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DAMN! IT’S BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME SINCE I LAST SHOWED UP AROUND HERE!… Now its time to come back again!

First of all, I’d like to extend a warm - W E L CO M I N G - to you all people, watchers, readers, buddies, friends, family and yet-to-know friendly fellows. To start with, I’m very grateful to all those kind enough to ask me where was my head laying down during the silence, those simple talks helped a lot to chin up and think over again the great deal I was leaving behind, and for countless times, I felt around you guys that I wasn’t alone at all. I also want to thank those patient enough that stayed tuned on the stillness for quite the time until I managed to pull some guts out and shake the table for this update, hopefully there wont be need for more hasty breakthroughs after I managed to get a hand on this thing again - Its been long and I’ve gone cold in these fashions, I want to start good and right again but it ain’t easy as It used to be-. An Last but not least, I would specially like to thank my close friends and relatives that constantly supported me all the way here and there to get me up and goin’ in this treasonable wheel of a life.

A welcoming wouldn’t be reasonable without first healing scars left over from the past, so I would like to –A P O L O G I Z E - to all those people that I’ve could’ve unintentionally harmed, ignored or possibly forgotten through the way here, with what I said, did or didn’t do. I’m truly sorry for that, seriously, life was playing hard on me at that time so I found it hard to put things right and be consistent while taking care of reality. I’m also, deeply sorry for all those times that I couldn’t get in phase with anyone kind enough to consider me presence in his o hers life as a friend, as hard as I tried to keep in touch, I began to pull away, afraid of not being friend enough to share or cross words with, things went through a lot of changes, and those mixed feelings kept me revolting in all ways, pulling me even farther way from all my close people. I regret what happened then but I’m willing to mend all errors made in the past, keep contact, and hoping to find forgiveness to start over again for good.

Putting the sadness a side, I would like to tell you guys, what happened to me during the last years, so I’ll break it up in the most simple way I can, avoiding taking much of your time with unnecessary details  – cause Ill be going through a couple of subjects in this update, to leave things clear out, once and for all-. –Okay, so… - The Years that came after my eventual departure, I was chased by a huge monster called the –Career-, a creature I spent all my time feeding all that I had, consuming me both mentally and physically, it was at times suffocating.  but thanks to that hardening I learned a lot, and managed to mold my way and become the happy determined Graphic Designer I am today. I Praise my -Pops’- for all the support during that time, I’ve couldn’t gone far if it weren’t for them. I recently graduated, and worked a freelanced for a short time, but I had nothing for sure, so I decided to find a steady paid job, and since then its been  hard trying to find a steady job that at least could pay off the time I spent feeding the monster and at the mean time paying off the expenses. Lately I’ve striving between doing what I really wish to do and what I’m supposed to do… -Sigh- I hope that one day soon I find a right place for me.

During that time I found relief in getting back to the things I enjoyed doing the most, so music and art filled the void in me. As for – M U S I C -, I made a big leap in developing a personal playing style - that still its in development- and achieving a more complex variety of musical compositions, I wish for better results, but that needs more time and dedication that I simply cant afford while trying to figure out how to manage things for next life step.  As for – F I X E R – ( My band ) , we’re still cramped and limping on the field, thanks to physical distances between us and our growing academic goals – we don’t get much time to practice or hang out as we did before -, and for now the band project will be in hold until further notice. But even with the odds in game, I still play my music and rarely record a couple of decent jams.

If you want to – LISTEN – my songs, go check out my Sound Lift site, just click the link to get there –hope you find something interesting that suit your likes, cause I’ m Rock all the way -

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As for – A R T -, well, I came back to the basics of character design and storytelling, and focused completely on harnessing personality and distinctive traits from a few characters that I made through my artistic span and consider to be relevant;  mainly on my Lead Female – A N N . M A R I E –  - the Wolf girl that some of you used know as Marisela -, she went through a lot changes during that time, in background story, wardrobe, appearance but essentially in personality. Her development served me as a point of reference in my progress, but as long as it took get me to get her definitive appearance not very far from today, I was never happy with much of the results, so I continuously cycled through vicious art blocks and obsessive attention to details that lasted until a few months before I graduated. During those early days of development I realized that my characters needed a place where to develop their lives and stories into a further more rich, complete and autonomous universe, and so I thought of the advantages that sequential art could provide to pull off the suggestion, and with the advices of some experienced friends on the field, I was totally convinced that the better way to work the idea out as a whole was making a – W E B . C O M I C- , an idea that for now its still in progress; so I’ll be handling things from time to time, first here on DA and maybe later on the Web Comic -but I won’t be promising anything yet - .

in addition, I though of the things that are important for an artist to develop completely. An Artist needs practicing, a firm determination, constancy, and a continuous source of inspiration and feedback, something’s that if lacking, anyone will end up questioning the future of  his/her’s work. – as it many times crossed my mind and - -N E V E R- - wish to anyone.

If you to take a look at my art works, try my different – G A L L E R I E S - and sites from around the web; see if you find something interesting to take a look at. Many places are art specific but a few others are dedicated to a more different artistic approach, ideal to show my latest attempts on animation, filmmaking and model building with my all times favorite contraptions…  Legos!.

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I definitely recommend you get in touch with my latest – S K E T C H B L O G -. There’s gonna’ been plenty of room for power pondering, stories, reviews, gossip and rare art works that I’m willing to show in its most primitve stage.- and… why not?... occasional serve some tasty -cheesecakes- . The blog will perform mainly as my sketchbook, since most of my significant works and concepts are in a rough state. Feel free to drop by and check out for rare goodies. – You are totally welcomed -

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- Okay- Onward to the – G O O D I E S - now, many know that I’ve been dragging a very large – LIST- since times-know-when from my departure, so I guess  it would be proper if I show em’ first on the get-back-to-do list in order to get things running smoothly. I’m sorry If couldn’t fill your expectations at that time, but I did my best  to get what I promised to you guys, - Because, I believe that is important to keep promises and never let does who trust you down - so here’s the complete list:

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There’s also a couple of gifts pictures I made for some friends, that aren’t include in the previous list, so those wil come eventually in future – U P L O A D S -, and speaking of which, I’ll make a chronological run through the artwork since the last day I uploaded to nowadays, hoping to make this as smooth and quickly as possible, and at the mean time, try catching up with notes and comments. I’ll try my best to keep up, so please have patience if you’re looking for a reply.

And ultimately, I would like to add that I’ve been watching many of you guys over these years. I believe that I’m very up to date with your latest works and ideas, even though I’m terribly sorry that I couldn’t comment on each one them at the time, I am totally aware of the efforts and heart you guys put on your stuff and I truly admire that. Your works have been speaking of you while I watched, and I’ve seen through those lines how much you’ve grown as artists and persons over the years – Seriously, we are what we do, and it’s even clearer for us to notice as artist -; And not to mention that for countless times I found inspiration through many of you guy’s art. It triggered me again, and helped me find the reasons to continue thriving this massive art scenario. I’m very grateful to you guys, Thank you… to you all.

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Please excuse me if I made this too long, I’m sure I covered much of what I had to say, and what was in mind. Thanks for Reading and its good to be back !

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