Thanks guys.. half of the reason I stopped giving work out publically was because nobody said anything anyway, so it seemed all for not much...
This forum has given me hope that the old school internet way of just saying "i like that" or "thanks" can be a regular thing again.
I remember years ago when you couldn't post something WITHOUT getting feedback... these days people seem to just want more content faster and really could care less about the effort that goes into it or the artistic value that any of the artists here have.
That said.. I really think there's a good core of artists these days.