I'd say the community is a bit different, the old artists are long gone and new ones seem to be fewer and farther between, but that's just my cynical impression having recently come back as well.

Apart from that... a bits changed. you've been gone since before I even joined and a few things are quite new from then as well. We have hair for tori's now, as well as 3d items, and probably quite a few new colors you might not recognize for joints etc... as well as higher resolution texture items for the body parts along with joint textures now too. there's also raytracing, real time mirror effect on toris

And that's only what's happened since I joined hehe. welcome back, there's a lot to see!