Hi Reinhold,
It's very nice of you to give me a shout, especially after I've been inactive for so many years.
Unfortunately, I think I'm gonna have to pass on your ongoing contest. I actually live in Germany now (Düsseldorf)! And I have a full-time job, but I'm still in my probation period (it ends on May 31st). It's not like I'm getting fired, but... you know, since I'm about to negotiate myself a new contract with a better pay and all, I wanna keep doing a good impression and focus on work for the next ten or so days.
Just to reassure you, I haven't given up art though. In fact, I have just completed a 40-drawing project: it's a set of emoji stickers that I have put on sale this month for use in the text messaging application LINE. I've also published my very first YouTube video to introduce them:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqVNkf…I would very much like to participate in one of your next contests though. It would seem like good timing for me to come out of hibernation on DeviantArt.
See you around,
F. R. Gewelt