While I am NOT a fan of origin Palkia...

You did a very good job here! It's well done for the design, background, just everything.

I do hope this year of 2026 will be better for all of us. Last two years had been a dumpster fire.

Good luck! And have fun!

What do people think about Origin Palkia? I don't really care. Negative opinions tend to be more prominent on the internet, so I don't really know what the truth is.

Origin Palkia is a very mixed bag for the Palkia fans. Some love it, Some hate it. The rest are ehh. It's pretty split.

Topic aside. You got this! I am sure this 2026 year will bear fruit. And the fruit will be GLORIOUS!!

The origin form goddess of space doing under waterfall meditation

"That said, I didn't get much done last year. The reason for this, as you can imagine, was that I was mentally ill." This explains why.

As a person who has gone through mental and emotionally insanity between April 15th, 2013 and July 2016, then again between January 2017 up until April 15th, 2023, I can now understand why you weren't able to handle that much people who hated you. Weird to think when I came across haters, they would spew profanity at me, and thus, I was able to handle it. Death threats though, while they can sound threatening, I would be a bit scared if they showed up at my house to kill me, then to say it online but never show up. It's a learning experience of how you can handle people who absolutely don't like body inflation/weight gain in total (and something that I'm afraid the hate towards body inflation will remain forever in the conscious of human beings until humanity goes extinct).

It's why one of my secret long term goals was to bring wonka's chewing gum product, or basically the blueberry inflation side effect to life, somehow someway, heavily modified and safely done without killing people, or accidentally blacking out people and creatures alike, in order to bring to life an experience that was thought to only remain in fiction forever. Again, it goes to show that had I known this, the cryptic, very odd messages you have on discord would help me to understand what the heck was going on in your life. It's no wonder I was worried about your suicide two years back, because I was afraid of losing an artist like you, not to mention many people I once loved, both on Youtube and in the entertainment space, all either committed suicide or died from diseases/natural causes. Avicii (Tim), Steve Cash (The man behind Talking Kitty Cat series), and now Mikayla from SaveAFox Foundation, all have committed suicide (Mikayla especially since the hate and death threats to her, caused her to stab and end her life in her bedroom. Thanks internet for causing the autistic loving caretaker to take her own life), or people who passed away from natural causes or diseases (Art Clokey, Arthur Rankin, Donna Summers, Billy Mays, Gene Wilder, Denise Nickerson, George Michael, AdamTheWoo, Paul Reubens, Bob Barker, Alex Trebek, and Tina Turner to name a few). Not to mention Creature Unknown online took his own life due to taxes owed by the government, or face prison for tax fraud and end up in prison for 30 years and such of the stuff he owed, hence why I was a bit worried you could have ended up in the same fate as he did. Even though 2025 may have been shit to many people, for me it was a massive turning point for me to finally get my head into gear, especially the exercising, and trying to reduce junk food/soda as much as I can (to a certain point. Still working on it). And now, I do constant walking every day of the week (except Sundays of course). Just remember to "Hang On" and "Keep Your Chin Up" nir_tok, as long as you continue to work on what you love to do, that's what matters the most.

"As an artist, to do that, I need to create more art and make people happy. And as a game developer, I obviously need to create games. I'm not sure which I should focus on this year. On the other hand, since my emotional wounds haven't healed yet, I also want to focus on doing nothing to find peace of mind."

That's up to you to decide what you should focus on, you can do a mix of both (work on each one a little bit at a time) or do one thing over the other. And in terms of getting rid of bad karma, best thing I could mention is self-discovery, and learning tips and techniques of how to overcome negativity when you encounter hatred and hostility from those who dare speak foul to you and you alone. As I've mentioned before, it's a learning process. Also, those who don't believe in any religion is considered a "Non-practicing" or "Atheist". Again, as a person who's researched into religions, there are currently 14 out there (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Atheism, Shintoism, Confucianism, Janaism, Hinduism, Bahaism, Agnosticism, Cheondosim, Islam, and Pagan/Wicca. But those are the ones I've seen so far from an image whom has gathered ALL religions into one easy to reference Religion image that I'm sure you can find online. But just because you believe or don't believe in a religion, doesn't mean you should be limited to what you wish to believe in, the religions I've mentioned are just ones you can refer or believe in if nothing works out for you in the end. In other words, the quotes, practices, and kinds of actions, speaking's, and wisdoms that you hear, see, feel, and learn from others, you can implement them into your own world view of how you see your life from birth until death, from now in the present until death do us part. For me, it's why, even if I wasn't a catholic, music helps soothe and focus on tasks in front of me after one hour of break. So long as your work doesn't feel like a crunch, take as much time as you want. Sure, we wish to do it by our own personal deadlines, but that causes us to rush things and get it out the door, thus ruining what makes you, you.

