Rest in Peace, Monty

Normally I don't write these sort of journal entries but this time I felt the need to...

In one of my restless fits on dA years ago, I was looking at random pictures. I was in a final fantasy sort of mood and just kept looking for interesting pictures that caught my eye. I see a gorgeous picture of Rinoa from Final Fanasty 8 in a white gown. A little more digging into this artist and I see another unique piece this time of Naminé from Kingdom Hearts. Looking at this artist and his fantastic work was awe inspiring. Researching more I see that he's part of a production team that is producing a web anime series and more research shows he's produced a miniseries on YouTube called "Dead Fantasy" featuring our favorite final fantasy characters fighting with one another with amazing graphics and cinematics.

That man was Monty Oum. I immediately started following him on deviantART, visiting the website where he produced the miniseries and trying to keep up with everything he did, since he had such artistic vision and beauty.

I was shocked and a little sad to hear the other day he was in the hospital in critical condition. His fans raised over $180,000 after hearing he was in the hospital. And today I shed a few tears hearing of his passing. He was only 33 years old.

You know I often use the excuse of being too busy to work on my stories and believe me I am very busy during the week but I'm gonna really work on my stories. I'm gonna try to work on my things and share them with the world. Life's too short to be busy all the time to share your art, whether it's writing stories, jotting poetry, doodling, sculpting, etc. Take a moment today and do something artistic. Not just for Monty, but for yourself.

Rest in Peace.