Whew! I haven't been on here in forever! :<

I feel really sad about it. Life has been keeping me busy and off the internetz! Definitely happy with life at the moment however, college is going great :3 wootwoot!

Likewise I haven't had much time to make art...I start things but don't get to finish. Hopefully things will change! Gotta get my school work under control and set myself a better working schedule... -_-0  


Anyway updates on life!!
Going to AWA (Anime Weekend Atlanta) this weekend...I AM SO EXCITED. My friends and are I going to have so much fun I can't even..o_o I may blow up, lol.
I am cosplaying as nyotalia!Canada from Hetalia...I will be hanging with my friends ~Firefly026 and ~britbratsama! ~Firefly026 is cosplaying England from Hetalia and ~britbratsama is cosplaying nyotalia!America.
Fun times to be had! So, if you see our groupy, feel free to seek out (I don't do glomps though) the short girl!Canada and inquire if it's mandi-chan.  'Cuz it just might be me! haha

That aside..

As for my artwork, I will probably be "changing styles". It might not look like what I usually draw, so hopefully my watchers won't be freaked out! It will be probably be far less detailed color-wise, but focusing more on anatomy. I feel that in my art skill department, I am seriously lacking a grasp on that! I haven't had any legit art training/instruction before (save for a bit in high school, lol) so it's gonna be quite a process, haha.   .___.    So, when I start posting, please feel free to post criticism as I am going through a learning process and any advice will definitely help!
As usual, I'm pretty much a fan artist (I mean I enjoy original art of course, I just love being involved in fandoms!) so...expect that. I will probably be spamming Hetalia (and eventually Doctor Who, once I get slightly caught up lol) as that is my current obsession! I am not really into getting involved in pairings, so it's gonna be pretty generic, lol. X3 I might try working on comics as well off-and-on, since it's good practice for expressions AND anatomy! 8D hahaaa.
I may post sketches sometimes on my tumblr page:  thecommanda.tumblr.com     (lol you have to dig through the reblogging of cute things and sexy man things)


~mandi-chan