from the very start i was a pretty weird kid. i wasn't particularly social with anybody outside of my family, spare 1-3 friends i had per year. i spent a lot of my time outside in the backyard where my ito's garden was. i loved viewing what he had grown- especially the plantain tree- and was entertained by the dogs the neighbors behind us had up until a fence was put up (as they would run through the garden while playing). i appreciated plants from a very young age due to this exposure, but i'd stop spending as much time outside when i was introduced to my ito's Windows 7 laptop. i began exploring the world wide web after my brother showed me (and my cousins) the official video for The Gummy Bear Song. i didn't have many friends in real life and was generally fascinated by my ito's computer, so i was quickly drawn to using the internet. since YouTube was my introduction, that was the only site i used for a while as a kid. i used it to watch videos relating to things i already enjoyed, such as Pokemon and LPS. hours were spent watching Pokemon edits and tributes, and even more time was used on LPS Popular. with how many of these videos with funny little animals that i watched, it was inevitable for YouTube to recommend furry animations to me. some of the animators i enjoyed watching were BaniTheKitty, DuckFeatherz, Kay2036, flightfootwarrior, MamaTad, Corrosives, VirusPaws, Alli Kat, and LupisVulpes. alongside the myriad of cartoons i enjoyed as a kid, they inspired me to begin drawing... and get into furries. my artistic journey and dive into the furry fandom is intermingled. when i first began making digital art with my Lenovo's trackpad, i was very new to furries. i had already made my fursona and a few other characters only a little bit after watching LupisVulpes' pilot for her show, AUDIENCE. although AUDIENCE would never go beyond its pilot episode, the ever-lasting impact that this animation had on how i approach characters is immense.