Blue Frog

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Who is Blue Frog?

Hi Smogon! I'm Blue Frog. I'm a high schooler who enjoys art, although my prospects with art in college/professionally remain a bit blurry at the moment. I used to battle a bit, but I haven't recently. I also like writing and music by Ellie Goulding. That's pretty much it.

Smogon Biography

I joined Smogon three years ago as a kid with little experience in art. I think my first post was in the CAP forums, where I got infracted for breaking image size rules. My early pieces are pretty cringeworthy; I would post seven or eight times in a row in my thread without getting replies. Overall, I was bad.

I became an approved artist in August 2013, but I really wasn't good enough, and soon I got re-rejected from that position. It took me almost exactly a year to get my skills up to par; I still did Smog art (Bummer had to painstakingly critique each of my pieces before they could be submitted), but I also worked for other parts of the site. It was a year filled with rejection—I was outright forbidden to do Smog art near the end of it—but my skills improved dramatically, thanks in no small part to Bummer and the rest of the Smeargle's Studio community. By June 2014, I was a fully approved artist. By August, I had my Artist badge.

Since joining, I've done countless requests, placed decently well in three CAP contests, written a Smog article (and several Smeargle's Studio updates), won two MACs, and gotten the Smog Award for Most Improved Artist in 2013 (not in that order). I'm still learning when it comes to art, but I suppose I'm an example of how much you can grow as an artist on Smogon if you stick with it and how supporting the Smeargle's Studio community can be.

Art Preferences

I mostly do digital art (my tablet is an Intuos Pen and Touch; I use Paint tool SAI and Photoshop), although lately I've been trying to branch out into traditional mediums. Despite being somewhat of a veteran on Smogon, I'm still not that experienced overall, so I'm still dabbling and trying to figure out what works for me.

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