A Tribute to all My DA Friends!

This is just a shout-out to all of my friends on DeviantART and why they're all awesome. I'd been contemplating on doing this for quite a while, but as of now, I really need to let it all out. You guys REALLY deserve to know just HOW awesome you all are! Just so you know, I take none of you for granted.

I apologize if I don't mention you, please don't take it the wrong way! It's most likely that I haven't talked to you much before, or that you haven't been all too active on DA as of late. Or, I could have just completely forgotten....
Also, I may not say everything that's on my mind because, eh...probably because I can't think of it at this moment.

Well, without further ado, I'll start this!

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She's qutie a good friend of mine; I met her when she joined TaeKwonDo! It's really funny because when she did, she was in quite the tomboy phase, yet now she's kinda the opposite. Of course, I'm not saying that's a bad thing, not at all. Over the years she changed, just like any of us do. She is usually pretty quiet and a little shy, but is an awesome friend. Her and her sister kinda feel like younger siblings to me.



I met him on Bulbagarden, when I had first joined and had been posting in the pixel art forum. I don't know him all too well, but from what I've learned he's quite the nice kid, and is a budding artist.



I met her on pe2k, along with a lot of other people! She was an active poster in the Sprite Art forum of pe2k, and we indirectly got to know each other through said forum. Also, she started the icon revamp project there, so I guess that's where that started. She is very easy to get along with.



I can't remember where I met Gale--maybe it was this one Sonic forum--but, anyways, I met her a few years back ago from, you guessed it, a spriting section of a forum. She had--and very likely still has--very good pixel art; I think I had remembered seeing her stuff before, but it wasn't very long until we started chatting and whatnot. Her and Shadre, at least back then, were an inseperable pair of friends...and both totally awesome! She has a great sense of humor, and tends to be pretty logical. She's also really great to talk to, and tends to offer pretty awesome advice if you're troubled.



Like Gale, he's also a really talented pixel artist. I'll be totally honest here: it's really funny, because at first I kinda saw him as standoffish and rude. Hell, he even got banned from TTFF...well, that's honestly for reasons that I don't even know anymore. I'm sure it had to do with the fact that, kinda like Gale, he's pretty straightfoward about things. That reminds me, I remember helping him out when he decided to make another account on the forum by the name of "Garage." It didn't include any hostile intentions on my part, he just made another account to show people that he had changed.
But I digress! He also has a great sense of humor and is a great person to talk to.



I haven't actually talked to him much, but I distinctly remember him being one of the most active roleplayers at my Chaomon forum. He seems to be quite easy to get along with.



Him and Zyp are pretty much the two people I've known for the longest time (in the field of the whole internet-community-biz). Zyp had shown me her forum, Ultimate Sonic Blast, and I made a lot of new friends there, including this guy here. He's become quite a great artist, and is really easy to get along with. Quite thoughtful, as well! And, of course, a gamer, which is awesome (of course, a lot of my friends are pretty much gamers, but...nonetheless ). Him and Zyp can also be pretty goofy.



This is probably THE friend that I've known the longest over the internet. Actually, in a way, she was my first real internet buddy. I met her on Chao Civic, then sometime later on joined her forum, Ultimate Sonic Blast. Things kinda went on from there. There was a while where I hadn't talked to her that often, then sometime when I found her here on DA we started chatting again. She had been going through a lot of problems at the time and I tried to give her the best advice that I could. She seems to be doing fine now, though, so I'm glad for that. She's also really evolved as a digital artist, trust me on that one! I used to draw her Sonic FC, Zypdona, a lot because she had a rather unique design. Turns out that I found out this user here was Zyp just a few years back ago, so yeah! She's a lot like a sister to me yet still.



While I haven't known him for long, we became acquainted from a single comment on one of my older deviations. It's really funny how that works out, isn't it? Anyway, this kid has got a lot of common sense and is a great person to talk to, for he is really supportive and can hold an intelligent conversation for a while. Very easygoing and easy to get along with! He's also a pretty good artist.



