I've missed your art.

You did wonders with my parents picture, and with all the art of my characters.

To date it's the only furry picture my parents like.

I've missed your art also. But I understand.

I can understand. If you're not enjoying it, then there's no real reason to do the artwork. It's kind of sad though, I have to say. It will be missed and I hope that you find that original spark that made you draw again, even if it's in a different way. At least for yourself.

And for the record, I think this picture is both adorable and has a nice background.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1049014/

I just do it for fun. :) To me it's a hobby in a fandom.. I don't take it too seriously.

I'm very sorry to hear that. I'm going to miss your arts greatly.

I'm going to miss your arts girl. I regret not asking you to do a little something for me in my sketchbook at MFM
Though you know the fursuit rule
-no talking-

ilu :C

We understand, its alright. (^_^)

I cannot help but disagree with you. I got a piece from you at Anthrocon, you took it home with you because you could not finish the colors there at the convention. It is still one of my favorite pieces in my collection, because it really *feels* alive. Like I could almost touch the magic.

I cannot, however, disagree with the fact that if you do not find the activity appealing any longer, than it is not really worth doing it. Artwork, in all of it's guises, only becomes great, when you can put a little piece of your own spirit into it.

This is the piece if anyone else wishes to look: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/669943/

"When Blotch isn't doing mindless gay porn and actually paints art that has a soul".

Harsh. Just because it's something that you're not into, doesn't make it "mindless". Maybe they're inspired by sexual imagery and channel it through their art. Don't knock it because you've lost your interest in porn.

As for your own personal art, I say don't give up on it. Everything doesn't need to be so black and white. Maybe you're uninspired now, or even for a few more years but don't let it get away from you. You get what you get out of art whether it's for yourself or for someone else, just do it for the reasons *you* want.

Harsh. Just because it's something that you're not into, doesn't make it "mindless"

I agree... an artist doesn't control their muse, it's very much the other way around. I'm a 25 year old chick who's been in a hetero relationship for nearly 3 years and i'm obsessed with drawing boobs and vaginas. The muse has NOTHING to do with a persons needs, and everything to do with what captivates you the most on a level that makes you want to recreate/render it

Actually (and yes I'm replying to both your posts, I think), I don't have a problem with some of Blotch's porn. Including the gay porn. It's the MINDLESS gay porn that gets me. It's when I look at Blotch's work, and I see the same picture over and over again, the same expressions, the same positions, the same faces and body builds and positions... hurried rushed work to cater to the fandom, art that doesn't have the depth and life and emotion of their usual pieces...

I've seen some fantastic gay porn of Blotch's. Don't get me wrong. I have no issue with porn in and of itself. (Besides the fact that I'm starting to feel like I've seen it all... but that's a different matter entirely.) I've seen some beautiful porn pieces. But it's not often you see it made truly beautiful. Being porn does not discredit a piece... it just makes it that much harder to impress me. Again: I've seen too much to be easily impressed. I can be more easily impressed by a non-porn piece, simply because it's something I haven't seen before. Porn doesn't have that advantage.

Deeply sorry to hear it. I can follow your reasoning, but I don't wholly agree with it. I *DO* agree that if it's not fun, you should do something that you DO find fun.

Best of luck to you, and perhaps one day you'll feel the urge to try again to put what your mind sees down on paper.

What about sculpting, are you still going to try to craft stuff that way?

Of course.

Awesome, at least you'll still be expressing yourself artistically. =D And I hear you've been making a lot of renfare/LARP garb too. It's great to know that you're still being creative and making things come to life, one way or another. You have a beautiful creative soul. =)

I have always loved your art.
and it has touched me many times.

I am saddened to hear you have lost touch with your Muse.

but i understand what you are saying.
this issue si why I can't draw.... I get so frustrated that the lines on the paper don't come even close to what i see in my head. I just can't continue.

so, no practice means no getting better, means no art ability.

*long snug*

I hope you find something to inspire you and your Muse again.
whatever that may be.

I ask that you don't delete your gallery, so that your fans can enjoy the work you have created.

be well, dear.
I would like to see you active again, should the ability arise.

>^..^<

"I dare you to go through my art and point out ONE piece that has an awe-inspiring background."

Why does it have to be a background? You do amazing enough work with the characters themselves, why does it have to be the background that pulls you into the scene?

