I whole heartedly agree. This art site allows for the creation of friendships all across this wonderful planet. Our creativity as artist no matter the level we consider ourselves to be, is honored and appreciated by many who come here. The ‘MAGIC’ you speak of can be here again and is certainly among the realm of possibility if the administrators of this sight see the potential. You and I see it along with among some others who also have expressed the potential of sketchfu. Question is will anything ever be done about it…. I wish happiness and good health my sketchfu friend…))

tbinto....i thought we were already on each other's friend list! :/ got any objections if we exchange? also, is the pic on your profile one that you drew? it's lovely either way!

hanx for your comment on ms m it means a lot!!!

Thank you for the kinds thoughts and words!! ;-) L8*

Glad to have you as a friend, too ... you're a definite plus! Hugs!

I'm so sorry Ginkgo didn't work out for you - it's so nice there - lots of reFUgees!
I pop back here every now and again to check out the 'best of' page, but as you say all the energy has gone. Do think about giving Ginkgo another try - I'm sure you would love it there. You can upload your drawings from FU and anywhere else and then continue to work on them if you want to. I know all the tools can be a bit confusing but you can just stick to the 'pen' which is similar to here at FU until you get used to it. You can always come along to comment and keep in touch with us all if you don't want to draw there - but I hope you will . . .

Thank you, coming from you that is awesome.

Many thanks back to you. Wow! Reading your profile is like reading a library of books! Lovely sentiments and thoughts.

thanks ! Im busy because my mom is quite poorly and Im busy at work- but I keep coming back here! ( such a friendly bunch here!)

Hi- I often see your drawings- but they are deleted? Hope all is OK...best wishes

Hi Roni,

Tried to connect with you by phone today but sensed there was some strange energy floating around out there (the earthquake? - Nah)
Inquiring minds want to know. Email me.

Oh, not at all, tbinto... I didnt take it as an insult at alll, I kinda figured it out, but it was just a slight, stupid joke from me below... thank you for your nice words, they mean a lot to me tbinto, have a great night :)

Hi tbinto, well not really :D is this therapy? :D :D

Thank you for that :) I don't think I'm accomplishing anything, other than giving everyone a chance to vent a little. This site's reputation in the art community is pretty well shot, from what I've read ... maybe that's punishment enough. It's just a pity ... we had such a close and lively community here. Yes, there's beautiful art at 2Draw and Floating Gingko, but only sketchfu has the "goofiness quotient" that I crave!

aww thank u for the cheers and comment :)

Hey, Miss Thang! Back atcha :D Still chiseling your way out of the igloo each morning, or you started to thaw out, finally? We have all the doors and windows open and I'm sitting here in my shorts and t-shirt ... Spring doesn't last long here, but it sure is appreciated while it does ;) Soon enough, we'll be sweltering :(

no more cold days! we will see

He who laughs, last I mean. duh.

Oh, and thanks for the comment!

He who laughs, lasts is a slower thinker...

Hey, no the avatar was just a random web find. But the artist is one of my favorites, his name is Alex Ross.

It's always nice to find pleasant surprises in your gallery.. I know it's been a long time since I've visited but i must say, definately worth it - since every time i return..., more masterful works of art hang in your gallery and i get to browse.... :))) Have a wonderful day Tbinto...

Hi tb! You left me a very high compliment on my "Morning has broken" pic. I truly appreciate that comment & you expressing it to me. I think we all are learning very interesting styles, & techniques of drawing along with wonderful friendship values. Thank you, L8*

i hate the cold :( but i am doing good ... and you

Thanx you!

I think your work is awesome but your writings even more. My I add you as friend?

Hi tbinto, it's been quite a while... I'll get back to your drawings soon, have a great day :)

Hi tbinto.... when I found your note ... I was speechless. I can't even imagine that you would or could say what I read. I am in awe of your work. You have a creativity that far surpasses what I have... I have only begun to experience a deeper expression of what I really want to portray. I asked Gerry one day why my work changed and she said I learned to see. I thought I did but realized I didn't, and when I truely realized I had not been able to really see... I was amazed at my ignorance. Now I look carefully and work differently with a composition. I make myself draw things I never ever would have considered, I force myself to come face to face with my own opportunities and weaknesses and then I say... I must try or I will never learn. I look at myself and think, if only I had realized this 40 years ago, maybe I would be one small bit as good as our child prodigys here. I can feel and know in your art that you see and have mastered the ability to allow your heart to shine clearly through your work. I am just learning and now you must know that you have a part in this. I am an apt pupil and have learned greatly from your work! Thank you for your kind words, but I am hardly deserving of such high praise... maybe someday! Thanks so very much!

Just a tid bit that I probabally did not mention??~~~tomorrow we are expecting 30 below windchilll....rather balmy for this time of year.