"As for art, I found many issues while making last year's Donut Club, so I'd like to overcome those. Drawing detailed backgrounds, paying attention to perspective and eyeliner, choosing colors that I'm happy with... I also want to get faster at drawing. As I write, more and more things come to mind."
Well, a person I talk to named Mr. Wirderino/Wirderino has been drawing for many years, and experiments with many styles and characters he comes up with. Sometimes having a talk with Wirderino in Direct/Personal Messages might help you get ideas for what you wish to do, or simply put, see his work and see how he does his world-building, details, etc. You'd be surprised what you would find there. But if you wish to draw faster, I think it has to do with hours and hours of practice. You just have to draw the characters many, many times to get used to drawing them quicker. However you do your artwork is completely up to you, free to experiment and try what you like. In my opinion I tend to avoid art challenges, because they're not my forte. But yet, I've gotten faster at writing/typing stuff for years thanks to typing classes I took back in middle school. So the amount of time I've spent with other classmates to get better at typing has helped me type faster and get better at spelling words without looking at the keyboard too much. But doing it on smartphone though, I tend to be slow when it comes to that, even basic/flip phone ones but that's beside the point.

Nevertheless, seeing this artwork and...Yeah, I may not like the design of Origin Palkia, I can see why you chose it simply because of the Chinese New Year Zodiac for the current year in 2026. But for me, my year for the pig doesn't come around until 2029/2030, so for me that year will be coming up soon, and then it won't happen again until I'm near the age of 50 years old. When it comes to this artwork here, it gives me those watercolor, pastel vibes, with the waterfall symbolizing not only warmth, but soothing, relaxing cleanse that makes it feel as if you are comfy, soothed, and massaged. All things many people can relate and love, showering with warm/hot water. And it also looks like as if its a flashback, it really does with the white vignette surrounding the artwork, but you did a fantastic job with it, just saying.

Again, the things I've said in this comment, feel free to respond. But upon reading your description, especially the mentally ill part, I didn't realize how severe you were going through until you mentioned it on this post. I think what you need is friends that can look out for you as much as you do for them, and in return become supportive and stick with your side. Believe me, for years, I didn't care about friends by the time I got out of high school 10/11 years ago. It got to the point where I went down my own path, and could careless of who I came across (and still can talk some serious stuff, but I was never in the mood for sarcasm simply because, that's not really my forte for conversations. I prefer people who are passionate, dedicated to enjoying the things I love as much as they do. I prefer to be informed then for people to crack a joke. Because I'll find my humor elsewhere instead of in-person). You just have to keep searching for that one person you truly love and go for it. Believe me, it took me 20 years to find a true friend, and the one I found was by complete accident named Wirderino. But once he and I talked, it clicked and we've been friends since April 7th, 2025 on deviantART at 01:30pm/01:47pm Eastern Daylight Saving Time/Eastern Time. Just keep focusing on your artwork and your love for game development as well. The worst thing you can do is cancel and end your journey as an artist. And the best thing you can do is make someone online smile after a harsh day at work or life. This is why night time is my favorite time in the world, because it's relaxing, soothing, and nothing goes on during that time, but I digress.

Take it easy out there nir_tok, and have a good rest of your day/night. =)

As usual, it's very long. Well, it's fun so that's fine.

By the way, you were almost 50!?

Ah, sorry, I seem to have misread that a bit.

Of course my comment is lengthy as heck, but it goes to show that there was something up that I didn't quite get until now, and so I wanted to mention in here the things you've said in your description, hence why I made this long comment.

Also, you were close when you said 50, but I'm actual 30 years old, born in 1995.

And no worries, people tend to misread my comment much, but that's because the text is so close to one another, and small, it's easy to miss the details sooo, yeah.