Another year comes to a close, so it's time again to take a look back at what I've produced during that time. Here is the statistical breakdown:

• 6 images of Daru
• 2 images of Human Daru
• 1 image of Human Oola
• 1 image of Rena
• 1 image of Ciel
• 2 images of Lana
• 1 image of Human Lana
• 1 image of Max
• 1 animation of Max
• 4 images of newcomer Shina
• 2 images of other characters

2008 turned out to be a year of disappointments for me. Why? I didn't have any catastrophic computer failures (maybe I'd better not speak too soon, 2008 has a few hours left). RadiantCG saw itself climb its way up the Renderosity affiliate ladder from 11th to 5th place. I tackled an animation! I experimented with new layouts and techniques. I completed my "Just" series of images, and created my favorite image of Rena to date! So where's the disappointment? To start with, it's the lack of any "big hits" this year. In 2006 and 2007, I managed to come up with several images that were popular enough to put me on the art charts. This year, there was one occasion back in January. While on some level, simply creating these artworks is gratifying enough, it had been nice to occasionally receive even that small artificial bit of community recognition. Next there is the fact that I produced fewer images in 2008 than 2007 (21 vs 31). I had hoped to create more this year than last, but I just didn't do it. Additionally I had hoped to do more animation this year than the single one of Max at the start. What was it that kept me back? I really couldn't say. I don't know that I was necessarily busier this year than last. I guess other interests just kept me sufficiently away from Poser. Finally, I am disappointed that my V3 girls are starting to show their age. Not only have new outfits for V3 have basically dropped off the radar, the combination stores like RMP cleaning house of "old" products, the closure of PoserPros, and the constant reshuffling of merchants between online stores and dropping old products in the process has made obtaining new great outfits for my V3 girls all but impossible, leaving me to purchase V4 outfits and convert them with Wardrobe Wizard and Cross Dresser to fit the old gals. The results of conversion sometimes work better than others. V4 is the new hotness on the scene, and the quality of the resources to use with her has skyrocketed this year. This makes it all the more obvious every time I drag my V3 girls back out into the rendering spotlight that their polygonal, rigging, and textural deficiencies stand out more and more. The character particularly affected by this is Daru. Her skin textures date to V2, converted to fit V3. There's only so much I can do to pretty her up with shader nodes and image filtering. But that's not to say I'm all doom and gloom! For 2009, I hope to get Daru animated, create a Zabrak image, get back to Deliah Blue, bring back Oola, bring back Ciel more often, bring back Rena more often, find out if Shina really is a Busty Elf in Peril, get Kaiya back into the spotlight, give Kaiya and Shina new friends, use more scenery, and of course keep up the high quality of the images I create. This has turned out somewhat long, and if you've read this whole thing, I thank you. One again, thank you for looking and especially to those of you who take the time to leave comments. They mean a lot to me. Hi-res available as always at RadiantCG.com. Happy New Year everybody! ¤~Giolon~¤