If I take my text on its own, I think it's nifty. When I think of it in terms of what I want it to look like (_phaust and letsey_x's work comes to mind), I'm waaaaaay behind where I should be. We can both continue sharpening our text skills this year, and then hopefully, we'll both sound more positive when the next progression post comes up! :D

There's never been one negative thing said about you as far as I've seen. You show up mostly in "link me to icons for inspiration" posts or when people ask who's improved tremendously this year. Both of those are GREAT contexts in which to be namedropped! Yeah, it's totally understandable why people would be apprehensive and think it's just a small bunch of makers that are being exclusive or whatever, but it's not the case at all. People seem to go above and beyond the call of duty to help each other out and show support!