So this is me again trying to explain why I have no art up. Thanks to someone blocking me from their watchers I feel it's a must.
I'm 25 now. In grade school I never got much art education, damn catholic schools. I always was doing something crafty on my own and getting praise for being different and trying different things with mundane class assignments.
In my first high school you could only take either a music or art path with classes and stupid me chose music becuase I had been singing since I could talk. That backfired on me when I got very sick and completely messed up my vocal and throat muscles. Now I can only sing alto instead of saprono and not much when I do try to sing. My second high school is when I finally saw how much I loved the expression of art and took my second formal class my senior year. Still not having the skill for it but a huge passion.
When I graduated from high school, somehow, I was accepted to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I changed my major three times in six months and sat in on many photography classes thanks to my lazy ass boyfriend of that time (major asshole really). I learned A LOT while there. I absolutely loved my classes classmates and professors. I left after that six months b/c my relationship got abusive and controlling. I was failing but thanks to the patience of my professors and the adminastration I was giving many chances to redeem myself. Unfourtunitly I mentally couldn't handle all that was going on and needed to come home to the support of my family. I came back to Erie after getting rid of many bad memories, good friends and most of my art work from the time.
I have had several bad relationships which have provided much inspiration but when at the end of a relationship I always would find clarity in getting rid of memories of that time and this again included any art work and writings I had laying around.
I found this site and thought it would be a great way to archive any work I actually can get up so if I do go crazy and continue my pattern of destruction. This is not my only motivation with this site but i'm trying to stick with the story.
After a few years I went back to a state uni with a major in general art and a new veiw on relationships. I didn't get far there again having a mental breakdown. I had to withdraw again dashing my hopes of continuing my art education. Thankfully with that after literally twenty years of searching for answers I was finally diagnosed as being bipolar. That's where I was when I joined DA. Vowing to get back into art again in a major way in any form I could. I still have only had a handfull of classes to really experiment with what I can do. But what I lack in skill (I personally think all my work turns out really bad and am sure many others will agree when I do put things up) I have a drive to continue being creative.
As far as what to expect from me in the future
I again stress I am VERY VERY AMATUER (no I can't spell either) and yes I think I do lack the natural talent but as i said it's my outlet so, bite me.
I am better at object drawing then people or animals as far as realism goes. I do mostly line art with some shading thrown in because that is as far as I got in life drawing classes. I did really well in marker class (yes I had a marker class it was awesome) so I hope to try to use what I learned in that again.
I would like to do 3D design again. I have always naturally drawn floor plans and elevation views, intierior design was my final major in AIP. I have only had three classes dealing with any form of ditgital medium. That was only two with photoshop and one with painter, yeah painter. So unless someone is willing to teach me don't expect to be even understand let alone trying any digital work. I like crafts and am willing to teach myself much more when I have an actually reason to. SO if anyone wants to challenge me to make something or doesn't mind if I use them to learn how to do something let me know.
I try my hand often at fashion design and I know I have some really bad examples of that laying around my apartment.
I'm a horrible model, too short too tattooed and I can not help but close my eyes when I see an unlit flash (we won't go to the other reason). So I take self protraits with my camera phone. I feel akward carrying a camera around with me but I do, I feel even worse taking others photos so I don't photograph anything very often despite liking to do photography. Despite knowing more about photojournalism and protraits you will most likely see very amature nature shots of my temporary homebase in Germany. Speaking of... getting married to an Army man means I will be moving a lot and needing to find work a lot and thus bored and then finally having time for art. Thankfully the Army MWR offers many different classes. I am also looking into what we will be able to do to get me back into art school. SO see I am TRYING. Also since I am cleaning out both my apartment and my old stuff at my parents I will be finding old stuff that I'm praying some way makes it up on here. SO stay with me people I promise results.
In the meantime I'm going to figure out how to do a weekly feature journal so I can do something productive on here. So many great artists I get to watch, so many I have yet to find. you all deserve to be seen by as many as you can get to.
Finally if anyone has some ideas that might turn it into you getting a comission. I'm looking for unqiue presents for my family and soon to be husband always. I just feel weird asking people straight out to do something. He's in the army so I'd like to get him reminders of home his family (esp his deceased father) and of course me. And I'm still looking for something for the parents and grandparent for my wedding. I found things but I'm looking for something amazing and personal that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Thanks to all the great artist out there that I watch or favorite! And I'll let you in on a secret behind my favs. If I like a work I'll check out the whole gallery and if I like their style I'll watch them. ( And I'm working on commenting more too so sorry about that) If I like just one or a couple peices by an artist then I'll fav those. Also thanks to those who watch me, waiting. I know it's you just being polite becasue I watch you but it's nice to know someone will notice when I start doing something. Hope to here some good critiques from what I post. Good luck to all!

okay I'll shut up now till I actually have work up and a membership. I'm Done