Feels SO good to be back at the wheel of the Art Machine. Just hang in there a little bit longer, old friend. The journey's not over, no matter how many times I erroneously said it was.<br /><br />Everyone, thank you for having such infinite patience with me. I know I'm not the most prolific artist in the universe. I know I don't always find the time to draw even when I should. I know my emotions get the best of me quite a lot. That's why it means so much that you've stuck with me for the last ten years, and why it means so much to me that I pleasantly discovered I hit my 200,000th pageview this week. Thank you. Blessings to all of you. You've carried me through a lot of hard times, and I couldn't be more grateful.<br /><br />At any rate, the hiatus is now officially over, as I have completed a (rare) commission for <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u regular username" href="https://www.deviantart.com/hiddensanity" target="_self">HiddenSanity</a><span class="user-symbol regular" data-quicktip-text="" data-show-tooltip="" data-gruser-type="regular"></span></span>. It's her OC Saelia (not to be confused with a certain two-headed thief), a magic-infused tree who has created a humanoid body for herself and is getting rather excited trying it out. <img src="https://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/a/animesweat.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="^^;" data-embed-type="emoticon" data-embed-id="417" title="Sweating a little..."/> Enjoy!