Hello hello my dear watchers whom I love so much.

First, I want to deeply apologize for my lack of updates and replying to notes. I probably seem like a lazy prick to you but let me explain.

The past two weeks I have been swamped with paperwork (Insurance, my civil services, had to write shitloads of letters to the army, etc), had barely a minute of my online time for dA.
Then as many of you probably know already, my uncle passed away a few days ago so I drove up to France in order to be with him when it happens. He really was my closest relative and it's an incredibly big loss. It will take a long time til I am able to cope with it.

But now I shall stop the apologizing and get back to work here on dA.
I hope you all will understand.


There are many things you probably already know about but I will mention them anyway.
What I wanted to tell everyone since Wednesday last week:
My GM partner, ^Synfull, will be away for about a month and therefore I alone will be in charge of the gallery for that time. Karen will pop in from time to time but she won't have enough time to actively participate in handling the emoticons gallery all that much. Of course you can still contact her and she will do her best to get back to you. But please (in order not to swamp Karen with shitloads of notes and comments while she's on vacation D: ) direct most of the inquiries, questions and DD suggestions to me.
I will gladly help anyone who has problems or questions so do not hesitate to contact me. :)
I will also be on dAmn more often from now on. You will most likely find me in #queerios, #WeEmote and #devart (although I will be idling in there most of the time. :B). If you want me to join one of these chats when I am not in there, just tell me and I'll see if I can stop by!

ALSO.

We have a few new GMs you should all welcome (back) to the team.
^budgie, ^l8, ^DCZed, ^Thebuild and ^Gonzale. All I can say is that these people know their shit and are excellent additions to the CR team. I am really proud of it. :')

THEN.

There's also the super awesome Four Seasons Community Project. Seriously, check that shit out (not only because I am a judge but also because it is made of sex and awesome). This project is all about community spirit and team work! It's awesome!
Also, Fella Plushies are up for grabs. Is that awesome or what? Did I mention it's an wearisome project? So join and swim in awesome. It'll be awesome, trust me.
The deadline is:
Monday 10th August, 2009 at 11:59PM GMT. [Find your timezone]


Contests:
Fractals and the Outside World
Fella's Pride Contest
Resources Print Challenge
PhotoJournalism Contest: LIFE
Keith's Super Awesome Photography Battle
Story of a Nude Artistic Nude Photography Contest
Anthro Ninja's vs Pirates Treasure Feature Challenge

Articles:
Conceptual Photography Features Vol.7
designers'Block : Edition 29
Artistic Nudes - Fleshy Features #7
Shadows + Echoes: Volume 02

Interviews:
Anthro Artist Spotlight: =Pixel-Spotlight
Conceptual Photography Interview - gnato
On the Couch with João Franco!