I have a new outlook for the new year, and with the blessings from a very good friend and others who have offered to guide me, I feel that I can now proceed with confidence into a new and strange area of my art that I have been wanting to explore.

It may help open up new insights for me into anatomy where often anatomical mistakes would be hidden under coarse clothing.

Before, I had always felt that my art was not ready for a transition. Be it the immature development of the proportions or the lack of technical skill, I think that I am now equipped with just enough to go forwards.

It's not something I had originally planned for my art to go, neither did I know if it's supposed to be a natural progression of my art. Rest assured, it's only a phase to explore this area, and not to remain permanently in it. If I do get trapped going down this slippery slope, I will need to quickly get out of it.

I have picked up a few extra basic skills recently before I reached this phase. Like sketching numerous quickies and selecting which best portrays my ideas before heading over to make a final version. I've made small basic uses of my tablet to modify my sketches accordingly. Most importantly I have learned to be more patient with my art and to seek out and listen carefully for advice given from my accomplices.

2009 will be a year of change, but Obama stole that line already.