riamali

Well I've been away quite a long time. I noticed my last deviation was a year ago and my last journal 2 years ago. I was even contemplating deleting my account since I don't really have the time or energy to barely log on the site and just browse, let alone make stuff and upload it. Buuuut.... damn it will be 8 years soon since I made my account and I guess I'm pretty emotionally attached to it. So instead of that, I decided to (kinda) make a comeback, except in a slightly different way. I'm kinda over the digital manipulation thing and I haven't done it in a long time. Not that I don't like it anymore, it's just that other things have taken over my life. I will be graduating culinary school this summer from which I will be getting my pastry chef degree. So that is my new love and what is taking up most of my time the past couple of years, in school and at home. So that is the kind of stuff I will be uploading here from now on. I didn't want to make a new account, because I love all the creative stages I have been through all these years. It has just taken a new form for me now and I'm really happy about it because this is something that I know I can also do professionally and not just as a hobby.

Also this is a chance for me to apologize to all the Eye-see-all members, my group that I unfortunately had to close because as I mentioned, I didn't have the time or energy to manage a group anymore and nobody was able to take over. It was a group that existed for about 10 years here on dA and I had a lot of fun with it and I want to thank all the members, old and new who participated with their creations throughout the years.

Aaand since I've started thanking, I need to also thank all my watchers, favers, commenters etc for all your love and support. Even though I'm not that active anymore, whenever I pop in, I read all your comments and appreciate all your support and feedback. I wish I could reply to each and every one of you, blow you a kiss or give you a high five. But when you're absent for a while, the messages really do pile up and it gets a bit overwhelming. Notice that this journal is looking kind of bland? Yeah, that's because I forgot all the emoticons, or whatever you call them these days.

So I guess that's all for now, hope you enjoy my new uploads. Cya around!