FIVE Years Ago Today...

Five years.

Five freaking years I've been on this site.

This has been an interesting ride, and I legitimately cannot imagine my life now without it.

Nowadays, I've branched out to other means of pushing my artwork, including Twitter, Tumblr, and a potential future shop on Redbubble, but there's no other word for it; this place has become akin to my home, and no matter where I go or what I do in my life, I know I always have a place to come back to here.

It feels weird trying to look back on what seems like such a long time, and see how far I've come with my life and my work. There are times I've succeeded and times I've failed, things that have started long ago and things that have yet to begin. Constantly, the next new idea is stirring in my head, always waiting to get off the ground and reach this site before anywhere else.

I've seen the progress of my work and many others slowly, but steadily improve on this site, and even though some who I've become proud to call my friends have left DA for greener pastures, I prefer to make sure that, whenever they return, they have someone on their side to look forward to hearing from and seeing more work from. For the people who've stuck around to speak with me here, of course, for all I know, they may end up becoming someone I trust enough to speak with everywhere else!

And as I continue my work, however quickly or however slowly...however consistently or however lazily...however extravagant or however simplistic...No matter what path my art and my craft takes in the future, there's no denying that it's been an incredible ride getting to the present, and I thank each and every one of you reading this, whether you're seeing this username for the first time, or the hundredth, for sticking with me as the path goes on into untold horizons.