Nevertheless, take this one as an example, old as it may be:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/590166/
I think the background is really very well done. It's realistic, but subtle and understated so as to bring the focus to the subject of the picture. Sure, this particular one doesn't make my "soul fly", but then, I never cared for boats. You know how often I see something drawn that makes my soul fly? About once every two years. I can think of two particular images. Maaaaybe three. And do you know how MASSIVE my art collection is?

You can't always be expecting god himself to come out of your pencil when you draw. It's the sad truth of life, you will always be your own harshest critic, the one least able to see the beauty in what you create. And even then, you can't make something amazing every time you draw.

Take my gallery as an example. I'm no artist, but I can't hope to touch what you've got. I've been playing the piano for ten years now, and I still hear all the flaws in my playing, it sounds cold and dry to me. I long to be able to sit down at a keyboard and evoke the sounds that, for one, Kyle Landry can pull out of thin air. (example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6v65-_dcZg&feature=channel_page ). And then there's my writing, that just looks worse and more amateur every time I see it. You have to realize how far above the norm you already are. Stop beating yourself up because you're not the best in the world already. You've got a lot of life left to live.

If you feel like giving up drawing, then it's your life. I just think that someday, five or ten years down the road, you're going to sit back, sigh, and think to yourself "I used to be good at that".

Oh, and...
"when Blotch isn't doing mindless gay porn and actually paints art that has a soul"
Ouch. >.>

That's the image that got me started watching here in the first place. I just love it to death! She's just so cute!

holy shit, you LIVE!

I know exactly where you're at (my 'art vacation' lasted almost 2 years) I think many furry artists who've turned to porn to make a buck go through this at some point or another, after getting too mixed into the flurry of doing porn for horrible/wonderful $$

So you need to pay your next internet bill or whatever, it's like you get this almost ... 'forced inspiration' to do porn. you do it because you know you'll make some cash and really NEED to make some cash, and you sort of end up resenting that porn you draw for it. That's just human nature, we will always resent it when we're forced by our needs to do things that don't come from our hearts.

I think you're doing exactly what you need to. Take a good long vacation, eventually, what made YOUR heart soar will come back to you naturally.

Pron is a fun way to make money on the side but ultimately you need to focus on the art that moves YOU, and satisfies you. drawing ONLY 'this will make me cash' art and getting no satisfaction from it is as grueling for the soul as working a 12 hours shift at a McDonald's on a daily :P


I hope to see you arting again someday :) i've always enjoyed your work <3

when Blotch isn't doing mindless gay porn and actually paints art that has a soul

I actually find myself agreeing with this. It is possible to put soul and life and beauty into sexuality, and I think the Blotch team is able to do that sometimes. But there are other times (the majority of the time, actually) when I get the impression that their art is created simply as a product. The lack of emotional and social diversity in their art, to me, is proof of this, and the more an artist focuses on an end result, the less artistic the art becomes.

I think creativity flows best when there isn't a quantity attached to it. For instance, I think Bernal's art had a lot more flare and emotion back when he wasn't pushing himself as hard as he is now in regard "the market." (Nothing against business at all, but I think a balance should be maintained; not all of one or the other, but a healthy mix of the two)

Thank you for expressing in a full post what I very clumsily was trying to say in less than a sentence.

Hehe. You're welcome. I try. :3

Good luck with finding your place in the realm of creativity again. It may take a long time, but if you take this much pride in your abilities, I'm sure things will fall into their proper place eventually.

You're an ARTIST!

You're SUPPOSED TO hate your own art.

If you don't, then you're either a blind n00b (which you aren't) or a self-obsessed jerk that's got delusions of grandeur (sounds like not).

Comparing yourself to other artists isn't fair. The only time you should do that is when you WANT to make yourself feel worthless and depressed. I'd know; I have a heck of a lot more artists to compare myself to. Look at other people's art for inspiration, not comparison.
Try looking thru some of your REALLY old stuff. If you're going to compare, compare against what you were; that usually helps me to feel better. ^-^

I'm sure you know, the only way to get better is to keep at it... then again, if it isn't making you happy, then don't do it. If you need to take a break, then do so... much as I hate to suggest it, sometimes, a hiatus can work wonders, if for nothing else than for releving the stress of feeling like you HAVE TO draw something.


