*waits patiently for the new work*
Can't wait to see it

I think posting all my older, crappy stuff will make me less shy about posting newer crappy stuff as I re-learn to draw...

I hope so, anyway. Glad you enjoyed it all!

They're all great, but when you post them all up at once, viewing them becomes very time-consuming. I'm excited that there's a lot more wonderful art, but a flood like this makes it's a little hard to appreciate them all fully.

Didn't consider that, really. I just found the folder, started scanning. Mind, I didn't really upload them 'all at once', in the sense that I've seen some people with blocks of stuff several 'browse' pages full...I don't know how they do that. Some uploader software?

I was scanning an item in, cleaning it up, uploading it, going and grabbing a drink, stopped for dinner, all that kinda stuff...

So I understand, but I wasn't intentionally loading them up 'en bloc'. Sorry about that. You can always hit the gallery later at your own convenience. I'm not one of these folks who goes 'Oh, it's Tuesday, time to delete everything in my gallery more than a month old.' Never understood that.

I adored your art back inthe day you were the oen who kickstarted me and set me stright eer on the right path

Dawwwww...I like helping.

Not sure about that whole 'right path' thing, though. There are an infinity of paths...

you got me doign contstruction techniques and the fixed alot of errors in my work >8)

Ah!!! Cool beans. :)

Oooh, I hope it's a rat.

I do so like the rats.

There will _DEFINITELY_ be more rats. And bats. And stuff.

You know, you should post stuff anyway. I mean, I tell folks not to expect every piece to be a masterpiece, *especially* when starting out again after so long. :)

I used to watch your FurNation page when it was *new* for updates, even.

*grins* I suppose that's why FA has a "scraps" section, if worse comes to worse. :)

I am hoping posting all the old stuff will make me feel more easy about posting new stuff that I am not really happy with either...

Cool! Thanks for posting old stuff, it's neat to see how things change over time, glad you have the chutzpah to show the older work. :)

Chutzpah? And here I thought it was just websocial masochism...

Thanks for the old stuff, and eagerly awaiting the new stuff!

Some will be on the way soon, as well as more old stuff as I find it.

Thanks for resharing all the great old stuff. I can't wait to see what you are doing these days.

Very welcome. It will come.

Good luck with it. I know what it's like trying to recapture creative sparks during down times, so I hope you'll make good progress with it. I'd love to see new work from you.

This has been over half a decade of down-time. It's more like restarting from scratch than recapturing anything, or so it feels when I try to draw. My hand-eye coordination is SHOT, and I have to relearn a lot of anatomy and technique.

I'm glad to see you again, Zjonni.

You know, I can say that you are one of my better, genuine influences not just in art, but in life. Now before you say "uh oh" I can tell you that it's something that's been consistent. You've been a mentor to me, and it feels so strange but I'm realizing that I'm passing on what you've taught me to others.

It's odd, but I'm noticing things come full circle. Within this past week I've had three separate artists come up to me out of the blue and say "you were one of the first furry artists I saw and you've been this influence in my art, etc."

I'm thinking, "wow, have I really been around THAT long?" I mean, I know time in furry years is sped up exponentially, but still. It's weird and amazing at the same time. I'm not going to say, "man, I'm getting old", but at the same time I'm going to hit 30 this year, and while 30 is an age that can be laughed at when you're 40, still...I'm feeling it man. It sucks! I'm loosing hair, my body is letting go, hell I'm letting go. HA! Oh how unfair!

But I'm getting away from the point. I'm saying that I don't think I could have been influential to those artists if you were influential to me. You picked me up when I wanted to give up, you're a hero and a teacher, a shoulder to cry on, and an ear to hear me. I feel that I've been practically disrespectful to you that I've been living in the area and haven't come to see you. I guess I took for granted that I see you every year at FC, and this year you weren't there.

This is slowly evolving into a private message, but I'll just slow down a bit, but I'm wondering now when we can make plans to meet somewhere? I hope thing are going well. Gah, I need to contact Mousie, too now that I think about it. >_<

But yes, I want to see new work from you. 2007!!!

Wow. Uhm. Yeah. Feels weird, I must say, when people get back to me like this. I'm very happy to have helped. I'm very happy to have helped _you_.

And that whole 'You were my first furry artist...' thing, isn't that kinda spooky? Is it blame or what? XD

Thirty? Heh. Heh. I don't know if I'm ready to _laugh_ at thirty, but yes, time passes quickly, and it's easy to look back and see all the paths untaken.

We are conduits of knowledge, what we learn, what we discover, it only has so much value if we keep it to ourselves. Watching it spread and watching others wonder and create with what we have handed them is far more fulfilling.

I am very glad that I was able to help and be there when needed. Sorry to have missed FC. It has been a strange year so far for me.