I don't understand all these posts when an artist is away, a forum or webpage closes or something like that... I mean, this is the real life, people come and go, and many things happen out there. It is normal to request pieces of artwork when they seem to disappear from internet, or to be concerned about someone who was a good fellow in this (or other) forum. But about "the rest of the world", who cares?
Yes, I understand that many of the guys and sites that have disappeared offered good (or bad) stuff to us, many times even for free. But it is important to assume that they owe to us as much as we owe to them... sometimes nothing

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