Thanks for the kind words, Ellen. It's a little hard for my family now, but we're slowly getting back to something resembling normalcy. It won't ever be completely normal for a while, but a reasonable facimile. We carry on, as we must.

Congrats on getting your BFA. I hope it didn't take as long to get yours as it did to get mine (the only reason I took so long is because all the required classes I needed for my degree just happened to take place at the same times; my final semester had me taking one real class I needed, Senior Show, and two I really didn't but thoroughly enjoyed [side note, one of those classes helped me at least flesh out the core characters of Chronicles before they got to the versions I'm truly happy with]).

Don't let dA freak you out too much. A lot of great artists and creators are around these parts. You might end up making a friend or three.