I've noticed rather a bit more people stopping to say "thank you", recently.
People thanking me for drawing their characters or just for being supportive in general. Maybe it's just my inability to take a compliment, which has caused me to ignore this sort of behavior in the past, or perhaps this is some sort of new and refreshing trend. I don't know.
But it does make me wonder if I have been sufficiently grateful for the people around me. I have a small group of people that seem to enjoy my art: for whom I am particularly grateful. It's been really hard to find an audience for my work - which is mostly my fault, as I don't do a lot of the things that help with that: have a defined style, network, and whatever; so I'm really glad that there are people that enjoy what I do. There are other artists I socialize with and talk to who have been pretty supportive and really nice. I have a few local friends who are super supportive and nice - you guys are great. And there are also people in the local and general community that work hard to make sure good and fun things happen (>cough< Keefur >cough< Draconis >cough< lot of >cough< others >cough cough<). So, to all of you, I just want you to know that you are appreciated and thank you for just being you: generally awesome people.
With a few exceptions, I haven't really named anyone in this post because, well, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings because I forgot to list them while writing this. But if you're reading this, chances are, I'm talking about you. So, Thank you. You're awesome.