VAngelLJ

To be honest, I didn’t think I would ever return to Deviantart. When Cavitto closed, so many of us lost the place we called home, and it was difficult for me to be around knowing that the site would never quite be the same. I am definitely not alone in these feelings, even after a few years - it isn’t easy losing something so important that you dedicated so much time (and, for many of you, money) to, and I’m still sorry there was nothing we could do.

Somebody recently reached out to me, which meant I had to log in for the first time in a long time. I’m not going to lie - being back was a painful reminder of everything we had lost. But then I started looking around - old blogs for events I ran, art in my favourites, pages of people I used to know, and I was reminded of how much love exists within the harpg community. I loved being involved with the groups, Cavitto and Nordanner, because of the people - the joy I could bring through events and inventing fun new things, and there is so much evidence in old comments and notes that my efforts were appreciated by so many people. Reading them now gives me the same warm fuzzy feelings I got when they were first received. I love the community, and that’s why I am choosing to stay, and choosing to return to the kind and talented Nordanner folk I loved so much.

Several of the people I knew have left - harpg or DA as a whole - but so many are still here, and it’s wonderful to see how your art has progressed over the years. I have a lot to catch up on.

I plan to revive the Nords I had left - Noah, Raven and Pippin - but as the original creator of Inkspill, I naturally still love them, and will most certainly be on the lookout for slots in the not-too-distant future.

See you around soon.