Should I try to hide
The way I feel inside
My heart for you?
Would you say that you
Would try to love me too?
In your mind could you ever be
Really close to me?
I can tell the way you smile
If I feel that I could be certain then
I would say the things
I want to say tonight

But till I can see
That you'd really care for me
I will dream that someday you'll be
Really close to me
I can tell the way you smile
If I feel that I could be certain then
I would say the things
I want to say tonight

But till I can see
That you'd really care for me
I'll keep trying to hide
The way I feel inside

-The Zombies-

Wow, someone paid for a subscription to DA for me...thanks to the anonymous donater.

But I have been not doing anything artistic at all with my time either. Oh well, lack of inspiration will do that to you. I do want all my watched people to know that I still check back here everyday, and I do see each and every one of your submissions.

I did want to share something that I thought was cool with everyone:

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something that actually seems feasible and practicle about government reform, it's worth a gander.

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And yes, I have in fact been waiting for this moment, just so I could do this. I'm so lame that I'm actually pretty damn cool.

=EDIT= Stupid subscriber only features, I curse them!

So, I pansied out and didn't enter anything in the DA clothing contest. Mostly because I suck at vector art, and seeing as this was supposed to be for a t-shirt, vector is really the most transferrable art for clothing. That, and I just couldn't find the inspiration.

I've been participating in Photoshop contests held at the forums I go to ( [link]), for the past two or three months now. They are fun, but very unprofessional (and not really meant to be professional either, just for fun), but still, the lack of objectivity in regards to someone's artwork was pretty upsetting. Especially since it was my art they were seemingly biased against, and I have no idea why. Just not their style I suppose. When I did post my thoughts on the lack of fairness in the judging (granted, I wasn't exactly on my best behavior, and anyone that knows me knows what that means), they chalked it up to me being upset that I hadn't won a single competition. Well yea, I was upset about that, but moreso upset with myself than the judges. What bothered me most were the people that DID win, because they basically submitted the same thing over and over again. Oh well, it's not as thought the winner actually gained anything but recognition, and only within the community at that. Still, I know I'm talented, just not popular. That's the story of my life.

The point of that long ass tagent was that I've been 'shopping very steadily for the past few months, and I think I've burnt myself out a bit. This bums me out, because I really see a lot of improvement in my recent work. And I do have the contest to thank for that, which was why I joined in the first place. Strange how easily our perspective gets skewed. I try and do things, but anytime I open PS, I just fool around, and then delete whatever I made...even if I thought it was kidna cool. I guess I need a break from it all for a bit. Hopefully, after school starts, and I get some "formal" design training under my belt, I'll have some new and improved stuff to share with you all.

P.S. If you've read all that, thanks, and sorry it was so boring.