Ngl even after using this site for two years I'm still getting used to how closely knit the people on this website are compared to YouTube. Like every art collab I've seen always has the same 5-10 people in them and everyone gets along well. Discord is like that too, where I just watch all of these people getting along and doing things together and I just sit there with little to no interaction. I get social anxiety sometimes so it makes it a lot harder to just jump in and be like "Hey, can I hang/ collab with you guys? You seem pretty cool!"

I'm kinda wishing that I started using this website sooner- like when I started high school or something- bc I think it would've helped prevent me from being friendless and lonely for the last 4 years at least. I didn't really have anyone (except for family) that actually appreciated my projects, and even with how little attention it still gets I'm just happy to have even a few people notice it.

I feel a little far behind for just starting to bring my social skills up (I'm 20 btw) but I guess the progress I've made so far is better than nothing. :/