2025 Art GOAL planning! NOW IS THE TIME!

First?

will you fix your haircut for 2025 ????

learned game development 4 years ago in unity and Godot,
this year and half of the previous one, I started learning how to draw so it can complement my programing skill
until I can earn enough to pay someone and come up with an idea worth the spending

but sure thing is I plan to play twilight monk

There was this interview I saw last year of this owner of a retro game shop in Florida who said "when times are good people want to be entertained, when times are bad people want to escape".

Are there plans for a Playstation and Xbox release of Twilight Monk? I'll still buy it on the Switch, however I'm simply curious.

This sounds awesome! I'm excited to see what 2025 brings for your channel!

Where do i go to send you fan art?

Starting at the beginning of this year I have fully transitioned from digital (iPad/mac) to physical art for my comic. And I am loving it. Currently I pencil on Bristol board and ink on vellum. And photograph the finished art. As far as goals…not too many so far for this year other than seeing my new process in print. I have been focusing on enjoying making my comics rather than just working at a break neck speed. In the last 9 years I’ve made 100 animated short, a feature length animated film and 10 books. I’m a little tired. So I plan on slowing my pace and schedule

Dude I'm still here for the second volume... I'm sure you know that since I've been asking for it for years.

Longterm: I want to make a graphic novel and also be able to create an indie game. Short term: anatomy and perspective course on proko.

super insightful video about how to approach hings as a whole thanks and cant wait to hear more about twlight monk

Really happy for you on your near completion of Twilight Monk, I plan to play it! My long term goal is an art job in the videogame industry. Right now I am still completely focused on developing my fundamental skills as an artist. Short term goals would be to go back and really establish a great understanding of construction and perspective, and I plan to start by following the DrawABox course.

I don't usually comment, so, first of all, thank you for this video. And even if it's not related to the theme of the video, I really wish that you could make a Brazilian Portuguese localisation of Twilight Monk. Even though it's not possible, your game is already on my wishlist, and I'm really looking forward to play it. The graphics are truly interesting, and I loved the overall artistic concept and the brief description of the plot of the game.

I’m 16, so these are some extreme ambitious goals, but here they are:

Short term goal: Put out some manga/comics this year and next few
Long term: Run an art studio of video games, film, animation, concept art.
Ultimate Long Term Goal: Teach the next generation of young rookie artists

Funny you ask about goals, because ultimately I'm watching this video due to some goals that I decided I want to work on. It started with airbrushing, which led to drawing so I can flesh out ideas when I can't work with the airbrush. Plus I've always wanted to draw since I was a kid, but didn't really pursue, mostly due to a lack of understanding about talent vs skill. I knew some really skilled and talented artists growing up and I just assumed that a person was born that way and that I'd never be good enough. (I'm a perfectionist, which is probably where that mindset originated from.) I've since realized how incorrect that is, and so here I am. Over the past few weeks I've really been enjoying your motivational videos on your channel, and they've really helped move my motivation along. I've just purchased your Easy Art 1-20 package and am looking forward to what I can accomplish in 2025. Keep these videos coming, because even if they are geared toward game development or something else that I may not really be pursuing, I've found some universal truths in almost every video I've watched of yours. It's good stuff. (Also, I have Twilight Monk wishlisted. I'm old enough to remember when Metroid and Castlevania were new, so it's always great to see a new "traditional" game be delevoped that looks as good as this.)

I would love for you to make a Trent art book, collecting art with Monk, Creed, tmnt, ghost rider and all your greatest pieces. I need this for my Art book collection. WE ALL NEED IT!!!!

Ever since finishing my game art degree back in 2019 and immediately attempting to develop my ambitious indie game 2 weeks after graduating, the only thing that's worked for me is doing tiny steps every day. Intentionally copying and recreating game mechanics as smaller projects, creating sound effects, special effects, tilesets, writing a shader, etc. When I tried going for monthly goals instead of daily goals, I wound up burning out completely for 9 months in 2022 because that's a surefire way to demoralize yourself.

Still working on my tabletop RPG game. The hardest part is coming up with abilities, like figuring out lots of unique ways the players and each monster can interact and "break the rules" without ruining the whole game, while trying to keep it streamlined and rules-lite as possible. No palette swapping monsters here! :')
Are there any boxsets on how you do all your layouts and templates for books? Like the World of Twilight Monk, how do you do all that "InDesign" stuff?

This video was really helpful for me. I've always struggled with wanting to escape from my future challenges by living each day aimlessly without taking any actions towards my goals. This is because the goals are scary and stressful. However, what your video made me realize is that if I don't try to take steps towards making my dreams come true, then I will never get there. I am the worst procrastinator and this realization was really important for me. I will try to hold on to this feeling so I can make better choices in the future. Thank you, I look forward to your future videos!

I’m trying to sell at a convention this year

I appreciate your videos, Trent, post as much as you want I'll be there.
PS : how do you research art jobs, please?

since i just started game dev, i gotta start building a community around me from now on. it's a crucial part of publishing a game. i would love any advice about this (i think twitter/x is the best place to start isn't it?)

