Hi Xyliacs!Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has been visiting the site, and made April our best month ever! Your visits, donations and support are making this dream of mine come true, and I can't thank you all enough! Today's update is kinda weird, isn't it? The next few pages will be too... Hey! We hit the April goal for a whole month of Monday Wednesday updates! We also reached the goal to make the Claudius wallpaper available to everyone! Here are the links to the different sizes: 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200 1920x1440 Hope you like it! Hey, before I forget! Vote, please! It's that rockin pic in color. Man, that dude is skinny. Thank you to everyone who has downloaded the previous project I worked on: Talismen Return of the Exile Volume I will be presented as Wowio downloads in four montly issues. Each issue will include extra pieces such as concept sketches, promotional images, and extra comics that are unavailable anywhere else. After this presentation of Return of the Exile, Xylia will become available on Wowio! I am also considering releasing a sketchbook there, so watch for that. Remember that the downloads are like donations that you don't have to pay anything for! Steve and I would be greatful if you would download Talismen- and take a little nostalgic look back... The Xyliacs Club is still a fun place to be! Lots of great members. There are some sketches and things there that are unavailable anywehre else, so stop and visit, or join! Thank you all for the nice comments that you are sharing with us on the comment area and in the Xyliac forum. Thank you also for sharing things about yourselves- where you are from, and how you found Xylia! Today, I was wondering- if I did a movie parody with the Xylia cast, what is a movie you would like to see? ^_^ Again, thank you so much for donating to Xylia Here's the lowdown on how the donation gifts work: We get to $800.00 on the thermometer- two updates a month in June! $1.00-$4.99-while these donations don't get you the incentive story, they work towards getting the two page goal, and you will receive an illustration from the story. $5.00-$9.99- gets you Nigel's Opus Chapter III (with a Chapter I & II synopsis) $10.00 - gets you Nigel's Opus Chapter II & III (if you would rather have I and III, let me know although that is odd... $15.00+- gets you Nigel's Opus Chapter I, II, & III As always, if you do not receive your gift within twenty-four hours, please email me! Finally, if you are looking for a commissioned caricature or portrait, I am taking commissions at this time. Here's a sample of a wedding invite I did (click to see larger) I also do Christmas card layouts (never too early to get a start on that), b-day invites or just pictures. They are 100% digital, so you take the file to your printer and make it the size you want! Please email me for quote information (please put 'caricature inquiry' in the subject. bji2001@mchsi.com That should do it for now! Thanks for reading and believing! See you THURSDAY everyone!! ~B