WIWT 2022 | 01

While I don't strictly set any New Year's resolutions, one of my goals for 2022 is to draw more. That's an odd goal for a proffessional illustrator but one of the weird quirks of the game is that drawing very much becomes work and work is something that's easy to put off. And I'm very good at putting things off.

I'd like to change that. Drawing more ONLY leads to good things.

This is a drawing of what I'm wearing today. I do these WIWT drawings from time-to-time after finding Gemma Correll's brillso WIWT Flickr group many moons ago.

A 2021 Montage: 12 Photos Per Month

Hiya.

The above image is a chronological montage of photos I took in 2021. The top row is January, the next is February and so on. There's a super-massive version on my Flickr.

I make these montages every New Year. This is the 14th. The others live under the #montage tag. 14 years is a long time, pals.

Like Owen said on the latest Infinite Review Christmas Special, 2021 was essentially the E4+1 version of 2020. 2020+1. In some ways I feel like I wrote my last New Year's post yesterday. In other ways I feel like I wrote my last New Year's post maybe 10-20 years ago.

Everything's the same. Everything's different.

Noteworthy-ish things:

• We're having another baby! Due in March. Alex is doing great, Beth is excited / curious. David is excited / curious.

• I made a rollerblading video. This is, honestly, one of my proudest non-child achievements. It may be a midlife crisis, but it's a midlife crisis that has left me fitter than I've been in a decade, hasn't cost a fortune and has made me some new pals. So shut up.

• Beth turned 4! She's the funniest, weirdest, most curious little person I know. Sorry, other kids, she's the best kid.

• I got a new studio! I moved last month. It's a different room in the same building with all the same stuff in it, but it's prettier and I've put a little more thought into how it works. Feels like a fresh start.

Beyond that, life has been good, work has been good. Everyone I know is doing fine considering the GLOBAL PANDEMIC that has cooked for NEARLY 2 YEARS.

My plans for 2022 are, as usual, to do more... stuff. I always get a bit of pep in my step in January and I can hopefully channel it into some new and interesting things. Fitness stuff dominated 2021. I'm pencilling in some more creative, um, stuff for 2022.

The best place to keep up with what I'm doing is on Instagram. @davidgalletly for illustration / personal, @safetygrab for rollerblading (it's good, honest).

I might start using my Twitter again (might not). I might start taking Patreon seriously (might not). I might start blogging here more regularly (might not).

Big love to the few who still read blogs in 2022. Hope you're good. Happy new year and good luck for whatever happens next. Always forwards, never backwards x