- [ rambling warning! sorry, i go off topic really easily (/w \) ]
Username: steamplonk
Why do you want to become a Guest Artist?: i feel like i could really grow and develop not only as a designer and an artist if i worked as a ga, but i think i'd also grow in terms of a community member. i especially want to make people happy. i want to be proud of my designs, it would be beyond a dream to see someone showing off their viscet and me being able to say "yeah, i made that viscet!" it'd really be a learning experience and an achievement I've been longing for, but have only had the guts until just now to try out.
seeing others be able to create a whole character from something i made is an amazing feeling. i've always had a passion for designing- even before i started drawing. it's therapeutic, honestly. some people feel that way about coloring books, golfing, or doing puzzles, but it's how i feel when i design. it lets me drift away, but also be creative and to channel my energy into something productive and maybe even beautiful.
How active are you/can you be in the community?: so active, i have basically no life, all my time is spent on this website. as of right now, i'm kinda in a little bit of an... emotional episode, but i'm trying my hardest to get into not just the viscet community, but the cs adopt community in general. i used to be extremely active in the plumerian community when it was active, and i'm moderately active in the babusagi and kalon communities. plus, i've noticed how welcoming yet close-knitted the 'cet community is, and it would be stunning to have the chance to really and truly be a part of that.
How active are you on CS?: veery active! i go on cs every day, pretty much all day since school has been out.
Have you had any experience before in these areas?: yes, at one point i was an artist for furtopia [ x, x ]. that was back when i didn't have pen pressure. (i'm no longer on staff because i felt i couldn't handle the stress of being a permanent artist because there was a lot going on in my life at that time, but now everything's all good and i couldn't feel more confident >:3c
i'm also currently a ga at babusagi adopts [ x, x ] it's very wonderful working there, the community is so sweet and i feel like being a ga would also help me form that special bond with this community, which would be just wonderful.
Anything else: [ long sob story ahead, be warned ]
i always admired chickensmoothie from afar. i vaguely remember getting on the library computer in around 2011, adopting pets without an account. i thought it was just so fascinating, for some reason. i loved it. so i began designing my own fake pets, making little designs for them and everything. i showed them off to my friends and they all thought it was so cool, it was just amazing. then in 2015, i suddenly realized- why not make an account to keep track of everything?
so i did, and my gracious, everything was so... overwhelming. there were so many places to go and so many things to do and so many forums. i had no idea what to even do. so for the longest time, i just adopted pets and looked at the forums and barely posted.
when i saw the adoptable community, i was amazed. people actually wanted to get these adopts?? it blew my mind. so i started up a little shop for commissions, and began trying out for adopts.
the first community i ever got involved with was, you guessed it, viscets. winning my first viscet was a dream come true, it was pretty much the first "big" adopt i ever won. i loved him so much, and i still do to this day, along with 2 other newer additions.
viscets helped me grow as a person, and learn to be social and interact with others. however silly it may sound, these pixels have changed my life for the better.
it would be a honor to be able to be able to give that to someone else, to help someone like that.
even if i don't get this position (which is most likely,) i'd be content enough to thank the viscet community as well as the staff, for always being here and working so hard to create such a welcoming community.
disclaimer: i don't want it to come across as if i'm looking for pity! i just wanted to express how close viscets are to my heart, so please don't take it as if i want to be a victim :,0