Late February of 07. That's how long it's been since I've released a piece.

Since then, the only thing close to designing I've done is no more than a few tags, and a couple pieces for an animation class.

I ended up missing nearly 4 months of school this year, due to a few rough patches in my life. It's now the middle of summer, and despite all that I face in order to repair my situation, I'm not afraid.

No news is good news guys. I've been AWOL for my own good. Designing is a passion, and until I can make time for spilling my mind on to the canvas, I don't feel like I'll be doing myself justice.

I look back now on the mistakes I've made, and I can't quite say I have any regrets, because at one point it was exactly what I wanted, but I do know that only I can fix my life.

I don't plan on college. Hell, I'll be lucky to graduate high school after all the shit I've done. I don't know what's coming in the future, but I'll make it work.

I miss the community and the spirit of competition. But no regrets on disappearing, I've always had this theory; Designing, like most aspects of life, are about improvement. If you're not pushing constantly to be better than you were 5 minutes ago, then you're in the wrong game. I hit my road block, my personal peak at that time in my life. I couldn't get better, but things change, and I now know that when I come back to designing, I'll start at square one. The opportunity to improve, though, should be pretty interesting, and hopefully I won't come in to a block.

If you're an AQ member, and you're wondering what happened, let me explain. Alac is a bitch, end of story. Grafh had his head so far up his ass when I called him out once and for all about being a power-hungry dictator, Alac had to do the banning for him.

I did not swear in the post, I did not insult anyone personally. I made general statements that COULD be offensive, but they were directed at no one in paticular. I critiqued Grafh's ability to monitor the forums fairly, or lack of ability I should say, and I was banned for it. Surprise, surprise. I've played both sides of the fence at AQ, and once you're no longer an AK/Staff member, you're kind of shunned, but still expected to set an example for all other forum members. That's not me, and I have to keep it 100 all the time. I speak my mind, and apparently AQ couldn't handle it.

So yeah, I'm banned from AQ, or well I was, but I'm sure it's been lifted by now. I just can't be bothered to check. See what ya get for trying to be helpful ;]

In any case, do expect a pack from me. Early winter, I presume.

I appreciate all the messages concerning my well-being, I miss you all too and hopefully when I release another pack I'll be able to stick around and maintain activity for a bit.