"Cattle Die, Kinsmen Die
You, yourself, must also die,
But I know what never dies,
The Good name of a man who's earned it"
Havamal 76

Neil Gaiman recently wrote an article on his blog about something that will likely cause many of us here to squick, but also something each and everyone of us needs to do. We're all going to die, it's the Fate of the Norns and the only real truth in life, and when we die we leave behind stuff. Now I could care less who got my TV, Playstation 3 or car when I die - I won't need them in Valhall - but what we leave behind defines us.

We're all creative types here, we either create or consume creative works, and when we die we can't guarantee the executer of our estate will use them as we wished in life. Currently, as far as I know, my parents will execute my estate should I die suddenly. While I'm than willing to let them dispose my physical property, my intellectual properties are likely to be overlooked as a hobby with little to no value. In some other people's cases' their parents might be so horrified by little Johnny's or Sue's drawings of naked fox women/men/herms that they'll do something that would have made their child very unhappy would it happen in life.

You won't live forever, it's not even a bet worth taking because you will lose eventually, and just because you're young and in good health doesn't mean you won't die in a car wreck, have an undiagnosed medical condition or something equally nasty. Please, if you take your art seriously look into writing a will for the finial disposition of your intellectual properties.