Just a big "Hi, how are you?" to all my Watchers & friends. I haven't forgotten you but things on the domestic front have taken on a life of their own & are rather overwhelming. So with that in mind, I just want to say how much I regret not being able to fully commit myself to my fan art & upload my work on a regular basis.
Please bare with me & I thank you for your patience.
In the meantime, enjoy what sporadic pieces I do upload. Also, I've probably mentioned this before but I'll say it again. I've had to start uploading my fan art with those nasty watermarks because I've noticed some folks have taken the liberty of using my fan art on merchandise which they hope to sell & profit from. Unfortunately, they never asked for permission & had they done so I would not have given it unless the merchandise in question was for the sole purposes of keeping the JemCon & their website afloat. Fan art I do on a strictly Not-For-Profit basis. It's a labor of love for me to produce pictures that other fans can see, download & enjoy. I don't make money from it & neither should anyone else...at least not without the express permission of the owners of the copyright & trademarks for the fan art I do. In the case of Jem & The Holograms, that would be Hasbro & Sunbow and in the case of She-Ra, Princess of Power; the owners of the copyrights & trademarks are Mattel & Filmation. Anyway, for this reason, I've had to start uploading things with watermarks. My apologies but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
If I haven't already wished you all a Happy New Year then consider yourselves wished
& may 2013 be a better year for you than last year was.
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