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Hare

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Hello! I just joined TGL an hour or so ago.

A little about me...  I'm 27 and a digital artist. I've been doing digital art for about 15 years. I'm legally blind and very much picked the wrong field LOL. But I love it, no regrets. I also do some web design. I learned PHP last year and hope to one day find time to learn more code. 

I'm excited to see a new gaming resource forum and look forward to contributing =) 

 
Welcome to the forums, and we can always welcome new artists!

I am sure being legally blind and being an artist is difficult work, but makes the results even more rewarding! I would love to see some of your work!

I personally am no good with art, my artistic skills ended at the sites logo. :P

Welcome!

 
Thank you for the welcome.

It's definitely interesting sometimes!

Haha. The logo looks pretty nice =D Thanks for putting this forum together!

 
How fascinating. My father was legally blind, but you wouldn't know it if you met him. I'd bet you are very much the same. As a digital artist, you have certainly chosen to pursue something that challenges you completely; I'm sure the resulting creations are full of depth and intrigue.

One of the most accomplished photographers in her field (for over 20 years) recently revealed that she is nearly blind; she always has been. She showed some pictures to demonstrate what she is able to see. It is beyond me to comprehend how she can capture what she does in portraits and action shots with her limited vision.  I applaud you for your perseverance and dedication to your vision. 

 
Not surprised! I've seen a lot of people who you would never know, they get around great or they have no cane/glasses so they look completely sighted. 

It is very much that case if I don't use my cane. I have very thick black tinted glasses (hiding my abnormal heterochromatic eyes) but some people don't know enough about eyewear to know my vision is poor.

Very cool that a highly accomplished photographer is legally blind! It's a feat to get great work done in a field where you're disatvantaged, and all the more rewarding. I used to love taking pictures as a kid, though nothing professional, especially at the zoo. While I couldn't see well enough to watch the animals in person, I could see them in the photos and videos I took. Some visually impaired people have a lot of light sensitivity and other issues seeing things in person that technology can capture, but I don't know if that's the case for them. =D It's great to do what you love. 

 
Welcome to the community! I am Callum and one of the moderators here - I look forward to seeing some of your art.

 
Welcome to the community! You seem like a very interesting person, and being dedicated to one thing for fifteen years (digital art) is a feat itself.

I hope to see some of your work around!

 
I just remembered and seen I never did one of these myself. So hi!

I am obviously an admin here, but I am also a father of 2, software engineer by career, and love anything game development, but with pet sites taking my heart.

 
Hey! =o Nice to see your intro. Sofware engineering sounds awesome, I would love to get into stuff like that some day (too busy right now though). Pet sites and other animal SIMs are great.

 
Hello! What got you into pet sites in the first place? And don't you have a site in development (if I'm remembering correctly from the other forum site)?

 
I do have a project in development although it is on hiatus at the moment which is okay. I really don't have the time I thought I had for a full blown project.

It all started really with Pokémon to be honest. Turned into a short period of Tomegotchi keychains... leading to me find Neopets. The love affair was set after that.

 
Hello everyone!

My name is Paul. I am a software engineer by career (predominately ASP.NET/MSSQL) but I also love PHP/MySQL development.

I thought I would pop in, say hello and get to know everyone!

Regards, Paul.

 
Welcome, glad you made it!

ASP.NET and MSSQL, nice, that is primarily what I work in professionally too. On my own I tend to favor PHP/MySQL though for a change of scene.

 
Hello there, thought I'd finally actually post an intro thread :P

I'm Pepper. Been a fan of pet sites for a long long time, and that spark has never left me. I love how many different kinds of people this community draws in and I want to be a part of what keeps it going <3 For the past few years, I've been working on my own game - Kasaria.net! I'm extremely excited and anxious for its beta launch in about 32 days!

But for some actual about me infos! I'm a junior Illustration Major at SCAD, I live with my roommate's two rascally adorable chunky cats Pedro and Frank, I absolutely love plushies (Kikidoodle's Purrmaids, Naomi Romero's Corgis, basically anything Magnastorm, etc), and I've recently developed an obsession for posters! My favorites are the preorder bonuses for the game Horizon Zero Dawn, some ones I've bought at conventions, and two from Swedish artist Simon Stalenhag (look him up pls omg). I also have a ridiculously large one of two alligators with their snouts close and open in a smile that I got from Hobby Lobby for $2 :P  

Unfortunately, my busy school and work schedule doesn't give me much time to play games, but whenever I get free moments before sleep I'll play some Pokemon or do my quick dailies on Flight Rising. I hope I can change that soon!

Looking forward to reconnecting with familiar faces, and meeting some new ones! Please say hi!

 
Howdy!

And Welcome!

Pokemon fan, nice! What got you started with Pokemon?

I will definitely have to check out Simon Stalenhag's art (I also love poster art, although I own almost none)...

 
Thank you for the welcome!  :happy:

My brother had the old GBA games and I was hooked then! The first Pokemon game I ever owned was the Pokemon Puzzle Challenge. I would pick that game up and play it all day in a heartbeat, even now. And I ??? just learned it's for the 3DS??? ... Well I know where my next splurge money is going :P

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As for Simon Stalenhag, here's his website! http://www.simonstalenhag.se/
It's really amazing works, but then when you look at his closeups...... it's amazing how much detail is constructed from pretty vague strokes. Especially on areas like roads that seem to have a lot of depth but actually are pretty simply done!

 
Hey @Pepper-Head glad to see you've arrived here! Oh jeez Simon is an incredible artist! His Summer Harvest collection... wow. I think I may actually have to buy the piece with the metal guy with flowers in his mouth (idk how else to describe!).

 
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