Pffff you kidding me Corny?
6 years eh? Man what a trip.
I can't say a whole hell of a ton, but I am very grateful that such a community exists and is sincerely dedicated to giving artists a chance of exposure and learning to hone their skills.
Before VOID I always wanted to do comics, but I never had any real discipline or motivation to do any. I had one shot of doing something serious, which was a web comic I worked on from 1999-2006. The project died a terrible embarassing death because I couldn't give myself motivation or drive to get it done. For a whole year i didn't bother doing any real comic based work, but I wanted to achieve some means of motivation and practice again.
That's when I noticed an advertisement for this site through DeviantFart.
I joined up around the same time my friend Angie did, but never bothered to submit any characters right away. But thanks to her putting me in a headlock that Chuck Norris would've been proud of, she convinced me to give it a try.
and oh my GOD it was so embarrassing!
But it was embarrassing to the point that it was declared a wake up call for me. I listened and read everyone's feedback and it was a miracle. I was so glad that I wasn't given one or two worded compliments , I was told what needed work and what was decent enough for me to continue with. This was something I was aching for for a long ass time. Real fucking feedback, and I finally got it.
I started regaining a sense of passion for doing comics again, thanks to the influences around me. Deadlines gave me a better understanding and motivated me to work harder and bust serious ass under pressure.
The biggest part that affected me being here is the community. I made some very wonderful people here and established great friendships with the lot of them. I even got to meet some of you guys in person and I don't pass any regrets at all for it. It's thanks to your influences that I got a better grip on character development and technique.
I don't think I would've gone from a shit stain-a-rama like this
http://entervoid.com/display.php?id=1355&fid=1111&iid=5to this
http://entervoid.com/display.php?id=1789&fid=1111&iid=9without your encouragement and support.
Thanks guys for helping me improve, and I hope by 7th year I'll have a lot more to give.
einsam
Colbitzer
@ 3:32 PM Apr 17th