Channeleven

Been a while, hasn't it? I've been on this site for a little over twelve years now. Aside from the Wetpaint-era of the Closing Logos Group, DeviantArt was one of my earliest haunts. I came around back when the site was still in respectable shape. Sure there were things like questionable art, recolors and weird people, but hey, it's deviant art, deviating from the norm... as well as mostly young people who didn't know any better and hopefully grew up to do better things. Anyhow, for better or worse, DeviantArt is where I got my start. I met a lot of great people, I've made some great friends, had a lot of fun and gradually cultivated my interest in written reviews. There're some things I wish I could change though, like getting in on the site's drama community. I regret how I handled calling people out, my general attitude, I blame nobody but myself just to get this out there. As I joined during deviantArt's last year of relative greatness, I was around to witness the site's various