So, back in November I decided to enter this contest to redesign the livejournal theme for the Kurt Halsey livejournal community that I belong to. Now, I had never designed anything for livejournal before and they use their own scripting and such so I had no shot, but the prize was so awesome that I just had to enter. So, with about a week to go I decided to just go for it and spent every free moment I had designing and coding and then entered my design. I really thought I had no hope for winning as I didn't know what I was doing. Well, voting went on and...I ACTUALLY WON!

Why am I reporting on this now you may ask? Well, when I got home from Europe my prize was waiting for me in the mail. YAY! And what makes this prize so awesome? The winner (ME) received a drawing by Mr. Kurt Halsey himself. And not just any drawing, a portrait of the winner (ME)! I was so flipping excited!

So, ladies and gentleman, I present Val a la Kurt Halsey:

I absolutely love it! Its amazing! I am so excited and can't wait to move out and find the perfect place for it.
If you can't read it it says:
these words
always written
someday read
And the girl on there is me! hehe. yay!

In case you want to see, here is the design I did: Kurt Halsey Livejournal Community
The Artist: Kurt Halsey