M4ttne55

So I had taken a break from micro art / pixel art to focus on real life issues. I'm back, and hopefully posting a little more frequently this time. Feel free to browse the gallery, as I've made changes to a lot of the creations I've made. HUGE thanks going out to my good friend Mike, whom without any of his help and encouragement none of this would be happening again.

On October 13th, I was diagnosed positive for Covid-19. I spent 3 days in ICU, after being admitted on the 20th. All looked good, and I was released home where I self quarantined until November 3rd, when I was again admitted to ICU. Seemed I had developed blood clots in my lungs due to Covid, and spent three days in ICU trying to recover best I could. I will be on blood thinning medication, most likely, for the rest of my life, but I'm good with that. What's startled me the most was the drastic weight loss. Some 30+lbs. in a 3 week span. Kinda scary as I went from being 285 to 253. My energy levels are practically non-existent at the moment, but that will change over time. I am having to rely on the use of a cane, to help battle the spells of lightheadedness, AND on top of that everything I do physically just seems like a HUGE undertaking. You folks can say what you want about Covid, I honestly don't care about what political misgivings you have about Covid. All I know is that it damn near destroyed me, and I am having to start all over from scratch to build my body back up to what it used to be.

I wish this on NO one person. Just felt like getting this off my chest, and keeping you lovely folks up to speed with how I am doing these days.

Be excellent to each other.

Been something of a slow process, with my posting micros and the like. Updated a few of my galleries with, what I believe, to be better versions of the originals posted. That said, I am always working on projects, ideas, and whatnot.

So if you peruse my gallery, you'll see I've just about updated EVERY single gallery submission so far to date. I am hoping everyone enjoys said updates, and you can be sure that I am going to be making more stuff here in the near future, so keep your eyes open. ;)

So what can be said that already hasn't been expressed about the past year? I'll leave that up to you creative geniuses out there, however for MYSELF it's been one heck of a coaster ride. Now that we are into 2021 I'm all about dusting off the old micros, and rehashing a LOT of my old works. check out my gallery to see what changes and whatnot have already been made. I may even start up work on another mass project, so who knows?