Today I realised that my 10th anniversary on deviantART was on Saturday, May 5th.

10 years! Wow... I still remember the site 10 years ago, so basic and such a small community of people. You almost knew everyone and everyone knew you. Wallpapers were the thing you made, winamp skins then illustrations and photography and lit... The shoutbox, before dAmn, before being able to be kicked... ahh flooding
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10 years. I still have one of the very first runs of dA shirts and a dA fitted cap in dA green. A fella plushie, a massive laptop side bag, key rings, prints... all the firsts of their kind from so many years ago. Jark, Lolly, Spyed, realitysquared, dygel... and everyone else I remember from the start.

I'm hardly around these parts now, dA feels so big and I feel so small, everything is shiny and the cost of merchandise is a little bit our of my price range postage wise. But 10 years. I'm heading the USA in July for 5 weeks, I'll be in LA at some point and would love to drop by dAHQ just to see it in real life.

Thanks for the memories, dA.