I joined DeviantArt about eight years ago. If you asked me what I was doing in 2006, I could probably tell you I was a junior/senior in high school and that's about it. However, if you were to ask the same question and show pictures I'd made from that time, I'd be able to tell you a LOT more.
The year I joined DA was the year I started learning about digital media. I was also heavily influenced by anime, since at that point I had had no formal art training and I was pretty directionless. 2006 was the birth of Vardengard and my reaching out to be part of a community.
In 2008 I went off to college! I had a huge, marked improvement on my