Dear GFX community,

I am officially announcing my retirement from the AWDC. Come september this website will only contain graphics I want to make, and a portfolio of drawings.

I’m not happy with this website as it is. I’m sick of trying to be some big shoot when I’m obviously not. C:

Everyone gets their shit from high-ranking websites, and I will never ever be one of those. I roll differently. I don’t copy some style. I roll my way. And come september that’s what this website will be about.

I’ll probably still make avatars. But come september, I won’t have time to run a graphics site. I’ll be going to community college and when I’m online I’ll be working on my new Xenosaga Community and Forums and my girlfriends website Anime Blend. They’re going swimmingly. I’d also like to devote more time to drawing and writing… two creative things I actually enjoy and I’m GOOD at.

You might see some of that posted here. Anyway, I’ll still have “affiliates” because I’ll be keeping my graphics up for at least a year. I still like the community, but right now I’m having trouble finding the time for/getting in the mood for graphics at all.

So it’s safe to say I’m retiring. I don’t want to worry about this anymore, hell, I don’t even watch enough anime to keep up with the times. I’m not going to be something I’m not anymore, and after five years of scraping up from 10 hits on a good day to 75 hits on a good day, I can say this site had a good run. It was a good run. It was fun while it lasted.

But I’d rather my domain be something I enjoy than a chore. I hope everyone can understand this. So graphics, I bid you aidu. It’s been great, but splatterheart is going to become something even better.

–Jessi