So,

Having mulled it over for some time, I have decided that DA is kinda surplus to requirements.

Don't get me wrong, I've met some great folks here who create some super art.

For me, I'm more of a solitary beast doing my own thing, on my own terms and usually with determined disregard for what the rest of the planet is up to.

Professionally, DA serves no purpose. A lot of folks use it for social networking type stuff and I'm happier doing that on FB. I can honestly say that DA has not helped in my professional development in any way, that's all happened in the real world with good old fashioned networking, hard work and people seeing real work they can hold in their hands.

I conduct a lot of business via FB and none whatsoever here. DA just doesn't really facilitate that and it's rather reassuring to find that people who like what I do want to deal with me direct, commission work from me direct or own prints that have been personally handled by me and signed (as opposed to having been ordered and issued by some anonymous server somewhere. Lol).

At the end of the month then (May 2012) I will deactivate this account.

Anyone who wants a taste of what I'm up to can easily find me on FB, just search for John D'Anter Art & Design.

I bid you all farewell from this place and, if our paths do not cross again, I wish you all the very best of everything life and the universe has to offer.

John