Closing Thoughts

The experiment is over.

You may have noticed a lack of updates, and that the total number of blogs is not 365. I failed to do a design every day this year, which is what I set out to do. This year has not been kind to me. I finished University and got a graphic design job not long after, which made the middle of the year a good time. My designs took a bit of a back seat while I was working and took a dip in quality as a result. I just didn't have the time to spend on them. Then, I lost my job, and shortly after ended up in hospital in a potentially life threatening state. It was a dark time, and when I got out I was scared. I lost all passion and didn't want to do anything. So I stopped, It was only a few days before the end of the year that I decided I wanted to make up for lost time, but by then it was too late. I did what I could but was not able to finish.

It isn't all negative though. I have produced some of my best pieces this year and learnt so much about creativity and software skills. Even if I am still not confident about my skills, I have had enough successes this year to feel good. Amoung the successes was the launch of my first T-Shirt for Whiskey Media, which sold 250 prints in the first couple of days. Working at Kineo was amazing. Having some of my designs featured around the internet was fun and talking to people who liked my designs has been interesting.

If you are reading this thank you for sticking with me through the year and checking out this blog. It has been an emotional year, with failures and successes.

Again, thank you.

Alister Buss
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Day #332

A Photoshop of Jeff Gertsmann from Giant Bomb, in a Banana Suit, in the game Saints Row The Third. Don't ask.
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Day #331

Quest Log Dragons from Skyrim.
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Day #330

Day #330 - Another card for Beefy Media.
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Day #329

An unused Christmas card design for Beefy Media to be sent to their clients.
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Day #328

The letter Z.
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Day #327

The letter Y.
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Day #326

The letter X.
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Day #325

The letter W.
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Day #324

The letter V.
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Day #323

The letter U.
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Day #322

The letter T.
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Day #321

The letter S.
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Day #320

The letter R.
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Day #319

The letter Q.
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Day #318

The letter P.
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Day #317

The letter O.
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Day #316

The letter N.
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Day #315

The letter M.
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Day #314

The letter L.
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Day #313

The letter K.
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Day #312

The letter J.
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Day #311

The letter I.
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Day #310

The letter H.
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Day #309

The letter G.
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Day #308

The letter F.
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Day #307

The letter E.
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Day #306

The letter D.
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Day #305

The letter C.
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Day #304

The letter B.
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Day #303

The letter A.
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Day #302


A bloody eyeball. Juicy.
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Day #301


A poster I made for someone's movie marathon.
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Day #300


One of my favourite quotes from David Carson. He is a big believer in a persons tools not defining the quality of their work.
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Day #299


Cain, my favourite character from The Binding of Isaac. That eyepatch is stylish.
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Day #298


I'm ill. I have the flu. I can't think, barely concious. This is the best you're getting out of me.
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Day #297


I bought my brother a present, but all they gave me was a code on a receipt so I decided to design my own.
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Day #296


A little round Pikachu plushie. Though I prefer the Mario one.
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Day #295


A cute little mario ball. Awww.
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Day #294


An abstract, bulbous clump.
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Day #293


A cute lil' bomb.
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Day #292


Made a lot of changes and updates to my website today. Check it out: http://www.alisterbuss.co.uk
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Day #291


A photoshop of Ryan from Giant Bomb. His head is over Samuel L Jackson's.
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Day #290


A photoshop of Vinny from Giant Bomb as an old boxer.
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Day #289


I can't explain it.
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Day #288


A propaganda poster for the Blood Ravens chapter of space marines in Warhammer 40K.
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Day #287


A Halloween themed cup cake. Red/pink icing for blood, brown icing for earth and chocolate fingers covered in grey icing for the tomb stone.
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Day #286


A small notepad with an awesome face drawing in it.
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