((I'm changing this a little because I saw that KRK has changed his/her gender. So biologically speaking, I think I remember them being female (isn't that what your profile said some time ago? My apologies if I'm mistaken...anyway, it says male now so with all due respect I am changing the indirect pronouns on this))
Oh! It's a really funny story how we met, actually. See, when I was browsing DA, I found a deviation of his that was basically like traces (or something) of some existing sprites of mine. I freaked out because I had never dealt with someone "stealing" my artwork before, so I kinda flipped shit at him. I reported those two deviations and I think they were immediately removed. But anyways, it turned out that it was all just a complete misunderstanding: he had found my sprites on Google and liked them a lot so he edited them (I think XD ), not knowing that they were mine. I apologized profusely, and we both seemed to learn something that day: first of all, if you want to use artwork you see online, check the source; and two, try not to freak out if you see your art being used and claimed as someone else's. Nonetheless, he is really cool and easygoing.



Oh, wow. Her and Taylor have been my two bestest friends since...well, since not too long ago, but we all had known each other since 3rd grade! I will admit: we honestly did not get along well at first, and when we did in fifth grade, we had a love-hate thing going on. We were all just kids so we would backstab each other and whatnot.
Honestly, I could type up a few pages about her, but I'd rather try to keep this relatively short. Just know, Megan, that you're totally awesome! Her and Taylor still feel kinda like sister-icons to me.



The same goes for Taylor, but obviously it's different. Honestly, if I say everything that's on my mind it would take up a lot of space. Her and Megan both have really improved on their art over the years.
Hey, that reminds me, do you two remember back in 5th grade! Man, we all used to think we were totally 1337 artists. It's really funny to look back on those days. And, oh, who could forget my first Sonic fancharacter, but...*shudders* that's definitely a story for another day.
I don't need to say everything, anyways, because you two know just how awesome you both are. At least, you should.



I met her on a forum run by another friend of ours called "Sinnoh Paradise." in fact, visiting that site daily was pretty much my recreational activity back during that summer. We used to talk on AIM a lot, too. If I could sum her up in just two words, it would be "kick-ass." Really.
We both used to love to edit Pokemon sprites a lot at the time, but she kinda broke away from that after a while, I think. Her artistic skills are very impressive, at least since I last saw.



I met Disco on pe2k; I had made a thread when I was troubled with something, and she was one of the people to try to help me out. To sum it up, we used to talk on AIM a LOT, and would always have elaborate discussions and debates about things. On the other hand, though, we'd also have some really goofy conversations that would go on for a couple of hours. Disco is just a really, really fucking awesome friend to have in my life. She's a very skilled pixel artist, thinks very logically, and is great with giving advice and having very intelligent conversations with.



Morgan is one of my buddies from TTFF! I don't know exactly how we met, but we used to talk a lot. At the time she was into Pokemon and Sonic...for a long while we hadn't talked much, but after a while when I thought I'd visit some of my friends' DA pages, I found out that she became a freaking Hetalia fanatic, JUST LIKE ME. It was a moment of sheer awesomeness.
She's really, really improved over the years with her art. I remember her old Sonic FC, Morgan, who--no offense or anything--was basically a female Sonic with...a red marking somewhere, I can't remember where. I think...her top quill was red? But nonetheless, she has really come a far way from them. Also is a very fun person and can be really goofy.



MedicalMeccanica, a friend of mine that's from a forum called PMF. She is a very skilled pixel artist and can be pretty silly at times. She tends to be pretty straightfoward with her opinions, but I see that as a redeeming quality. She was my co-admin on PM until the forum kinda....died?
MM is a very unique character, that's for certain. Also is into Motheer 3, which is fan-freaking-tastic.



Another friend that I met on pe2k! I remember back then when she would always revamp the Pokemon sprites from DP, which imho, still look really nice. They were really crisp and bright. She was a pretty skilled pixel artist at the time and also was a mod; a very good one at that, too. She's really awesome!
Unfortunately, I don't think she does pixel art anymore, but as of now she's absolutely remarkable at digital painting. You should really, really check out her gallery! She's really quite open-minded and easy to talk to.



