I’ve been on scratch for ages- I have been through 2 accounts, one school one (deleted :( ) and this one right here. I basically grew up on this platform, from around 2020. I had pretty bad social anxiety, and I struggled to communicate, so the internet helped out a lot, including this platform. I was mostly desperate for friends and felt comfortable behind an online persona. I uploaded usually edits of animation meme templates and just random pieces of art. Were the successful with attention? … Not really. But it made me happy. But one day, I managed to finally find the courage to make friends again, which lead to me trying to seem cool and trendy, making me leave scratch. I almost even quit drawing. I have a pretty bad comparing-myself-to-others disease, and I get frustrated with myself easily, plus I was getting pretty de-motivated to draw since my parents didn’t really believe I could make it far. (Ironic because my mum is an artist herself. Wow I really sound like Ena shinonome help). I ended up picking it up again, but I never really properly went back to scratch. I guess I grew older. I mean now I’m definitely back to my older self, watching animation memes and doodling all over my school books. So I guess I’m returning to tribute to website that raised me. Thank you scratch!
