AkimaDoll

Wow. I can't believe that it has been more than a year since I updated things around here. My apologies, life has been beyond chaotic: New job that started the date of my previous journal entry and has taken over my life (the night shift is a bitch, but it pays the bills), new apartment, new roommate, family insanity that is so beyond belief that I may just have to write a book, and a general lack of extra time. I've let my art slide because between school and work, I was incredibly burnt out. Having to repeat the same six assignments over and over and over and over for classes left me creatively dead inside. Work is still draining me, but

As some of you know, I was recently upgraded to the Founder of #Intermediate-Artists (https://www.deviantart.com/intermediate-artists), and I'm taking a moment to feature our recent contest winners! The theme was The Dog Days Of Summer, which you were to take however you wished. Congratulations to our contest winners!! Unanimous first place: :thumb326138171: by 20Tourniquet02 (https://www.deviantart.com/20tourniquet02) Second place: :thumb324363864: by CatThatOinks (https://www.deviantart.com/catthatoinks) Third place: :thumb323968324: by Blose58Photography (https://www.deviantart.com/blose58photography) Fourth place: :thumb326157970: by Fhalei (https://www.deviantart.com/fhalei)

Seriously?! I'm so stunned Honestly, I've been on this site for a very long time, almost eight years now, and I never thought I would get a DD. I almost cried. :thumb303124989: Thanks to 3wyl (https://www.deviantart.com/3wyl) for nominating me! I have so many notifications in my inbox saying that people have added my picture to their faves that there's no way I can respond to each one individually, so I'm saying it here: A very sincere Thank You to everyone. And if you've left a comment I am reading them, even if for quite a few the reply is a general thanks. Thank You.