There.
That said, before you go, there is ONE thing that I NEED you to draw.

Draw your own character... just standing there, doing nothing, easy pose, no need to color or anything...
....but try drawing while BLINDFOLDED!
NO PEEKING. No looking is allowed until it's done and scanned and posted. THEN look (and hopefully laugh). >^_-<


Hope you feel better and soon. ^-^

"I'm not inspired or talented enough to fill the void. Oh don't even. I dare you to go through my art and point out ONE piece that has an awe-inspiring background."

Challenge accepted. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1049014/

Don't get me wrong, I understand completely that you're just not interested anymore. But don't think of it as wasted skill or lost time. You brought beautiful art to countless people, and I'm fairly sure that at some point, you were enjoying yourself. We definitely don't think of it as a waste, and neither should you.

You shall be missed. </3

It's good to see that you're still out there.

I love your art and I like the porn but that's not what makes you my favorite artist. I love the way you draw. I have http://www.furaffinity.net/view/956615/ as my desktop right now even though it's summer because every time I see it it makes me feel (incoming cliche) warm and fuzzy. I wake up every day feeling like crap, feeling useless, feeling like a leech. The first thing I do every day is boot up my computer and that picture is first thing I get to see and it makes me feel better.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/705541/ and http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1049014/ are both true works of art and I think your poems are too. I even have that little thing you did on a church card in my screen saver.

I know what it feels like to be dissatisfied with your own art. I don't draw (I couldn't to save my life; my sister got all that talent.) but I do write. I've written for years and no matter how many people have told me "That's great!" I still feel like what I write is crap.

Your art has inspired me and I would love to see more but do what you need and/or want to do. Do what's best for yourself and you will have my support (for what little it's worth.), at least. Just drop by on here once in a while and let us know how you're doing, k?

....but try drawing while BLINDFOLDED!
This was exactly what I was going to suggest. If you feel you can't transfer your vision to paper as you watch yourself draw it, it might be because your sight is interfering with your vision. Put a blank paper in front of you, put on the blindfold, then "see" the scene you want to draw on the paper. Let your hand trace that scene onto the paper without looking at the paper. Visualize it as your hand moves across the page. The first few times you try this, it'll look funny as hell...but you'll be startled at what will start to appear in a very short amount of time.

Ah, understood.

Hopefully you get back into yer groove. Yer art is missed.

I've always liked the art you put out whether it be clean or porn, you always had this very distinct style that I've found very attractive. Really sorry that drawing seems to have lost it's appeal to you, hopefully that will change someday though.

I've always liked the art you put out whether it be clean or porn, you always had this very distinct style that I've found very attractive. Really sorry that drawing seems to have lost it's appeal to you, hopefully that will change someday though.

...I miss you, K'Sharra.

What ever path you take I'm sure those that truly care for you will support you in it. I know this won't mean much from someone you don't know but I feel you're very talented and hope that you would return to drawing again some time in the future and especially for yourself. Whatever you do I wish you the best.

the important thing is that your ok and doing well for yourself though, at least it seems like you are doing well for yourself, you found your middle ground and seem happy.

I'll miss your art, but I understand. If the art just isn't fun for you anymore than it makes little sense to continue in it. Whatever you decide to do, I support your decision. And even if you leave for a long time, your will always be welcome back should you find your spark. :)

A lot of other people posted some really good advice. It's worth chewing on for awhile, at least.

The stuff I added below is just some more stuff to think about., if you want. :)

However, there is an important point in all of this. What you are describing is what every artist goes through. In my mind, I can see see things in photorealistic detail. If one looks at my style, it is decidedly not. If one based inspiration only what is in the artist's mind versus what they could draw, that would hardly be fair to the artist--no matter who the artist is. :)

You can only compare you against yourself. Have you been improving over where you once were? Yes? Then you are on the right track.

There will *always* be someone who can draw better. This is true of all artists out there. Even perceived "top" artists will perceive someone better than themselves. But it doesn't mean you don't have anything to bring to the table. And it doesn't mean you won't be able to be that "top" person some day.

