wow gang looking back over the year now has been an adventure!..2 years ago i started out on a mission..1st thing is to get the recognition of my mediums..after all these years is till find it amazing that people are surpised to consider sharpie as an art medium..heck i done things with ball points..whatever works right?...working to get a publisher to take a chance on my work..(crossing fingers) i know im singing to the choir..been a very challenging year here on FAR and love the idea of adding the very cool topics of contest..the only suggestion i would like to see if there can be dual contest..one for thos who wants to do blind and the other not in that topic...heck that way i might enter both with 2 different peices..the topics here has help challenge my creativity. winning in a FAR contest was never the real goal to me. spirit of the competetion for one seeing all the great work entered and the recoginition as a master sharpie artist and the respect for my medium..the true constructive criticisms that i have received here has helped me be a better artist and want to thanks those and they know who they are. I would also like to thank Lucien Van oosten (fellow pen master) for his suggestions and help..thanks bro. thanks all of you and yes the ones that gave me one stars as well.i do appreciate everyones time that they take out of their life to stop and offer an opinion. lets faceit. isnt that what all of us artist want?.......yall comeon back now...yahear!(wink)