I dont know all the details, but from what I can figure, Hida has had somesort of hard drive crash, and has lost ALL his saved art pics that people drew for him.

Keep an eye out for him on AIM. As soon as you see him on again, message him, and see if you can make arrangments to upload said pics somewhere for him to save again. ^.^

Also, he says he's lost his text file lists of artists he owes and how much, so if you were doing anything else for him, and waiting for payment, give him a friendly reminder of that, too.