You need to challenge yourself. Don't pick something overly hard like trying to compete with the artists you list above, but rather, look at a piece and see all the different things they are doing well in their art you could do better. Is it lighting? Perspective? Coloring? Take one element you think you could improve and just work on that for awhile. Don't expect immediate success, as you may struggle with it for awhile until it "clicks"...but when it does click, it will help your artwork. Then pick a new challenge. Draw something new and different.

Sometimes asking the artists that inspire you the most how they do their stuff can be very enlightening. :)

One trick is to keep yourself drawing. The more you draw, the easier it is for your mind to figure out how to move your hand. Keep a "junk sketchbook". Just promise to draw doodles in it. They don't have to be awesome and you don't have to share the sketches, it's just important that you keep drawing, and drawing only stuff for yourself.

Try to remember what made you want to draw in the first place. Was it a certain artist? A book, music? Was it a certain animated movie or show? It might be worth revisiting to capture some of that inspiration.

Lastly, we are a community. Don't be afraid to reach out and ask for help. When you post a sketch, ask for critiques on specific parts of the drawing. We can help you improve faster than you ever could on your own. :)

Again, though, if you're not ready to draw and don't want to draw, don't force it. Whatever you do, I wish you the best of luck! :)

I've learned and mastered a lot of skills over the years, so I certainly know what you're feeling. The bad news is that a lot of people end up failing when faced with a situation like you describe.

The key to success is to turn your frustration into motivation. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and by pushing yourself to improve those aspects of your craft you find most disappointing you can break through and achieve new levels of greatness.

The real secret is that everyone feels like a clumsy oaf when they're practicing their art, because they've always got their sights set two steps beyond where they are. Pick any artist you idolize as having "achieved greatness", and they'll tell you how frustrated they are that they aren't just a little bit better. (some won't phrase it that way, but it's basically the same idea)

I just bought a guitar two days ago, and let me tell you: if you want something that will *really* make you feel like your fingers won't do what you tell them to do, this is it. But I won't let that stop me, because if I did I'd never get anywhere and that's just not the kind of person I am.

Well I miss you. ::hugs::

"If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans."
-- Desiderata

K'sharra, hon, I appreciate that you're feeling down about your art. You know perfectly well you're not the best out there and probably never will be. You also know perfectly well that you're still damned good. Is it the sex, are you feeling like you're abusing yourself or something? 'Cause if drawing non-erotica isn't working as well as you'd like, it's probably just that you're not used to it. Drawing bodies and drawing them under clothes... you know. But just don't try to tell me that you really don't believe you're good enough. How many times have we told you that you are. Skill? You've created tutorials, you've taught! Inspiration? Again, maybe you're leaning too much on sex. Is something scaring you, sweetheart? 'Cause it feels to me like there's more to this than what you've made obvious.

If you catch me on IM, I'd be honoured -- I promise, that's the word for how I'd feel -- if you could trust me enough to chat with me about it. I'm feeling annoyed that you'd give up like this and also worried, partly because you're giving up and partly because you've been away for so long.

Oh, and I caught the part about not feeling sexually frustrated. I don't know the details, but... ker-HUGZ YAY FOR YOU!

Haha well thank you :)

No, it's not feeling abused or used, it's literally what I said it is: it's a feeling of inadequacy in the ability to arrange and plan and execute art that evokes the emotions I want to convey. Or if nothing else, makes ME FEEL LIKE I've adequately expressed myself. I don't care if everyone else in the world doesn't understand my art. I want to feel like I've expressed what I want to express.

I suppose it could be compared to a person with a speech impediment trying to recite poetry. They know what they want to say, and it's beautiful, but their words simply don't come out the way they hear them in their head. I feel the same way. I want to create art that comes from the heart, and putting pen to paper is falling way short. (Or markers. Or pencil. Or watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, etc.)

All the years of work, and I'm years behind. I don't have the money it takes for the training I feel I need to get even close to where I want to be. I can't take time off work to go to art school and really learn how to correct my obvious and glaring failings. I CANNOT DO BACKGROUNDS. My best backgrounds are amateur attempts at best. I CANNOT DO REALISTIC SHADING. I have a basic grasp, enough to give a third dimension to my art, but not enough to make them believable and enough flaws to make it not quite right. The subtle kind of flaws that only a trained hand knows how to correct but even the untrained eye can see.

