gjohns74

I have been with Deviant Art a lot of years. Have numerous t-shirts and souvenirs from when they still did that. Bought many photos by artists I admired. I came here to be inspired by the art I found and to share the art I was trying to create on my own. DA was my home away from home where I could lose the "always on" headaches of normal life. I have my art on many other pages but none had the simplicity and quality that DA had. Still had to deal with a few irregularities and undesirables but I loved the page enough to do just that. And I loved the art. That is what it's always about. From beginners to long term experts DA shared both equally. Now I feel like DA has become just like everything I was trying to escape. I disabled my auto-renew a bit ago. Why renew when I find the page is now more about itself than about the art? I've never come to DA for chatrooms, bells and whistles, or anything of that sort. Much like I don't go to art museums for billboards, neon lights, or hey come