Okay, here's the deal: "Become a fan" on Facebook, and I will send you a member of an endangered species.

And... go.

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A couple of years ago I haphazardly put together a piece called Black Hats [link] . While it was a good idea, it was done without much thought, care, or effort. Then, as is often the case with pieces I'm ambivalent about, it became kind of popular amongst friends.

Some three years later, I finally got around to redoing the piece [link] , but I added a wrinkle. I offered up the PSD with all the original parts for friends to edit and post. If you're interested in messing around with it, send me a note or comment on this journal. Odds are I'll send you a download link.

I'm not sure why I have this account, anymore.

When I started taking photos five years ago, this place was instrumental in my growth. It seems inert, now. When I started taking photos, I relied on the encouragement and advice of people like Steve to help me grow as an artist, and there seems to be no place for any of that anymore. People simply add images to their favourites without offering any commentary. I'm by no means damning the appreciation of art, but that's not what I came here for. To simply upload your art for the sake of praise and adoration is a vain, silly pursuit. I want to interact. I want to discuss. I want to make things with you, not just force things on you.

Thoughts?

Boy howdy.

My name's Scott. These are my photos. Sometimes I take photos for money. Most of the time I don't.

I have another website [link], feel free to visit it. There's information there you can use to contact me. You could also use said information to make crank calls to me in the middle of the night. Maybe you could call me at three in the morning and sing Beck songs at the top of your lungs. Maybe not. That's really up to you, I'm just throwing out idle suggestions.

There are a few other artists on DA that I really like. Stephen M. Walker II [link] and Indira Birnie [link] come to mind. Go visit their sites, too.

Right. That's about it.