I might as well go through with this damn thing and post. xD;
My name is Sara, but you can call me sra or vespa or whatever you like. I'm seventeen, and I'll be graduating from high school in June. Oh boyyyy. In addition to those classes required to get the diploma I'm going for, I've been taking a two-year vocational class in advertising design and illustration, which I will be graduating from also in June. (EDIT: Forgot to mention, I'm one of those "really want to go to college but haven't even applied yet" losers. D: I want to go to Chester College of New England, preferably in the spring of 2008... we'll see.) A friend of mine commanded me to suggested that I join Void a week or so ago, and after seriously checking out the site, I'm hooked on the idea. Right now I'm busily trying to come up with a character to submit, and I'm finally making some headway. Huzzah!
I've been drawing ever since I could get my hand around a pencil- the first things I remember drawing were monstrously huge roosters stomping on roads, which was interesting to say the least- and I've come a long way, but nonetheless, I've got a long way to GO, as well. In a lot of ways, I still need to find my artistic feet. I have virtually NO experience with sequential art; all I've got is readership under my belt. My art itself isn't bad, but I'm not deluded: I know it needs work. (I was afraid there would be a strong stigma here against manga-influenced art styles, but so far that doesn't seem to be the case, so I'm glad, and a great deal less apprehensive.) I have quite a few things working against me- my scanner only fits 8.5x11" paper, I don't have Photoshop or an equivalent program to work with, I can't ink or colour to save my life- but I hope I can overcome or work around those. xD; Long story short: I want to improve. I'm here to learn. And I hereby vow never to take critiques as a personal attack. (Here's my chance to prove to myself that I am not, in fact, made of eggshells.)
Some mini-facts about me: I work extremely slowly. I have a shaky inking hand (argharghargh). I have a haaard time remembering to post regularly in forums. *cough* But hopefully.. that won't be a HUGE problem.
First up on my agenda is to peruse the VCU threads. I hope I learn a lot. :3
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