Thanks so much for taking time out your busy day to grace my profile page. It is good to see you back, even if it is just a little right now. I have not been as inspired to draw of late...hoping it will come back. ONly been doing the community stuff and little ditties here and there. Take care and be well!

grazie my dear have a nice day

I could spend several hours just at reading your comments and profile notes! Let me say how wonderful it is to see you back again! This wonderful work that is pouring from you now is brilliant! I admire every single one of these new posts! Thanks so much for the flattering comments and cheers, but you know...when I look at your work and the work of some of the other artists here I say to myself, I could never do that! Again.... I am thrilled to have you back!

Happiness come to you in every way possible this new year. Thanks for your wishes.

Hello Ms. Thang! Ah, there's a little Venus in all of us! Thanx so much for the kind words and compliments :) Seriously, I look in the mirror now and who should be staring back at me but my MOTHER! Eeek! I feel for you folks up in the Klondike .... those long winters must be depressing. Enjoy your Ferris Bueller Day Off ... it's much deserved, I am sure!

I have to tell you I love your artwork, I don't usually comment a lot on pictures but I do rate them. Thanks for sharing your talent.

hi do you have an msn!!!

Hello! Good to hear from you! Hope everything is ok.

Thanks for all the cheers and the comment! =]

Hey there, stranger! Been keeping pretty busy lately, huh? Good to see you here :) And, of course, thanks for the comments and cheers!

Thanks so much, Ms. Tbinto for your cheers & great comment:)! I'm really trying to learn...

Wow, thanks for the cheers and the comment :) Chris deserves the cheers though, for her wonderful bubbles

Well that was supposed to be either thank you or thanks..it became neither!

Thank! I always forget how early Capricorn starts and didn't realize that you are one too! *S*

Thank you so very much for your comment your cheers and the beautiful inspiring words on your profile!!!!!

I think it might be. I found the pic on a freinds web page and borrowed it. We had an American Party Cocker (black and white). The ears and eyes on cockers are so wonderful. Take care!

thanks for cheerson my works:3

ooooooooooo u have so many friends i will be lost in all of them i am so upset and wish to cryyyyyyyyyy

thanks for the Happy Birthday comments..

Thanks tbinto. Hope you had a great Holiday as well. Hope to see more of your great drawings this new year.

Hello there! This shamefully late message is to thank you for being so very kind to me. ^_^ You are an incredibly sweet person, thank you so much for everything! It makes me happy to know that some find meaning in my ramblings and rather random thoughts that I stumble on from time to time. They're things that always want to pop out, just to see if anyone else thinks the same way and I often get only quizzical looks for it. I feel a lot lest trapped when I know that others relate, it's a great experience. I'm always amazed when I come back to Sketchfu after a short pause and it hits me that everybody here is so close. It's not a normal forum setting, this is an artist family! :D

So thank you again! I hope this new year is wonderful for you! I will let you know when the adoption forms clear! *g*

And by the way, I cannot be forgiven for forgetting to add you to my friends list! O_O Eek!

thx 4 the wonderful comment!

What a wonderful comment! I hope your 365 days are full of peace, joy, and creativity!!!!

Hi Ms. Tbinto, What wonderful wishes you wish, and thank you so very much and the very same extraordinary wishes to you, may they all come true! *Hugs* - Joyce

You truely have a gift with words and illustration! I think you could be an amazing success as a childrens book author and illutrator! I mean this! Thanks so much for the message! Incredible and beautiful! Happy New Year to you also! I will be scare for a time, I am working on a painting. I really love to indulge myself here but I also need to get some serious work done, so please don't forget me or worry! I love to look at the sketch fu work in the morning, I allow myself this indulgence, so be patient with me, I will find your wonderful work, but a little less timely than I had in the past! Thanks again! Hugs! Happy New Year!

thank you. i wish that all your dreams and all your wishes will become true in 2008

Hello Tbinto :)
What a wonderful newyears greeting! May 2008 bring you lots of joy and wonder too.

Hi tbinto...Thank you and I wish you all the best for 2008, as well! I hope it is everything you want it to be and everything you make it to be...wonderful and memorable! L8* ;-)

I wish you exactly the same thing for this new year...and a outstanding health. Because that's something you could call welth, when it's stabile.

You'd better stop that or you're gonna' make me all blurry eyed and I won't be able to draw a thing!....lol.

Thank you & right back atchya' with a great big hug!

