I am very grateful to everybody who's been here and supported me for as long as y'all have. I appreciate everything y'all have done for me, kept me going, and given me a reason to continue doing my best to improve my art as best as I possibly can. Art is a life learning process and I am happy having that life learning process with you all, as Furaffinity was where I began my "furry career" so to speak. It started here! (if you don't count instagram but that was right after high school ended and it was cringe as hecc *ahem* ANYWAY!!)

I know I am not perfect, not by a long shot, and that goal of being perfect is unachievable because nobody is perfect, but I want to do my best to get to the point where I can feel confident in my art fully. I want to feel happy drawing 100%, and sure there are times where I feel like s**t when I draw, but just being in the process of drawing makes me feel like I am doing something accomplishing and that is something I genuinely need in my life. I have met so many friends and good people in this community and some horrifically terrible and disgusting people ngl but mostly great people who I am happy that I am very close friends with and love very much as they love me back. Lance, Ace, Garchomp, Kairo, Corman, Era, LeShorin, Froggy, Ben, and many more, y'all know who you are if you're reading this. Thank you so much for everything, you've helped me grow up and mature quite a lot being here. I know I have my issues, especially mental issues that I often deal with, but you guys helped me keep them in check better, along with the professional help I get, and I sincerely thank you guys for helping me get through dark times.

There are a lot of dark times I have unfortunately, especially these past four weeks with school starting up and getting used to that new environment at a school campus again. I am a very socially anxious person which some may not think so if they've heard me talking VC chats on Discord, but IRL, I am the most awkward and socially jaded person you may encounter. I try my best to get through the problems I deal with every day, and some days are better than others, but the fact that I have everybody in my circle of friends and my "art career" here and on other platforms, that's something to keep me going. I apologize if I come off across as depressing or irritating to interact with at times. It's nobody's fault other than my own, I can sometimes be in a deeply negative mindset and it could be daunting, again, I am not perfect in the slightest.

.....I wrote a lot more than I expected to. I'm probably going to read through this once I upload this journal entry and cringe at what I wrote or realize I wrote something wrong or rambled, but out of feeling genuine with what I say, this is what I wanted to say. To TLDR it, the message basically is saying "thank you for supporting me" but I wanted to write out what I was wanting to say as best as I can......which I am not all that great at but I tried my best. x3

Thank you for supporting me.