I've been on FA for some time now, but always in the background. Lurking, commenting, faving, and watching artist I enjoy. I always wanted to try and make my own art, however, and decided that earlier this year I would start. I was new and needed practice but I was enjoying what I was making. Then others started enjoying what I was making. I began getting comments, faves, and watches of my own (even the occasional fan art of a character of mine!) It was fantastic!

Hitting 100 watchers was both strange and amazing at the same time. It's not a huge milestone compared to some, but it was so weird to think about. 100 random people enjoyed what I created enough that they wanted to know every time I made something new. It was flattering and I wanted to do something to thank you all. As much as I would have loved to create something for each and every one of you, I knew that it would not be possible. I decided on a raffle then, something random and exciting, giving those who enjoyed my work a chance to get something from me that I also wanted to give them. I posted the raffle and was excited to see a few people place their bids after a few minutes. I posted a link to the raffle in a few Discords I'm in where some of my watchers and friends were at and then I went off to bed. When I woke up, I was reminded about just how amazing the friends I've made here are.

My inbox was flooded with notifications. Dozens of comments and faves on my work, and a surprising amount of entries into the raffle. During the night, many of my friends had told people they knew to come check out the raffle and my work. It was astonishing to see just how many of you enjoyed my work enough to join the giveaway and fave some of my other pieces. What flattered me the most, however, was how many of you also decided I was worth watching as well. It was not a requirement to be a watcher of mine to enter the raffle, anyone could enter for a chance to win. To see so many of you watching and following anyways had me speechless. The idea that this raffle could become a 200 watcher giveaway instead was an insane fantasy that came closer to reality every hour, and I'm just absolutely humbled by it.

Whether I was pointed out to you by another artist, you heard about me from a friend, we share a Discord, you just came across me randomly, or you've been here from the very beginning, thank you. I am so glad you enjoy my work and I hope you'll continue to enjoy the works I create in the future. I'm going to continue to put in as much effort into my works as I can and make sure I'm always improving with every piece I share with you all. You're all worth it to me.