Due to difficulties with my mental health, I've not had a presence on this site. But even without that, I haven't felt comfortable with the direction of DeviantArt for a long time now. Since the days of the Eclipse change. While I tried to be positive and optimistic about it, DeviantArt has clearly become a profit first venture, that doesn't have artists best interests at heart. In my opinion, if they were an artist first organisation, they would not have made the AI generated art scalping opt-in by default. As was evident from the backlash, the majority of artists were not in favour of it, and though they changed to an opt-out by default, the intent was clear. I don't feel like I want to come back to this site at this time, despite my growing desire to share my art again. Instead, I will find other avenues for posting my work. You could check out my ko-fi page, to help support me, or maybe even my Youtube channel, where I have been uploading speed draws. If not, that's ok. I won't be