NextGeneration Year in Review 2014

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Another year gone. Time for me to look back on it in terms of art!


It took me over a month to upload my first work of 2014, but it finally happened in the form of this Lauren Lockhart™ sketch, one of several I did this year. Because she's amazing. :heart:


Followed up several days later by this KT Cannon™ sketch! A lot of sketches this year, as my college work ramped up significantly the closer I got to graduation.


KT became an activist for the first time ever (but certainly not the last) with this work, created for the END IT movement against modern slavery (official website: ENDITmovement.com ).


Lauren and KT share a nice cuddle to celebrate his 22nd birthday (and mine). Also, Marlins shorts.


For VanillaSurfboard's birthday I tried out a new style of vectorizing a sketch in Adobe Illustrator. It worked quite well.


Debut of ZZ Kelly™, a "second-tier" character for KTC. Originally debuted May 21, and colored about two months later.


This was part of my first-ever art trade with the great Dj-Reverberance, whose eponymous character I totally love.


I drew an alternate, strapless outfit for Kaminari Yamagata™ that might be used during the times she hangs out with her closet friends Lauren and KT.


Another birthday drawing, this time for my lovely friend—more like a deviant sister :heart:xX-JadeDiamond-Xx and her incredible main character of the same name.

Saxy Sonic Girls! (BTS) by Loor101
I technically did not post this work, but I helped create Loor101's Saxy Sonic Girls! video, which turned out spectacularly! She's awesome and so talented and I can't wait to work with her again on stuff! :)

Matt Johnson - Just Waiting by nxgnetwork
One of my best works this year, though it's also a collaboration, this time with x-LittleKitsune-x…and it features my relatively new anthro character Matt Johnson™! She did the lineart and I colored it. I absolutely love how this turned out!! :D

Traeci Lee by nxgnetwork
And this, I think, is my favorite work of mine this year, for good reason: it's MMJ's female lead, the lovely Traeci Lee™. I actually dumped an early version of this and redrew her to be prettier and more friendly. I spent quite a lot of time on this girl, and even made a last-minute addition recently when I added a music note collar, though it might be an optional accessory since at least three of my other characters—MJ, KT, and Lauren—all have a neck accessory of some kind, too. I'll have to figure it out later. But I love Traeci, though. I really, sincerely do. And that gorgeous fox-wolf knows how to be fashionable, too! :huggle: :heart:


This is definitely my favorite Lauren work ever, third-favorite of the year behind the two MMJ ones, and something that I've still yet to color like I told at least two people I would! :XD: I love Lauren, too :heart: She's a wild girl with a ton of attitude, a passion for music, and really good looks. I could huggle her, too. :huggle: :heart:


Another Lauren sketch, except this time she's practically ready for bed.


This was an entry for a contest Dj-Reverberance did and a follow-up to a previous entry in a previous contest I did for her. It was also the only entry that was in anime style. She really loved it, which made me happy—that's all I wanted when I entered that contest, anyway :D And she also loved Kam's design, too, so I'll definitely keep that now!


My other awesome deviant sister MinoxMoonbeam (Maxi) celebrated her birthday earlier this month, and I thought it necessary to draw something for her. I ended up drawing Maxi herself in clothing related to her two loves, Mario and Minox! :D

Matt Johnson : Profile + 10 FactsFULL NAME: Matthew Xenon Johnson
DATE: March 14, 1992 (trivia: this is one week after my personal birthdate, which is also that of KT Cannon)
SPECIES: Wolf
FUR COLOR: Tan and chocolate, with hints of white—especially the tuft of fur on his chest, which his shirts/jackets are sometimes opened, in whole or in part, to reveal.
EYE COLOR: Deep blue, resulting in part from the presence of xenon in the eye. When Matt is surrounded by rather high levels of electricity or when he is emotionally charged (no pun intended), his eyes glow a bright blue.
HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 151 lbs
BIRTHPLACE: Pompano Beach, Florida (trivia: this is the same city to where real-life local radio station WMXJ is licensed)
FAMILY: Ángel Johnson (father), Serena Johnson (mother), Christian Johnson (brother), Lara Johnson (sister-in-law), Michael Johnson (nephew), Miller Johnson (nephew), Kara Frees (aunt), Paul Frees (uncle), Joey Frees (cousin)
PERSONALITY: Very gallant and debonair, selfless, enigmatic, im

I moved Matt Johnson's profile and 10 Facts into a single textual work. I wasn't sure if I should make this part of my year in review, but I'm trying to work on MMJ when I'm not working on KTC. I really do believe it might be something interesting :)


A quick 10-minute Christmas Eve sketch featuring the Trigger!

Classic Michelle Faine: At Least One More Time by nxgnetwork
And finally, something I created almost three years ago but never uploaded until now, a drawing of ShelliStar's character Michelle Faine in her gorgeous pre-2012 look. I told her about it, she persuaded me to upload it, and here it is. Click on Shelley to read the full story!



Last but not least, a shoutout to other amazing people not previously mentioned above, you all rock :D
Karckade, you are awesome, your characters are fascinating, and your art is spectacular, I can't wait to see more :heart:
PhantomTheFox, it was definitely nice to meet you and hang out in person, a first for the both of us! :D
Genisay, thanks for taking up my commissions, you're doing great so far and there's more to come! :XD:
DanSyron, I know I haven't talked to you as much as some of my other friends here, but I'm definitely expecting big things from you and Syron!
XyAckhart, THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping me with KTC! More on that to come, too!
BetaBrothers, even though you're not on DA as much anymore, I love the roleplays on Skype between your characters and mine. I don't know about you, but it's certainly given me a lot of ideas for my own works. :)

And let me see, uh…there's also Xalisha-light-azureX, RB9, jay070490, Hyper-Studios, Spunkbug, CrazedVulture IchiroZuri, PBJArts…grr, wish I could remember all your names. :D :heart:

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Oh, one more thing! I started a KTC group that you should join. Keep me company, and potentially help out with quite possibly one of the most ambitious things you've ever been a part of. :D AND I finally launched KTCannon.com this year, too! There are also updates on KT's Facebook page too, for those of you who are into that. Give the Trigger some likes!!

Speaking of KTC, I know there haven't been too many announcements on that series lately…:iconyetplz:
2015 is going to be a real banner year for him. I promise!! :XD: (and if THAT has to be the slogan for this year, so be it)

See you guys next year! :heart:

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No problem bud. It was nice to meet you Too. Now it's a new year as we throw away the 2014 negativity and move forward. Hopefully ill be back to see you again for the next vacation.