alright, i'm officially done. i've been a member of DeviantArt for many, many years - back to '99, methinks. i've had numerous usernames on this website, some of them still existing (i'll never tell!). one problem i have never been able to escape is this: people stealing art.

i've had drawings, paintings, stories, and poems of mine ripped off and put up under other peoples' deviantart accounts. nothing -EVER- gets done about it, either. i've tried. numerous times.

i seriously cannot count how many times my work has been ripped by people on this site. even now, as i browse through galleries, i can find pieces of mine, either drawings, paintings, or literature on other peoples' sites claiming it as their own.

so, i've decided to officially give up. pretty much everything in my gallery on this particular account is old stuff that i don't really care about getting ripped. have at it, since it never stopped you guys before!

my newer stuff, all of my older BEST stuff, all of my drawings and paintings and poetry and prose that i consider important enough to not be ripped will no longer be under this account, or any other for that matter. i've given up on it. what makes the most angry, though, is seeing my own work under other, more "popular" members' accounts and seeing all the comments and favs they're getting for something they never did. it realllly ticks me off.

i'm done ranting. just be warned, no more updates from me, no more attempts at recapturing my artwork or literature. but for those of you who may have known me in my past lives here on DeviantArt (i've had several, rest assured), and are familiar with my work, if you happen to chance upon it, at least smirk with the knowledge that you know who REALLY created it.

thanks, and au revoir!

josh