Semi-Finalist

I just found out today that my art work titled Simple Adversity, an isometric pixel art, made it through the first round. At first I thought the person who congratulated me for making it to the semifinals was a mistake because I thought that the semifinalists would be announced sometime around or about January 25 and replied that the semifinalists has not been announced yet. Later on a deviant artist from the deviant art community commented that the actual winners would but announced sometime during the January 25 and that the semifinalists have already been chosen. After reading that, I was amazed and yet glad to know that my artwork was selected to go to the semifinals especially knowing that this was my first time actually participating in an art contest through the internet (The Deviant Art Community). This is my second art contest that I have participated in. My first was at Southwest Texas Junior College. The 26th SWTJC Creative Arts Contest, a contest where people from all of south-southwest texas can participate, was my first contest of arts that I had participated. I participated in the visual arts - photography and surprisingly won first place. I am glad to know that I have a talent that I can utilize to express myself.