Well I finally managed to give out thanks to all of the artists...well not all...of the creators but a few that have supported me this year and I hope will stick around for more in the coming years.

And of course I like to publish things that others turn their noses up at, or refuse to look at without scorn and a need to cause inferiority complexes upon illustrators and graphic artists on my own personal website: https://avproductionsblog.wordpress.com/

I really enjoy the ability to uplift other artists and creative writers. Promoting their talents, along side my own and not allowing the corporate world to have all the control on what is marketable material. It has only been fours years since I have begun this journey but all of those I have met along the way, have made my experience as a producer of low-brow art and NSFW or just art general, a memorable one.

I really do know what my life would have been like without finding an artist like Elyria Steele, https://www.hentai-foundry.com/user/ElyriaSteele/profile  and ask her to take time out of her busy schedule to illustrate something for me and get the word out about who she is. I remember the days when other artists would draw Spider-Man in their style, or Mad-Maxx and loved the idea of someone taking the time to bring my own creations to life, in their style.

https://www.deviantart.com/cyberkitten01 CyberKitten01 was much of the same motivation in my proposition and he did a wonderful job of bringing Alexia to the forefront in his pin-up collection. https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/adventvoice/coat The fact that he desired to do so, despite how infantile my work is compared to his own is a tribute to our guild I suppose.

Of course I don’t take too much credit for the increase in my fan base at Newgrounds.com but there are several people that have been avid supports for a while that I may not have mentioned before: https://mylladynx.newgrounds.com/ https://mettatonthesexyboss.newgrounds.com/ https://jackrak.newgrounds.com/  https://steffmoc.newgrounds.com/ people come and go, but when they stick around, it is nice to read about yourself I am sure. https://cyberdevil.newgrounds.com/  https://bmesias063.newgrounds.com/art (Who have been by my side from my early years are shaping up to be the best advisers a guy can ask for.) 68 followers and counting and I can not get over how @Lewdua  https://lewdua.newgrounds.com/ treats me as an equal. I am so impressed with her. I have to show some love to KJimmy: who’s friendship has meant the world to me. https://kjimmy.newgrounds.com/

I really can not say that enough!! It is not that I am downing myself or too humble to realize when I have something good, or so impressed with other artists that I feel I will never measure up. It is simply when you see something good, you want to share it and I like talking about my friends, opposed to myself all the time.

The real show stopper of, "This Year in Review," and that I am really proud of featuring and should have set as the cover of this issue was "Strawberry,"

 https://baraag.net/@Strawberry Her work for me was right on time and the best way I could show some more love to the Italian goddess https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/adventvoice/medral-fortuna-favet-fortibus-alice I really wanted to display a piece that highlighted her love of dark themes

and bring to the public a mix of arousal for what is conventionally considered scary. Well for those that are not a fan of Twilight, then overall this is just not something you would be aroused by. For me though, Werewolves falling in love with red-headed fire-brands is always attractive. Strawberry really out did herself and I thank her forever for the work she did for me and happened to enjoy doing, though it was not something she does normally.

Overall this has been a massive year of wonderful renditions of art and I have been pleased to share them with you.