[April/May 2026] Creative Activity Review! YouTube Launch & Book Blog Start

This article summarizes my creative activities in April and my goals for May (YouTube, reading blog, travel).

First, I revised my goals for 2026 in April.

“"Are you going to change it again?"”You might think so,I believe that gradually adjusting my course to one that suits me now is an important habit for me.

Here are our new goals for 2026.

[April/May 2026] Creative Activity Review! YouTube Launch & Book Blog Start

Even if results don't come immediately, taking the time to pause, reflect, and meditate to calm your mind is what allows you to see the next step.

This time, I looked back on what we accomplished in April and how we plan to move forward in May.

If you don't mind, please bear with me for a little while.

Here are my goals for April!

[April/May 2026] Creative Activity Review! YouTube Launch & Book Blog Start

April Review: What I Accomplished and How I Grew

In April, I spent my time between video production mainly drawing illustrations to use on YouTube.
In reality, I've drawn far more than what's shown here, and this month has seen a gradual increase in "easy-to-use materials."

I created these facial expression illustrations in April for my YouTube preparations.

In April, I mainly drew facial expression illustrations to use on YouTube.I was particularly conscious of "ease of use" and "range of emotions."

angry face

When I started my YouTube channel, I began by working on increasing the variety of my facial expressions.

Since it's not Live2D, I need to express emotions through facial expression changes and the number of illustrations, so I'm focusing on drawing the basic facial expressions.

Sparkling face

I particularly like this expression because it's easy to use.
This piece made me realize that "it's best to start by drawing expressions that are versatile."

Pose of carrying a book

If you're going to call yourself a reading-related YouTuber, then the gesture of holding a book is absolutely essential.
It's easy to use in both videos and blogs, so I'd like to continue adding more "everyday action" related content in the future.

Progress update on animation production! First post on YouTube!

In April, I finally uploaded a video to YouTube.
I added a little animation at the beginning,I'm satisfied with the result, considering what I was able to do at the time.

I've only made a self-introduction video so far,Post on the night of the full moonI've set this small goal, and I plan to nurture it slowly from now on.

Goal for May: Just update!

I've started updating my reading blog! Rewriting and preparing new articles.

I've started a reading blog!

I've started a new reading blog.
You can also access the link from the image, but here is the URL ↓

https://hareame-books.site/

There are no articles yet, but we plan to fully launch the service starting this month.
I have a lot of old reading articles lying around, so I'd like to start by rewriting them, while also adding some new articles.

We've started updating our YouTube channel with landscape-format videos! We're growing our reading-related content.

YouTube will also start uploading horizontal videos from May.
I may not be able to tell interesting stories,A brief reflection or observation on a book I read.I'm thinking it would be good if I could put it all together.
That's why I feel I need to read more books.

I'm taking a trip to Onomichi in the latter half of May! I'll enjoy getting some creative inspiration.

I'm planning a trip to Onomichi in the latter half of May.

I definitely plan to go to "Cat's Alley," and I'm really looking forward to it.

Onomichi has a rich history and often appears as a setting in various works of fiction, so I'd like to read up on various works about it before visiting.

This could be a good time for creative input as well.

Summary: May 2026 is a month to nurture the importance of "persistence".

April was a month of preparation, and May was a month of getting things moving. That's the feeling I got from those two months.

In May, YouTube became more active, and my reading blog was revived. A month to think about "how to manage this blog together with other things".It looks like that's going to happen.

The update frequency may not be very high, “"Perseverance is power."” I want to believe in those words and build upon them to the best of my ability.

If there's anything you're continuing to do or anything you're currently working on, please let me know in the comments!

If you felt "That was good" or "I want to support you",
Receiving encouragement from OFUSE is very motivating.
Your support will be instrumental in creating illustrations and updating my blog.

Thank you for reading to the end.

Thanks to all of you who always read my work, I'm able to continue creating.

I look forward to your continued support.

Pochi

Illustrator

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Illustrator.
This blog is my growth diary as an illustrator.
Opened since June 2023.
Starting YouTube in January 2025.