Yeah, it's another picture featuring Diddgery. I swear not all my uploads will be like this. It just happens that a lot of the stuff I've drawn this year features the two dear friends I made in 2016.

This is a very important piece to me. It's certainly very flawed and the my character looks pretty odd, but it's special. Late 2009 I decided to try learning to draw and I think I did a pretty good job sticking with it and making real progess. But I very rarely shared any of it with anyone. Didge wasn't the first person I shared some of my art with, but they encouraged me like nobody before that had done and I ended up sharing so much of it. It was such a wonderful experience to have someone express such enthusiasm for something I'd worked so hard on and poured my self into for so long. I never had that before.

That's a big part of why I made this. A special gift to a special friend. It was the first time I'd made art for someone else. I was so anxious about showing it to Didge. It took me a bit of time to build up the courage. But they loved it.

Because of what went into making this picture and how positively Diddgery reponded to it it's become something of a symbol of our friendship to me.

So it seemed fitting for this to be one of my earlier submissions. Diddgery played a big part in getting me to the point where I'd be comfortable presenting my art to the public like this and this picture played a key part in that.

I've done a lot of art for my friends since. Having someone to share what you made with is so wonderful and it feels so good being able to present someone you care about with something special you made for them.

That Yza looks so odd though. I'm not going to explain the jelly bits right now. I was just starting to work out my dear fluff's design at the time. Ah, that's another thing this picture taught me. I never felt much need for a character to represent me before, but being able to put a representation of myself with a friend I would desperately like to meet is such a precious thing.