Well, here we are, on the last journal of the ye... wait! no! not only the last journal of the year but of the whole decade! XD OMG

And so, here is a quick resume of my whole year, let's see how much happened during 2009...



Well, the most visible thing ... I became a GM in january! It was a big surprise to receive that note from $Moonbeam13 back then, inviting me to form part of the Community Relations team, and still to this day I cannot believe that and after almost a year of hanging out with this incredible group of people I got to the conclusion that is the very best thing that has happened to me in my life as a deviant! And I cannot be more grateful for that!!

I also received a DD in may, suggested by *agosbeatle and featured by `2dazed Thank you so much girls! I feel good to know that that tutorial reached a lot of people and it's a great satisfaction to know that thanks to that at least a bunch of people who didn't know how to do it, now know how to suggest a DD

Also, a lot of awesome new features came out for DA this year: Critiques, Journal skins, Portfolios and Groups!



There were good and nasty stuff, but I think that's life! But putting things on a balance I think there were more good stuff than bad. I have an amazing family who supports me, I got to know some of my friends a lot more, I got to know new faces and new places, Luis stayed with me for another year XD ... and my dog is still as healthy and cheerful as always! I love her. Also I still have the same job from always... which is not necessarily a bad or a good thing, but knowing how many people is struggling to find a job I consider myself lucky! and I'm grateful for that!

A couple of friends and people I knew passed away this year... I knew about a very good friend from my childhood who apparently died a couple years ago, but since I knew about it recently, for me it feels like it was just this year. So to honor her memory I dedicated the november illustration of my 2010 calendar.


I hope she likes it

But probably the death I grieved the most is the one of my little niece, Angela who was only 1 and a half years old, daughter of my best friend, ~AkireXael She was not really my niece, but I consider Alex to be more than a friend, a brother. So yeah, I considered little Angela to be part of my family :') Alex and I were doing a collab to celebrate Angela's return home from the hospital, we were going to hang it on her room the day she returned, when suddenly she got complications from the operation she had a couple days earlier and finally passed away from that, so we never finished the collab... until a few days ago, when we decided to honor her memory by finishing the drawing, and also as a christmas present for Alex's wife.



I attended more comic cons this year than in my whole life! XD The Summer Fest, Winter Fest, Animex, CJMC and ConComics, in three different cities. I got the chance to present my work to a lot of people, I got to meet a lot of talented artists, a lot of them deviants I wanted to know for a long time! and if that weren't enough, I got to spend those times alongside friends I really enjoy to be with. What more could I ask? XD



In general I think 2009 was a good year, shit happens but to let it cover you is always your decision, you can always choose to overcome it, learn from it and move on c:


So! heading now to the new year, expecting a lot of things, waiting for more and with the intention of making it my best year so far

See you in 2010!

My best wishes!
Jonathan

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