Hi Xyliacs!Another Thursday update! Lots of news! Lots! Well, we just had another 'Best Day Ever' on Tuesday! And as of this writing, we are almost up to 4,000 referrers! Thank you to everyone who has linked to Xylia! Thank you for reading, for commenting and for helping me make my dream a reality! ^_^ I know I ask a lot of you dear readers- vote here, donate there, look there... but today I have a special favor - to help out two fellow Xyliac readers. Adam is trying to win a fantastic wedding for his lovely fiancee, Brandie. Adam is a very romantic young man and wrote a beautiful story about how they fell in love that can be seen here in the Xyliacs forum. He's submitted this story to a local radio station as a submisson to win this fantastic gift for his bride. Flowers, pictures, a honeymoon...the works! But they need votes. And so, dear readers, if you could kindly click this link and put in a vote for Adam and Brandie, you could help to make the start of their married life very happy indeed. (it takes all of five seconds to vote. IF that. Click and you're done!) And despite the Xylia story seeming silly and fantastic, at its heart, it's really a romance story, so that's really what we're all about here! I have gotten three really wonderful pieces of fan art that I am going to post the next three updates. This Thursday's art is from my old pal, and Slither and Friends creator, Mike Dean. His art features Xylia's most beloved character in a verbal sparring match with Slither himself. It's wonderful! Click the pic. Well, it was brought to my attenton that the Claudius wallpaper is not coming out as different sizes (thanks to Photobucket's lovely resizing feature. So here is one at the highest size PhotobucketClaudius wallpaper Kez is going to help me figure this mess out hopefully over the weekend so that I can actually post all the sizes. Hey, before I forget! Vote, TWC please!Sorry it isn't a new pic today, but thank you for getting us in the top twenty this month! WOO HOO! 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 for US readers. Hopefully to be available soon to other countries. Please click the cover of the comic to go to Wowio! It's free for you, makes us some money. Thank you. 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! 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) -$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 MONDAY everyone!! ~B