well, its been a while. after over a month of not interacting online, I'm finally back to say hi I took a break from the internet to heal and improve my mental health. and for anyone who was worried, I'm happy to say my condition has greatly improved. I've matured and changed a lot over the past month. for one thing, I got my ears pierced! I also had a lovely summer! I drove all the way across Canada to visit my family that I haven't seen in 7 years, and I got to see the ocean. my uncles are all big Nintendo fans and so I got to hang out and play all sorts of video games. the highlight was definitely Earthbound, the game was so big I could never finish it in just 3 weeks, but from what I played I can tell you that game is a masterpiece. I also got to play games such as Super Mario RPG, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Odyssey, Super Mario 3D world and Skyward Sword HD but with everything I did this summer, I didn't make much art. at least not as much as normal. I'm currently in a weird state where my skills have outgrown the abilities of my current art program For those who don't know, I use Firealpaca. Its really an amazing program seeing as how its completely free, but its missing a few helpful tools and, OH GOODNESS, textured brushes are non existent (please I want textured brushes so bad) as for the future of my on this website, I'm going to continue being on and off active. 1, so I can keep up my good mental health, 2 so I can prepare for grade 10, and 3, well, scratch doesn't particularly benefit me anymore, my talents have outgrown all of my original inspirations. which is exciting, but that also means I need to look for new inspiration. I'm almost 16 and the main reason I'm still here is because all other social media websites are toxic and suck. and lets face it, I'm not going to build a name for my art on a tiny programing website made for kids. but the people here are the nicest. so I will happily continue to be on this website for a few more years. I will post art as soon as I feel I have enough to make a decently sized art dump. now in the mean time, I have 451 messages to reply to its nice to be back!