Well, Hey There! Here's an intro for you

How should I start off my first blog post..? I guess me asking myself that question will do ~ Greetings to anyone who's reading this. I'm Leilani Banayos, but if you'd like, you can call me Ducky. I'm 17 years old and I'm currently a senior at City Arts & Tech High School (better known as CAT). I'll be using this blog to post some of my better art pieces. I guess I'll start off with my career as a young artist. 

When I was a toddler, I was exposed to a lot of cartoons and videogames (more specifically Nintendo games) and wanted to draw the characters I saw in the shows and games. Which pretty much inspired me to become an artist. As years went by, drawing became my favorite hobby. In the back of my mind, I knew I wanted to become some sort of paid artist in the future, but wasn't sure on what path to take. More years went by, and by the time I was in middle school, I spent more time focusing on my reputation rather than trying to improve my art. Luckily, after freshman year of high school, I stopped caring about having a reputation and decided to focus on what makes me happy, which is drawing. I feel because of that identity crisis I was having throughout middle school and the beginning of high school, my current art skills has suffered. That realization has given me the determination to improve the skills I currently possess, to learn new art styles/techniques, and keep an open mind.

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Wow that's a lot of writing x.x I tried being as professional as I for that essay-like passage.

If you actually took the time to read that whole paragraph, congratulations :D