My DeviantART Story.

after seeing a couple of the people i watch doing these i thought that it would be a good idea to sum up things myself.

well. i must say 6 years and not a whole bunch of artwork to show for it. but that's not the big thing I've pulled away from all this.

i joined Deviantart on December 29th 2007, mostly testing out my then new Ninteno DS and internet browser. what a load of fun that was.
being 100% honest the original reason i created an account was to bypass the Censor filters, i lied about my age when i signed up. (though it has since been corrected to the appropriate one) and what can i say? looking back i am kinda ashamed i did it.

moving on a few weeks i had completely forgotten about Deviantart's existence until one day while i was doing my Year 12 academia (that's 11th Grade for those State side) my dad gave me his graphics tablet after a loft Clear out. i still have it somewhere but hey.
using it i started to doodle some things in MS paint and found that with the new Extra time i had during school (Years 12 and 13 often don't have 100% filled 50 Slot rotas) i decided that instead of studying like i should have been doing i would play with my relatively new laptop and the tablet my father gave me. so i did... then i thought i would want to share it but not with anyone i knew as that would be too embarrassing but i didn't know where.
this continued for a while. taking things from other artists that i got to know well due to their web comic i realised that perhaps i should register on their site. though when i went to sign up i was horrified that my username was in use. but i remembered something about it, it was me!

so yea. i started posting my work relatively proud of what i had done, that foolish pride of 'i did this' and initally i got some positive feedback. stumbling around other artists i found that the PC desktop i had been using for a long time was done by my now friend but not wanting to talk to him directly as well. compare our galleries and you will understand. so i looked at some of the people he was with and found :iconultath: and her then partner. we got talking and things started from there. i started playing minecraft and managed to get another one of my friends to play it what he did is his story. but from there myself and a small group formed some good friendships that for the most part have stood the test of time somewhat.

im not exactly sure when we met but i also met my very close friend on this site too.

overall i think that from the beginning i had improved... a lot. but also... not as much as i wanted. i realised i kicked myself in the teeth by not studying as hard as i should have by only just managing to pass all my exams, i quickly realized that i wasn't getting into college so needed a backup plan. i took a 6 month crash Microsoft certified IT course and jumped straight into the world of work. but its only through this that i realised that my friends and acquaintances that i have made and met over the years of Deviant art have built who i am. without it the Buddy you see today would not exist. and I'm damn sure that some of the friendships formed wouldn't either.

so its been 6 years. (3 of which were being a lurker or not here at all) but its had such a massive impact on me that i don't know where i would be without it.

everyone here has a story. why not tell yours?

all my love and support to all my past current and future friends.

and everyone else! I owe you so much!