Archive for November, 2011

End of Year Thoughts – 2011

Growing Up & Finding Balance

2011 was a big year for me; a lot of things changed… my priorities changed. I purchased my first house and found myself biting off a lot more than I could chew trying to do everything at once with no real goal.

It’s taken a lot of kicking and screaming and a few too many temper tantrums but I’ve finally found where the sweet spot is for balancing my life with work.

This Year’s Achievements

• I’ve taken on a lot more responsibility as an In-House Designer being more involved in the product design. I’ve been taking part in the functionality, usability and interface design.
• KilianWalker.com was re-launched in October this year 3 months ahead of schedule.
• I started my first real freelance project for an upcoming product that needed help establishing their brand as well as Web and UX design.
• This year I had my first taste of what I need to do to sell stock illustrations and designs.

Missed Opportunities

• I find myself wishing I had put more focus on my illustration this year, especially involving my T-Shirt design.
• I regret not focusing more of my energy to learning French.

Upcoming in 2012

Now that I’ve grown up a little and found my balance I plan to be more focused in 2012. I plan to invest my time into learning French because I feel it will open up a lot of opportunities for me. I plan to finish my T-Shirt design and end my Hiatus of doing Let’s Plays.

I also intend to do one of two things next year, I either plan to pick up a second freelance project OR focus my time on Stock and Commission Illustration.

Next Updates

Unless something major comes up I won’t be making another post until the New Year, I have a birthday and a vacation coming up and then it will be holiday season. So, to anyone who may be reading this have an excellent end of your year.