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So have I just went prematurely senile or has the option to watermark submissions no longer there.  I'm not super paranoid about people "stealing" my art, but for some of the nicer ones I do like to have the option.

I'm officially done with PSE.  I wasted a hundred bucks of money I can't afford to lose on it a few years ago.  I just downloaded GIMP a few minutes ago, and I'm already a fan.  It's 100% free.  Check it out.  www.gimp.org

1. What animal/creature you remind me of.
Dragon
2. What color I think fits you.
Orange
3. How I feel about you.
You are really cool! And your art is amazing!
4. Insult you (With KINDNESSSS)
Physically can't....
5. My favorite OC of yours.
Do you have any?
I have a ton of drawings of people not based on existing characters, not really any backstories though.
6. What season you remind me of.
Fall
7. Tell you what food you smell like in my head.
Pizza
8. Think of a random nickname for you.
(Probably already is one for you ) skip
9. What element you remind me of.
Fire
10. I'll order you to put this in your journal without using the words blank or blank

I've lost my wacom tablet pen.  I can not find it any where.  I just got done with school, but I'm still waiting on my official license for Paramedic, so I can't work yet.  I'm out of money, my mortgage is due, my grandpa died, and my mother in law is moving in.  I feel like I'm living in a sitcom.  Most sitcoms don't end with their main character on the street pulling tricks for cash though.  I have some very real problems, but for some reason the loss of my wacom pen is the one that is driving me batshit crazy.  I'm not looking for advice or a hand out, (if you have an extra wacom pen I would do some seriously disgusting things for it though) I'm mostly just blowing off some steam.  Hopefully things take a turn for the better so that steam is the only thing I'm blowing off.  

I've only taken art class in high school, so I have no real training on anything.  My art teacher was fantastic by the way, I was just a shitty student.  She told me that in order to be more than just good, you needed to be able to kill your babies.  I didn't know what she meant then, but I do now.  You have to be able to constantly risk ruining your piece by really punching in the darks, or going for the difficult pose or subject than what you're comfortable with.  I think hands are the best example, so many people will design their entire work around making sure the hands are positioned in such away as to be easy to render.  I'm learning photoshop and I'm really seeing what she meant.  It's a pity I didn't take it to heart years ago.  With photoshop, I'm always walking the tight rope with the safety net of control + z so it made it easier to take bigger risks.  I have a HUGE respect for any one who crossed that rope in the pre digital art era, I don't think I ever would have.  I'm hoping to take what I'm learning with digital illustration and take it back to my IRL paintings and drawings.  I'm currently having a blast painting my friends as knights.  I don't know why, but it makes me happy.  You can watch my progression as I go.  I'm already seeing big improvements as I do more and more ambitious pieces.  Also, I finally found my portfolio... as I took it away from my bullmastiff.  All my stuff is destroyed.  90% of the stuff that I ever liked enough to hang on to over a life time destroyed.  I kept saying that I'd get them scanned in or photographed next week.  Now they're gone.    So now that my work is gone, I'm feeling motivated to make a new portfolio with even better, more complicated and artistic pieces and I'll make sure to document them as I go.  I'm going to take risks and create finished pieces of art, even if a few don't survive the process.