this will be long ;-;

I got into the internet when I was 9 I think and it wasn't very toxic then but also I didn't get into some of the drama that others got into

So first it started on an app called Tayasui Sketches

It had a community where people could post their art

I was like 10 when I joined and it was very fun. I guess I just posted a lot of sh*tpost stuff because like what do you do when you are 10 and you are given these resources.

I told my mom about it and she said I did not need to be apart of the community.

So I left for 2 years because I also uninstalled the app

At age 12 I realized what ✨digital art✨ was.

I got very inspired by an artist named DrawingWiffWaffles (find her on YouTube)

So I reinstalled the Tayasui Sketches and I got better at it. I realized once again about the community and I laughed at all my sh*tposts

I deleted them and I started over. I named myself WatermelonPit. Okay hear me out, that is a weird name but here is my story. I got this shopkin that was a watermelon. I also really liked watermelons. (fast forward: my favorite fruit is strawberries) Anyway, my dad asked what my business name would be and I said that lmao. He said that wasn't a real name so that's why I kept it. I also wanted a food so that is would sound like DrawingWiffWaffles

I did not post on Sketches for a whole month since I started over

I had a pretty crappy iPad it was the 2007 edition ;-;

I don't think the apple pencil was even invented yet so I used this crappy Pony stylus.

2 months later, we have our very first post on Sketches

It was this drawing of me that said "Hi, I am new. Like this"

This app has this policy: "One post, per day" and "Your drawing will be in the community in 24 hours"

12 year old me beat the system and found a way for 2 posts per day. I would post at 6:00 in the morning and 7:00 at night.

My post only got 2 likes so ;-;

kkk on to YouTube

I asked my dad multiple times for a YOuTube channel and he said "You don't need one"

So I was sneaky and started my own one without permission.

In that time I was exposed to some stuff I didn't need to see

Such as,, momo, porn, extreme gore, exc

I got a little twisted in the head and became that little addicted 12 year old

I named my YouTube channel Watermelon Pit. (it is no longer available because it has been transferred into something new)

My first video was me recording my bed saying "This is my YouTube channel." Within 2 hours the video had gained 12 views!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy

I returned to Sketches only to find a post saying Happy Pride Month

I did not know what that was so google time. Figuring out what it was, I searched up each sexuality on google and YouTube

I just wanted to know what I was. In the past, I had crushes on guys. I had a very strong connection with my best friend who happened to be a girl.

So I took a test to find my sexuality. Most results were lesbian, pansexual, and bisexual. I also got a few straights.

Back to Sketches, the same person who posted the Pride Month thing also posted two guys kissing 👉🏻👈🏻. I was traumatized by this and yet eager to know more.

I kinda quit Sketches after that because yeah. Each day I got more interested and found it cool.

YOu probably are like, did you not go to school? I did, I did. SOme kids were bullying this guy for having a crush on Bruno Mars. YOu live long enough, and you will see everything. I decided to help them. Its ok to be gay. ANd to have a crush on Bruno Mars. We became friends. I miss him to this day.

On my YouTube channel I had 7 subscriber. I was like, how did I not blow up yet? Maybe because I had crappy old iPad quality but who knows?

So I quit YouTube to kinda focus on more things and to get better. I also where having painful dreams of guilt. Everything I was doing was going against my parents will. I just needed to keep my eye on the prize. My parents just wanted me to get good grades and breathe right.

I evetually came back at age 14

With a cleaner mind and a fresh start

My YouTube channel was still at 7 subscriers

So I deleted all of he videos with a new name Gatcha Hope

I changed my sketches name to Snowitea (wow so original) I really liked their style. I also realized this app called Procreate was so much better than Sketches

So now we are in early 2020's

I started drawing in a more Anime-ish style. I loved Procreate. Sometimes I would just screenshot my art from Procreate and post it on sketches. I got up to 432 likes! So this was my new passion.

Moving to July 2020

This i when I turn 15, life goes splatt

On Sketches there was a issue. You couldn't see any ones posts or like. Everyone called it "THE GLITCH". Many people made memes out of it. Later in September, everyone made messages saying that they were leaving. The hype kinda died. Life kinda died. So there was a post saying the alternative for Sketches including FlipAnim, Scratch, and more. So I tried FlipAnim and it was pretty cool. Old acct: Art Hope

I left sketches completely. Moving on to YOuTUbe

I changed my YouTube name to Art Hope. I competed in contests which got my hype up. I have 25 subscribers currently. I made some cool friends. I also found out there was a google classroom for Sketches and I joined that

On Christmas I got my an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil. Turns out I don't have Safari so no FA

I left the GC because of toxicity.

The glitch was fixed on Sketches so I went back on.

I made a friend that I chat with on Pinterest

GOt hacked ;-;

Y'know the usual

So in February I joined FA again with this account. I didn't know what I was thinking. I had a mouse and a pc. I gained 84 followers wow. FA has its own drama but i can handle it. This place is amazing and I will never leave. (Maybe) I just love the warm hearted people here. Ty to everyone who helped me.

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