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Hey everyone,
I hope you had a beautiful Christmas time, surrounded by everything and everyone that brings you warmth, joy, and comfort. I hope you’re able to rest, breathe, and gather new energy for the days leading into the New Year. I truly can’t believe how quickly this year has passed!
So much has happened that it sometimes feels impossible to hold it all at once. Some months were so full and intense that they blur together, but in a good way. I spent much of this year reconnecting with friends and family, sharing time, conversations, and moments, and stepping outside my usual routines to find new inspiration. At the same time, I was doing a lot of inner work, and often struggled to reconnect with myself and with my art.
Between health challenges, doubts about my confidence as an artist, and the mix of positive and difficult experiences piling up, there were moments when I felt I’d lost the ability to fully express myself or to sink deeply into creating. And yet, this year was also full of meaningful milestones. The release of MYRE 2 in Germany with Splitter, the conventions and fairs that followed, and my close collaboration with Ravensburger were all deeply exciting experiences. Friendships ended, old connections resurfaced, and new ones began. There were losses and gains, doubt and hope, sadness and joy, all woven together. It felt like endings and beginnings happening at the same time, and I’m grateful to have lived through all of it.
Despite the whirlwind away from my desk and the technical breakdowns of my hardware that left me tired and unable to create for stretches of time, I spent a lot of energy reflecting on what creativity means to me now.
The rise of AI, and seeing artists quietly use it or openly lie about it, was honestly crushing. It affected me more deeply than I expected, and sparked a strange new kind of imposter syndrome, where even my own work began to feel unreal, despite being an old-school painter at heart. Posting my art again, both here and on social media, slowly gave me back confidence. Reconnecting with artists who had gone quiet this year helped spark something new between us, a shared creative pulse.
Despite the slowness and the burnout, my desire to return to myself as an artist has been reignited this past month. I can’t properly express how thankful I am for your patience, your kindness, and your support. Without you, I wouldn’t be the same person, and my art certainly wouldn’t be the same either. This journey feels right and I’m deeply grateful that you’re still walking alongside me.
For this occasion, I wanted to return to the atmosphere of MYRE and create a peaceful moment between the two best of friends, Varug and Myre. I chose to reimagine a colour concept I once used for a single panel in MYRE Vol. 2. It was something I always loved for its subtle tones and gentle contrast, even though it appeared only briefly in their long journey.
This shared, quiet moment felt important to me. It’s also the first image of the year where I didn’t struggle to find the idea at all. It had always been there...simple, calm, and waiting.
What will the new year bring?
It’s already moving, already rising over the horizon.
Thank you, and happy new year.
The full work resolution file is on my Patreon -> https://www.patreon.com/c/AlectorFe.....er?vanity=user
I hope you had a beautiful Christmas time, surrounded by everything and everyone that brings you warmth, joy, and comfort. I hope you’re able to rest, breathe, and gather new energy for the days leading into the New Year. I truly can’t believe how quickly this year has passed!
So much has happened that it sometimes feels impossible to hold it all at once. Some months were so full and intense that they blur together, but in a good way. I spent much of this year reconnecting with friends and family, sharing time, conversations, and moments, and stepping outside my usual routines to find new inspiration. At the same time, I was doing a lot of inner work, and often struggled to reconnect with myself and with my art.
Between health challenges, doubts about my confidence as an artist, and the mix of positive and difficult experiences piling up, there were moments when I felt I’d lost the ability to fully express myself or to sink deeply into creating. And yet, this year was also full of meaningful milestones. The release of MYRE 2 in Germany with Splitter, the conventions and fairs that followed, and my close collaboration with Ravensburger were all deeply exciting experiences. Friendships ended, old connections resurfaced, and new ones began. There were losses and gains, doubt and hope, sadness and joy, all woven together. It felt like endings and beginnings happening at the same time, and I’m grateful to have lived through all of it.
Despite the whirlwind away from my desk and the technical breakdowns of my hardware that left me tired and unable to create for stretches of time, I spent a lot of energy reflecting on what creativity means to me now.
