A Sign-off of 2024
Pictured Work "Faeus Specimen" illustration challenge submission © E N Dawson June 2024 O verall my two thousand and twenty four was much of a year for celebration. I had planned out the year to start seriously creating a body of work in preparation for upcoming conventions and competitions. I had completed some commissions and had other small projects underway, with a Kickstarter anticipated for June. I was optimistic. This all fell apart in July. I was already incredibly stressed out having taken on a significant added load of work at my corporate day job, and the project I was looking forward to did not go into motion until the end of the season, when I got sick. I've been ill before, significantly ill, and went through covid just like any other person. This time it was relentless. I took a little over two months off work, returning at odd intervals before crashing once again and struggled through pneumonia. I exhausted all my annual and sick leave, and also took t...