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Published: 2020-03-28 03:21:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 683; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 0
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Today is the day~


I've been on DeviantArt for 10 Devious years!


And, as most artists who just started, they weren't in the best places of their life. 

My reason for joining DA was kind of a woozy.


10 years ago, I wasn't planning to join DeviantArt until I was 18. But a particular image I had found whilst I was browsing prompted me to register. It's no longer available to the public, but it featured a character that was based off of Henchman 1000. And if you didn't know it already, I was a fan of Henchman 1000; He's a character that you can unlock in the obscure spin-off multiplayer game, Rayman M. (Or Arena for you folks in the US) 


If you put up with me since the very beginning, I had terrible English, off wording, and poor grammar skills. And, I'd draw my OC Indy (the character seen in the image) with H-1000 together almost every day. Not because it was cute and people liked it, but because it made me happy. It helped me to feel better during harsh times when I was dealing with stress from school and other personal things. 

The ship has officially sunk when I recently made a unpleasant discovery/realization. And I was already falling out of love with the franchise AND it's community after a string of events that occurred inside and outside DeviantArt. I'm also feeling tapped out with ToonTown as of lately


I'm now moving on to different things. My art is suffering greatly after some critical losses, so you'll notice that something feels off or there's a particular detail missing. Like Indy's robotic arm for instance.

Besides doing commissions and selling A3-sized watercolor paintings to healthcare centers, I'll be focusing on Paleontology as I had drawn Paleo-art in the past. Namely, theropod dinosaurs such as: Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, etc. Like some video game characters I grew up with, dinosaurs played a huge part of my life. I was fascinated with them since I was a young child, I was possibly 3 when I first saw the sneak-peek trailer for Disney's Dinosaur. And I learned what Jurassic Park is when I was 13, now I'm in several JP-related Discord servers.


To close off, I'd like thank you all for the amazing support! 

Be it in the past or in the present, you're all lovely, talented, dedicated people I've ever known.

Even if we drift apart, I still appreciate you and the work you put out for the world to see.

It was a journey of all things. I went into counselling, I wrote character worldbuildings with interesting lore, I tried new mediums, and I found my place in the art world.



Once again, thank you~

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Comments: 9

KingOfWarlocks [2020-04-01 16:47:57 +0000 UTC]

I'm late with this, and part of me feels like it's too late, but I still want to congratulate you on having been here for so long in spite of the things that left the more nasty memories, and i apologize that stuff went like that.
I have hope that your future on DA will be better, and wish you nothing but the best, fun and strength in your future ventures whatever they might be.
Good luck, and take care as well as a cookie when nobody is looking.

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gizmo01 [2020-04-01 05:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations

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dannichangirl [2020-03-30 17:00:44 +0000 UTC]

Good to hear, hope you'll have a good happy and healthy life =^_^=

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SailorRaybloomDZ [2020-03-28 22:42:20 +0000 UTC]

I wish you good luck in the future and that you will be healthy during these times

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BeIlaTorres [2020-03-28 20:11:42 +0000 UTC]

Happy Anniversary!  
Hopefully, I will continue seeing more of your gorgeous watercolor illustrations. ^^ 

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PJToon75 [2020-03-28 13:44:58 +0000 UTC]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎉

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KarolRoseArts [2020-03-28 11:19:46 +0000 UTC]

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Peri-Dragonchu [2020-03-28 04:37:42 +0000 UTC]

Congrats! ^w^ I'm glad you had a good time on here and I hope it continues to be like that! X3

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8TeamFriends8 [2020-03-28 03:42:50 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations 🎉 I am so happy for you, and I've been here for 10 years since December 31, 2009. I was so unsure how the website works, until returning back thanks to the ToonTown Online game..

Yet, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Dannichangirl through Bleedman, and meeting up the friends during Summer 2012 to 2013 and to 2015.

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