The rise of AI, and seeing artists quietly use it or openly lie about it, was honestly crushing. It affected me more deeply than I expected, and sparked a strange new kind of imposter syndrome, where even my own work began to feel unreal, despite being an old-school painter at heart. Posting my art again, both here and on social media, slowly gave me back confidence. Reconnecting with artists who had gone quiet this year helped spark something new between us, a shared creative pulse.
Despite the slowness and the burnout, my desire to return to myself as an artist has been reignited this past month. I can’t properly express how thankful I am for your patience, your kindness, and your support. Without you, I wouldn’t be the same person, and my art certainly wouldn’t be the same either. This journey feels right and I’m deeply grateful that you’re still walking alongside me.
For this occasion, I wanted to return to the atmosphere of MYRE and create a peaceful moment between the two best of friends, Varug and Myre. I chose to reimagine a colour concept I once used for a single panel in MYRE Vol. 2. It was something I always loved for its subtle tones and gentle contrast, even though it appeared only briefly in their long journey.
This shared, quiet moment felt important to me. It’s also the first image of the year where I didn’t struggle to find the idea at all. It had always been there...simple, calm, and waiting.
What will the new year bring?
It’s already moving, already rising over the horizon.
Thank you, and happy new year.
The full work resolution file is on my Patreon -> https://www.patreon.com/c/AlectorFe.....er?vanity=user
Buy MYRE Here: 30% off!
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On my homepage, you can also read the first 10 pages of MYRE Vol. 2!
https://www.patreon.com/c/AlectorFencer
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Yeah nothing is as consistant as change...
nothing will ever stay the same, always shifting, always moving and changing... adapting, evolving...
not always in the right direction, but sometimes we can only notice that, when we have already travelled that path for a while... then we need to decide: Go forward, embrace the new direction with all that comes with it, or turn around, go back an reavaluate...
I am happy to hear, that you found your way back to your true self.
As a big fan of your art, I would have been devastated, if you would have stopped doing art.
Never let AI take you down. AI will never replace a good artist, as AI can not truly 'create' anything, it can only reshuffle what is already there... Only a real artist, such as yourself will be able to truly create... and therefore I will always be grateful.
I wish you and your loved ones, and in fact everyone else, a happy new year, "Einen guten Rutsch" as we use to say :)
May the next year be great, full of opportunities and happiness.
nothing will ever stay the same, always shifting, always moving and changing... adapting, evolving...
not always in the right direction, but sometimes we can only notice that, when we have already travelled that path for a while... then we need to decide: Go forward, embrace the new direction with all that comes with it, or turn around, go back an reavaluate...
I am happy to hear, that you found your way back to your true self.
As a big fan of your art, I would have been devastated, if you would have stopped doing art.
Never let AI take you down. AI will never replace a good artist, as AI can not truly 'create' anything, it can only reshuffle what is already there... Only a real artist, such as yourself will be able to truly create... and therefore I will always be grateful.
I wish you and your loved ones, and in fact everyone else, a happy new year, "Einen guten Rutsch" as we use to say :)
May the next year be great, full of opportunities and happiness.
You create the primary content, images, and stories that will be Loved and Remembered. You're not just an artist, you're a Creator (or a Founder, as I call it). No one can take that away from you.
I create stories myself, and I know all these feelings.
Don't worry about trendy things like this "AI." It's nothing compared to what you and people like you create. Only what resonates in people's hearts and minds matters. Things that make people happier. And that's exactly what you do. Things that are Loved and Remembered.
I create stories myself, and I know all these feelings.
Don't worry about trendy things like this "AI." It's nothing compared to what you and people like you create. Only what resonates in people's hearts and minds matters. Things that make people happier. And that's exactly what you do. Things that are Loved and Remembered.
With coming Happy new year!
Hopefully the next year will be as productive than this one, more kind to you and your closest ones, more luck and love to be involved in your soul and life
Spread the beauty with your arts and comics and receive more adoration in next year
Hopefully the next year will be as productive than this one, more kind to you and your closest ones, more luck and love to be involved in your soul and life
Spread the beauty with your arts and comics and receive more adoration in next year
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