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I got tagged by onisuu , thank you for tagging me! I was very happy to be tagged!

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Name: Nut or Aquanut

Starsign: Virgo

Average hours of sleep: I have no idea, my sleep schedule is a train wreck ahaha. I find it easier to work at night so I often go to bed in the early morning hours but then fall asleep sometime when it's still light out.

Lucky number: 8 is my favorite number, not sure why. It is my birth month though, and the infinity symbol so that's cool.

Last thing I googled: My own art because a comment on someone else's art made me wonder if I had drawn the right object in an old picture, and it was easier to google it than find it on my own.

When I started this account: Nov 15, 2005 - way back in my Neopets days when I only used it to keep up with members of my guild, wow it's been a long time. 12 years holy cow. I've gone through a few fandom phases in that time and try now not to limit myself to just one.

Amount of watchers: 4,472 - thanks for putting up with my inactivity all these years a-ahah.

What do I post: Video game fanart mostly, I'm probably best known for Zelda and Fire Emblem.

Do I run any more blogs: aquanutart on tumblr. I also reblog others' art at aquanutnotes but almost no one follows me there. I yell a lot about the pictures I reblog and it's embarrassing, so I'm torn between whether to promo it more so it feels less like screaming into the void, or keep hiding it so I don't feel self-conscious.

Do I get a lot of comments: I have received many wonderful comments over the years and I'm extremely grateful! Unfortunately I struggle with responding to them in a timely manner... or at all... which is actually the main source of my inactivity because I feel guilty uploading new work if I still haven't answered old comments, hence I have a huge backlog of stuff I still haven't posted here.

Giving and receiving comments and encouragement is extremely important to me, though, as I believe it's the main thing that makes creating feel worthwhile (and I feel I owe it to creators to thank them for sharing their work). I would like to be better at this but it's difficult to remain active on multiple sites while still producing work and keeping up with other things. Whenever I get a comment, I always appreciate it greatly and I often remember and think back on comments I've received!

It usually takes me a day or two to process and I always have an intention in the back of my mind to respond, but then lose track of time and before I know it months have passed... which is frustrating to me since I know as a commenter myself it's more fun when people respond quickly. I also know that I tend to not leave comments for others unless I do it right away when I first see the work and am thinking about it, so I try to kick myself to share my initial reaction while it's fresh instead of thinking "I'll come back to this later." I don't always manage it, but I know that the times when I do make a big difference to the artist than if I had said nothing at all.

Why did I choose this username: When I was five years old and games asked me to input my initials for high scores, I liked to put in three-letter words instead of my actual initials. Eventually I settled on always using NUT which was a bit similar to my real initials. Later on the internet, I came to be known for liking water so I tacked on "aqua" to get a username that wasn't taken. I do not regret my choices despite the fact that these days I now have to watch kids on tumblr running around yelling "I'M NUT" when they see celebrities.

Tagging: imogenweasley ruuari anocurry Paleona Tuinen h-z000 keiiii Garmmon Koolaid-Girl SeaboardBlue only do it if you feel like it haha, otherwise just take this as a shoutout for being awesome and go on your way!
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