Description taken directly from my y!gallery account:

Oh boy. Here I go into a bit of a rant.

I love these two characters. I made them up almost four years ago, and I still use them to this day.

Why am I upset?

Because no one is going to give a shit. I'm sure almost all of you are looking at this picture now and thinking 'Oh, great. Fancharacters.' That's it. That's all you're gonna see. Far beit to look beyond what your eyes see and discover what's really going on.

I'll be the first to admit, they were originally fancharacters. Hell it's obvious as night and day. However if some of you were to look at some of the first drawings of them, you'd see how far they've truely come since then. They look so different now, and over time they'd gone so far from their roots it's almost like they've changed completely.

Then there will be people who won't see this description at all. All they'll think is 'Ooo. PICTURE. *FAVE*', and be on their merry way. Normally, this doesn't bother me, but right now I feel more ashamed of them than anyone else.

See the guy on the right? Yeah. He's my muse. No one really knows that, but he's the one I look to for inspiration. He started out as my 'Whenever I feel bad about myself, know that this guy has it worse than I do' sorta guy. Grew into a lot more. See how sad he is? All the stress is finally getting to him?

The one on the left? He's a homosexual. He's always been my happy little fag. The one who always acted happy on the outside, but was constantly depressed on the inside. Lookit him with his stupid, undead eyes (long story that needs no explaination at the moment), trying to cheer his friend up. Constantly wishing there was more to it than 'just friends'.

Yeah. I'm not saying they're special or unique, or anything like that, but they're important to me. I mean that too. These two have been through so much hell the past three years, and thinking about that makes my problems seem petty. This is why I like these two, Dustin and Junior. They cheer me up. And if you're ever feeling like your life is horrible, think of these two. You may not know just what happened to them, but it may just be worse than being late for work, or tending to a bitchy sibling.

I never ask people to draw them. Why? I know no fanartists wants to draw 'another fucking hedgehog' or 'another Shadow wannabe'. Even if that isn't really what they are, I've come to accept that people will only see them as that. So, as much as I'd liketo go whoring them out to artists, I don't wanna put them through that shit. They have better things they could be drawing than 'just another pair of unoriginal fancharacters'. I understand completely.

That's all I wanted to say. Know that I'll be drawing them a lot over the next few months. As hedgies, demi's, other things. I'll just be drawing them. They mean a lot to me. They really, really do.

And for those of you kind enough to read all that, thank you. Thank you very, very much.