Robin

thanks for your sweet message! hope everything that needs to go right does, and anything bad keeps well away for you! Hugs Chris

Hi binto...yes, thank you. I have used the download before to view, but I think it's the damn flash player that freezes me. I can hear the comp running and running..and the service bar always says, ..transfering info, sketchfu, etc. and sometimes the transfer never happens and I can't move the scroll bar or anything. So I have to shut down and try again. It's maddening and I wish Matt and/or Andrew could get rid of it. anyhow, thanks for thinking of me and Happy New Year. :)

Why, thank you! Well, if I'm pink champagne then you are, without a doubt, Dom Perignon ... the real McCoy ;)

My dear MsTbinto
I hope 2008 is a wonderful year for you, full of adventures, great and small .... you help make sketchfu a joy and a delight and keep us on our toes with your keen wit and sharp mind! Thank you and bless you.
Love,
Your friend
Meno
:)

Loved the ending (well this years ending anyhow)...everything feel together so beautifully. I particularly loved Olga and Wiley Wabbit!
Well done well done tbinto. Was a joy for me and everyone else to have this intriguing story to relax to for a break in our busy schedules. I am amazed, to be frank, that you were able to pull off all that art and writing during this time!!I barely was able to draw the one or 2 Willys that I did!

Hope your holidays are truly Merry
and Bright and that 2008 will bring you all that you could wish for.
Cheers! Gerrybear

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and hope it was filled with joy! thanks ever so much for the wonderful blessings your friendship has had on me! May the year to come be the best ahead! luv and hugs starzshine/terry

Merry Christmas, dear lady! My husband's at work until 4, the skies are clouding up and we may get rain later, and I don't have to get to work on dinner for hours yet, so I thought I'd come to FU World and see what's what! I see you've been VERY busy on the Willy/Wiley Saga, which is beyond GREAT ... so excuse me whilst I catch up!

Thank you. A very merry Christmas to you too. May God, love, health and wisdom lead you through 2008.

HO HO HO MERRY CHRISTMAS!:)

May I interrupt this story ~ to bring you...warm wishes for a very Merry Christmas & holiday (hehehoho)...I also wish to thank you for all the kind & inspiring words you have left behind on my draws. The cheers & comments are a great source of encouragement, thank you! And thank you for all your own contributions you generously share with us all! ;-D L8*

Hi Tbinto! I had to stop by and wish you a very wonderful and blessed Christmas! I have really enjoyed your Willy series! Your imagination is infinite, wonderful and brilliant!

Thank you for my story!

I want to thank you for the Willy story. I know you understand his essence. Your drawings have been so awesome and interesting and clever. The story is really spellbounding! I am happy to see Willy in a real adventure as opposed to a series of possible mishaps, if indeed all those victims were Willy. I have to go out of town for the day and evening tomorrow, well it is today already. I eagerly await what I know will be a stunning conclusion. *S*

Hi tbinto, Happy Belated Birthday! Thanks for your cheers & great comment! In glancing down at Meno's comment here, I wish for 2008 that some of your stories will be published -

Happy Happy BD tbinto. I have yet missed another December Birthday. Being Dec. myself I know how this happens.....but I will draw a belated, I promise.

Here's your horoscope for those born Dec. 22 (courtesy of my local newspaper):

"In the year ahead, there are strong indications that you will increase your earning capacity considerably. Events and circumstances will provide the possibilities, but you must provide the motivation to jump into the heat of the battle."

Well, I know for sure you're up to the challenge!

If I don't speak with you again before Christmas, hope your birthday and holiday are full of peace, joy and, yes, possibilities!

Happy Hols, Tbinto! And...if I wait a little bit longer it'll be your birthday but I think we are on Cali time and it will show as being way too early to wish you a Happy Tbintoday! Regardless, within a few minutes (my time) Happy, Happy! Enjoy your day - it's all yours! And thanks much for your wonderful comments & cheers, always! L8* (11:52 pm)

*S* Hi Tbinto. Hope your birthday was a good one. Sometimes hard to have one so close to Christmas, I know, I have a January one and everyone is so worn out by then *L*

I have a question and you certainly do not have to answer yes. But I was thinking, your Willy story is so good and fun and cohesive and it seems to be moving towards a logical conclusion that could include the Christmas Eve "willy finally back at the LoveumNleavem Orphange" drawing. If you wanted you could even use my draw i started with or at least the wall and window to make it faster. I know i said I do it but I have not had time to really "do" Willy this yr and you have spent so many hours on that marvelous story, would you like to end it? If you don't like I said, that's fine too. *S*

Thank you for sharing the Christmas film with me! It was very beautiful! Happy holidays and birthdays!! :)

Thank you so much for the Christmas film ... it was beautiful and thought provoking; I love the idea of 12 minutes for 12 days to embrace the sacred .... lovely!

You are more than welcome, dear lady! You inspire me to new heights of, if not greatness, then at least lunacy! I enjoy our friendship very much ... you are so smart, quick-witted, thoughtful and kind. I hope your birthday is peaceful and relaxing and that it's followed by many, many more!

Speaking of YOUR birthday, I got an early jump on it .... a little something-something for you in my gallery :D

I took The Dood out to lunch at our favorite Spanish restaurant; baked him a cherry pie (ok, a Mrs. Smith's cherry pie ... hey, HE'S the baker!); we tooled around town running some errands and ... that's about it! But it was a good day :) Got any plans for YOUR b'day this Saturday? Hope it's wonderful ... just like you!