There are a lot of things that will take years of research, practice, training, study, effort, and failure failure failure before I can even begin to succeed at it. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S WORTH IT. And until I'm convinced that it is, until I know that this is what I want... I'm not willing to sacrifice that much of my life and dedication to something I don't even know if I WANT to follow. I've made that mistake before. It's a very large part of why I'm in thousands of dollars in debt with no career to show for it.

I have a life, a paycheck, and a million things to keep me busy. It's going to take one big-ass epiphany to make me drop all that to spend my hours failing over and over again just to draw one picture right.

I see what you mean. All you're doing is frustrating yourself over and over because you need more training than you can afford to reach the next step in your development. And given that you don't have a life because of your art, it's not worth it.

Well, I'm sorry to see a damned good artist and eroticist go. But your happiness is what matters most. And I know you've been unhappy for much too long. ker-HUGZ! If you have to set your art down to be happy, then please do what you have to. Speaking for myself, I'll miss your art, but I'll get by.

So where do you think you'll go from here? And are you still a Furry fan?

I know its a while ago. And I don't know if you are going to read this.

But I guess your striving for the next technical level is what keeps you from expressing what your heart wants to say.
I get the impression, that instead of simply saying what to say you feel obliged to say it very skillfull, witful, poetic. Usually you even succeed in doing so. But the message is lost.

There is an illustrator out there, that simply awes me with his technical perfection. Luis Royo. But I don't consider most of his works to be "Art". They are illustrations, while he is an illustrator. Thats nothing better or worse. But its different. There are few works by him which emanate an artistic impact in my opinion. Of his published sketches many more do so, despite showing the very same picture, several or oven dozens of hours before. The verve of artful life and inspiration is not buried under a load of illustrative perfection.

On the other hand I have seen stunning Art that was done with few strokes of a rollerpen. Because the message was just brought to paper. Without any fidgeting around, without any hesitance, without any care for technical perfection.

If I could draw and paint as I'd like to I'd be an illustrator. Not an artist. That is because the art in my head and heart is not of a depicting kind. Id draw a lot of things. But all of them would be an illustration, an addition to a story, an idea, a thought. My drawings would not and could not stand alone as art. Never, no matter of the technical quality. That is because I am not a visual, but a verbal person.

With you it pretty much seems, that you ARE a visual person. You describe the urge to express the messages with pictures. Just do so. Make a test and strip down to the easiest, most restrictive tool you can think of. (Ballpen is a great Idea, I think.) Take a small paper. Set a timer to a few minutes. Think of what to say. And just say it. Probably the timer will leave you with an unfinished picture. Thats Ok. Do it again, express another thought. Then again. When you are getting used to it, reduce the time or choose a more complex message. In that way you'll learn to stick to the true relevancies. Stick to your message. Say what you want to say. Make true, inspiring art.

You go girl. Go where your muse takes you.

So, is your art going to stay here on Furaffinity?

Yeah! Just because I'm not drawing doesn't mean I'm going to remove all my stuff and go away forever.

That's a relief!

Coming into the thread late, but I wanted to give you the following bit of feedback. Do you know what I like best about your porn? It's the facial expressions. However well you may do the butts, boobs, cocks, spooge, and so forth, it's the facial expressions that win your art over for me. And close behind that is the postures and body language of the characters. When it comes to pictures of a couple getting it on, there may be others who are better at drawing genitalia and penetration, but I think you're one of the best at capturing the moment in their faces.

Having said that, it's got to be your muse, your decision if and when to draw more. Draw what you feel moved and inspired to draw. I have a lot of your non-porn in my favs list too, so it's not like I'll stop watching you if you don't draw any more porn.

any artwork that you come up with being scalpture poems stories or pictures I will be here to watch you because I like to see artists expand their talants *snuggles Its good to know your ok ^__^

I genuinely considered you one of the most rapidly improving artists here. I had commented as such to people while you were still posting, in fact. I really hope you can find the energy to start again, because I'd love to see what you'd draw tomorrow as much as I'd love to see how amazing I expect you'd get in a few years.

Thank you for not rage-deleting your gallery or feigning an anti-porn morally grounded quitting of "teh scene" at least.

Haha, no, I'm not a drama whore. I know people still like my art, so I'm leaving it up.

I DID take down my personal website, but I set up a redirector, because my site was old and wasn't up-to-date and was a pain to maintain.

