As many of you know I tend to really suck at writing these.. Probably because I only write when I feel I have something to say. So to get started, I'm back from California where I took some amazing pics of my brother and my soon to be sister in law for their Wedding Announcements. I should finish working on their stuff tonight or tomorrow at the latest.  I'm hoping they will give me permission to post them here *grin*. I've really had fun with it.

I've also decided to try to set up some commissions this is a testing of the waters..  I would prefer people to note me before trying out this new Commissions thingy on DA. I would like the person who is getting the commission to discuss with me what they'd like before they ask me for a commission that way we have worked out everything and I can finish in a timely manner.

 As I said before I'm working on becoming a book cover artist so.. Working on my portfolio is also a big thing for me this year. I am going to be trying to put my work out there and I'm nervous. I think I'm good enough but admittedly there's a lot of doubt in the back of my head. I look at my work and I can't tell you how many flaws I find I really am a big critic. Anyways, I'm sure every single one of us feels like that so I'm going to take that as a badge of honor *grin*.  Which means in the next few weeks I shall be adding some covers that I've come up with on the fly just because. *grin* Let me know what you think and please feel free to give me some hints on what techniques I could use to improve my work. I'm self-taught, and admittedly I've been reading a ton of books and studying various techniques sometimes I feel like I'm sitting still and not getting any better..  I try to have a good outlook at tell myself that as long as each work is better than the last then it's not too bad, that I should just keep moving but there are days.. I admit there are a lot of days when I wonder if I'm doing something wrong or if I'm just not good enough yet.  I don't really talk about the parts where I wonder, because I rarely ask for feedback.. I'm terrible about it. Still I will try to put up a few of my works for critique on the off chance that some of you could please give me some tips and tricks.

Final note.. *grin* I just wanted to thank everyone for being here and for being the wonderful community that you are. I don't say it enough here but the truth is this is where I go when I need to figure things out. I go through all the tutorials, I look at the work of my fellow artists and I admit I'm not the best at leaving comments (mostly due to time and the way DA seems to think that leaving multiple comments makes you spam) but I have to say, you guys have all grown in your art this year. There's not a single person on my watch that I haven't smiled and said "Wow, they've come a long way since I first started watching them" most of you guys just blow me away with what you have created.  I should say it more often, I will try to but seriously guys.. You are amazing! Thanks so very much for being part of this community and for sharing your art!

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