hello kristina! i know this may sound harsh; but i'm only writing what my head told me when i saw your pictures, and by that i mean no actual harm. : when i se your drawings i recogince myself for some time ago. my drawings looked almost exactly like yours a couple of years ago. and i though, man i suck at this. i can never ever get it right. but now i sometimes do get i right. maybe not as right as my head wants it to be, but a little further. and i thought maybe you think the same, but what i was going to tell you is that even if you don't ever find inprovements in your pictures, others do. and one day your mind will become free and you will suddenly realize how this stuff with drawing works and you will to get another step closer to your heads images and.. all you have to do is se. also, you have a LOT of imagination. i don't have that and therefor i have not drawn anything latly, but i don't think that you with your imagination will have that problem if you just keep on drawing. and maybe the most important thing is to draw for your sake, not for anyone elses sake. not elfwood, not your mother or your sister, or.. anything. becaus it's when it's for your sake everything will become.. fine. =) lots of love/ Lei-Li

Kristina M. Cookson replies: "I'll admit, when I first read this comment, it did seem a little harsh, but now that I'm a few years older, wiser, you know, all that good stuff, it finally clicked, you know, the depth of your comment. I really appreciate it. Your words were very true. I'm starting to get a lot better and sometimes it works, sometimes it's crap, but either way it doesn't matter. Everything I do counts as practice and with practice I get better. Thanks for your comment."

hello and thanks for visiting my page. You have a cute and innocent style to draw your pics.

must say that raven is beautiful! thanks for commenting too..

Thanks for visiting my gallary - you were the second I think. Try copying pictures from magasines, comics, etc. to get the practice in, that's what I did.

Hello & thanks for commenting on my page (there, that's out of the way!). Sorry it's taken me forever to reciprocate (Rejoice and make merry, Elfwood is open again!). I'm glad you enjoyed my short story thingymabob. Everything you said was very true, and very very sad. I'm glad you too do what you enjoy for it's own sake as well...and now I'll go look at it ~_- and stop being a pain...

Thanks for checking my pics n sorry it's taken so long to return the favour and look at ur stuff. Rif is v. Good. I really like the way u do ur ears especially the pointy 1s - mine always look ridiculous when i try.

Visit my page, then if you want to have a link to your page on it, just leave a message in my guest book.

This is great. Good job!

You have a lot of potential in you, keep drawing.

You may notice I have commented on every picture in your gallery. I've included both advice and praise. If you find my advice to be helpful, you can always send me an email for additional help, advice, whatever. If you find it offensful, then please don't take notice to it at all. I comment purely to help those who need it. I do have art sessions for those who feel they need to talk to someone about their art and style by being truthful, but not brutal. If you need help feel free to ask. On the contrary, I am very sorry if I don't respond right away, for I have many others I must help as well, but I'm always open. I will always respond. Have a wonderful life Kristina, your art is very good. I will check to see if you've added anything new in about a month. Keep up the wonderful work. *hugs* Michelle