Neslug is a very skilled pixel artist, so you should definitely go look through his gallery. He seems to be quite mature, but is also very modest and nice. From what I know, he's also quite good with giving you pointers for your art / pixel art, as well.
You should especially check out his GSC devamps. Awesomeness~



Oh, look, another pe2k user! He posted in my gallery thread on the forum, and always tried to give pointers and whatnot. He's really cool, and definitely acts a lot older than he is / is quite smart for his age. It's really funny how that tends to work out, isn't it? Anywho, he is also a very skilled pixel artist as well.



Another pe2k user, but I honestly didn't talk to her at the time. I did, however, remember her pixel art on the forums, which was downright awesome. Btw, go check out her gallery. Liek, rite nao.
I posted in her DA profile, saying something along the lines of, "Hey, I remember you from pe2k!" We had a few rather lengthy conversations, and from what I've gathered she's very humble and...well, just awesome.

(I swear I've burnt out the word "awesome" by now. Like, I've likely burnt it out WORSE than Prussia does, and that's pretty fucking pathetic. )



She's really thoughtful, easy to talk to, and funny/silly. I remember when I was wallowing in self-pity at one point for some stupid reason, and since it was in 's journal and razrroth watches Scitt, she saw the comment and then tried to bring me back up. It was a really nice and thoughtful act, and I'm still pretty thankful for that even now.



You know...incidentally, I really don't have much of a clue as to how we met. He's very supportive, though; even though I didn't know him very well, he would still comment on a lot of my journals and deviations. Awesome to talk to, and a great pixel artist! Go check out his gallery.
I remember him posting a journal pertaining to this one incredibly bigoted, sexist troll. He made an alternate account to "fight" said troll, and subsequently had his account suspended for a little while due to making an alternate account.
Although the troll got banned within about 24 hours, it was all still pretty funny. Yet absolutely idiotic...funny thing is that I have quite a strong feeling that that troll WAS a female themself. I mean, it actually would have made a lot of sense! And he/she definitely wasn't Japanese....



Just thought I'd mention this: she makes really awesome 3D models, and is especially good with customized Pokeballs and other glossy objects. I mean, I found her Lugia Pokeball deviation on the front page one day and proceeded to comment on it, but...my god! When I saw the thumbnail I seriously thought it was a freaking photo.
She's also very sweet, and her English is actually not all that bad at all! It's funny, because just that ONE comment that I left on that deviation started up a storm of long-winded conversations. She's really awesome to talk to!



Croc, from TTFF. While I never really had talked to him all THAT much, I can still tell you that he's one heck of a cool dude. I think he used to comment on my sprite thread on TTFF? Anyways, yeah! xD I really don't know what else to say, though....
I think that for a while he was friends with this user named Helix who was also a member of TTFF...she was really tomboyish at the time. However, I recently found her newer deviantart profile, and quite unfortunately she's turned into a total camwhore...and seems kinda stuck-up now. But, hey, I don't know for certain, that's just what I saw. She used to be really nice though.
But sorry! I totally digressed....



She was one of the first handful of members that joined my forum, Project Mutation (a Pokemon and pixel-art based forum). She's really cool and quite goofy, and is really a skilled pixel artist for her age. I believe she was "NinjaFish" on PM. o 3 o



I referred her to PM, and after a while she helped promote the forum by referring it on Marriland forums (which I believe is where NinjaFish was from). She's very supportive and is a really awesome artist / pixel artist, so go check her gallery.



I just recently met / started talking to her(?) just a few days ago. I think she may have added me to her watch list (I don't keep up with that anymore ), but I distinctly remember her commenting on my Buneary x Minccino fusion. Then it all went on from there! Of course, seeing how I tend to like to reply to most of my comments.
She's really awesome, plus is quite intellectual and has a good amount of common sense. Very easy to hold a pretty intelligent conversation with!



I met her on TTFF, which, at the time, she was the head administrator of. Her art has really improved over the years as well as her writing abilities, and she is a really cheerfull chic that can totally brighten your day up. Also is a big fan of FMA, which is pretty awesome.

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Sorry that the descriptions got kinda short-lived after a while...I guess I'm just wanting to sum this all up. Whew, I can't believe I typed ALL of this up at once!

Anyways, you all just have a really special place in my mind and you guys deserve to be reminded of that. Don't forget it!