Wow...

I just noticed that I'm at 6000 page views!

May not be a mile stone for most artists but the fact people have visited my page and wanted to get to know more about me and my art is flattering in it's own right so thank you all :D -hugs

At the moment I'm working on my very first commissions so I'm excited about that and nervous as well.

I am also thankful to a few people for their love, respect, inspiration, and the fact they are in my life :)

I would love to personally thank every one of you and I do but let me give kudos to a few that have definitly been a blessing to me.

 Xizana - Allie has been one of the biggest inspirations to me and also one of my first friends on FA. Watching her work with Through The Wonderglass was a turning point for me artistically more than I think even she realizes. Watching her create, struggle, laugh, cry, while making funny situations, serious pieces and just watching her style evolve made me push myself and try new things. She is the sole reason I have music in my gallery. I wanted to help inspire HER with TTWG and it pushed me to work with Garage Band instead of procrastinating further with it and helped me discover that I LOVE making fantasy music so -kiss thank you hon :) (just a side note, and she already has seen this but I have another music piece coming soon that I'm singing dedicated to her hehe)

 Artelyn - Another beautiful woman that continues to inspire me and also became a dear friend when I needed one the most. Her style is actually what first started me on the path to me current tribal/sumi-e inspired pieces that you see in my current gallery submissions. When I made the song "Dance of the Engs", the graphic for the thumbnail I recreated from a sketch she had and it is what gave me a EUREKA! moment and I started experimenting. Aside from that, her "devil may care" attitude and tongue in cheek humor on FB has given me many smiles, but not as much as when she has surprised me with a pic that honestly I love because you can feel the caring she has. -kiss Thank you for being a beautiful friend inside and out

 wolfdragonproductions -  pokat302 -  nightwolf943 - There isn't enough words in the world to express how much I love them. Even before my time here on FA, they have been an important and much needed part in my life and inspiration. We have been though some rough times, and we have been through some amazingly beautiful times and still do this day, they have my undying love and loyalty. I have done pictures, Second Life Sculptures and Home, and many other things for them and will continue doing so because they deserve nothing less them my best in all endeavors they ask of me. When they started WolfDragon Productions, I wanted to badly to help but could not think of anything to do, then when I came into my current art style, I finally had something to help with their business and honestly, it's not about making money for me. The greatest gift I can give anyone I love is to make them smile. How many times I've done an art piece and I can hear them smiling and for me, that will always be better than any payment. Because of who they are, it is why I'm willing to promote their business and do every thing I can to see them succeed. -kisses you both. You will never know how much you mean to me but I will enjoy trying to show you :)

 firefly8083 -  Zombied -  Vixietrix - The three ladies I call my Awesome Triple Threat. All three of you have been artistic inspirations for me as well as good friends and people I've come to care fore a great deal.  firefly8083 - You are also one of my first friends I made on FA and I love your art style. Watching you stream has helped me with learning more about coloring and also how damned good you are with a stylus. I also love the attitude that your work has and how sexy it is. You are also someone who helped me durring a very dark time in my life and I still don't think I have thanked you for that.  Zombied - You are to many shades of dark awesomeness :D You helped me get comfortable with the more dark and risky aspect of art with your sexy yet jarring work at times and you just make it look so damned easy. Also watching and reading your journals and watching you grow as and artist yourself inspired me very much. Oh and in closing "DEATH TOAST!" hehehe.  Vixietrix Watching your style has given me many ideas on coloring and I just LOOOOOOOVE the fantasy feel your work has. Your characters and style are like something out of a dream to me and it always makes me smile (and get a little hot under the collar) because how how beautiful and sexy your work can be. I got to tell you, your re-imagined look for Xizzy was nothing short of genius! I hope that we get to know each other more as time goes on but I already count you as a important friend and beautiful inside and out :)

 silverpetdragon Oh ho ho *wrings hands* the things I should say LOL kidding. All joking aside, Silver you have been one of my longest known and cared for friends in the fandom all the way back in the days (very first day in fact) when I started Second Life. Our meeting must have been kismet because I met you on one of your worse days and it turned out to be one of my best because I made a new friend by just saying hi. I never cared that people may have not liked your views on things or found you abrasive. I had a few people warn me away from you but I don't go with the crowd and I'm glad I listened to my heart and head instead. We have had some awesome laughs and been through some rough times and in every step have tried to support each other (you more so than me because I'm just that hard headed) There are many things that your interested in that at times, make me feel a little odd, but I don't care because they make you smile and you have never forced them down my throat. I accept you for who you are and would not have you any other way and still love you to death because you accept me for who I am. You have also given me some great opportunities to be creative and have fun and I cant thank you enough. Also between you and  nightwolf943 another piece of kismet occurred. BOTH of you desided to call me SexyChickennugget for different reasons but almost EXACTLY at the same moment that month. So you two are the reason this nick has stuck lol and is as much a part of me as anything else lol -kisses you both

Lastly but more importantly is  adaraorane my lovely wife of 11 years
Many if not most of you have never met her but what many of you don't know is that she is the reason I'm even around at the moment or even know any of you. Almost over 12 years ago on IRC we spoke and she was the first to critique my first audio narrative and she loved it. That was my Dream.mp3 that is in my gallery. Adara has been by me through some good times, bad times, and horrible times, and yet we are still together and I find myself loving her more and more as the years go by. She saved me 12 years ago from making a horrible choice and because of that I can never thank her enough. She gives me a reason to wake up and live and she makes me smile even WHEN she pisses me off LOL but that is married life and I would not have it any other way. I love you to death -kiss


There are many more I would love to thank but realize that would make this a longer journal than it is LOL so know that if I consider you a friend, it's because you are a special part of my life that without, would make the oil painting of my life a blank grey canvas. You have all left important brush strokes on my heart and I love you all for being the most important part in my life painting.


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