Heyo! I'm Lauren, but please call me Psitt, Psittaca, or Kymara!
I'm 21 years old, born and raised in Northeast Ohio; though I'm currently located in East Tennessee! I love animals of all kinds, favorites being dogs, birds (esp parrots), and horses. I share my home with Frankie the Umbrella Cockatoo, Jenny the Jardine's Parrot, and Keychai the Golden, my best friend of 12 years. I was previously an administrative assistant, and loved it, but I decided to head down south to be with family. And better weather. Ohio kinda sucks.
I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil; although I couldn't tell you when that was. I used to draw pokemon all the time as a kid, always carrying around the guidebooks for Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness so I could reference the photos in the pokedex in the back. I also had a huge ziploc bag of crayons, and a big red book called "Dragonology" with me wherever I went, for years. It drove my teachers nuts. I eventually took 2 years of enriched art courses in High School, but realized that classes like that weren't for me. I took a 2 year Animation & Graphic Design Career Technical course my Junior & Senior years, and I've been doing part time freelance work for actual money for about 5 years now. I hope to someday be a successful artist, doing either illustration for books or concept work for video games/movies.
For a while I had a studio, upstairs in a popular art gallery, between a photography print shop and a really nice woman that made organic soaps. However, the art scene in town wasn't all it was it was made out to be by the gallery owners and the city arts department, so after 6 months of trial and a lot of money lost I stepped away. I enjoyed the experience but I'll be sticking to online sales and conventions!
You can find me on FurAffinity as Psitt, on tumblr as Psittaca, and Furry-Paws as Psitt (#1010046). If you're interested in commissioning me for a piece, please contact me at [email protected] ! I do my best to get pieces done in a timely manner.