Geeze, I've been pretty quiet on the devArt front for a while-- sorry about that, guys!
I've been out here, chugging along on Valenth (to the tune of trying to figure out some sort of equilibrium between story posts, adoptable releases, miscellaneous behind-the-scenes work, and Not Burning The Hell Out, Whoops!), as well as experimenting and making some long-term plans for a Valenth-centric personal project that I'm now in the beginning stages of!

As a whole, I'm gunning for a few things this year:

1. To manage my time well enough that I can keep Valenth running smoothly and gradually start adding new features to the site (with the help of Ninja and Sixar!);
2. To manage my time well enough that I can also have free time left over with which to do personal work on the side, including Big Personal Project;
3. To create a stockpile of artwork created Because I Wanted To at a level of quality worth sharing with everyone when I'm ready;
and
4. To have at least basic Valenth merchandise available for sale by year's end (basic meaning "shirts, prints, and possibly also stickers", but not excluding the potential for collectible figures via 3D prints, if I have sufficient time).

This also includes stuff like continuing studies with art subjects that I'm weak with, such as architecture, full scenes and ungulates (getting better with those as we speak, though!), as well as just having more art to share with everyone here beyond my mandatory adoptable sets for the big V.
I'm not going to stress over hitting all my marks, but the first two are definitely things I want to see happen before 2013 rolls in, no ifs, ands, or posteriors.

Wish me luck, huh? I'M FEELING AMBITIOUS