Maivry

Happy 15th, DeviantArt! How long have you been on DeviantArt? Eleven years, but it's really more like ten because I never posted or did anything until 2005. What does your username mean? It's a casual form of "Maivroan," which was the name of a Redwall hare OC of mine (Yeah, really), composed of the letters of the character Mira Nova from Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. (Yeah, really.) It's the most fandom-y name I've ever invented. Describe yourself in three words. Nostalgic expressive overthinker. Are you left or right handed? Right. Sometimes I like to dabble in ambidexterity, but I've barely made any progress. What was your first

Art My last journal entry was more than a year ago, but at least I have a good report: I more or less succeeded with my resolution to draw every day. Sure, most of the time it was just a stupid doodle that amounted to nothing, but there was only one day that I can't actually confirm I did anything resembling drawing. That, in itself, is quite an accomplishment. While I did some meaningful art during 2013, it was more significant as a year where I crashed into a wall of major artblock. Not fun. Mostly spurred on by my own unrealistic expectations. I am in the recovering stage at this point... but it's still left me floundering. My artistic a

Art I've never officially made New Years resolutions before, but I tend to like setting myself up with arbitrary deadlines and obligations, so why on earth not? So this year, I intend to sketch. Every. Single. Day. No matter how small, I can't replace the feeling that I get when I consistently draw every day. I was doing pretty well at that for part of 2012, and I just discovered the other day that I accumulated a respectable stack of drawings. Oh 2012, you were at long last a good drawing year. I want 2013 to be better. Something I'd like to try this year is to work with other artists more. Do you know I've never done an art trade? Or a co