Nevertheless you should be thankful for yourself how good past you made in your memories and to others. Either way you giving up or (maybe) planning to start it again, you have to recall this in your mind: You succeeded.
There are no reason to be sad for, although I understand your decision, this happens. *hugs* good luck in the future!

Aww hun =( I feel your frustration. You know, I've felt the same way about your art being superior to mine as you do about those other people. I can never translate the emotions and feelings behind my ideas onto paper as well as I'd like to, and there are technical aspects of drawing that I feel I'll never have down as well as most other artists, such as the poses and facial expressions you're great at. Even right now I feel like my comments will mean nothing to you because my art is so inferior to yours.

Perhaps we need to stop worrying so much about expectations and standards, and remember that we really do love the process of creating something beautiful. It's not all about the end result. =) Maybe once you have the time you should try sitting down and drawing something for you, without thinking about anyone else, without even planning on posting it up. I think you would find that spark that you claim you don't miss at all. That's what I'm doing on a piece myself right now after I haven't drawn for over a year for reasons similar to what you described.

You have the right to take a break when you need to, but the time and effort you put into art was not wasted. You've come a long way and it took lots of dedication to get where you are. That's an accomplishment. I've always found your work to be expressive and inspirational. I can say first-hand that it inspired me as a blossoming artist. And I don't feel it's fair to say that porn is by nature less soulful. Even the smuttiest of your pieces could make me feel something in more places than my crotch. =P

You're one of four people on my watch list right now, and you'll stay there. Wherever your muse takes you, know that you and your art inspired someone to continue drawing and was NOT for nothing.

Btw, you obviously have plenty of people to choose from if you wanted, but the invitation is open here too if you ever want to talk. I'd be honored to listen and chat with one of my favorite people/artists. In fact, I remember vainly trying to do so in the past, but you were too busy for the likes of me. =3 But my IM addies are open to you.

And you know, it's not all about drawing exactly what we intended. Art often creates itself. Some of my best pieces of art and writing were completely different from what I intended them to be... That does not mean I failed.

Though plenty of times I did mess up, I can still look back and see that those times become fewer and less dramatic as I kept practicing. Take pride in that you tried, that beautiful things came out of the attempts, that there were plenty of moments where you felt good and enjoyed the work. Beautiful things can continue to come from your sexy tigress paws and I hope you don't let that critical voice in your head keep you from art forever.

Don't feel bad, we artists all go through creative dry spells. Sometimes one bounces back quickly, sometimes not. Sometimes its time to re-examine ones life and think "Gee, maybe I would be better off ditch digging." Change is a part of life, and the fact is that we get burned out after doing what we love to do for a very long while. Getting recharged after a creative burnout is not something that one can mark a day on the calendar by. It happens when it happens, or it may never happen, in which case we find something new. Believe me, taking an art class when you are feeling burned out is not going to help at all. Keeping up with assignments it will just make it feel worse as you are put into the meat grinder of having to constantly meet assignment deadlines when you can barely get any ideas working, and in the end you will feel like you were just wasting good money all for nothing. It may sound cliched but you know, for backgrounds you can get alot of useful tips and techniques just by watching the various art shows on PBS. And they won't cost you a dime. Perhaps you can find some answers there. Sometimes even watching 'ol Bob Ross can make you say 'Wow, can making a mountain reallly be that simple? Nah, it couldn't be!" After looking at your past works I can honestly say that IMHO, you were at a height of caliber that put you up on the level of such artists as Terrie Smith and Michelle Light. Even in static poses your works had a sense of mass and life to them which drew you into the moment. But the others are right. You have to do what is right for you. If you have to hang the pens and pencils up for a while then go for it. Give that muse a vacation before she starts whispering into your ear again. Art is a profession that one is in for the long haul. The great masters devoted their entire lives to it. we as artists can ultimately do no less if this profession is what we really want to do. So take as much time off as you need to recharge your creative batteries. You need and deserve it.
--Onni

Here is to hoping the muse strikes you and more of the art comes back in. Sorry to see that you feel that you art was bad/expressionless. I personaly thought you were one of the best artist out there. Hope you decide to stick around and poke people. You seem like a nice girl and all. Have fun with life though.

For what is worth, I like your art very much.