Hello everyone!

I was once on another account, and I'm now in the process of moving into this new one, here. Too many bad memories attached to the old one, old soured friendships, and a name/brand I no longer associate myself with. I'm looking forward to a new year and a new me. As silly as 'looking forward to a new me' sounds -- and roll your eyes, I don't blame you -- I really am. I've had surgery to improve my health in the past two/three years, and more recently I'm focusing on my mental stability and wellness.

You know what my mental wellness includes? Furries.

"But Salt, noooo. What about all the dramaaaa?"

I'm sure drama will find me eventually. I've never really gotten into too much of it, more viewing it from afar in the past. I'm really not into being a furry for all that nonsense, I'm just here because of the warmth and togetherness being in this fandom brings. In the past, furries donating toward my physical health were directly responsible for my recovery, and to this day I'm still blown away by it. I am present in other fandoms sure, but I've never been hit by that sense of 'you belong here, you are loved' quite as hard as being a furry did. We're the weirdest herd, and I'm going to add art into the community where I can. You gonna catch these crayons!

This is a hard restart for me, this is me JUMPING into furrydom where before, I never got into the pool on my own. No more shallow end toe-dipping. I want to live, and to me, living is character art. Living is an anthro fox's toothy smile and little kitty toe beans. Living is the majesty of a dragon's wingspan and someone having the skill to catch the sunlight through it. Living is losing my absolute shit at the Orangina furry commercials. Living is reminiscing on a childhood not for its dark moments, but for the imagination Beatrix Potter's stories brought me, or for Jurassic Park distracting me during my parents divorce. Animal characters have always kept me going, so...here's me, running headlong into animal characters. For those of you who may have followed me before in my early-fur days years ago where I identified myself with a squirrel hybrid, I appreciate you finding me again. I've shed that character and that time in my life. Let's say I've molted, and I'm feeling good.
I will admit, I think the medication I'm on is responsible for my improving attitude and memory -- I've lost a lot of time to clinical depression and bipolar, I'll be transparent about that. I don't ever want to fall into that again. I'm very lucky to have a husband that supports me so I can become the person I once lost, and I'm lucky to be a part of a community to 'check into' that brightens my day regularly with their own creations. My imagination is a part of me, well fed by furries.

I'm going to be opening up commissions soon, I am also considering trades, it's still on the table. My goal is to work towards being a full-time furry artist.

I will be migrating some old art from my previous account, select ones I'm still fond of. My Watchlist needed some heavy tailoring, and this restart helps me re-organize. There will be more to come.

I'm Salt, but Impe is fine, and it's nice to meet you again.