regular basis. It hasn’t always been easy, nor has it been the best, but 2025 is the first year that I can look back on and say ‘Yeah, I did alright.’
