I thinkkkk I'm gonna take a hiatus. I'm not sure how long, but it'll be at MOST three-four months. recently I've been falling in and out of a lot of self projects. not necessarily art, but just random things in general. working out better, writing more, and catching up on some hours, to name a few. next school year, it'll be much more complicated, and since this year has been so easy for me, I'm scared I wont be ready and i'll overwork myself. while art is one of my outlets and hobbies to pass the time, I feel like it's all I actually do anymore. Furthermore, I would like to focus on my personal life and step back for a while. Scratch never made me stress out, because to me it's not that serious. (and its also not anyone's fault if they for some reason feel it is.) those who are familiar with that one specific artist being exposed for stealing art, I guess I'm also scared of my art being stolen, but I am in no way trying to toot my own horn. since scratch is such a small art community, my art doesn't have as good a chance of being identified, if stolen, than if I were to post my art on a big app like !nsta. so I would prefer to be less active just in case, although this is not the main reason. this is the only place I post my art; you will never find it from me anywhere else and in terms of the DMC, I will occasionally still check my scratch notifs just in case there are any issues I need to diffuse. lastly, I promise this is the last thing, I would love to say I couldn't thank y'all enough! as of rn, I'm at about 170 followers!? that's a crazy number once you rlly think about it, and I'm honored! everyone I've met so far on here has been so sweet and nice, and y'alls support has made scratch much funner ;)