Hello! I'm Aurora. I have been drawing for many years, and have focused on dragons since early 2010, all because of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. I have slowly begun drawing other things, like animals and humans, and have progressed from there. I originally started out drawing traditionally, but have gotten into digital art over the past few years with Procreate on a 2021 iPad Pro. I plan to switch between traditional and digital sometimes, not only because of school but because of the feel of a pencil in hand. I did not start taking art very seriously until mid-2020, and that is when I started my Instagram account to share my love of drawing with the world. I have slowly grown a community of fellow artists, editors, and writers of many fandoms. I have been working on animation since April 2022, which I'm just now learning is a lot, and not as easy as I thought. After finally finding what I think I could actually be interested in getting a career out of, I've decided that after my first and longest animation project, OR, I will only do small animations, and focus more on concept art, and probably illustration as well. I am very shy, and it takes me a little while to warm up to people. I have met many people that I consider friends online (and we've even REALLY met now too), and that's one of the reasons that I'm glad I created my Instagram; to meet new friends, share my love of art, and help new artists follow their hearts into doing what they love.
I used to write a lot but have slowly gotten out of it. I used to write with my grandma almost every day. She passed away on July 14 of 2017 to be with my grandpa, and I wrote what I had no idea would turn into 990 pages and three completed books, one that I won't continue, of my Pet Palace series. I would think that she's proud of me. I finished it with the third book in late 2021, with the perfect ending. With close to four years of work and 990 pages, I will never publish them. I started them just for fun, and will occasionally look back at them, and of course ask myself what I was thinking just like I did when I was still writing them, but will enjoy them for what they were. A way to get all of the things out of my head, a way to figure out what to do, and a way to help myself get through whatever was going on. They helped me so much throughout those four years. They will always be a part of me, just like my drawings.
Almost everyone in my family knows how to crochet, and they each taught me different things with it. I've recently taught myself how to knit, too, and it's also very interesting, I just need to learn more to be able to, hopefully, actually MAKE something, and not keep taking it out.
I have three cats, three dogs, and three horses. I only ride one of the horses so far, because the other two are still young. I've been riding since 2013 or 2014, but I haven't done it that much so I'm not very skilled at it just yet. I've had one of my cats since 2010, another since 2013, and the last one we got in 2019 when we moved. In 2012, 2013, and 2023, we got our dogs, and we got the horses on January 18, 2020. I remember the date because we have a video and because it's one of my cat's birthdays, my eldest, or her "not birthday" because I don't want her to be older faster.
Sadly, on January 10, 2024, we had to put Poose down. She was with us for almost 12 years. We didn't think she would be the one to go first, at all. I'm not updating my cat count, because she's still with us in a way, and always will be. She was the Bug, and that's how she'll stay. She'll always be in our hearts, just not always in our hands. You can rest now, Bug. We'll be okay. We'll be together again someday, I know it. We love you.❤️
POOSE
2012 - JANUARY 2024
In July, we decided it was best to have Hank with the bug. He's still with us, same as her, but it is better to have him with her than to have had him here still, hurting, with us. We miss him, both of them, but it's better to have him with her, Duchess, Papa, and everyone else.
Love you boy, hope your doing ok.
Say hi to everybody for us.❤️
HANK
2013 - JULY 2025