Inspired by ikazon's Watch Forever Journal. Here are some people that I've been watching for a while that I think are super skilled, nice, fun or all 3

Blumina has some of the softest, most lovely work.  I think I've been watching her for 8 years now and her growth and dedication are inspiring.


CyprinusFox has been on my watch list for a very long time.  If you love watercolour work, this is the gal for you.  


danydiniz is one of the nicest, cheeriest people around.  Her work is exploding with colour and is incredibly vivid.

Mature Content

FionaCreates is one of my besties and she has taught me a hell of a lot about colour and composition over the years.  She's done a lot for the community and is great for blunt, to the point critiques.


fog-mire is one of my offline besties.  She's super sweet, supportive and can do amazing things with any media she's given.


Ichitoko has some of the most delicate and stunning pixel works around!


Northfarthing is another friend from offline.  She's come a long way as a digital artist over the years and always tries to see the positive in any situation.


Qinni is an artist I have adored for years.  I make a habit of frequenting her table any time I'm at Anime North since I can't get enough of her art.


Rahll; if you're not watching him, seriously go fix that.


SpiritLullaby is my common-law wife and the most biased entry on this list and I love her.  She got me into this site and taking art more seriously.  We've created a lot of brain children together and it's been a great time  I love her character designs.
:thumb501844203: :thumb488547902: :thumb481538649:

Other awesome people to definitely check out (underline if I've met them offline (met includes bugging them at their AN table ) and italics for those I've sent/received physical mail from):
1pen Adella Aeirmid agnes-cecile AkiMao artAlais alexandrasalas Astralseed Azuleum B-AGT BronzeHalo bunnystick cakecrumbs ChewedKandi ClefairyKid Couch-stuffs danielmchavez dpdagger emametlo Elaitea Elandria endave etaru Exillior FelesTacita Glumentia VelCake Hardrockangel HeIrouis Hellobaby Emz-Artcorner JINNdev Jyinxe kaiser-mony Karoiii Kaz-D keiiii killingarkady kingmancheng KovoWolf LiaAmari17 lithriel LornaKelleherArt Mistress-Jaeden Miyukitty moonbeam13 namenotrequired  neurotype-on-discord Nichrysalis Nyx-Valentine Odyrah Panhime pica-ae PirateLotus-Stock Pixel-Spotlight PolyMune Random-EXplosion Ranmaru-Mori rydi1689 rynn-sama STelari Tajii-chan TheCreativeJenn PlushieLady TheThirdAct DestinieKirby VisualCai ikazon zapatones

So that's a lot of people, but I have a lot of feels towards good, hardworking artists  So I'd wait until I had some time and definitely enjoy a snack and go through them when you need some new artists in your life.  And if you have the time and drive, I'd love to see your own lists too