Hello! My name is Alana, though you probably know me better as =yanachan. `chasing-butterflies needed a new owner for Manip Equips, and I volunteered. So, to introduce myself, I'll tell you a bit about me.

I am 22 years old and currently a college student studying psychology, and I work in a video game store. Art is obviously a big hobby of mine and it has been for a very long time. Nowadays I mostly work with digital art - photomanipulations, to be precise, though I also dabble in other forms. I also make resources - some stock, some 3d stuff, some brushes and tutorials, but mostly textures. I loooove textures. Basically most of my time on deviantART is browsing through the stock and resource galleries keeping my eye out for something I could possibly use

This actually is not my first time working with Manip Equips! Waaaaay back a few years ago when the club was brand new, I used to be an admin here. I mostly handled gallery submissions then, if I remember correctly. I ended up leaving due to illness, though. But I am very familiar with the club, and I don't plan on completely shaking things up. But I do wish to see it more active - so keep an eye out, as fun things will be coming in the future

Thank you very much!

=yanachan




Since there was no poll this month, this is the piece from our gallery that I have selected.



All you have to do to participate in this month's challenge is to create a new artwork that uses this month's featured deviation. Let's see just how creative you can be! When you're done - leave a comment on this journal with the link to your artwork. At the end of the month we'll display the results of the challenge here in the journal for everyone to see!








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