All gallery posts in Event

It has been 10 wonderful years of the aquabunny site, congrats!!

I built up a lot of stuff this year... only for a lot of things to kinda go wrong. I say kinda because everything is only delayed as opposed to outright cancelled, but nevertheless, it was far more setbacks than I would have liked for a tenth year of a site. However, I did do a few things, like release that Christmas animation I mentioned a year ago (in the spring :P) and Pastel Poison, which is pretty cool. I'm also getting some help with some projects now, which is very very helpful and I'm definitely grateful for. So sure, year 10 didn't turn out the way I wanted, but I think 11 will more than make up for it. If year 10 was meant to get everything in place, then the stage is now set for action.

On December 13, 2015, Aqua Bunny lasted a whole nine years. And you know, that's technically an achievement but I need a little more than that. Or should I say I would have liked more. Now, I've got a Christmas season animation in the pipeline as of this writing which should give this year something a bit more solid, and Dumb Big Sister, Stupid Little Sisterwas an experiment that I really enjoyed, but a few things I wanted to get finished, didn't, and I'm not sure where that time went (well, some of it was admittingly DBSSLS). I worked on several, actually, animated skits and shorts but none of them are in a finished state (actually, some are but they're part of a larger production so I can't say anything about them :X). I know perfectionism is a problem for why those aren't getting out faster, but there's also a lot of time sacrifices and I can't just give up all my time to AB.

Anyway, here's what I want to do next year. Forget worrying about what's new, let me just get everything I started finished. And I mean all of the backlogged stuff with exceptions to Caremla's comic (that's dead, guys, for those of you who are still holding on), and Rhythmic Pop'n (which isn't dead, but I do have to set aside currently, at least until I get everything else done). I'm going to divide 2016 into quarters just to see how I do, and to know when to start things and have them wrapped up. To start, I want to have She's One of a Kind, Kine's current story finished by the end of the first three months, and hopefully beyond just that story too would be really nice. The Tumblr page is better these days, but I'm really out of stuff. I've been stretching this year because I said to myself "the new gallery doesn't get touched until 2016 at earliest", so perhaps in February or so, there'll be more fan art (mostly mine, yes) like the way it was. I don't know what else to do. I still want to do a catch all character Tumblr too, but I'll treat that more as a personal reward for getting stuff done here, first, so I dunno, someone start pestering me about getting stuff finished. Not in the "I'm actually impatient and have no idea what kind of time goes into this stuff" sort of way but in a "how much headway did you make? Are you accomplishing any goals" sort of fashion.

Beyond that, there's two things that are new that I'd like to do for AB this year, as I think this starts year ten! I can't talk about them because it really depends more on outside factors beyond myself, so it's more of an "if" rather than a "when". That's all I'll say there, but I think both could be pretty cool, one of them possibly fun. I'll see about getting the wheels turning behind the scenes on that, and since it (again) doesn't require much input from me, I can keep working on finishing stuff up. So that's it for this write up. I gotta nail this now for year ten. Time to psych myself up!

Oh, Flopsy! Why you so bad? If you're looking for a reflection this year, sorry to disappoint. I got nothin'. I feel like I did well enough all things considered. Never did get around to those Pokemon-amie articles, though. Probably best left for someone else to write about? Or maybe I'll get around to it when I whittle down all the (*cough* more fun *cough*) character based projects I've gotten myself into. Anyway, all I hope for next year is to have some of those projects finished and done with. If I can knock off two, that's a success, but 12 months goes by very quickly.

On December 13, 2013, Aqua Bunny lasted a whole seven years. And I'm feeling content. That's the minimum that anyone could ask for, really. Based on last years feedback and my need to take some action, there's at least been more basic Nido fanart with some effort attached to it. Lisa saw more action as a character, too. Possibly more than she's ever had since the Wii gif. Pokemon X and Y also released this year, which has resparked a slight interest in the series again. I wouldn't've stopped illustrating my favorite Pokemon either way, and I still prefer characters to blank-slate wild Pokemon, but now I have some new favorites, and new content will be coming next year because of this game, such as new articles for starters. Nidos may not have received Mega Evolutions, but whatever we did get, we should be grateful for!

On December 13, 2012, Aqua Bunny lasted a whole six years. And... my God, when was the last time I drew basic Nidos? Did I even do any regular Nido pics this year? That might be a problem.

What style is this, anyway? It's unique to these anniversary pics, that's a given. Chibi-Chibi really means a chibi of a chibi, so maybe this is just 'Chibi'. But then again, these aren't actually super deformed, and Chibi-Chibis are more of a derivative of Riri et. al.'s design. Maybe this should be called softened style.

On December 13, 2011, Aqua Bunny lasted a whole five years. And holy smokes it was even faster than the last. Maybe I'm getting older, time seems to speed up when you're old. And I've been busy as all get out, which is beneficial only for me, but not really for the site. No, I'm not moving on, this isn't that speech (though I might be iRL, God I hope so).

Anyway, this time I decided to go a more symbolic route with the picture, to reflect the past year. What it means is that despite all the bright lights just ahead as far as new releases go on some media, I've been otherwise keeping everyone in the dark. If you weren't a part of the newsletter, you don't know jack, and if you were/are, up until a point I've kept people informed until I went into blackout-workathon mode. If I recall the whole fiasco with Mega Man Legends 3 (remember when I made that update? Check out the Multimedia section if you weren't around), Capcom hasn't really won back its fans by keeping people in the dark. And as I said back then, the last thing I'd want to be is to become a lot like Capcom has been towards Mega Man fans. So for that, I do apologize if the year has been really slow (though I warned this would happen last year), and for being so mysterious, but I don't want to make the mistake of announcing something WAY too soon (Poke Island Special Edition, for starters). And to those following the newsletter, you know how long this new thing's been in development. Almost to the point where for profit developers would be better off dropping the project.

So here's the deal. I'm 100% free of any other responsibilities after December the 18th. That may not last too long, so what I want to do is to make sure I get one thing showcased by or before Christmas. I've been riding along using two different calendars this year, the Chinese calendar and the Gregorian calendar. While I technically have some time left using the Chinese calendar, I'd rather say I at least had something to show for the international year of 2011. So have the stakes been raised? You betcha. But barring any unfortunate mishaps (and believe me, they happened, and yes, it was site related. I don't tell you these things though because I don't believe in scaring people if the problem can be solved, and solved it was), I'm ready for it.

On December 13, 2010, Aqua Bunny lasted a whole four years. And it... eh. The year went by so fast, I can't actually recall any one individual thing. But, I know I'm really cramming it in, here, whatever I can do. This year seemed mostly like piddlin' stuff, considering all the bigger ideas I'm still working on (aside from WarioWare DIY, had that planned out since it was first revealed to the Japanese public). Hopefully, next year some of the fan art (or whatever bare minimum outside content) slack'll be picked up so I can just zero in on the really big deals.

On December 13, 2009, Aqua Bunny lasted three full years. And it was meticulous. The greater portion of the year was spend on rebuilding the site and re-establishing it. And yet, even statistically it's still better than 2008 was. Then again, so was 2007. Slow year? Anyway, some new things that you see today were established with the new site, such as articles and character bios. All in all, it's pretty much a fresh start. Follows consistent design from the first two anniversary pictures.

On December 13, 2008, Aqua Bunny lasted two full years. But it wasn't all good. The site hadn't done anything new since 2007. A glorified gallery was no longer inspiring. I knew that in 2009, I had to pay this site its dues. Follows consistent design from the first anniversary picture.