MandolinDoodler

So, in recent months I haven't been spending a ton of time on DeviantArt. Honestly, I usually only get on long enough to submit a deviation and occasionally skim my messages. A lot of you have been questioning if I'm open for requests and, after much procrastination and thought, I've decided not to take any right now. I'm about to start art school soon and have been preparing for that which has mostly consisted of dealing with finances and apartment hunting, along with seeing how much I can improve my own skills before classes begin. Overall, the upcoming months are going bring a lot of changes and surely just as much stress. To lessen some

Hey all! Three years ago I ventured into DeviantArt with the hope of getting my art into the world. I was much shyer back then than I am now and spent my time in my own little world, ignoring people while I drew on my hand during class or inserted doodles into my math notes. Socializing was a chore back then, but I could spend hours drawing and painting, not caring that my few friends were creating memories together because submerging myself in my imagination was so much easier than facing the real world. Luckily, that changed when I became a Deviant. Soon after joining this site, I discovered how awesome being a part of a fandom is. Not on