The year 1996 was a rather eventful one for me. Not long after I turned 16, a lot of events happened in my life that had significant impact on me...as well as influenced who I would later become. Which leads me to the first major event that happened during that year.

For several years after I got a Sega Genesis and Sonic 2, I had contemplated doing my own drawings. Sure, I had doodled a bit prior to this, but it wasn't until a certain someone came along that I started to get serious about it. Then, during the absurdly cold weather we had in January that year (even for Minnesota standards), I finally got around to creating my own drawings and characters...mostly based (directly or indirectly) on you know who.

Unfortunately, the only images I have left from the early days of my drawing career are inside my high school yearbook, and I'll be damned if I show those to anyone else other than (perhaps) Sapphire. Yeah, I'm not too fond of my early drawings. O_o

Anyway, this will be the first of a few journals I'll be making this year as I look back to 1996, so I'll have more stories to tell you later.

Oh, and on an unrelated note, I will try and see if I can get something new posted to FA here within the next few weeks.