I've finally gotten my digital art skills and rendering to the point where it looks how I've wanted it to look since I started doing art digitally 3 years ago. So, this year or even this month, I'm going to finally start writing my first draft for my graphic/illustrated novel series. Actually, I've got you to thank for that. When covid hit 5 years ago, one of your videos popped up on my feed, I'd never seen anything of yours pop up before, and I liked the art style, so I clicked on it, and dude the advise you gave in that video made me think I'm gonna do what 10 year old me wanted to do and become a pro artist. Thanks for the motivation and inspiration man

Giving up on making art my career is the best decision I made a few years back. Now, I'm free to set art goals that don't have to feel "financially viable" to be worth it.

I'm trying to buckle down and really learn MediBang Paint. Free software to make a comic, what's not to like? I want to get back to animaton on Krita and game sprites in Ase. I'm learning FL Studio as well so mostly just lots of software stuff to get me away from just playing piano and sketching with a pencil. I have high hopes for this year as far as learning goes.

It's good to see you back!

There’s that game that people say may never come out.. Hollow Knight: Silk Song. Twilight Monk looks like it’ll fill that gap nicely. 👍

every year.... when is time to give up?

Did some grinding at the day job so I could afford a new tablet that I could actually do some professional work on. My goals for now are to try out and practice some things i wasn't able to before like animation and some game dev. Also if I could get my foot in the door to some kind of licensing for now so I can make some money off my art for the first time while leveling up skills for future goals, I would be very happy. Simple goals but I feel like I'm finally open to take those first steps 😁

Also congrats on your game! It's so awesome and inspiring what you were able to accomplish. I look forward to its release

I wanna strengthen my rendering skills this year. I know enough about anatomy to have appealing characters already but I never really sat down and studied the artsy part of shading. Always stuck to my lane with cel shading and I feel like to reach further in my gamedev career I need more power. Lets do our best trent

Hey Trent!

I actually challenge myself to learn the basics of drawing this year! I started you're easy art lessons and I give myself the objective to draw everyday for 365 days and see how it evolves! I am at day 53 right now!

I'm a 3d artist and I'm also looking for my next gig! But I started this challenge after watching couple of your videos and Arcane season 2!

You're such a great source of inspiration man! All the best for your year!

For myself, I had to conquer my nihilistic and hedonistic thought patterns. Step one for my further growth after novelty and fun wore out as motivators was accepting I have no free will and conquering the nihilistic thoughts that mistakenly sprouted from acceptance of no free will and the state of the world, which cultivates nihilism. I realized I had to introspect and fix my thought patterns before I could be productive and work towards my art goals in full stride. I coudnt skip that introspection step and "just do it". I eventually realized that I wanted a life that was both pleasurable and fulfilling. I simultaneously realized I needed to be able to express myself creatively in order to be as happy as possible. My philosophy is that we should aim to minimize human suffering and maximize human prosperity both within ourselves and in others. I also had to accept that fulfillment is a largely unknown emotion to me and is something you can only experience later in the journey. So in a sense im chasing a pot of gold (fulfillment), but the existence of that pot of gold is supported by the lived experience of others.

FOR MY GOAL OF THIS YEAR I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO I WANT TO DO SO MANY THINGS THAT I GET CONFUSED WHAT TO DO FIRST AND END UP DOING NOTHING LIKE
I WANT TO MAKE GAMES
3D ANIMATION
A REAL GOOD TERENTINO LIKE FILM OF ANY STYLE
WANT TO MAKE LIVE ACTION MOVIE
WANT TO BE A GREAT PAINTER IN DIGITAL AND IN WATERCOLORS
I WANTED ALSO TO BE ABLE TO DO GREAT CGI
AND BE REAL GREAT IN OLD DISNEY STYLE 2D ANIMATION AND THERE IS MORE BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO FIRST AND MAKE MONEY FROM IT IN SORT SOMETHING LIKE ART DIRECTOR OR WANT TO OPEN A STUDIO OF MY OWN WHO TELLS GREAT STORIES LIKE DISNEY USED TO WITH 2D ANIMATION AND DO STOP JUST FROM THAT

Hey dude! Hope it’s been a great start to your year so far!

Just wanted to you know, as you throw these videos out into the ether, that after listening to your first audiobook - I had that moment of “well, dang, he just pushed through and did it.” I began writing in earnest only a week or so after finishing that book, and now I’m about 65% through writing my second. They are big, but it’s this thing I’ve wanted to do for twenty years, and now it’s coming together.

Your journey, and your passion is a big contributor to getting me started. These videos matter man.

My ultimate goal is making a cartoon/manga in the spirit of One piece and hunter x hunter, last year, I got a drawing pad and bought an online course to improve my drawing skills. I also made a rough storyline, backstory, and designed some characters. i could blame viedo games but i also know myself why i would rather play an entire night of games rather than focus on something i want to work with than just being a dream, so im going to use the online course in a bit more "free" way than i used too and need to get into that grind mindset which I have been in before, so gotta lock in and focus, its either art or working at a factory til i die while i hate it, so no, im going to draw even if i have to stop playing games completely ;)

My first time watching one of your videos! Def subscribing. Thanks for the advice.

Cant wait to play!