Yippie! Thanks for the add! :) :)

Hi T !! i am finally getting some time to write. busy moving my 79 year old mom to the same town i live in. god, moving sucks. at least now i have her close, like with in five minutes of my house. she is beginning to show her age mentally and physically. some days, i find it really difficult. she is now living in a retirement community that is like a little community within itself. she doesn't drive and is a widow. my father passed away 14 years ago july, very very suddenly. they were married around 45 years when he passed. she has had a really rough time, very very dependant on him for everything. however, even 14 years later we all still struggle with it. it was a very unexpected death. i was talking to him one minute and the next minute he was in the ambulance going to the hospital, suffering from a heat stroke and ultimately a heart attack. he had just turned 65. needless to say, my family was just devistated. dealing with a loved ones death is never easy, no matter what the circumstances. i am very sorry to hear about your ex and his passing. the comment that you made about the "events of this year remind me that things come to pass, they don't come to stay." wow, no truer words spoken. going thru my own ordeal with my husband after being together 22 years...has been a difficult road to go down. however, life does, and must go on and i am finally feeling better now than i have in a very long time. 1 1/2 years since we split. everyone tells me to "suck it up and get over it" ya know, sometimes it isn't that easy. now, finally, i am realiziing that i CAN live without him and do so HAPPILY. good days and bad, however, the good outweigh the bad by far. i thank god for the friends that i have met on FU, each one has had such nice things to say.. comments that i have definately taken to heart and have helped me a great deal. yours,gerbear and menos in particular have been WONDERFUL....and i thank you all. have a wonderful holiday season and new year and i will be seeing you around here on FU! luv lisa

"My Guy" ... now there's a classic! Thank you so much for that great link, tbinto! The Dude will be tickled ;)

lol- i was going to leave a rude comment about Camilla but worried I would end up in the tower of London! lol

Thanks for all the info about "hawwy" I havent been around for the last couple of days cos my cold went on my chwest (lol-typo!) and I just have felt too lethargic to do much... P.S>
I LIKE your obscure american info- I love learning stuff! Thanks!

thanks for the cheers and comments

Thanks tbinto!

cool thxxx!! x]

In fact, I like him so much, the wabbit, I can see future tales of "Wheres Willy and the Wotten Wabbit". The wabbit always trying to snatch the carrot as Willy has one of his misadventures!!*L*

My fav tho, is the hot tub...all the stuff floating on the top is too funny and that danged wabbit stealthily reaching for the carrot had me laff out loud cuz i didn't read the title first!

Well I have a feeling things will be good for the orphans in the end but I do worry for Willy cuz he is my annual Christmas story *L* I hope nothing permanently fatal happens to him, he is pretty resilient tho and has survived many mishaps before *S* If you want to coordinate the Christmas Eve grande finale, we can email to keep it secret *grin* I feel like Willy has hit the big time what with Hawwy and Baba and all!! I have been grinning all nite ...excellent story telling and art!!

Hi tbinto ;-) From a wonderful artist, such as yourself, the complimentary comment you left on my 'Taste of Winter' was very appreciated & inspiring. Cheers for the cheers, as well. Thank you so very much! L8*

Rev. Billy really rocks that cotton candy hair of his! I liked the first dude who equated "flashin' my rims" with the Christmas spirit; also, when Rev. Billy and his followers marched over to Wal-Mart to "take the evil into our bodies!" No argument there ... plenty of evil in evidence at The Great Satan, Wal-Mart! Isn't Morgan Spurlock the Super Size Me guy? Thanx for yet another entertaining link ;)

Oh, sorry, I just meant how you copy a drawing to another gallery but just drawing something like a dot on it. Drawings cannot be moved per se but I am drawing my Willy draws in my own gallery and then copying them in the Willy Gallery. Some are drawing straight in the Willy Gallery. Does not matter really, I just like keeping all of my draws in one place. There is some history on how Wheres Willy got started on the profile line in his gallery. There is also a link to the YouDraw Willy gallery. This is the 3rd year I have brought him back to life. The first yr I started it with a lady named Lorhen and the last year lily, christine and i did a lot of the drawings at YD.

Since your Willy saga is ongoing you might want to wait til you feel you are done and then move them one right after the other so that no other drawings get inbetween and confuse your story. In the past Willy has been single panel drawings and the back story just written underneath, but I REALLY like the mini saga side story idea. In fact you may have finally found the culprit who stole Willy from the orphanage to begin with!! That hungry Wabbit!!! Of course he does return him every year *G* I always draw the last picture on Christmas Eve when he is returned safe and mostly sound to the kids at the LoveumnLeaveum Orphanage. Thanks for playing. Looking forward to more!