I am overly excited to have been given the wonderful honor of being ticked off yesterday and joined the ranks of DA's Seniors.  Wow, beyond anything I ever thought.  I have been on DA since 2003, on my old account. which was badly named and attached to an old life I'd rather not have any attachment to.  I never imagined I'd have any type of achievements on DeviantART.  (besides meeting my love of my life )

I've seen DeviantART evolve a lot, and the community has grown tighter to me, even as the site has gotten bigger.  I've come to have many wonderful friends on DA, and was happy to see a few of them Seniored (I want to say knighted) along with me.  Grats to neurotype-on-discord, JamminJo, jvsef, SparklyDest, and miontre.  There may be others I've known, but since names have changed....  But congratulations to everyone!

Thank you bradleysays and Kjherstin for nominating me! ^{and any secret nominators!}

And thank you to everyone who sent me congrats messages.  This has been an amazing week.  I got a DD for a gallery commission for QaF-LibertyAve, "Bokeh Babylon".

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Then, I placed in the contest I was running in.  My artwork "Das Faerie Gotik" will be printed in the iprintfromhome.com 2012 Calibration Sample Kit, as well as displayed in their showroom.  Sara Campos will be holding a reception event in Tonawanda, New York.  If anyone is in the area might be interested in going, I'd be glad to pass on the details, also, I would be grateful of pictures of the event.

Waking up to finding out I have been granted Seniority was the icing on the cake.  I really teared up to know that all the efforts and hard work I've put into my community interactions have not gone unnoticed.  I love DA.  And I love the friends I have made here.  I cannot describe how overjoyed I am.  neurotype-on-discord said it best with

Now, for some fine 'staches!

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