just thought I might update everyone. I left this place a long time ago because people started saying I was tracing, had absolutely no proof but continued to assert that somehow I had to be tracing. it made me realize that I really don't have to post my art anywhere public in order to enjoy drawing it. as with a lot artists, I used to trace when I was probably 12 years old, until someone told me that it was wrong to do, and have never done so since. people trace to get attention for something that they did not create. I don't care about attention, which is why it is easy for me to never purposefully place my art into a widely public view, and why you will never find me here on DA, on FA, SA, MB, or just about any other art-based community.