I cannot believe I am typing this, but yesterday I reached the 5-year mark since I started working on Friends. This piece of art truly has every bit of my soul, feelings & emotions intertwined within it. As I've continued to work on this piece, I've experienced huge wins in life as well as devastating health news. Ive become completely sober, grown as a person, & generally like to think that I've become a better human overall. This piece of art has become in a way my safe space & I find myself at peace when I get lost in the world I am creating. Time stops. My mind goes blank ( in a good way ) & nothings else matters. There is no such thing as worries, only joy when I pick up the pencil and work on Friends. I like to share these yearly updates with you all because it's a good way for me to track my progress and hopefully there are those still here excited to reach the end of this journey with me. As you can see, at glance it looks like it’s almost finished but the reason I am comfortable sharing it as it is now, it’s because by the time it’s actually done, you’ll see the big secret I’ve been hiding! 5 years, 5817 hours & counting, the journey continues. I’ve made peace with the fact that I don’t think there are any collectors out there who are truly interested in owning this piece once I’m done, this is a true labor of love and as the wise Spike once said, “Whatever happens, happens” I do implore anyone with the slightest interest in collecting this to please send me a dm. It could be just get to know me as an artist better or to know anything else at all about Friends. I will update my website soon with all the new works in progress that have lead to what you see now. There you’ll be able to enjoy the piece in a higher resolution/quality. Thanks for reading.