4 Years of dA

I know I'm a bit late on celebrating my 4th year on this site, so I'd thought of giving you my thanks and whatnot. I guess I could make this a "Q & A" thing in the comments, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Anyways, you might be wondering how I found out about deviantART and why I joined? Well, that's pretty easy to answer: I became quite interested in the internet since 2007. During that time, the sites that I went on the most were Newgrounds and YouTube. By 2008, I discovered dA from a person (or two if you count Eddsworld) and saw their works on this site. However, I didn't have too much interest at the time until years later. By the time 2013 came along, I started developing more interest in the site and eventually joined. As time went by, I uploaded stuff from time to time, but not often.

Once 2016 came along, this was the year where I started getting noticed, including the introduction to my more recognised OC, Echo. During that, I made new friends and (unfortunately) some enemies whom I won't mention their names because that's not the point of this journal post. Anyways, 2016 in short had a lot of ups and downs.

Now we're in 2017, which so far (from my perspective) is similar to last year; still having ups and downs. However, that statement may change as time goes by and whatnot.

With that explained, now I can discuss some other things on why I'm here. My original intention being on dA was to draw what I liked. Ranging from video games, cartoons and the like. The fetish content was something I didn't want to get involved yet because I wasn't 18 at the time. Ironically, I kind of broke those rules when I was 17. Since I'm 18 now, it doesn't really matter if I do it or not, just as long as I follow the rules.

Now that I think about it, what do I think about my content? Well, to be honest I don't think that it's good or bad, nor do I think it's better or worse than others' content. If I did, that would be unfair. Even though I do enjoy drawing and writing stories from time to time, I want to create things people like. I'm not asking people to like this or that picture I did. Instead, I wait patiently for people to like it, which is how I honestly feel about getting recognition in said community. Otherwise, getting said recognition or/and reputation is not only earned with time, but it's a privilege. It's kind of ironic to see some people (but not all) get a lot of attention within a short period of time, regardless of their technique or style of art, at least that's how I see it.

With all that said, that's how I came to be here. Yes, there are things in my life where I've made poor choices. Whether it be in real life or on the internet, I want to be known for the good things I've done, not the bad. Anyways, here's to my 4th year on deviantART