I appreciate that you guys appreciate me! Thank you so much for supporting me throughout my artistic journey. I will do my best to impress when I come back! So far, most of the improvements have been subtle. It's nothing overtly flashy or astounding, although my coloring skills have gotten exponentially better out of nowhere. It's a pleasant surprise, but one that makes no sense to me, because I've been focusing on anatomy mainly! How strange? A lot of what I upload when I come back will be classwork and sketchdumps, and not too many nice, shiny finished pieces... I hope this is okay with everyone!

Also, I love Digimon. I just... gah. Sometimes I'm rejuvenated in an interest in an old thing, and I have always loved Season 3. It showed at a point in my youth when I was very emotionally malleable and impressionable; Renamon was my hero. I used to pretend she was my Digimon partner and would protect me from the crippling panic attacks that haunted me at night! She would save me! Who else likes Digimon? The first three -- AND ONLY THREE -- people who respond to this journal who like Digimon (bonus points if it's Season 3!) will get a free quick sketch of their original Digimon character (the Digital Monster itself, not the tamer). You don't necessarily need to have a reference picture, but it'll make it go quicker. xD

DIGIMON SKETCHES

1.) For -- my take on Rookie-level plushy rat Digimon, Pringomon!



You know... and I used to do this amazing Digimon RP. It's probably one of my favorites I've ever played in. I really miss you, Ant! Let's all try to send him good karma. ~squints and concentrates~ YAY GOOD THOUGHTS!

After that unrelated interlude, we bring you back to your regularly-scheduled programming!

College is so competitive. An analogy; we the illustration students (note that in my college, Illustration is by far and away the most brutal of the departments available!) are like piranhas, and our goal is the capybara carcass that is our degree! We will bite each other to get it! I have very little time for fun things, but I do insist on making time to sneak on deviantART and talk to my treasured friends you guys! So please forgive my flakiness right now.

AniméUSA, like usual, I'll be at the How to Draw Manga-style panel! Please come join me. I am high-energy, talkative, and bouncy. (I also know what I'm talking about, I promise!) I will answer any questions to the best of my ability, nerd out about anime with you, and hopefully spark an interest in the casual hobbyist to pursuing any kind of art with your whole heart. I always meet the best people at this panel; there are so many artistic gems in the audience who don't even realize their talent..! I have to enlighten them! After these panels, I end up adding so many new artists to my watchlist.

and I will hopefully be going as matching kittygirls this year. Yin and yang cats! It should be very cute, she's so pretty! (Please realize I do not in any way adhere to the 'catgirl' subculture of animé -- I dress up like one because it makes me feel cuddly, and also to parody some of the behaviors of the more ridiculous stereotypes in the convention world. xD)

What's been going on in your life? Anything interesting? Are any of you having a kind of rough time of it this year, too? If so, I'm a listening ear if you want to talk about it. I can probably empathize. Is anyone's birthday coming up?

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