Hello and happy new year to anyone who takes the time to read this. I'm Lin.

Lin is actually a part of my actual full name, and it's not even the part where it starts. But hey! Some people shorten their names using other letters of their name! So I figured I'd go by Lin on here!

I'm a lady that, in her teenager years, used to post a lot of drawings, like most artistic teens, I suppose. I used to have an account on OG SheezyArt, but where I grew up more, was on deviantART. I tried going back there but I just really don't find myself comfortable in there anymore. Then I found out about SheezyArt coming back to life somehow, and I wanted to give it a try. So far, I like it in here much more.
I've never been much a girl of social media, so I don't have an instagram or something else to share "old work". I deleted most of my drawings from other sites I may have been in.

I really want to post drawings again. I'm not a professional or anything. Drawing is still my hobby so I'd have stuff to share, obviously. I figured, participating on the monthly prompts would be a cool way to start.

But here come my insecurities. AI is a thing now. And while I don't see that AI is a thing on this site, and I don't really live off my "art", I still wouldn't like my work to be used to feed AI. How do you even deal with this? Do you have this insecurity too? I've had my account for some months now and I'm still hesitant to upload something.

Funny because "back in my day", in a certain community, I was considered "popular". Which was cool. The teenage dream. But I'm not a teenager anymore, and I don't care about popularity. I've matured, obviously.

I'd really like to interact with people just sharing the same interests. Having a chill time. That's all.

While I've been always someone to encourage others to upload and share their art, I'm hesitant to do so too, for some reason. I would like to know, If someone struggles with something similar, or If you did and how you dealt with it. I'm interested about chatting about this.

About me and my artistic side:

Like I said, I'm not a professional artist, but I did go to an art school for a couple of years, sooooo, I have sooooooome "knowledge". I did learn some interesting stuff in there though. It's been a positive experience in my life. I'm a lady that mostly draws in a cartoonish style, on a notebook. If I feel like it, I might draw some realism. I do draw some on digital too, but I just have fun.
For traditional art, I use mostly watercolors, colored pencils and alcohol markers, but might add whatever I feel like adding. I draw more for fun and experimenting, rather than focusing and planning the final piece. THOUGH, I do have pieces I actually planned the materials I wanted to use.
For digital art, I use SAI. I don't know how to use anything else to save myself, haha.
I keep most of my art supplies here on my desk with my PC, where I mostly come to unwind. It's my artistic corner. I may do some journaling too, but it's just an excuse to doodle little drawings. You know, just to get my hand moving.

Honestly, I don't know what else to add, haha. So I'll end this here.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading! And If you had trouble reading this, I apologize! I consider myself pretty decent with English, but it's not my mother language!

Thank you so much for your time, and I hope this year treats you even better than the last one.

-Lin.