Hey, it's dragon appreciation day, and I kinda want to do a call out for at least a half-dragon friend. I've really been a fan of the written word and it's ability to do a lot more story telling and world building than graphic arts can do, or at least is very inefficient to do. I know very few writers, which is sad because the pieces I've been given as gifts, trades, or worked with folks have been some of my favorite pieces of art. Often times stories get the short end of the stick and because they require more active participation by the consumer are ignored for the quick thrill of a funny picture that you see and be done with in a minute or so.

I am proud of every piece that folks have given me, traded, or in anyway produced for me any often show these pieces to fiends and groups online and to let them know how happy they make me. I haven't done this for the stories that have been written for me, and that's wrong. It's easy to get a quick joke out or get your point across with a sketch in a conversation so stories don't often need to come up casually, but I want to take moment to call out my friend Denya ( choiced) that has written an amazing number of stories about my characters and has consiously or unconciously helped me round my characters out more from a silly joke to something that feels far more living and breathing to me. Below is a list of stories he's written for me. The guy doesn't get enough comments or encouragement on his stories, which he absolutely deserves, so if you have a few moments, take a read on one or all of them, as well as his other works and leave a comment. If you only read one, read Growing Pains; he put so much work into it to make something serious, and both he and I are proud of it.

Economic Growth http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26392960/
A Day at the Fair http://www.furaffinity.net/view/28168113/
Growing Pains http://www.furaffinity.net/view/29926556/
Give an Inch, Take a Mile http://www.furaffinity.net/view/31939183/
The Town Ain't Big Enough http://www.furaffinity.net/view/32494267/
What Goes 'Round http://www.furaffinity.net/view/33766671/

Seriously this guy has done a lot for me and I don't give him enough credit. I've been struggling to write him a story for a good portion of a year; it's really hard. Of an leave a comment if you do read; faves are good, but a comment even if brief can make a person's day.

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On a side note, I'm nearly done with a few large projects I am in, so more regular art will be forth coming. I've got a comic with Artherion, and a video game made with  tyrannozilla I want to show you all.

- BLK