I'm so thankful to be a part of this inspirational community because so many of you encourage me to be the best version of myself as an artist. I learn so many new things every time I engage with this forum. I'm also so amazed by the creativity of everyone here. The diverse world of storytelling will forever be a huge inspiration to me!
This is so very wholesome. I just joined this forum a few days ago and already I could feel the warmth leaking out. Truly grateful I found this forum. It is a gem 
Aaawww, thank you so much!
This is a great idea for a thread. 
I absolutely love this community. It's full of people who are not just supportive, but are willing to share real and honest advice, which is something I value enormously.
It's not hard to find fluffy online communities where everyone only ever says positive things. It's much harder to find communities like this one, which feel friendly, safe and warm, but which are also genuine places of advice and learning, and where people aren't afraid to share their knowledge. To me, that's genuine positivity and support. It's much more valuable.
There are so many people here I really admire and enjoy talking to - too many to list without accidentally forgetting someone and feeling bad. But I am going to give one particular shoutout:
@darthmongoose
I'm in awe of how often you jump into threads with detailed answers to all sorts of different questions. You clearly put so much time into this community, and it's so admirable. Not only that, but your advice is rock-solid, and you justify everything you say with various examples and explanations. Even in the rare instance where I don't agree, I can still clearly see where you're coming from, and how you arrived at your conclusions. You're really respectable.
I want to @ all the people on this forum who are drawing. Because I've noticed over the past year as I've seen y'alls art come and go that there's just so much improvement and I don't know if they realize it, but I realize it, and I'm pretty happy whenever I see all that progress. Art can be really intimidating, and especially for the younger folks or the less inexperienced--like damn, you're really getting better, you really are, step by step.
And for the people who are like older even or more experienced--like seriously, it's kind of crazy when you see someone who's art you're familiar with pop up with a new cover or a new page and it's like "woah, they levelled up on me" so an old dog ain't too old to learn new tricks, either.
Aaaah thank you! 
I think your in-depth critiques and guides are excellent too! You have some real pro-level expertise that shows a really strong academic grounding that as a largely self-taught artist, has been helpful to me too!
Also shout outs for excellent tutorials and advice I've seen on the forums need to go to @ninjashira , @rajillustration and @DokiDokiTsuna ! There's been some great advice and threads on craft and technique, or just informative coaching of people in need of guidance lately!
Just a tip...
If you're making connections and appreciate the support of other creators on here, don't just depend on the Tapas forums as your only means of connection. Start and join Discords, send private messages, Hell! Become pen pals!
Just form other social links when you want/can, trust me.
I have too many love letters that I'm too awkward to write anyway, even anonymously 
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But everyone who is posting art here, I'm sitting in front of my computer and just zooming in and staring and appreciating your skills and effort and individual strengths - constantly amazing and inspiring. I've been around just shy of a year I think and am also stunned by the growth I've seen with artists where I'm exposed to more of your work. 
And the folks who are helping out and giving advice and sharing your experience... you are the best, really.
Oh wow, thank you so much !! I wasn't expecting this, you just made my day ^.^ Also i would be honored to see Alex in a crossover !! 
More positivity (a way to just bump the thread lol)
I see so much love and help on this forum and honestly i can't believe it sometimes. So. Stay awsome, here's more people that I like in my library!
@Yulek your slice of life is perfect and it makes me giggle pretty much every comic
@LawrenceSV THE SIBLINGS goodness i hope they all stay safe ;w; the parents need a good whack on th head so they treat both of them equally
@noenoh your first little story made me cry and I love you for it. you have such a way to tell your story and you do it wonderfully.
@Stargazer31 i love love love your comic! the characters, the drama, the tensions, the amazing outfits loki wears! it's all amazing! ngl. I can easily see Kerren (At least future Kerren lol) having a neat friendship with Loki you'll have to see what i mean tho when kerren gets to that point in time =w=;;;
Everyone keep being amazing, and i hope you all have fantastic day/nights
Thank you for your positivity in the forums, you are so sweet and you makes me smile 
sorry again for making you cry with the story ;w; Im sorry Im a silent reader and barely comments but I appreciate you, your story and want to read everyones Im subbed to too cause I really like what ya all are doing Im just awkward at showing it
wait, this is literally just a thread for complimenting people? I feel like you deserve a compliment just for that. this idea is so wholesome it should be illegal.
maybe I gotta be more active in this place if this is really how nice the community is lmao
as for compliments, I wanna shout out @Dialusion and his comic, Summon: The Nameless Relic. they're what made me realize a comic doesn't need to be super popular to be good, and that even if my comics don't get great numbers, that doesn't mean the story I'm telling is worth any less.
I just hope I can remember that once I finally start posting more comics lol
you can read it here!
To all my fellow writers of novels, I love y'all. You guys are writing for me a piece of your inner worlds and sharing it with me for free. Hello??? For FREE. I am truly grateful to have a way of escaping daily life by hopping into y'alls stories and letting me experience your fantasy in my head. Keep doing what you do, and thank you for wanting to share it.
@rachurch95
this was exciting? what a thing to wake up to.
I'm rooting for you too. You're improving your skills and it only gets better every chapter
