First off, I hope everyone's having a great Summer so far, and people at BLFC - that convention looks super fun, I'm sure everyone who was able to attend thoroughly enjoyed their time there.

It's hard to believe I've been through five birthdays here on FA since I became active from lurker status for a couple of years. I appreciate all of you guys - friends, watchers, lurkers, people who find my uploads easy to enjoy. I will be 32 here in a couple of days, ya'll don't need to gift anything to me, unless you'd like to, but it's fantastic still being a part of the community and see a regular group of people posting on my uploads. I enjoy replying to them when I can, the mixture of comments keeps me wanting to upload the artwork I receive to my page here.

Syldria as a character grew a whole bunch in that time as well, lots of small changes over time adding up to a very pleasant look, so I'm really happy where she's at today in terms of design. I created a number of other characters as well including my old main character, Shin - you remember him, right? I'm thinking of giving him some more of the ol' spotlight, since Syl's obviously the star among my own characters and she needs to share said spotlight! What do you guys think?

Also, I have a new Dire Machine / Living Machine character in the works, so I'm excited to show her off to you guys and gals possibly within the next month. The ref sheet is looking fantastic, and she's based off a combination of U.S and Russian aircraft technology, set in the future with goodies like railguns and the like. thorphax is awesome for taking on the project.

So, in closing I'd like to say: Thank You everyone for being a part of my internet life.

- Jar / Syl